Professional Development
To offer our students the best, we have to be the best. As professionals, we are accountable for managing, monitoring, and inspiring student learning every day. To help you achieve your best and stay up-to-date on the latest in education, we’ve compiled a list of resources that NEA-Alaska offers, as well as resources from other organizations and publications. Be sure to also check out the other resources we offer and share for in the classroom.
Leadership Training
NEA-Alaska provides training to local officers and leadership committees as well as communications support, financial assistance, and member recruitment materials to local associations. Locals in Juneau and Anchorage have started offering their members regular classes and workshops for college credit. To learn more, contact their local presidents and UniServ directors.
Some previous training programs have included:
- Basic Bargaining
- Intermediate Bargaining
- Basic Rights Training
- Intermediate Rights Training
- Securing Your Financial Future
- Teaching With Confidence
- Relational Organizing
- Building Representative Training
- Executive Board Training
- Minority Leadership Training
- Women’s Leadership Training
Please contact your UniServ Director for further information and availability of these trainings.
Professional Development Opportunities
NEA-Alaska offers valuable training opportunities for college credit, certification, and professional development which are open to all members.
- Spring Conference, April
- Fall Event, October
- Jump Start to National Board Certification, May/June
edCommunities is a great place to connect with other professionals, share resources, and learn new things. Topics include: Kindergarten Connections, Digital Tools & Learning, Response to Intervention – Elementary, K-5 Science Best Practices, Middle School Strategies, Secondary Math 6-12, Integrating Reading & Writing 9–12, Assessment of Student Learning, Classroom Management, Bully Free, Eradicating the School to Prison Pipeline, PARCC, Empowered Educators, Locals Leading Change, and much, much more.
Sign up today to be part of edCommunities at mynea360.org
Evaluation Toolkit
Many of our state’s teachers are using the Danielson Framework to improve their teaching, reflect on their practice, and be evaluated. Here you can find actual resources used by real Alaska teachers that are considered to meet the ‘Distinguished’ level of teaching. The examples are grouped by domain with each component having its own description, discussion, and real examples from some of our state’s best teachers.
Interested in joining NEA-Alaska’s “Leading the Profession” Committee?
What We’re Reading (And Listening To)
AERA: American Educational Research Association
The Daily Riff: Be Smarter. About Education.
Educating Modern Learners
Education News
Education Podcast Network
Education Week/EdWeek
Edudemic: connecting education & technology
Edutopia
EdSource: Highlighting Strategies for Student Success
eSchool News: Daily Tech News & Innovation
Huffpost Education
National Education Policy Center
NEA Today
NPR Ed
Smart Brief Education
Teach Thought: We Grow Teachers
TED Talks about Education
TEDEd: Lessons Worth Sharing
Other Resources
- Attend an EdCamp
- Education Week Professional Development (pd) Sourcebook
- Education Week Webinars: Watch archived webinars and sign up for emails on upcoming webinars
- Edutopia Teacher Development webpage
- Emerging Leaders Program for teachers, coaches and assistant principals
- eSchool Webinars on technology topics like 3D printing and incorporating tablets in the classroom
- NEA Foundation Online Courses
- Teacher’s First Professional Resources on a variety of topics from cyberbullying to reading
- What Works Clearinghouse from the Institute of Education Sciences
- What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
