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Coursera: Coursera Announces Professional Development Courses to Facilitate Lifelong Learning for Teachers
Editor’s Note: Julia Stiglitz is the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at Coursera. Nine years ago, I walked as a new teacher into my 4th grade classroom in East San Jose and began my career in education. I owe much of my success during that first year (which was even more intense than the first year of a startup!) to Sean, my coach and mentor, who guided my professional development and gave me the crucial feedback that I needed. Today we are extremely pleased to announce the launch of a teacher professional development category on Coursera. We believe that helping teachers improve their skills is an important contribution that we can make to the education of students everywhere. We are truly excited about the possibilities that having these courses available for free online, to be used independently or in a blended learning capacity, will open up for teachers, schools, and districts. Seven leading schools of education have joined this initiative, i…