It is important as an educator professional to maintain an exchange and flow of ideas and information in a vibrant professional learning community. The learning experience never ends and through such networks one can assume roles of leadership in their own communities and continue to effect change. There are several important professional teaching organizations that one can choose to join and participate in to further their professional development. Here are some of these very important organziations below!
American Federation of Teachers (http:www.aft.org)
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx)
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (http://www.nbpts.org/)
National Education Association (http://www.nea.org)
Phi Delta Kappa (http://www.pdkintl.org)
International Reading Association or IRA (http://reading.org/General/Default.aspx)
National Science Teachers Association or NSTA (http://www.nsta.org/)
Council for Exceptional Children or CEC (http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/templates/CECHomePage.cfm)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics or NCTM (http://www.nctm.org/)
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