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	Critical Issue: Providing Professional Development for Effective Technology Use
		Professional development for technology use should be an integral part of the school technology plan or an overall school-improvement plan, not just an add-on.
		Professional development is an integral part of the overall technology plan, which clearly identifies specific learning goals to achieve by using technology.
		Develop a professional development program based on research on training teachers for using technology that will meet the educational goals for the use of technology.
	www.ncrel.org /sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te1000.htm (6192 words)

	Standards for Required Professional Development of Teachers
		The New Jersey Professional Teaching Standards Board believes that educators must be dedicated to a continuous plan of professional development that begins with their preservice activities, that continues with their induction into the profession, and that extends through the life of their professional career in education through on-going and sustained professional development endeavors.
		Professional development activities must also complement both the needs of the educator and the goals and objectives of the school district.
		In addition, professional development must engage each educator in a collegial and collaborative dialogue with other educators and education partners to broaden the knowledge and expertise needed to guide students toward the successful attainment and mastery of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and to create supportive and effective schools.
	www.state.nj.us /njded/profdev/standards.htm (1385 words)

	Building Bridges: The Mission & Principles of Professional Development
		Professional development serves as the bridge between where prospective and experienced educators are now and where they will need to be to meet the new challenges of guiding all students in achieving to higher standards of learning and development.
		Moreover, professional development works best when it is part of a system wide effort to improve and integrate the recruitment, selection, preparation, initial licensing, induction, ongoing development and support, and advanced certification of educators.
		The Team's mission was to examine the best available research and exemplary practices related to professional development, and to summarize the lessons learned from this knowledge base in the form of principles that might inform practitioners and policymakers across the country and guide the Department's efforts in the area of professional development.
	www.ed.gov /G2K/bridge.html (615 words)

	Professional Development
		Professional development that is most effective in improving educator practice is results-oriented, data driven, constructivist in nature and job embedded.
		Staff development standards can assist educators in planning and implementing professional development that is based upon student needs, driven by the intended results and desired changes in educator knowledge, skills and attitudes, and designed to transform the organization into a learning community.
		Professional development is required for renewal of Level II licensure and must be based upon an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) developed by the educator after assessing his/her teaching performance and student data.
	www.state.vt.us /educ/new/html/mainprodev.html (518 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Professional development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		There is a belief that professional development, which is sometimes marketed as building all-purpose life skills or general personal coaching, is oftentimes unnecessary or extraneous.
		However, professional development also encompasses the developing of skills both tangential and essential to the one's current occupation.
		For example, leadership training for managers and training for specific testing equipment for engineers or technicians will also fall under the category of professional development.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Professional_development (124 words)

	Archived Information: Professional Development -- Title I, Part A Policy Guidance
		Thus, SEAs and LEAs implementing both Title II and Title I must closely coordinate their professional development activities to ensure that teachers and staff in Title I schools, in particular, are properly equipped to help participating children achieve to high standards.
		In order to incorporate professional development and direct instruction into the regular school day, one district, in consultation with its principals, teachers, and parents of Title I participants, adopted the "master teacher" concept and incorporated it into all of its schoolwide program and targeted assistance schools.
		Although most professional development activities will be carried out at the LEA and school level, each SEA has a significant role in providing technical assistance to enable LEAs and schools to carry out those activities.
	www.ed.gov /legislation/ESEA/Title_I/profdev.html (2827 words)

	The Center For Professional Development - Notre Dame College
		The Center For Professional Development offers short, flexible credit courses and is a provider of continuing education for professionals educators, business, human services, health care professional, athletic coaches, and law enforcement.
		Professional Development for Educators - Ongoing professional development for teachers.
		Professional Development for MRDD, Early Intervention and Special Education - Ongoing professional development for MR/DD, early intervention, and special education teachers, social workers, counselors, and human services personnel.
	www.notredamecollege.edu /professional_development (167 words)

	Apple - Education - Apple Professional Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Depending upon your needs, Apple Professional Development modules can be delivered as part of single or multiple day workshops that build teacher skills.
		Apple Professional Development offerings have earned the ISTE National Education Technology Standards Seal of Alignment and are based on guidelines for effective professional development published by the National Staff Development Council (NSDC), the largest nonprofit professional development association, as well as findings from the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) research project.
		The Apple Professional Development team of outstanding consultants understands the connection between research and the application of that research in your classrooms to support everything from multiple intelligences to brain-based learning.
	www.apple.com /education/apd (612 words)

