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| American Federation of Teachers (AFT) |
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| The nation's second largest teachers' association or union. Founded in 1916, it is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest union. |
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| Association of American Educators (AEE) |
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| Established in 1994, the ____ is the nation's largest nonunion professional organization of teachers. |
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| Courses, workshops, or short retreats. |
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| Organizations in which all members are engaged in continuous learning and improvement efforts. |
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| An organization that systematically learns from its experiences what works and what does not work, with the goal to increase innovation, effectiveness, and performance. |
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| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) |
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| The professional agency that sets voluntary standards for what experienced teachers should know and be able to do in more that 30 different teaching areas. |
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| National Education Association (NEA) |
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| The nation's largest teachers' association, founded in 1857 and having a membership of over 3.2 million educators. |
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| An occupation or occupational group that fulfills certain criteria. Among other things, it must require training and knowledge, perform a social service, have a code of ethics, and have a sense of autonomy and personal responsibility. |
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| The effort by a school or school district to improve the professional skills and competencies of its professional staff. Also called "in-service training" in education. Also called "staff development". |
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| The efforts by a school or school district to improve the professional skills and competencies of its professional staff. Also called "professional development" or "staff development". |
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