Professional Development

Workshops

CTAP Region IV offers several professional development workshops throughout the year to the districts and counties in our region.

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State-funded resources

Listed on this page are links to free professional development resources that can be used by schools and districts in Region IV.

EdTechProfile http://edtechprofile.org/ The EdTechProfile, a California Department of Education (SETS) project, provides educational administrators with tools that guide their decisions about how to integrate technology into classroom instruction and how to create and effective teacher technology training programs.
The California Learning Resources Network (CLRN) Lesson Builder http://www.clrn.org/lessons/menu.cfm Description: This state-funded resource site, include a lesson builder that can be a valuable tool in district professional development workshops.
TICAL: Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership http://www.portical.org This state-funded project provides professional development for district and site administrators. The TICAL website will help districts develop a system for administrator professional development that would provide district and site administrators with training focused on the leadership of "digital schools."
TechSETS http://www.techsets.org/ Description: The state-funded TechSETS project has a number of free resources for schools. It has also negotiated with My SkillSource to provide online courses at deep discounts to educators. While most of the courses are technical in nature, for $40, one can take more than 50 classes from a series that includes programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint, as well as Acrobat, Filemaker, and Mac OSX.

Other Resources

SBC Knowledge Network http://www.kn.pacbell.com/support/workshops.html Description: Former classroom teachers and librarians serve as "SBC education advocates," providing workshops and presentations for schools and districts. Many of the workshops are geared toward helping the classroom teacher to integrate technology and the Internet into curriculum.
National Semiconductor Global Connections and Global Connections Online http://www.national.com/training/training.html Description: Global Connections: Making the Most of the Internet in Your Classroom is an interactive, leader-led workshop that introduces K-12 educators to features and functions of the Internet and ways of using these with students. Combining individual and small-group work with discussion and demonstration, the workshop provides hands-on Internet practice within the context of sample online learning activities to improve teaching and learning. It is available free to educators in several Bay Area counties. For educators not living in those counties, Global Connections Online offers a free Web-based learning environment, with free subject-specific tutorials.
ICONnect http://www.ala.org/ICONN/onlineco.html Description: ICONnect, sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, provides a variety of free online courses that offer skills to navigate the World Wide Web and use search engines effectively. It is designed to help educators grapple with issues raised by Internet use in the classroom and integrate Internet resources into the curriculum.
Microsoft Insider Learning Center http://www.microsoft.com/insider/learning/lessons.asp Description: Microsoft offers a number of free tutorials at this website, which requires Shockwave to run.