STAFF RESOURCES

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The San Francisco School offers a comprehensive professional development program for faculty and staff.  The School works to provide teacher development in the context of a professional learning community.  Furthermore, The School provides time and reimbursements for classes and conferences sponsored by others, and seek to structure the teaching experience to include ongoing professional dialog.

This page contains links to other organizations providing professional development opportunities for teachers.

Professional Associations

• National Association of Independent Schools: www.nais.org
• California Association of Independent Schools:  www.caisca.org
• Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative: www.batdc.org
• Bay Area People of Color in Independent Schools: www.ba-pocis.org
• Asian Educators Alliance:  www.aseanational.org
• Bay Area Teacher Training Institute:  ba-tti.org
• Independent School Management: www.isminc.com
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org/
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: ascd.org/
• National Association for Gifted Children: www.nagc.org/

Discipline Specific Associations

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language: www.actfl.org
• American Orff-Schulwerk Association: www.aosa2.org
• National Council of Teachers of English: www.ncte.org
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: www.nctm.org
• National Science Teachers Association: www.nsta.org
• National Council for the Social Studies: www.ncss.org
• International Reading Association: www.reading.org/
• Bay Area Writing Project: www.bayareawritingproject.org/

Diversity-related resources:

• NAIS Summer Diversity Institute: www.nais.org/equity
• PoCC Conference: www.nais.org/pocc
• White Privilege Conference: www.uccs.edu/~wpc
• National Association for Multicultural Education: www.nameorg.org
• Teaching Tolerance: www.tolerance.org/index.jsp
• The Respect for All Project: www.groundspark.org/
• Edutopia: www.edutopia.org/

Conferences

• California Mathematics Council & Asilomar Conference: www.cmc-math.org
• Center for Ecoliteracy:  www.ecoliteracy.org
• Center for Innovative Thinking:  www.urbanschool.org
• Computer-Using Educators: www.cue.org
• David Mallery Seminars: www.davidseminars.com
• FEAST (Fun Exchanges and Activities for Science Teachers): chabotspace.org/visit/programs/teacher.asp
• Heidi Hayes Jacobs: Curriculum Mapping Conference: www.curriculumdesigners.com
• Learning and the Brain Conference: www.edupr.com
• Making Math Real: www.makingmathreal.org
• Mel Levine Schools Attuned: www.allkindsofminds.org
• The Middle School Institute at Gordon, A Working Retreat for Teachers (June 22-25, 2008)
  Email institute@gordonschool.org for information