Professional Development
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Upcoming Professional Development Courses
Basic Managing Behavior for Paraprofessionals
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AFT Innovation Fund
The AFT Innovation Fund is a groundbreaking plan to seek and share successful local educator- and union-led reform efforts in public schools across the United States. This initiative is based on the AFT’s extensive experience with successful reform ideas developed and nurtured in classrooms—by the educators who work with students every day. Simply put, the AFT is leveraging “top-down” support for “bottom-up” reforms by harnessing the strengths, experience and know-how of our teachers and the unions that support them.
Click here for more information about the AFT Innovation Fund. |
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Teachers: Renew Your Certification
It is important to remember to renew your teaching certification. Boards of Education are not obligated to notify you that your teaching certification needs to be renewed.
At a time when highly qualified teachers are in high demand, you must make sure that your teaching certification is up-to-date. Click here for Connecticut certification information. |
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The Connecticut Department of Education is examining certification regulations for Connecticut's teachers. While there are currently only initial proposals the SDE has not made any concrete decisions about changes to the certification regulations. |
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The American Federation of Teachers Educational Research and Dissemination (ER&D) Program is a union-sponsored, research-based professional development program. It is designed to help local unions build the capacity to deliver high-quality professional development services, either on their own or in collaboration with their school districts.
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Developed by and for classroom teachers, the program is a year-long process that provides opportunities for collaboration and reflection as teachers refine and strengthen their skills on the basis of standards written and reviewed by their peers.
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t-source: Tools for Teachers
The Tools for Teachers Web site is packed with resources and materials to use in your classroom. You will find answers to your questions about how to arrange your classroom, how to set rules and procedures, where to find funding sources for class projects and your own professional development and more.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), Bureau of Educator Preparation, Certification, Support and Assessment, Bureau of Special Education has proposed a new "blended certification" that adds 15 credits in special education coursework to programs training elementary and special education, while discontinuing the current pre-service special education certification.
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Special Education
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), initially adopted in 1975 as the Education for all Handicapped Children Act, affirmed that students with disabilities must have access to the public education system and be provided appropriate special education and related services. The American Federation of Teachers fully supports the guiding principle of IDEA, which is that a student with a disability is entitled to a free appropriate public education.
Click here for more info on IDEA |
