Thursday, June 18, 2015

UPDATED: 50 Links to Summer PD

There are so many educational opportunities for teachers during the summer months. Some can be offered for free, and other charge fees. I'm going to mix it up a bit, because I know there are school districts which will reimburse their teachers if there is a fee. In my case, I'm on my own if I decide to pay for any workshops or classes this summer. The free ones that I know about are marked with an *.
NOTE: Some events could not be listed because the date to apply has already passed.





JUST FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

ALA Las Vegas- American Association of School Librarians schedule HERE

*EasyBib Professional Development- on demand and free

English Language Learners and the School Library- July 20-22; Cambridge, MA


*Gale Geek Webinars- play or download

*Junior Library Guild On-Site or Online Training for Librarians

Picture Book Conference- at the Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Ohio

*Professional Development/Webinars- currently about 28 on the list with updates all the time

*School Librarian Twitter Chats as Professional Development

*Summer Teen- School Library Journal's online event covering teen issues and their affect on your teen collection.



ALL EDUCATORS

Annenberg Learner- view videos in these subject areas: arts, foreign language, literature and language arts, math, science, social studies and history

Arkansas STEM Coalition- computer science professional development


ASCD Summer Professional Development Opportunities- all over the U.S.

Center for STEM Education for Girls- locations for professional development all over the U.S.

Coursera-  verified certificates for certain courses ($); others are FREE


DIY Professional Development Resource Roundup- from Edutopia 

*edCamp- list of all edCamp schedules (it's worldwide!)


EdTech Teacher Summer Workshops- Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago

*edWeb Webinars


*Free Professional Learning Through ASCD's Professional Development Tools- includes webinars, virtual learning, book study guides


The Art of Education Conference- for art teachers; national online conference


The Conference Calendar- lists conferences for all types of educators


Connecticut Council of Language Teachers- July 9-10


The Education Cooperative- long list of PD opportunities either online or Tec Learning Center in Massachusetts


Education Week Teacher PD Directory- extensive listing of professional development opportunities


Houghton Mifflin Professional Development- for math teachers

ISTE 2015 Philadelphia- June 28- July 1


*The Library of Congress- FREE PD for teachers


*Maker Educator Boot Camp- held in Pittsburgh, PA


Museum Institute for Teaching Science- summer professional development institutes; located in different parts of Massachusetts.

Music-Comp- professional development for music teachers; located in Burlington, VT; begins July13th and 20th.

*National Archives- PD Webinars for Educators


The New Victory Theater- (NYC, August 10-14) "Workshops designed to help classroom teachers and arts specialists (Pre-K to 12th grade) cultivate the skills to incorporate the performing arts into their lesson planning and teaching practice."


NEA Member Benefits: Professional Development

NJEA Professional Learning


NJEA Summer Learning Opportunities

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection- science educators

Professional Development Programs for Teachers- from The Newberry, Chicago's Independent Research Library

Professional Learning at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum- (NYC) August 3-8; some $$

Richard Byrne's Online PD Opportunities-learn from one of the best!


Smithsonian Educator Workshops- includes the Mobile Learning Institute; many wait list only


Solution Tree Institutes- many sold out, so hurry

Stanford Summer Teaching Institute- language arts, technology, science, math

*Summer Rejuvination Guide- from Edutopia

Summer Programs from LRC- for foreign language teachers

Teachers College, Columbia University- conferences on various topics; some are wait-list only

Teq Summer PD- NYC and Long Island


University of British Columbia Online Courses

University of North Dakota Professional Development- in person or online

University of Wisconsin Stout-  34 online professional development courses





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