Online,
Content-Based Professional Development
(from sites not
associated with OTAC)
Many
teachers need professional development hours in a content area to complete
your HOUSSE. The hours must be content-based or related to state content
standards (in
We
have looked at a lot of online sites and collected the best ones. We've
concentrated on free resources, although we've included a few that are very
high-quality but cost money. If you want to enroll in one of those
courses, talk with your principal about using Title II Teacher Quality funds to
pay for it.
We've
also included a sample form that you might use before you start in
on a professional development course. Because your principal is the person
who needs to verify your participation, we thought it would be helpful if you
had a form (a short one!) on which you could record your agreement with your
principal on your plans to get professional development through an online
source.
Microsoft
Word version
.pdf
version
The
sites below are not OTAC sites, nor OTAC services. Clicking a link will
take you away from the OTAC website. Create a "favorite" while
still at this page to easily return to these listings after leaving the OTAC
website.
History/Social Studies
The
Economics Classroom
FREE
http://www.learner.org/resources/series159.html#
Making
Civics Real
FREE
Eight
video workshops with print materials and Web based information designed to
provide teachers new resources and ideas for teaching civics.
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/civics/workshops.html
Primary
Sources: Workshops in American
History
FREE
A video
collection and online workshops created for high school American History
teachers.
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/primarysources/
Teaching
Geography
FREE
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/geography/
Got
History? Effective Practices
FREE
A “Digital Workshop” provided by ED.gov.
The presenter addresses common units taught across grades three through
six and shares strategies based on observations of teachers using best practices
to present elementary social studies curriculum.
http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/gothistory.html
Bridging
World History
FREE
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/
Science
Force
and Motion
FREE
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/force/
The
Science of Teaching Science
FREE
This series is designed to provide motivation, encouragement, a variety of
models, and support for K-12 teachers who want to explore ways of changing how
they teach science.
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/science/
Assessment in Math
and Science: What’s the Point?
FREE
A video workshop for K-12 teachers; 8 ninety-minute video programs, workshop
guide, and Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series93.html
Math
The
Missing Link: Essential Concepts for
Middle School Math Teachers
FREE
A video workshop on TIMSS (the Third International Mathematics and Science
Study) core concepts for middle
school math teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series119.html
Learning
Math: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
FREE
A
video- and Web-based course on basic concepts of statistics for K-8 teachers; 9
half-hour and 1 one-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series158.html
Against
All Odds: Inside Statistics
FREE
A video
instructional series on statistics for college and high school classrooms and
adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs and coordinated books
http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html
Algebra:
In Simplest Terms
FREE
A video
instructional series on algebra for college and high school classrooms and adult
learners; 26 half-hour video programs and coordinated books.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series66.html
Mathematics
at Free-Ed.Net
FREE
Free-Ed.Net
offers a wide range of free online math courses and study programs.
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/Math/default.asp
NCTM
E-Workshops
E-Workshops
offer a collaborative and interactive opportunity to explore a professional
development topic with colleagues near and far.
http://www.nctm.org/eworkshops/
English/Literature
Conversations
in Literature
FREE
A video workshop on engaging in literature for grade 6-12
literature and language arts teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop
guide, and Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series139.html
Making
Meaning in Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8
FREE
A video workshop for middle school teachers; 9 one-hour video programs, workshop
guide, and Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series170.html
In
Search of the Novel
FREE
A video
workshop on teaching the novel for middle and high school teachers; 8 one-hour
video programs, 2 supplemental Authors' Notes videos, workshop guide, and
Web site.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series111.html
American
Passages: A Literary Survey
FREE
This resource provides professional development and classroom materials to
enhance the study of American Literature in its cultural context.
http://www.learner.org/amerpass/
Multi-Subject
Teacher2Teacher
Digital Workshops
FREE
http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher
PBS
TeacherLine
This resource provides PreK–12 teachers with the high-quality, standards- and
research-based professional development that teachers need to improve skills to
enhance students' achievement.
http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/modules/tlCatalog3.cfm
The National Science Teachers Association offers free web seminars on a variety of topics. Each seminar is 90 min. long and uses a web seminar tool called Elluminate Live! This software requires Sun Microsystems Java Web Start to be installed on your computer. It also requires pre-registration for the seminars you're interested in. For more info, go to http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/webseminars.aspx FREE