ACS Professional Development Opportunities The American Chemical Society provides professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, Kindergarten through post-secondary. http: //chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/educatorsa...
Human Options Human Options is an international consulting company dedicated to providing quality and timely workshops for the education and business communities. Human Options can tailor any workshop or training to your special interests and circumstances. http: //humanoptions.com/
PBS Scienceline PBS offers a yearlong program of professional development for K-5 science teachers. http: //pbs.org/learn/scienceline/index.html
TAPPED IN Teacher Professional Development Institute TAPPED IN™ is a growing community of over 2800 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in both formal professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with their colleagues year-round. Members hold real-time discussions and classes, browse Websites together, learn about professional development options, and interact via mailing lists and discussion boards all in a single on-line venue. Membership is free for Education Professionals. TAPPED IN is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, SRI International, Sun Microsystems and others. http: //tappedin.org
Teacher at Sea Program The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers teachers the opportunity to spend one to three weeks working with research scientists at sea. http: //tas.noaa.gov/
The Data Streme Project The American Meteorological Society offers an on-line course to train teachers to use the Internet to as a resource to study the weather in the K-12 science classroom. http: //ametsoc.org/dstreme/extras/dsinfo.html
What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching dedicated to the first year teacher. The site manages to articulate the primary challenges and rewards of teaching in a clear and succinct way, using the words of the teachers themselves. New and Veteran teachers respond to issues ranging from professional isolation to differences in student ability to the unexpected exhilaration of this demanding career. http: //ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html
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