Professional Development Broadcast Schedule
FREE Professional Development for K-12 Educators on the Annenberg Channel.
Register now for the Summer 2008 sessions of our workshops and courses, free on the Annenberg Channel and online via Video on Demand.
Education Theory and Issues [back to subjects]
Looking at Learning...Again, Part 1
for K-12 teachers and administrators
August 29 - September 5 This workshop features seven leading educators sharing their ideas on how children really learn.
The Missing Link
for middle school math teachers
July 2 - July 9 This workshop covers essential topics missed in most U.S. math curricula.
History and Social Studies [back to subjects]
Primary Sources: Workshops in American History
for high school teachers
July 29 - August 5 Explore how primary-source documents can be used to study and interpret American history in this video workshop for high school teachers.
Social Studies in Action
for K-5 teachers
July 26 - August 2 This workshop provides a framework for teaching social studies, with a focus on creating effective citizens.
Literature and Language Arts [back to subjects]
Engaging With Literature
for 3-5 teachers
July 2 - July 10 This workshop shows teachers how to help students become effective and engaged readers of literature.
Inside Writing Communities
for 3-5 teachers
July 2 - July 9 This workshop demonstrates how writing workshops motivate students and help them become proficient writers.
Making Meaning in Literature
for 6-8 teachers
July 14 - July 22 Learn techniques for helping students become engaged and enthusiastic readers in this workshop.
Teaching Reading K-2 Workshop
for K-2 teachers
July 18 - July 25 Drawing on real classrooms and literacy research, this workshop addresses critical topics in teaching reading.
Write in the Middle
for middle school teachers
July 10 - July 17 This workshop helps teachers learn effective practices and strategies for writing instruction.
Mathematics [back to subjects]
Insights Into Algebra 1: Teaching for Learning
for middle and high school teachers
July 9 - July 16
This workshop presents strategies for improving how typical Algebra 1 topics are taught.
Learning Math: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
for K-8 teachers
July 1 - July 21
Practical examples highlight the basic concepts of data analysis and statistics in this course.
Learning Math: Geometry
for K-8 teachers
July 23 - July 28
Discover how geometric reasoning can be used as a method of problem solving in this course.
Learning Math: Measurement
for K-8 teachers
July 22 - July 27
Examine some of the major ideas in measurement and their practical applications in this course for K-8.
Learning Math: Number and Operations
for K-8 teachers
July 28 - August 2
This course examines three main categories in the Number and Operations strand of the math standards.
Learning Math: Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
for K-8 teachers
July 1 - July 22
Explore the big ideas in algebra — patterns, functions, and linearity — course.
Mathematics Illuminated
for high school teachers and college-level instruction
July 2 - July 8
This course explores mathematical concepts as tools for understanding real-world phenomena.
Private Universe Project in Mathematics
for K-12 teachers
July 10 - July 15
This workshop investigates how math teaching can be structured to resonate with children's own often complex ideas.
Private Universe Project in Mathematics
for K-12 teachers
July 10 - July 15
This workshop investigates how math teaching can be structured to resonate with children's own often complex ideas.
Science [back to subjects]
Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science
for elementary school teachers
July 2 - July 9
This course covers Earth and space science concepts needed to teach today's standards-based curricula.
Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science
for elementary school teachers
July 10 - July 17
Teachers can use this life sciencecourse to review concepts needed to teach today's standard-based curricula.
Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science
for elementary school teachers
July 18 - July 25
Review the physical science concepts needed to teach today's standards-based curricula in this course.
Science in Focus: Energy
for K-6 teachers
July 26 - August 2
Learn what the term "energy" means to scientists and the role it plays in daily life in this workshop.
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