Teachers’ Unions Taking Professional Development Online
NEA, AFT reach out to beginners; more web-based offerings foreseen.
The nation’s largest teachers’ union plans to put a popular workshop for new teachers online soon, starting what could be a large-scale move into digital professional development run from the union’s Washington headquarters.
“It will be a prototype for future efforts if it is successful,” said Thomas Blanford, who helps coordinate the effort for the National Education Association.
The American Federation of Teachers, which has 1.3 million members to the NEA’s 3.2 million, launched a similar venture last summer and already has one...
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