Hello Jackie from California!  The Oakland Adult and Career Education department of the Oakland Unified School District provides paid, ongoing PD for both contracted and hourly teachers.  We have a PD committee that is currently addressing assessment as part of best teaching practices.  We offer presentations throughout the year, during required staff meetings, at retreats, and in the form of workshops offered by our teachers and by CALPRO.  We do not pay for PD courses taken online; rather the staff is polled about fourtimes a year to determine what their needs are and are we meeting them.  The focus of PD is part of on-going program development. We offer a variety of opportunities due to teachers assigments during mornings, afternoons, evenings, and on Saturdays.  I am not able to speak to how other programs address PD; hope someone from CA can provide some insights.  
   
  Bonnita Solberg
  Teacher on Special Assignment
  Oakland Adult and Career Education

"Taylor, Jackie" <jataylor at utk.edu> wrote:
      Hello again, All,
  I hope our discussions of creativity and innovation in the classroom continues – creative ideas from the classroom and ‘training room’ (online or face-to-face) can translate both ways.
  I’d also like to see our sharing of what’s happening in online PD continue. Thanks to Leecy, George, Sharyn, and Denise, we’ve learned of examples from Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, and Texas.
  But what about other states? What’s happening in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, California, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, and Virginia? What about other organizations that offer online PD?
  1) Include some considerations, such as:
      


  * Provider:
  * Website:
  * Online PD topic(s):
  * Open to the public?
  * Cost?
  * Are CEUs or other credits available? (if so, what type)
  * What institution issues the CEUs?
  * When offered?
  * Unique options or features?
  * Anything else you’d like to add?
  Please give us a rich description from your perspective, or just send us the basic information listed above.
  
  2) Or your perspective may be from a slice of what your program, state, or organization offers. Tell us about the online PD you designed or facilitate. I look forward to hearing about these exciting aspects of your work!
  Thanks! Jackie Taylor
   
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