	Middle School Teacher Professional Development
		Researchers, program developers, policy analysts and educators have all noted that one of the most important ways to achieve the benefits of a well-designed program is to make sure that those who will use it are fully committed, says this policy/research brief at the American Federation of Teachers website.
		The CEO Forum on Education and Technology report, "Professional Development: A Link to Better Learning," finds that although the number of schools with computers and internet connections has increased over the last year, there are still too many teachers unprepared to integrate technology into their classrooms.
		In a major study of the way professional development funds are spent in Georgia schools, the Georgia Council for School Performance concluded there are clear differences in staff development between lower and higher-achieving schools.
	www.middleweb.com /ContntsTchDev.html (3934 words)

	Professional development at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Those who use the term foster (wittingly or no) the impression that any work, no matter how menial or reluctantly undertaken, ranks as one of the professions.
		Suppliers/providers/deliverers of professional development sometimes pad out the imparting of vocational skills with doses of all-purpose life skills or general personal coaching.
		We are looking for a business development manager who is results driven and focuses on 'outcomes rather than output'!You will report directly to the Australian Managing Director and you will be responsible for achieving and exceeding targeted revenue to increase overall profitability.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Professional_development.html (177 words)

	Office of Professional Development - NC State University
		The Office of Professional Development (OPD) is a unit of Continuing and Professional Education at North Carolina State University.
		OPD is dedicated to the development and delivery of noncredit continuing education and professional development programs.
		Office Of Professional Development is a unit of the McKimmon Center for Extension and Continuing Education
	www.continuingeducation.ncsu.edu (179 words)

	Education World® : Professional Development Center
		Professional learning communities are teams of educators systematically working together to improve teaching practice and student learning.
		More districts are getting away from generic professional development -- the "spray and pray" approach -- in favor of their own professional development programs targeted to their needs and presented by their staff.
		As schools move full-tilt towards a professional development model more attuned to collegial school-wide goals, educator Brenda Dyck explores the need to balance that model with one that recognizes the professional goals of individual teachers.
	www.educationworld.com /a_curr (10167 words)

	Professional Development - Engineer and Geoscientist Professional Development Program - College of Extended Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This course was developed for the new supervisor as well as the seasoned manager as an introduction/review of the fundamentals of effective supervision.
		Professional, passionate and knowledgeable, Michael MacLean, CHRP is a compelling speaker, an award winning seminar leader, and a management consultant who is well known for his expertise in management development and human resource issues.
		The course is developed on the assumption that participants have no formal prior training in structural engineering, or that if they had, they need a refresher.
	www.extend.unb.ca /prof_dev/programs/egpdp.php (4530 words)

	Intel Education: Professional Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The professional teacher is one who learns from teaching rather than one who has finished learning how to teach.
		If you are looking for a professional development opportunity, check out these resources to help you build skills and gain new strategies for your classroom.
		Classroom observation can be a powerful professional development activity and with videos from the TIMSS Video Study, teachers can observe and identify strategies other teachers use to keep students engaged in serious mathematical work.
	www.intel.com /education/sections/section2 (279 words)

	NCRTEC Professional Development
		A number of these may be useful when incorporated strategically in the design of professional development programs that focus on student learning.
		It includes a comprehensive view of professional development and links to NCREL professional development tools like "Professional Development: Learning From the Best," a toolkit that takes the best practices of award-winning schools and organizes them into a step-by-step planner for designing and implementing professional development.
		NCREL's planning resource for technology professional developers, school technology specialists, and K-12 administrators is organized around several themes: Visualizing Technology-Supported Engaged Learning, Current Reality, Effective Staff Development, Evaluation, and Implementation.
	www.ncrtec.org /pd (647 words)

	CPD - Continuing Professional Development
		Apply to be a Fellow of The Institute of Continuing Professional Development:
		The Continuing Professional Development Foundation is a non-profit organisation committed to raising professional standards in the property and related industries.
		Membership of the Foundation provides a structured solution to all levels of CPD requirements and non-industry specific professional development, through an integrated programme of lectures, morning briefings, management & computer workshops and other learning opportunities.
	www.cpdfoundation.com (80 words)

	iEARN : Professional Development
		Continuing Education Units is a non-credit option, but it is often counted by school districts for district professional development requirements and incentives.
		Participation in the iEARN professional development program through the Center for Global Studies is $50.
		Extension Credit appears on official transcripts and are generally honored by school districts as evidence of professional advancement for salary increases on the pay scale.
	www.iearn.org /professional/online.html (1385 words)

