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KnowledgeBases > The Positive Learning Climates KnowledgeBase > Element 3 > Activity 3 > Task 5: Locate Resources for Professional Learning

Guideline:

Strategies for promoting a positive learning climate should include related professional learning activities. The principal can strive to coordinate those needs within the scope of the school's overall professional learning program. Such efforts should address the impact of student behavior on academic achievement. This is an area where technical assistance can be helpful in identifying and implementing proven professional learning methods.

Tools Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at its website, "this eight hour Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools course is a short and 'easy to take' web-based course that focuses on multi-hazard emergency planning for schools. It is offered by FEMA's Emergency Management Institute as an independent study program."

Tools The ABC's of Bullying _EXTERNAL_LINK

This online course was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. As noted at its website, "this online course is designed for education, health and mental health and related fields. It examines the causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying."

Legal Funding for Professional Development

The No Child Left Behind Act provides funding for professional development. This document summarizes the professional development funding provisions as delineated in Title I.

Practical Tips Breakfast Club _EXTERNAL_LINK

Chronicled by the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, the Breakfast Club concept developed at the Adams School in Chicago illustrates one approach to making time for professional development.

Practical Tips Create Time for Professional Development _EXTERNAL_LINK
This resource from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's Pathways to School Improvement lists nine strategies for creating time for professional development.
Practical Tips Finding Time for Staff Training and Collaboration

This document identifies a variety of ideas districts and schools have used to find time for professional learning and collaboration.

Practical Tips Superintendent Provides Structure and Time for Staff Development

A district superintendent describes his philosophy of staff development and how he helped to implement it in a large suburban Chicago high school.

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