Here are some high-profile companies that are offering opportunities for online teacher professional development:

  • Angel Learning -- An online-learning management suite that helps districts coordinate and present teacher training. (Now owned by Blackboard.)

  • Blackboard Educator Central -- Provides an online platform to deliver and manage professional development, including collaboration tools, individualized growth plans, and evaluation features.

  • Discovery -- Hosts and educator network and webinars on using digital media in the classroom.

  • Massachusetts Teachers' Domain is a extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.

  • PBS TeacherLine -- Provides facilitated, graduate-level online courses for teachers.

  • PD 360 -- An on-demand online library of teacher professional development resources, including tracking tools and group training. (Part of the School Improvement Network.)

  • Pearson -- Provides a variety of online services for teacher learning, including assessment-analysis training.

  • Scholastic Red -- A literacy training program that combines online courses and site-based study groups.

  • Tapped In -- An online platform for professional development presentations, including features for teacher collaboration and discussion. (Created by SRI International.)

  • Teachscape XL -- Provides a Web-based platform that delivers and organizes professional development content to teachers and professional learning communities.

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updated October 26, 2009

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