Online Professional Development
- Upcoming Webinars
- Upcoming Virtual Conferences/Courses
- More Resources to Explore
- Resources by Grade
- Resources by Content Area
- Archived Resources
Upcoming Webinars
During this period of school closures, many educational associations and organizations have made their spring and summer offerings virtual. We will use this page to share opportunities. Any event or combination of related events over 5 hours can be submitted for recertification points. Link to 2020 Online PD Brochure
COVID-19: Support for Learning & Teaching Online
- VASCL Fall Webinars (centered around virtual learning)
- Sept. 17: EdWeek - Providing Age-Appropriate Virtual Learning for K-3 Students
- Sept. 21: ASCD - Maslow Before Bloom: Leveraging Social Emotional Learning for This Moment
- Sept. 25: EdWeek - Making Your Teachers Remote Learning Experts
- September 2020: AVID Podcast: Tech Talk w/ Teachers (archived episodes also available)
- September 16 - Foster Relationships & Build Community for Remote Teaching
- September 23 - Make the Most of the First Weeks of School
- October 7: EdWeek - Enhanced Remote & Virtual Learning - Create High-Quality Content to Keep Students Engaged on Video Platforms like Zoom & More
Support for SEL & Building Communities
- Sept. 22: EdWeek - Character Education & COVID-19 - How to Build Confident, Engaged Learners Now
- Sept. 22: ASCD - The Innocent Classroom: Building Relationships that Undermine Bias
- October 14: ASCD - Improving School Culture in A Remote Learning World
- October 15: Collaborative Classroom - Reimagining Discipline with a Teaching-and-Learning Approach
- October 22: EdWeek - What Does It Mean to Be an Anti-Racist Educator?
Counseling
General K-12
- September 23: EdWeek - Unstoppable Knowledge: Then, Now and the Future
- October 21: Collaborative Classroom Teaching the Whole Child (K-6)
- October 28: Collaborative Classroom - Inside the Writer's Workshop (K-6)
K-5
- September 17: Responsive Classroom - Establishing a Positive, Equitable, and Inclusive School Culture
- September 24: Responsive Classroom - Addressing Unique Challenges in Creating a Culturally Inclusive Classroom During COVID-19
- September 30: Collaborative Classroom - Teaching SIPPS Remotely
- Sept. 30: Collaborative Classroom - Teaching Our Youngest Reader K-2
- October 7: Collaborative Classroom - Comprehensive Reading Instruction for Our Youngest Learners (Being A Reader)
- October 13: Collaborative Classroom - Teaching Being A Reader (Small Group Sets 1-5) Remotely
- October 27: Collaborative Classroom - Teaching Being A Reader
- October 15: Collaborative Classroom - Reimagining Discipline with a Teaching-and-Learning Approach: A Round Table Discussion
- November 10: Collaborative Classroom - Using Data to Inform Our Response
Social Studies
- September 17: NCHE - Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, & Legacies
- September 17: NCSS - Stalin's Cover Up of the Ukranian Genocide: The HOlodomor, 1932-1933
- September 22: NCSS - Information Literacy and Primary Sources from the Library of Congress
- September 22: NCHE - Emmy Lou & the Doughboys: Gender & Wholesome Fun in the Great War
- September 24: NCSS - Having Conversations About Race in the Classroom
- September 29: NCSS - Young People are Talking About Politics, Whether or Not They're in our Classrooms
- October 8: NCSS - Dictators & Democracy: How Strongmen Rise and Democracy Disappears
- October 14: NCSS - Culturally Responsive Teaching in Social Studies
- November 11: NCSS - Social Studies Projects: Virtual or in Class - Give Students the Keys to Success
English & Literacy
- September-November 2020: ALA - Updated list of webinars
- September 26: VSLA - Adapting to A Digital World Virtual Seminar
- September 29: Collaborative Classroom - Bringing the Science of Reading to Life in Every Classroom (Round Table Discussion)
- September 29: Future Ready Schools - Digital Learning App Smash for Future Ready Librarians
- October 14: Collaborative Classroom - Creating A Virtual Writers' Workshop: Ensuring Time, Choice, Response, & Community
- October 28: Collaborative Classroom - Inside the Writer's Workshop K-6
Mathematics
Upcoming Virtual Conferences/Courses
Spotlight
