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Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice, lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance. Who Participates and WhyA wide variety of people, such as teachers, health care professionals, lawyers, accountants and engineers engage in professional development. Individuals may participate in professional development because of an interest in lifelong learning, a sense of moral obligation, to maintain and improve professional competence, enhance career progression, keep abreast of new technology and practice, or to comply with professional regulatory organizations. Many American states have professional development requirements for school teachers. For example, Arkansas teachers must complete 60 hours of documented professional development activities annually. Professional development credits are named differently from state to state. For example, teachers: in Indiana are required to earn 90 Continuing Renewal Units (CRUs) per year ; in Massachusetts, need 150 Professional Development Points (PDPs) ; and in Georgia, must earn 10 Professional Learning Units (PLUs) . American and Canadian nurses, as well as those in the United Kingdom, are required to participate in formal and informal professional development (earning Continuing education units, or CEUs) in order to maintain professional registration Other groups such as engineering and geoscience regulatory bodies also have mandatory professional development requirements. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Professional development conference proposal? Q. I am a Reading and English teacher at a middle school. My team of teachers and I would like to attend a conference on middle school essentials this spring which includes many valuable topics such as content area literacy, differentiation, and the middle school philosophy. As the English teacher, I have been in charge of writing the proposal for attending the conference. The problem is that I am a first year teacher and have never written a proposal to attend a conference geared towards professional development. How should I open this paper? What other tips can you give me? Thank you. Our whole team wants to go. How can I mention why it is so important that all of us are permitted to attend the conference? Asked by *JoyFul* - Sun Jan 25 20:07:22 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Just a couple of brainstorming ideas: How to prepare the middle school student to become a critical, independent thinker in high school; How can middle school teachers best support and encourage the transition from elementary school to high school; How to prepare the middle school student to meet the expectations of high school students... I hope this helps some! Good luck!! Answered by Lori Z - Sun Jan 25 20:28:32 2009 I am a dedicated inner city high school teacher who attended Professional Development? Q. and was reimbursed for the expense by the Teaching American History Grant. Now the IRS is saying I owe taxes on that money. The only money I was given was to cover the cost of the motel, conference and flight. Any helpful suggestions? Thank you. Asked by donny_mollysmom - Mon Oct 20 21:46:08 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. You should deduct the cost of the training as a miscellaneous itemized deduction summarized on Form 2106 or 2106EZ Answered by wartz - Mon Oct 20 23:10:21 2008 Has anyone gotten a Certified Childcare Professional or Childcare Development Associate crudential?
Q. If so, how hard was the process? How long did it take you to get it? Asked by luv_the_red_head - Mon Jun 2 14:44:12 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I got my CDA about 4 years ago. It took me 3 month going twice a week for 4 hours and two 8 hour Saturdays. I got mine in Preschool but you can also get it in Infants/Toddlers. It wasn't to hard it is just time consuming and it depends on how you feel about the way your stuff looks and sounds. I had to turn in a binder with a lot of stuff about the different objectives. Don't let that bother you. It was well worth it for me. I am now the Assistant Director at a Childcare Facility and love every minute of it. Answered by green_eyed_girl - Mon Jun 2 21:13:01 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Professional Development"
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 news.google.com KY3 Williams serves as a principal at Galena Elementary, where they rely heavily on the Southwest Regional Professional Development Center's services, ... Cuts painful for educator training News-Leader.com all 2 news articles » news.google.com San Jose Mercury News The unemployment rate is the highest rate on record going back to 1990, the period for which comparable data is available, the state Employment Development ... Silicon Valley's June unemployment rate ticks up to 11.8% Bizjournals.com Silicon Valley jobless rate soars to 11.8 percent San Jose Mercury News all 15 news articles » news.google.com Media Newswire (press release) The Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) of the Education Bureau will provide about 700 Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) in the 2009-10 school ... From Google News Search: "Professional Development"  intrepidmuseum.org 199px x 300px | 20.70kB [source page] Professional Development up to 60 teachers and administrators 1 2 day about 3 hours full day about 6 hours Designed for adult audiences at schools and education centers A menu From Yahoo Image Search: "Professional Development"  themoose.aquinas.edu unknown hu, 16 Jul 2009 19:17:01 GM Professional Development. Opportunity - Learn about Sorority and Fraternity Life on college campuses. Campus Life. Posted by moorenod on July 16, 2009 - 3:17pm. Join the Campus Life staff for a presentation regarding the "ins and outs" ...  uncglibprofdev.blogspot.com Amy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:35:00 GM FREE . Professional Development. ... Right here at UNCG! The University Teaching and Learning Center has a wide variety of workshops that faculty and staff can register for. For example, on Wednesday there's a workshop called Learning ...  blog.zsr.wfu.edu makaraef Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:50:23 GM The first meeting I attended was a presentation called Leading from any Position: Opportunities to Contribute to Your Library's Success, by Maureen Sullivan, an Organization . Development. Consultant. It's part of a series called Who's ... From Google Blog Search: "Professional Development" |
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