Professional development projects help teachers acquire knowledge, skills or credentials to improve their craft as a teacher and create a direct impact on student learning.
You can select Professional Development when you create a project, on the 'HI' page of your project draft:
What types of Professional Development (PD) can I request?
Teachers may post PD projects for physical items, like books or technology, or for virtual experiences, like workshops, certifications, or trainings. Currently, in-person Professional Development projects are unavailable, with the exception of the Ron Clark Academy pilot.
We are unable to post project requests (virtual, in-person, or otherwise) from Get Your Teach On.
When can I post a project for a virtual event?
Please post your virtual PD project no sooner than 2 months from the event, and no further away than 8 months.
What should I include in my PD project description?
Project essays (on the 'WHY' page of your project draft) must clearly describe:
- The learning objective (eg. socio-emotional teaching techniques)
- How the learning objective will be achieved (eg. books, conferences, training)
- How students will benefit (eg. more up-to-date AP content)
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Virtual Trips
- Event Registration: If you need to submit a deposit to participate in an event, that is a-ok. However, you should not pay out of pocket for the full event registration prior to submitting your project. Our team needs to be directly involved in payment to the vendor.
- Bundled Packages: Bundled pricing for PD events can be requested if there are no ticket types/options. For example a ticket that’s all inclusive for event registration, food, transportation and lodging would be switched for an available ticket for event registration.
- Event Timeline: You can post your project for an event anytime between 2 and 8 months from the date you submit your project, even if it’s next school year
Virtual Visitors
- Visitor projects can request the cost of the virtual visitor.
- We aren’t able to cover food/lodging/transportation reimbursements for visitors. If those expenses are needed, they should be included in the visitor’s quote.
Resources
- Technology: Resources serve to facilitate your learning! Projects that request technology devices should illustrate how the device will allow you to access professional development resources.
- Check out commonly requested resources and experiences for professional development.
How can I thank my donors?
Donors love having a new way to support your classroom, and they’ll be excited to hear about what you learned. Check out our tips for completing your Professional Development thank-you package.
When will in-person opportunities be back?
We have removed in-person events from our site as explore ways to make the process easier for both teachers and our staff. We do not currently have a timeline of when in-person events will return.