	Professional Development Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HRPAO offers management and leadership support: powerful, practical learning opportunities for human resources professionals at all stages of their careers, with a special emphasis on mid- and senior-level members.
		Facilitated by innovative thought-leaders and focusing on the most cutting-edge information, these management and executive development programs meet the needs of those seeking to enhance their HR competencies.
		HRPAO designs and manages professional development programs in partnership with exceptional institutes and organizations known for their expertise in select subject areas.
	www.hrpao.org /HRPAO/ProfessionalDevelopment (241 words)

	PRSA Professional Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		PRSA Professional Interest Sections provide seminars and conferences to meet your needs if you're a public relations professional confronted with the growing responsibilities and expectations of your specific markets or practice area.
		PRSA Professional Interest Section teleseminars are moderated by a Professional Interest Section leader and enlivened by experts from their specific industry.
		These professionals are selected based on broad knowledge, strategic perspective and sound professional judgment via the Examination for Accreditation in Public Relations.
	www.prsa.org /_Advance/main/index.asp?ident=in1 (743 words)

	Professional Development
		The Division of Professional Development is committed to contributing to the success of all students through the identification, provision and support of high quality educator professional development.
		The professional development division carries out its responsibility through statewide conferences in January, June and August and through such programs as the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) credentialing process.
		The professional development division works in collaboration with all other divisions within OSPI to provide a seamless statewide professional development management system.
	www.k12.wa.us /ProfDev/default.aspx (234 words)

	Professional Development , Management Training, Career Training Programs at Canadian Management Centre
		Our professional development courses take your career and your company to the next level.
		In fact 99% of Canadian Management Centre attendees would recommend the course they took to a colleague, 98% of attendees would attend another one of our courses and 99.4% of attendees found their course to be good value for their time.
		For HR professionals, supervisors and employers, Canadian Management Centre is one of the most practical and effective ways to provide your staff with the leadership and professional development they need to help sharpen your company's competitive edge.
	www.cmctraining.org (225 words)

	KET \| Professional Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		KET’s Professional Development staff has been producing content-rich, research-based training and enrichment materials for educators since the mid-1990s.
		Developed in partnership with education organizations and advisers across Kentucky and the nation, these video and multimedia materials answer critical teaching needs through in-depth presentations, real-world classroom examples, and extensive follow-up resources.
		KET continues to work with the Kentucky Department of Education, state and national advisory groups, and other education partners to identify professional development needs and create materials to address them.
	www.ket.org /profdev (473 words)

	Learning Point Associates NCREL Redirect
		The resource you are looking for is no longer available because it is either outdated or has been replaced.
		It was developed by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory® (NCREL®), and the five-year federal contract to operate NCREL ended in 2005.
		Many of the resources developed under this contract remain accessible through the Learning Point Associates website.
	www.learningpt.org /page.php?pageID=209 (242 words)

	Amazon.com: Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Professional Software Development is an updated and significantly expanded edition of my 1999 book, After the Gold Rush.
		Section 4, "Industry Professionalism," examines steps that must be taken by the software industry at large to support professionalism at both the individual and organizational levels.
		Steve McConnell's association of Software Development to Engineering is a welcome (although at times, not faultlessly backed up) addition to the camp of people like myself who understand firsthand the benefits of Traditional Engineering approaches to Software Development.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321193679?v=glance (2048 words)

	Staff/Professional Development
		NCREL: Professional Development This site is a great one-stop resource for information on professional development.
		National Staff Development Council NSDC is dedicated to staff development.
		Several of the teachers and administrators interviewed mentioned how crucial -- and difficult -- the professional development aspect of technology integration is, even after all these years of using computers in their schools.
	www.tnellen.com /school/staff.html (1997 words)

	Professional Development - How 2
		The Professional Development Partnership* has produced this site for all members of the four institutions.
		It has been written in such a way that the information and suggestions are appropriate no matter which institution you belong to, or whether you are working towards professional recognition or just for your own needs.
		Our aim is to bring a unified approach for professional development to our members, their organisations and the industry as a whole.
	www.pd-how2.org (205 words)

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