Professional Development Resources
Ministry of Education: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/
Webcasts for Educators provides video clips of expert practitioners putting “best ideas” into practice in Ontario classrooms. Videos segmented for easy use. DVD & viewer’s guide.
What works: Research into practice
The research summaries in this collection highlight promising teaching practice at the classroom level. Produced by a partnership between the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat and the Ontario Association of Deans of Education, the articles are written by scholars at Ontario universities who are experts in the field of education.
Provides summaries of promising evidence-based practices, including tips on how to get started in your school and classroom.
Ontario Teachers' Federation: http://www.otffeo.on.ca/index.php
Can’t make it to that PD conference? Need help with the physics unit you are teaching next week? Need assistance with handling a problem with a student? Looking for resources for that workshop you are presenting?
Try PD on demand, digitally streamed video, print, and web PD programs. OTF and the Visual Education Centre, Canada’s leading distributor of PD video, offer programs for the curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade 12. These programs cover most subject areas including arts, education, foreign languages, history, literature, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and other professional development topics such as ADHD and conflict management.
Annenberg Learner: http://www.learner.org/
Educational video programs for the professional development of K-12 teachers help teachers increase their expertise in subject areas and in teaching methods. On demand videostreaming can be used with your students for teaching and others model teaching in the classroom.
Last Updated: 06 January 2012