- Longwood University Course: Online and/or Hybrid Teaching for the K-12 Classroom
Conferences
- K-12
- Social Studies
- English & Literacy
- CTE
- Science
- Gifted
- Mathematics
- Counseling
- Health & PE
- World Languages
- Special Education
- Coaching
- Fine Arts
K-12
December 2-3: VASCD Annual Conference (2020 Vision) - Virtual
Center for Liberal Arts UVA - Free PD programs for teachers
Institutes on Academic Diversity Events
Social Studies
English & Literacy
CTE
Science
Gifted
Mathematics
Counseling
Health & PE
World Languages
Special Education
Coaching
Instructional Coaching Group
- October 4-6, 2020: Teaching Learning Coaching Conference (Virtual & In Person options)
- Fall Virtual Coaching Workshops - Instructional Coaching Group
Bright Morning Coaching
Workshops:
(Click here for registration information)
Fine Arts
Courses
K-12
- Educational Leadership - Education Professional Endorsement - Longwood University
- Longwood Continuing Education - Teacher Continuing Education
- Longwood Continuing Education - Non Credit courses
- Old Dominion University Online Continuing Education courses
- Response-to-Intervention (RTI) Vanderbilt Peabody College
- University of Phoenix - ACPS Designated Site
- Becoming a PBL Teacher - PBLWorks (8 week course - next cohort begins September 21)
Social Studies
English & Literacy
Science
Mathematics
Special Education
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Professional Certificate - Longwood University
Coaching
Useful Links
More Resources to Explore
More Online PD Resources to Explore
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Resources by Grade
General K-12
Grades PreK-2
Collaborative Classroom
NCSU - MOOC-Ed
Newsela
Origins Online: Social Emotional Learning
- Elementary
PBS Learning Media
Responsive Classroom
Teachers College (Columbia University)
Grades 3-5
Collaborative Classroom
Jamestown & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
NCSU - MOOC-Ed
Newsela
Origins Online: Social Emotional Learning
- Elementary
PBS Learning Media
Responsive Classroom
Teachers College (Columbia University)
Secondary
Resources by Content Area
Literacy
Core
National Council of Teachers of English
American Library Association
Virginia State Literacy Association
National Humanities Center
PBS Learning Center
Social Studies
Jamestown & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
National Council for History Education
National Council for the Social Studies
National Humanities Center
PBS Learning Media
Virginia Council for the Social Studies
Virginia Geographic Alliance
World Langauges
American Association on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
PBS Learning Media
TPRS
VATESOL
Gifted
National Association of the Gifted
VA Association of the Gifted
Special Education
Mary Baldwi
Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCSU - MOOC-Ed
- Fraction Foundations
- Teaching Mathematics with Technology
- Teaching Statistics through Data Investigations
Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics
YouCubed
PBS Learning Media
Science
National Science Teacher Association
Exploratorium
PBS Learning Center
Shenandoah National Park
Fine Arts
Virginia Art Education Association
Virginia Music Educators Association
National Art Education Association
PBS Learning Center
CTE
NCSU - MOOC-Ed
- Teaching the Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum
- Teaching the Computer Science Discoveries Course
PBS Learning Media
Virginia Council on Economic Education
Virginia Society for Technology Education
Health & PE
VAHPERD
PBS Learning Media
SHAPE
Counseling
American School Counselor Association
Virginia School Counselor Association
Archived Resources
Project Based Learning
- Buck Institute for Education Project Based Learning
- Edutopia
- Hacking Project Based Learning
- Intel Teach Elements Courses; collaboration, assessment and project based learning
Teacher Specific Subjects
- Digigogy – collection of online lectures
- 12 Dozen Places to Educate Yourself Online for Free
Technology
- EdTechTalk – Collaborative Open Webcasting Community
- Edutopia
- FETC
- Free Technology for Teachers
- Iste Connects
- Promethean Planet
- SMART – Training and Professional Development
- Texas Instrument Free Online Courses