Professional evelopment Strategies and When designing a comprehensive professional evelopment rogram, PD planing committees ‘need to consider a broad range of activities. ‘Planning and selection of activities should bolance the needs ofthe individual, the schol andthe iuisticon The folowing re some examples of PD acts that con be combined to create an enging program, Aion esearch Book study (assom/school stfion (labora cucu development Confrence cut tapes Conferenas Cored mopying Corialun symposum Dota anasis Examining student work Focused conesations Hosting tant ech Indvdul professional growth plans bteyted cial planing beret esearch Jouring lesson sty entring 0 colleague nine crim network nine PD progams Peer coactng Postsecondary courses Professional books and journals Froessiona organizations Professional portfotos Salocing cure resources Saleflcton Spel coun memberships Siu groups Sumner iafttes Teachers comenton Video conferencing Viewing educational videos WorkshopsSupport Resources for Comprehensive Professional Development Planning in Alberta Alberta Education (www.education gov.ab.ca) ‘agin Services Branch Curiulom Branch French Language Services Branch Lorne Assessment Branch Leorning nd Teaching Resouces Branch Leorning Technologies Branch Schoo Improvement Branch Special rogrs Branch Sokeholdr Technology Branch ‘System Improvement ond Reporting Division Tencher Develooment ond Cofiation Branch ‘beri Regional Professional Development Consortia (www arpdeab.ca) olgary Regional Consortium (varw.cepd.ohca) enrol Abera Regional Consortium (wow ca. com) Edmonton Regional Lenming Consortium (ww. oe.) Learning Network (wo lernng network. org) Northwest Regional Learning Consortium (worn) Southern Abra Profesional Development Consortium (hip / people. ue. ca/~sopdc) Alberta Teachers’ Assocation (www.ata.ab.ca) Local PO committees Professional development publications Professional development stff Profession library (one catalogue) Speciaist councils Teachers’ conventions Acknowledgments Special thanks ore extended to the folowing representatives who paticipated in the development ofthis publication: Dug tkenhend Dr H{ Couture Karen Egge Gary Hack Ds Jeon Host Shon Kimmel Bb chou Ds ion Midd Catheine Moi Val Olekshy Michel Pdtosty Jocqueline Skytt Dovohy Staley Stilo Yon Eton Keith Wogner Sie Waring Glen Zao