Patent ID: 8116674

Claim:
A computer-implemented professional development system for teachers, said system including a computer system having a database and a plurality of subject- specific instructional materials, each of said instructional materials including a syllabus, a pacing guide, a plurality of daily instructional materials, assessments, a student activity book, a teacher version of the student activity book, and class notes, said computer-implemented professional development system further comprising: a first computer implemented module for managing the selection of authors of said subject-specific instructional materials including an interface for receiving applicant information online using said computer system, a report generator generating a report to compare applicants for selecting an applicant as an author using said computer system, an instruction communicator for providing detailed instructions to a selected applicant using said computer system, said detailed instructions setting forth in detail requirements for materials to be created by the selected applicant; a second module for managing the creation of said subject-specific instructional materials, said second module comprising a tracker configured to track creation of instructional materials, including stage of completion, percentage completion, and time remaining for a task using said computer system; and a third module for managing inventory of said subject-specific instructional materials, said third module comprising a tracker configured to track inventory of instructional materials available for shipping using said computer system.