Small Wyoming School District Uses PD 360 to Deliver Big District Infrastructure

Online, May 16, 2011 (Newswire.com) - School Improvement Network announces that PD 360 on-demand technology is particularly valuable to small school districts, like the one in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.

"PD 360 gives our small school district a big-district professional development infrastructure," said Jack Cozart, Superintendent of Laramie County School District #2 in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. "Last year we heard about PD 360 at a conference for the Wyoming School Boards. The idea that our educators could collaborate with teachers all over the country was quite compelling."

Mr. Cozart continues, "Even though we are new to PD 360, I've been amazed at the enthusiasm and speed with which our 105 teachers and professional staff have adopted this technology. We have four elementary schools and two 7-12 secondary schools. But our educators access and collaborate with peers nationwide."

Vice president of School Improvement Network, Cory Linton, said, "Jack Cozart's team joins the world's largest community of verified educators. With the most experts, the broadest range of topics and the most classroom examples, we are especially excited to see the empowering effect of PD 360 on districts like Jack's."

About School Improvement Network
Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the Learning 360 Framework, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. The School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,000 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at www.schoolimprovement.com.

About PD 360 • Practical, Scalable, Measurable
PD 360 is the multi-award winning, leading online, on-demand professional learning resource for schools and districts.

With 1,400 videos on 97 topics from 120 experts, PD 360 has the largest online community of educators, with over 700,000 subscribers. The innovative PD 360 videos are unique and class-leading because of the quality of production, and each is research-based with classroom examples of best practices. The videos are also relatively short in nature (about 6-12 minutes) allowing educators access to "snack-able" content that is easy and accessible to view and implement.

Teachers, administrators, professional learning communities, coaches, mentors, instructional leaders, and paraprofessionals have available at their fingertips hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that present real, best-practice classroom examples and feature respected education experts, such as Michael Fullan, Rick DuFour, Doug Reeves, Rick Stiggins, and many others. Educators can instantly find the help they need on nearly every topic, including differentiation, assessment, English language learners, leadership, and more. PD 360 can also be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher, a PLC, or even an entire school. PD 360 bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation with job-embedded follow-up, tracking, and reflection tools. PD 360 gives educators access to an online community of teaching professionals that allows interaction and collaboration either within a district or across the United States and the world. PD 360 includes over 1,400 research-based video learning segments and is the most comprehensive web-based library of professional development resources available. See a demonstration at www.pd360.com.

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