Gale Professional Development Resources

Gale Professional Development Workshops help you close achievement gaps for K-12 professionals. Our customizable, classroom-based training courses are taught at your school, around your schedule. They provide your teachers with the skills they need strengthened.

When you put teachers into the role of learners, you must have confidence in the instruction they'll receive. Gale workshops are designed to maximize the investment of time and funding to deliver training that bridges specific performance gaps … training that helps create highly qualified teachers … training that can be put into practice immediately!

Choose from any of the following areas for development:

Pulling the Plug on Plagiarism — With every school at risk for copyright infringement liability, this is a topic you cannot afford to ignore! This engaging and eye-opening workshop trains teachers and other staff members to recognize plagiarism and help students avoid the temptation to cheat
Teaching to Standards: A Collaborative Approach — This workshop accomplishes two important missions: it demonstrates how to use online material to create lesson plans that align with current state and district standards, and it raises the comfort level of educators who increasingly use technology in the classroom
Curriculum Integration Strategies — Need correlated lesson plans right now? This concentrated, hands-on workshop helps districts and intermediate or regional organizations create a of standards-aligned lesson plans that integrate online subscription resources
Instructional Strategies Using Your Gale Resources — This workshop is a "must have" for teachers, librarians and media specialists who use electronic products every day. Learn how Gale databases can fill gaps left by outdated textbooks and other materials

To schedule a class or consultation, or for more information, please call your Gale Representative at 1-800-877-GALE.

Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour online access from school or home. The Professional Collection offers balanced coverage for any professional educator:

Arts and Humanities
Child and Adolescent Psychology and Development
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Health/Nutrition/Fitness
Learning Disabilities
Literature
School Law
Science and Technology
Social Sciences
Sports/Athletic Training

For more information, please call your Gale Representative at 1-800-877-GALE.