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Professional Development And Inservice The Digital Learning Transition MOOC for Educators: Exploring a Scalable Approach to Professional Development - by Glenn M. Kleiman
A report on using MOOC's (Massively Online Open Courses) for teacher professional development. Describes the design of the DLT MOOC-Ed; examines results from the first course as determined from web analytics, analyses; and offers lessons learned about this new approach to professional development. new (Views So Far 64 )

Principal Supports DAILY Teacher Professional Development - by DIANE CURTIS
How one school principal is encouraging the professional development of teachers, each and every day: Excerpt: "Every school day between 11:30 and 1 P.M., Principal Peggy Bryan and all Sherman Oaks teachers gather in the teachers' room for ninety minutes of professional development -- a rare occurrence in schools despite the widespread call for more teacher professionalism. The teachers debate instructional theory and practice, try to solve problems that have come up or are likely to come up in their classrooms, discuss curriculum, commiserate, seek advice, offer encouragement, or quietly reflect or refine a lesson plan new (Views So Far 65 )

Professional Development And Inservice : MOOC Commonwealth Education Trust - Basics For Teachers - by Commonwealth Education Trust
Eight different modules for teachers are here, ranging from courses on Being A Teacher, Basics of Student Assessment, Developing Relationships, and Teacher Professionalism. Probably best suited for new teachers, or those interested in becoming teachers who want to get a head start. new (Views So Far 64 )

Teaching Character and Creating Positive Classrooms Free Online Course For Teachers - by Relay
Positive psychology meets K-12 pedagogy. This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of great educators in action, you'll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own teaching. new (Views So Far 78 )

Free Course For Teachers: Common Core in Action: Literacy Across Content Areas - by New Teacher Center
Common Core is the new elephant in the room, and schools and teachers need to flex to meet the new requirements. This course: The Common Core State Standards are new and will challenge our students to show evidence of learning in new ways. Instructional shifts are required, especially for teachers who must now incorporate literacy into content areas. Integrating the literacy standards can be difficult to do well. In this course you will have the support of a community and harness the power of collaboratively exchanging ideas with colleagues, as you design a teaching task (writing prompt) aligned with the Common Core. You will use a template from the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) to design a task that incorporates literacy into your content area and then create a brief plan for its use. These template tasks are a part of a much more in-depth LDC Module design and will serve to introduce you to the model and process. new (Views So Far 83 )

Surviving Your Rookie Year of Teaching: 3 Key Ideas & High Leverage Techniques | Coursera - by Match Education
The name says it all. A four week course to help new teachers survive the startling entry into professional teacher-hood. Frustration. Hard Knocks. Sleepless nights. Tears. Those are just a few of the ways that rookie teachers describe their first year in the profession. And those sentiments have been validated by countless research studies that show that students, on average, learn significantly less when they're taught by rookies. Unfortunately, many educators believe this is a necessary "rite of passage" - a sort of hazing that one must experience on their path to effective teaching. We don't believe that. Over the past 6 years, the Match Teacher Residency has developed and refined an approach to specifically address the challenges that are unique to the rookie teacher experience. In this four-week course, we'll explore the three ideas that we've found to contribute radically to success as a rookie teacher. new (Views So Far 67 )

STEM Readiness - Free Online Course For Teachers From Carnegie-Mellon - by Carnegie-Mellon
The STEM Readiness course provides a refresher of core skills related to STEM careers. The core skills covered are Mathematics from arithmetic to beginning algebra, Workplace Communications and Professionalism. The topics of the course are presented through workplace scenarios to show learners how these skills apply to their potential careers. In reviewing these core skills students will be better prepared to be successful in post-secondary STEM related technical programs and ultimately in STEM related careers. new (Views So Far 58 )

PSYCH303: Educational Psychology - Free Online Course - Self-Paced - by Saylor
If you missed out on learning educational psychology during your teacher training, you might benefit from this self-paced, register anytime online course. Sounds comprehensive: "This course should take you a total of approximately 110 hours to complete. Each unti includes a time advisory that lists the amount of time you are expected to spend on each subunit. These advisories should help you plan your time accordingly. It might be useful to take a look at these time advisories and to determine how much time you have over the next few weeks to complete each unit, and then to set goals for yourself." new (Views So Far 96 )

The Psychology of Learning and Behavior - Free Online Self-Paced Course - by Saylor
The more you understand how people learn, the better you will be able to facilitate it, and while some teachers aren't that keen of theory, you may find that eventually, learning theory can have very practical implications. This self-paced course will provide some great background: "This course introduces learners to the principles of learning and behavior by surveying relevant theoretical and empirical approaches within psychology. The overall emphasis is on the theoretical foundations of psychology as they relate to human learning and behavior. The following topics will be reviewed: historical perspectives of early learning theories, prevailing theories of human development, classical and operant conditioning, effects stimuli have on learning and behavior, social learning, motivation, cognitive developmental theory in the context of learning stages and processes, memory and human information processing models, and problem-solving methods. Understanding these human processes is an integral part of psychology and other domains of human behavior, such as marketing, sports, health, education and relationships." new (Views So Far 48 )