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ACS Professional Development Opportunities

http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=education%5cprofessional%5cindex.html

The American Chemical Society provides professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, kindergarten through post-secondary.

Behaviour Management in Education Foundation

http://www.bmef.org/

Behaviour management skills training for teachers.Handle any classroom crisis or discipline problem with confidence. Plan class and schoolwide discipline programmes.

Bureau Of Education and Research

http://www.ber.org

Sponsor of staff development training for professional educators in the United States and Canada. Offering seminars, videos and self-study resources.

California Subject Matter Projects

http://csmp.ucop.edu/

A professional development community for teachers. Each subject area, such as science or history, has a project. Calendar of development opportunities, discussion forums, resource links, content standards for each project.

Catholic School Leadership Program

http://www.udallas.edu/cslp/

Professional programs at the graduate level which are capable of fostering critical reflection upon the ends governing the profession, of providing the knowledge and skills required for its practice, and of preparing students for principled and moral leadership in their professions.

CE Credits Online

http://www.cecreditsonline.org/

Accredited courses for teachers and educators.

Continuing Education for Teachers

http://edukator.homestead.com

Online professional education courses/workshops for K-8 classroom and special education teachers. Courses designed to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act and/or state standards.

Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT)

http://www.cns.cornell.edu/cipt/

Professional development opportunity. Offers workshops during the school year and a two-week and one-week institute in the summer. Courses contain lectures, tours and hands-on learning experiences designed to update high school teachers on recent advances in physics.

Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers (CIBT)

http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu/

Information about annual workshops designed to provide K-12 science teachers with practical teaching tools and a continuing relationship with Cornell and other program participants.

Council For Professional Recognition

http://www.cdacouncil.org/

Promotes the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program, a major national (United States) movement to improve the quality of child care. The program is designed to assess and credential early care and education professionals based on performance.

Data Based Directions

http://www.databdirect.com

Offering consultants to present workshops. Also, books for sale on assessment practices and database searches. Database search requires registration.

Education Schools Project

http://www.edschools.org/

Provides a critical assessment of the ways in which the United States' 1,200 schools of education prepare--and should prepare--teachers, school administrators, and education researchers.

Effective Learning Resources

http://www.motivatestudents.com

Three offerings: Motivating the Unmotivated, Practical Ways to Increase Writing Achievement, and Managing Your Special Ed Classrooms. Academic credit available. Live workshops, video classes, inservice training and consulting services.

Enhancement Courses

http://www.enhancementcourses.com/

Self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators, or any person whose professional and/or salary advancement is achieved with professional development credit.

Global Links - Global Educators Program

http://www.global-links.org/

Opportunity for teachers to gain teaching experience in a foreign country. After spending 3-4 weeks abroad the participants will receive 6 graduate credits from the University of St Thomas.

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

http://www.kstf.org/

Established to strengthen the quality of high school (grades 9-12) science and mathematics teaching in the United States. Programs, news, resources and contact details.

Lecture Management

http://www.lecturemanagement.com/

Offering keynote speakers addressing relevant topics such as education technology, teacher education, and student achievement.

LessonLab, a Pearson Education Company

http://www.lessonlab.com/

Continuing education and graduate programs for K-12 teachers and administrators with an emphasis on multiple intelligences, brain based learning, and literacy. Online, video, and site-based courses are available.

Loyola Marymount University Enhancement Courses

http://www.enhancementcourses.edu

Non-classroom, self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators for professional development credit.

Mark Wahl Training for Mathematics Teaching

http://www.markwahl.com/inservice_training.htm

Seminars in creative math methods for grades 3-9 that tap the multiple intelligences, learning styles and are compatible with NCTM Standards.

Martha's Vineyard Summer Workshops

http://www.vineyardworkshops.neu.edu

Graduate level workshops in teaching writing and reading, sponsored by Northeastern University. Two 2 week sessions in July. Master's degree in Writing option.

NASA Ames Education Resources and Workshops

http://education.arc.nasa.gov/pages/edresources.html

Descriptions and contact information many programs and learning opportunities for students, teachers, schools, and college faculty.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

http://www.ncate.org/

Works to help establish high quality teacher preparation through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education.

National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)

http://www.ncee.net/

A non-profit group dedicated to promoting economic education in K-12 schools.

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