Professional Development Resources

Action Research Professional Development STEM Education NL Education
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/professionaldevelopment/

This website hosts free webinars and a series of professional development modules on climate change.

http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=59234

A report by the National Science Teacher’s Association on “Exploring STEM Professional Development.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/stem-professional-development/id408182843

A list of free itunes downloads that offer STEM related activities for teachers (offered by the Minnesota Dept. of Education)

http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/ArchivedWebinars.aspx

This website by the STEM Equity Pipeline offers a variety of professional development tools that focus on building equity in the STEM fields. There is a series of archived webinars and other resources for teachers.

https://simaero.rti.org/

This site is based on NASA’s Simulation-based Aerospace Engineering Teacher Professional Development Program. This site offers a variety of lesson plans for teachers as well as other resources for the classroom.

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

This website provides resources such as lesson plans for teachers, in addition to content for students and parents.

Stiles, K. E., Mundry, S., Hewson, P. W., Loucks-Horsley, S., & Love, N. (2009). Designing professional development for teachers of science and mathematics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.