Professional Growth
A Professional Growth Books List is published annually by the North American Division Office of Eduation. We encourage all educators to be life-long learners and believe that these books will help you toward that goal.
Note that some of these books are written by non-Adventist authors and may not fully reflect Seventh-day Adventist philosophy. However, we believe there is value in these books which have been selected to inspire, bring insight, and challenge your thinking.
Annual Professional Growth Book Lists
The following video clips (5-8 minutes) focus on various aspects of Seventh-day Adventist education, including how to nurture faith in students’ lives, how to convey a clear Adventist identity and mission, and how we can more effectively evaluate student learning, among other topics. They are provided courtesy of The Journal of Adventist Education.
Identity & mission
Cornerstones of Adventist education
Philip and the Minister of Finance
In the footsteps of Jesus
Instructional themes
The case of Nicodemus
The case of the Samaritan woman
Nurturing faith
The power of relationship
Each can make a difference
Incorporating aesthetics
Awakening aesthetic delight
The role of the arts
Creating aesthetic contexts for learning
Student assessment
What does the Bible say about evaluating our students?
Examples of evaluation in the Bible
Making formative assessment effective
Countering evaluation anxiety
Serie de la educación adventista (cada video tiene una duración de 5 a 8 minutos)
Identidad y misión
Cimientos de la educación adventista
Felipe y el Ministro de Finanzas
En las huellas de Cristo
Temas de instrucción
El caso de Nicodemo
El caso de la mujer samaritana
Avivando la fe
El poder de la relación
Cada uno puede marcar la diferencia
Incorporando la estética
Despertando el deleite estético
El papel de las artes
Creando contextos estéticos
Evaluación del estudiante
Principios bíblicos de la evaluación
Ejemplos de evaluación en la Biblia
Empleando la evaluación formativa
Contrarrestando la ansiedad de la evaluación
Adventist Learning Community
The Adventist Learning Community (ALC) is a Seventh-day Adventist ministerial and educational platform designed to strengthen professionals through continuing education courses, teaching courses, ministerial training, and dissemination of uniquely Adventist content for the church community and beyond. Because courses and resources are online, you can access your materials anywhere you have an internet connection at your convenience.
We have selected courses and resources that are featured on the NAD Office of Education Department page. These are available to NAD Educators when logging in with their Adventist Education Dashboard login credentials.
Take advantage of your ePortfolio! A direct line between your completed courses/PD activity and your Union Certification Registrar! For a personalized view of your portfolio, to request CEUs, or view your course list, click on the Dashboard link in the top right of the ALC page.
Adventist Colleges/Universities Summer School
Summer Professional Development for Teachers From Adventist Universities
- Andrews University
- Burman University
- Southern Adventist University
- La Sierra University
- Oakwood University
- Pacific Union College
- Southwestern Adventist University: On Campus or Distance Education
- Union College
- Walla Walla University
- Washington Adventist University
- Adventist Learning Community
Adventist Teacher Connect
The Adventist Learning Community is pleased to announce that Adventist Teacher Connect is now live. ATC will provide a central connecting point for Adventist teachers and schools in the NAD and around the world.
Take a moment to complete your profile on ATC. This can be a brief introduction about yourself and/or your class and what activities you would be interested in doing with another teacher and class. Download the Connect Teacher Guide for ideas.
There are 2 main apps available now on this platform, Connect and Participate.
Connect:
This is a database of Adventist teachers around the NAD and around the world willing to interact and collaborate with other teachers. There are many cool activities you can do with a partner teacher. Browse through teacher profiles; find a teacher you are interested in partnering with and then connect virtually with them and their class. If time zones are a challenge, you can send each other videos or use other creative ways to communicate.
Participate:
This section is dedicated to Project-Based Learning. This is where you can find ready-to-go project ideas, share your own project ideas and share your completed projects with the community of teachers. If you have a PBL idea that you would like to share, click on “suggest a project” and simply follow the prompts to outline the project steps. If you have completed that specific project, post your completed project too, including any pictures or videos you have.
If you run into any difficulties or have any questions, please contact Paola Oudri. Feel free to spread the word and invite your teacher colleagues to join.
Click here to join Adventist Teacher Connect
Click here to join Adventist Teacher Connect
Other Professional Growth Resources
Journal of Adventist Education
A prize-winning educational journal for Adventist educators. Adventist Education teachers can fulfill part of their recertification credit by faithfully reading this informative magazine. We encourage teachers and administrators not only to read this journal, but to write for it as well.