In this podcast I talked about the differences between continuing education, professional development and professional learning. After you listen to the podcast I would encourage you to shift to professional learning where you can determine what you learn and how it will change what happens in your classroom. Don’t depend on your school district as the only source of information to inform or improve your teaching pedagogy. While they want to improve instruction, their goals aren’t necessarily the same as yours…
Leave a comment and let me know what you think we offer here at TeachersFirst. Is it professional development or is it professional learning opportunities? And finally, here is the link to the Sophia Flipped Classroom course that I mentioned: https://www.sophia.org/flipped-classroom-certification
Nice!
Very informative, great topic!