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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37 Links to Summer Professional Development Opportunities

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. 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

Summer Getaway Professional Development Workshops- for school librarians from the Graduate School for Library and Information Science at the iSchool at Illinois. The flyer can be downloaded HERE.

On Common Core 2014: Professional Development for School Librarians- instructional webcasts from School Library Journal

Summer Institute 2014- South Carolina Association of School Librarians

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

Annenberg-Newseum Summer Teacher Institute- three-day institute in Washington, DC for teachers using new media; application deadline is May 26, 2014.

Coursera-  verified certificates for certain courses

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

EdmodoCon- 11-hour virtual event

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

Google Teacher Academy- this summer: Atlanta, GA, Mountainview, CA and The Phillipines

Hidden Histories: Free Summer Professional Development and Lodging for Teachers-  for North Carolina K-12 teachers

NEA Member Benefits: Professional Development

NJEA Professional Learning

NSTA Learning Center- science teachers can find workshops in New Mexico, Texas

Smithsonian Educator Workshops- includes the Mobile Learning Institute

Summer Professional Development Blog Series- Edutopia's list of virtual workshops, tools and resources and their Summer Rejuvination Guide

YALSA Academy- Young Adult Library Services Association's online educational video initiative



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2014 Civics and Civil Rights Institute- Washington, DC 

2014 Summer Institute- Learning Forward's four-day event in Chicago

American Studies Summer Institute- Defining "Public" and "Private" in America: Cultural, Social and Political Arguments Past and Present (Washington, DC)

Annenberg Learner- full courses for graduate education credit, courses for continuing education units and certificates (Through Colorado State University); facilitated or self-paced courses through PBS TeacherLine

The Art of Education Conference- online conference for art teachers

Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute- covers teachers of grades K-12

The Conference Calendar- lists conferences for all types of educators

Hybrid Institutes for Grades 3-8 Educators- in conjunction with Framingham State University and Cambridge College

ISTE 2014 Atlanta- The International Society of Technology in Education

Kansas Summer Institute for School Librarians- open to in and out-of-state teachers

Learning and the Brain- "Connecting educators to neuroscientists and researchers."

Massachusetts Teachers Association Summer Conference

Millard Oakley STEM Center- for Tennessee teachers

NJEA Summer Learning Opportunities

Richard Byrne's In-Person PD Opportunity- Maine

Summer PD Opportunities- Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies teachers from Ohio

Summervision DC- sponsored by the National Art Education Association

Teaching the Holocaust at the Middle School Level-  at the University of New Hamshire

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