Soldier Uses Education Department's Free Online Professional Development Tool

Teachers all over the world—including at least one U.S. Army soldier stationed in Iraq—are using the Department's new professional development tools via the Web. This online professional development is a convenient way for teachers to satisfy State professional development requirements. Florida's Panhandle Area Educational Consortium e-newsletter recently ran a story about this soldier, a high school algebra and calculus teacher from Texas.

States Offering Credit for Teacher-to-Teacher Conferences and Digital Workshops

Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia now give or allow local districts to give teachers credit for participating in Teacher-to-Teacher conferences and free e-Learning digital workshops. These states are:

To learn more, visit the Department's Teacher Initiative Web site: http://www.ed.gov/teacherinitiative. Click on the link "Get Professional Development Now." The initiative has just added a U.S. map to assist teachers in finding out how they can receive credit for e-Learning workshops. Teachers can click on the link for their states to find out more.

Free Online Professional Development

The Department now has 23 free e-Learning sessions available. To view any of the math, reading, English, language arts, or science sessions, visit: http://www.ed.gov/teacherinitiative. The site also has information about using data in the classroom and the basics of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Summer is Coming

If you would like to continue to receive these electronic Teacher Updates from the U.S. Department of Education at a different e-mail address during the summer, visit http://www.ed.gov/teacherinitiative and register with your additional e-mail address.