There are so many educational opportunities for teachers during the summer months. Some can be offered for free, and other charge fees. I'm going to mix it up a bit, because I know there are school districts which will reimburse their teachers if there is a fee. In my case, I'm on my own if I decide to pay for any workshops or classes this summer. The free ones that I know about are marked with an *.
NOTE: Some events could not be listed because the date to apply has already passed.





JUST FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

ALA Las Vegas- American Association of School Librarians schedule HERE

*EasyBib Professional Development- on demand and free

English Language Learners and the School Library- July 20-22; Cambridge, MA


*Gale Geek Webinars- play or download

*Junior Library Guild On-Site or Online Training for Librarians

Picture Book Conference- at the Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Ohio

*Professional Development/Webinars- currently about 28 on the list with updates all the time

*School Librarian Twitter Chats as Professional Development

*Summer Teen- School Library Journal's online event covering teen issues and their affect on your teen collection.



ALL EDUCATORS

Annenberg Learner- view videos in these subject areas: arts, foreign language, literature and language arts, math, science, social studies and history

Arkansas STEM Coalition- computer science professional development


ASCD Summer Professional Development Opportunities- all over the U.S.

Center for STEM Education for Girls- locations for professional development all over the U.S.

Coursera-  verified certificates for certain courses ($); others are FREE


DIY Professional Development Resource Roundup- from Edutopia 

*edCamp- list of all edCamp schedules (it's worldwide!)


EdTech Teacher Summer Workshops- Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago

*edWeb Webinars


*Free Professional Learning Through ASCD's Professional Development Tools- includes webinars, virtual learning, book study guides


The Art of Education Conference- for art teachers; national online conference


The Conference Calendar- lists conferences for all types of educators


Connecticut Council of Language Teachers- July 9-10


The Education Cooperative- long list of PD opportunities either online or Tec Learning Center in Massachusetts


Education Week Teacher PD Directory- extensive listing of professional development opportunities


Houghton Mifflin Professional Development- for math teachers

ISTE 2015 Philadelphia- June 28- July 1


*The Library of Congress- FREE PD for teachers


*Maker Educator Boot Camp- held in Pittsburgh, PA


Museum Institute for Teaching Science- summer professional development institutes; located in different parts of Massachusetts.

Music-Comp- professional development for music teachers; located in Burlington, VT; begins July13th and 20th.

*National Archives- PD Webinars for Educators


The New Victory Theater- (NYC, August 10-14) "Workshops designed to help classroom teachers and arts specialists (Pre-K to 12th grade) cultivate the skills to incorporate the performing arts into their lesson planning and teaching practice."


NEA Member Benefits: Professional Development

NJEA Professional Learning


NJEA Summer Learning Opportunities

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection- science educators

Professional Development Programs for Teachers- from The Newberry, Chicago's Independent Research Library

Professional Learning at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum- (NYC) August 3-8; some $$

Richard Byrne's Online PD Opportunities-learn from one of the best!


Smithsonian Educator Workshops- includes the Mobile Learning Institute; many wait list only


Solution Tree Institutes- many sold out, so hurry

Stanford Summer Teaching Institute- language arts, technology, science, math

*Summer Rejuvination Guide- from Edutopia

Summer Programs from LRC- for foreign language teachers

Teachers College, Columbia University- conferences on various topics; some are wait-list only

Teq Summer PD- NYC and Long Island


University of British Columbia Online Courses

University of North Dakota Professional Development- in person or online

University of Wisconsin Stout-  34 online professional development courses





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