GEAR UP Mississippi aims to support teacher professional development in our partner school districts. This development hopefully leads to higher achievement of students with more students choosing to pursue higher education. These professional development activities will best fit the needs of the districts and may include:

• Best practices for lesson development

• Interdisciplinary planning

• Team building

• Activities to link each course to career opportunities

• Advanced placement/honors courses support

• Technology infusion in courses

• Alternatives for juniors and seniors

• Accessing Higher Education

Here are some resources:

• ACT

• actDEN (Digital Education Network) - free software tutorials and online cou

• Classroom Connect

• Concept to Classroom

• DSU- Delta Area Association for Improvement of Schools (DAAIS)

• EdSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web

• Edutopia: The New World of Learning

• Exploratorium: Tools for Teaching

• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

• GEAR UP Mississippi/GEAR UP for Excellence Coordinators Meeting /June 2010

• GetTech

• Institute for Effective Teaching Practices (IETP)

• JBHM

• JSU College of Lifelong Learning- CEU's

• Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom

• MDE Test Calendars

• Mississippi Department of Education Office of Professional Development

• Mississippi Public Broadcasting

• Mississippi Teacher Center

• MISSISSIPPI.gov - Links to Mississippi Higher Education

• MSU Continuing Education- CEU's

• NCLB: A Toolkit for Teachers

• North Mississippi Education Consortium

• Ole Miss Teacher Certification-CEU's

• The Resource Center

• USDOE: Just for Teachers

• USM CEU Courses