PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Governance and Leadership

CISNA provides customized professional development. If you would like CISNA to come out to your school please contact us. Our experts can train, coach and guide Islamic schools based on the school’s individual needs. You can request professional development services for your school here.
Below are free resources that we’ve compiled for administrators, governing bodies and school boards.
On December 11, 2019 CISNA invited Necva Ozgur as the guest speaker to discuss Board/Principal responsibilities and relationships. Sr. Necva Ozgur is the founding School Head of New Horizon School of Pasadena. After serving NHSP for 12 years, she established a resource center for Islamic schools called MERIT, Muslim Educators, Resource, Information and Training Center. Sr. Necva served on the CISNA Board from 2009-2017. She currently provides Islamic schools with board training, principal coaching, assistance with accreditation, school establishment, development, evaluation and consulting.
**Please note that CISNA does not endorse any of the organizations or links listed below; they are strictly a collection of third-party resources. **
Resources For
Administrators and Governing Bodies
Important Links
- NAESP National Association of Elementary School Principals Best Practices: Professional Development for Principals
- ASCD Policy Priorities: Principal Leadership Professional Development
- NASSP National Association of Secondary School Principals Professional Learning
- Shaping Strong School Leaders: For Principals Continuous Learning Critical to Career Success
- American Institutes for Research (AIR) Principal Professional Development
- The School Superintendents Association (AASA) Professional Development Programs
- The Wallace Foundation School Leadership Knowledge Center
- Harvard’s Graduate School of Education
- The School Improvement Network: Innovation Summit
- The School Improvement Network: Curriculum Mapping
- Solution Tree
- Bernier Software & Technology
- Edweb
- Institute for Professional Development
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Summer Reading Resource
- The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) released “Closing the Gap Professional Development Toolkit”
- Independent School Management Training
- Education 2020 Professional Development Resources for Administrators
- Do you know what rights your students and parents have in regards to their privacy? Information on FERPA
- Need help with resources (Title Funds) available for your school? Contact your state’s Ombudsman
- Department of Education Office of Non-Public Education
Public School Board
Association Resources
Important Links
- Heyworth CUSD #4 School Board Training
- Illinois Association of School Board Training
- Illinois Association of School Board Mandatory Training
- Ohio School Board Association Training and Workshops
- North Dakota Department of Public Instruction School Board Professional Development Series
- Florida School Boards Association Professional Development
- Arkansas School Board Association Board Member Training
- New Jersey School Board Association Mandatory Training
- The School Superintendents Association Professional Development Program
- Kettle Moraine School District Professional Development
- Superintendent Round Up Professional Development by PowerSchool
- NASSP Professional Development
- Professional Development Articles: Professional Development for Teachers What Two Rigorous Studies Tell Us
- 5 Strategies for Better Teacher Professional Development
- Celebrating Student-Ready Schools by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Professional Development by Edweek
- ASCD Summer Reading List
- Arabic-Teacher Training and Professional Development A View from STARTALK by the University of Maryland
- How can I improve as an Arabic Teacher and Network with Others?
- Why Professional Development Matters by leaningforward.org
- School Board Member Professional Development and Effects on Student Achievement
- Importance of School Board Training by Michigan Association of School Boards
- Independent Schools Making Professional Development Work by Education Week
- Superintendents perceptions of their professional development in leadership for student achievement at Texas Region Education Service Centers
- Superintendents of small districts and school improvement: planning…professional development by American institutes for research
- Effective Physical Education Professional Development
- 21st century educators: developing and supporting great career and technical education teachers by AIR
- EdTech Focus on K-12 Technology Starts with Professional Development Training
- Professional Development Technology by Edutopia
- Technology Integration Professional Development Guide by Edutopia
- IES and NCES Technology in Schools
- Professional Development Integration for Technology
- 7 PD Tips for your instructional technology integration plan
- Transforming Classroom Practices PD in educational technology
- What we are learning about integration of technology and PD
- Texas Computer Education Association