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General Information Professional Development Evaluating Professional Development Sessions Professional Development Information Specific to South Carolina

GENERAL INFORMATION
Resource: District Administration [|http://www.DistrictAdministration.com] These folks have a magazine and an e-newsletter. They do a great job covering many topics of interest to administrators and other educators

Education World Principal Files [] There articles “focus on the important and practical elements of the school administrator's job.” Excellent site!

The Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network []

The Freshman Principal: Recruiting and Retaining Effective Principals by Diane Curtis http://www.edutopia.org/node/1000

“Mentoring programs help ease the pressures of principalship.” [See related video] http://www.edutopia.org/freshman-principal

Principal Mentoring: The Push for New School Leaders [related video] http://www.edutopia.org/principal-mentoring

Leadership Academies - Module 1, Building Leadership Teams [] This is a module is part of Professional Learning by the National Institute for Urban School Improvement.

Training Tube TV - "Videos to Inspire Learning" http://www.trainingtube.tv/account/home.php This is by VignettesVideos that is apparently related to Training Magazine, which has been around for years.

TED - "Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world" http://www.ted.com/ "TED is a small nonprofit ...[that] started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader." They have over 700 TEDTalks, which are videos of people's talks, keynotes, presentations, etc.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Professional Development [North Central Regional Educational Laboratory] []

Professional Development Toolkit []

Planning Professional Development [] A checklist.

Professional Development [] This article is by the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center.

National Staff Development Council []

Creating a Professional Development Plan (PDF) []

TeacherTV [] “Through engaging videos, practical resources and an active online community, Teachers TV supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field.” A fantastic resource!

EVALUATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
An example of an exit slip (PDF) http://www.vallivue.org/PDF%20Files/Prof%20Develop%20Courses/PD%20Exit%20Slip.pdf This is from the Vallivue School District #139 (Caldwell, ID) web site.

Evaluating Professional Development, according to Guskey http://www.peecworks.org/PEEC/PEEC_Inst/S00B98BD1-00B9920B

Does It Make a Difference? Evaluating Professional Development by Thomas R. Guskey http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar02/vol59/num06/Does-It-Make-a-Difference%C2%A2-Evaluating-Professional-Development.aspx In this article, Thomas Guskey discusses his five levels of professional development.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Standards for Professional Development [|http://www.cofc.edu/~pdie/policies_sc_prodevstandards.htm]

South Carolina Online Professional Development []

TeacherLine Southeast [] “TeacherLine courses offer … options for re-certification and graduate credit”

A Comprehensive Review of Professional Development in South Carolina [] This study was published in 2001. (ED464027)