Peer Connection

PBS TeacherLine's newest online service to help teachers further develop their professional skills is PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection. This innovative professional development tool offers customized, targeted support for instructional coaches. Professional development coaches can utilize high quality resources like videos on best practices and research-based articles—all in a searchable location. In addition, PBS TeacherLine fosters an online community bringing coaches and teachers together regardless of hectic schedules and physical distance.

NEW: Video Tour of Peer Connection

PBS TeacherLine has developed a new video tour showcasing the Peer Connection online tools for instructional coaches, professional development coordinators and teacher leaders.

The video is divided into four chapters to show how to find and share our best-in-class resources, use our unique coaching modules to support and develop effective teachers, participate in the Peer Connection online social network, and strengthen coaching practices and facilitating ongoing professional development.

Make Your Instructional Coaching More Effective

PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection combines the power of online communication and collaboration with trusted, valuable content. Leverage PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection to increase the power of the current coaching model in your school. It provides a rich, flexible set of tools to help coaches search for appropriate professional development resources, save these resources using a unique custom labeling system, and share them with the educators you're coaching. PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection is the productive, collaborative, and innovative way to support your instructional coaching methods and reach more teachers.

Louisiana Governor's Office and School Districts Select PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection for PreK-12 Professional Development (Jan 2010)

To improve teacher quality - critical for meeting student achievement and graduate rate goals - the Louisiana Governor's Office and several school districts in the state have selected Peer Connection, a service of PBS TeacherLine® (www.pbs.org/teacherline). Peer Connection will offer ongoing support to the state's preK-12 instructional coaches and educators through anytime, anywhere access to best practices and teaching resources, and a professional learning community.

With PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection, schools and districts can:

• Save Time and Money
  • because instructional coaches can use these tools to support more teachers more powerfully and efficiently.
    
    
• Deliver Quality Teacher Support
  • because instructional coaches can tap the unrivaled resources of PBS TeacherLine to help educators improve classroom practice.
    
    
• Strengthen Coaching Practices
  • because PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection gives coaches the tools to communicate, collaborate, and contextualize resources individually for the teachers they're supporting.
  
  

For more information, or to get started bringing PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection to your school or district:

• Download and complete our Self Assessment Survey (pdf) to get a better idea of how PBS TeacherLine Peer Connection can serve your needs.
  
  
• Request a Free 30-Day Trial.
  
  
• Individual account pricing (one coach/mentor supports up to 20 teachers) begins at only $169/year!
  
  
• To subscribe or to learn about available discounts for multi-site subscriptions and other program benefits, please call us today at 1-800-277-0829.