Professional Development Committee

AAPOS Professional Education Committee

Professional Practice Committee.

The Professional Practice Committee (PPC) of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is responsible for the “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes” position statement, referred to as the “Standards of Care.” The PPC is a multidisciplinary expert committee comprised of physicians, diabetes educators, registered dietitians, and others who have expertise in a range of areas, including adult and pe...

The Impact of Professional Internship on Teacher Professional Development

Introduction: Teacher internships began in the United States in 1900 and they include work-based teaching experiences. Programs with titles from school to work, in search of work, teaching new teaching methods, and etc., are considered as the best methods of in-service training by a teacher. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of professional internship on the professional devel...

Development Assistance Committee

Language Learning Materials Development for Teachers’ Professional Development

Coursebooks are normally written to contain information, instruction, exposure, and activities that learn- ers at a particular level need to enhance their communicative competence in the target language. Howev- er, many global course books make attempts to include content, topics, and texts that do not disadvantage any learner around the world. That is why global course books normally do ...