Unconference Your Professional Development

More than ever, educators are revolutionizing professional development by turning to participant-driven learning. Teachers are realizing in greater numbers that they are less likely to benefit from driving to a specific location to gather in a classroom-like environment around a whiteboard for a day-long presentation. Teacher Essentials® provides a comprehensive learning library for teachers wanting to “unconference”.

Teacher Essentials® lessons can be used as a catalyst for discussion during professional development events, focusing the group on a specific topic area. Alternatively, teachers can select what they want to learn from the catalog and work in groups of any size, or as individuals to build instructional strategies in areas of personal interest or need. Anywhere, anytime access means the lessons will fit any schedule.

Elementary Teacher
Professional Development

Course categories include:

  • Planning and Building – 4 courses
  • Child Development – 3 courses
  • Family and Community – 3 courses
  • Instruction – 6 courses
  • Differentiated Instruction – 4 courses
  • Assessment and Evaluation – 5 courses
  • Classroom Management – 4 courses
  • Diverse Learners – 5 courses

 
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Middle/Secondary
Teacher Professional Development

Course categories include:

  • Planning and Building – 4 courses
  • Child Development – 3 courses
  • Family and Community – 3 courses
  • Instruction – 6 courses
  • Differentiated Instruction – 4 courses
  • Assessment and Evaluation – 5 courses
  • Classroom Management – 4 courses
  • Diverse Learners – 5 courses

 
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School Counselor
Professional Development

Course categories include:

  • Fundamentals of School Counseling – 6 courses
  • The Role of the School Counselor – 10 courses

 
 
 
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Why Choose Teacher Essentials®

Each course contains classroom-ready strategies and best-practices, complete with assignments to put learning into practice. Teacher Essentials® allows your teachers and school counselors to learn what they want, when they want it. No need to wait for a scheduled professional development day.

Available for purchase as a district-wide annual subscription, your staff get unlimited access to the 84 courses of the Teacher Essentials® library during the school year. Your dedicated customer support person creates accounts and assigns courses, as instructed by the Teacher PD Department staff at your district. You decide whether to review and provide feedback on uploaded assignments, or have them simply be a personal growth exercise. Progress reports are generated on a schedule of your choosing.

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And there’s more…

Free Animations & Activities to Engage Students

Animations and activities are provided in three categories:

MyMath

MyMath

MyMath Tutorials help children from ages 7-10 to learn mathematics as a part of everyday life. MyMath presents mathematics as part of everyday activities, such as playing, reading, beading, baking, storytelling and helping others. Students can view animations, watch tutorial videos and learn from short concept based modules.

Fun In Spanish

Fun in Spanish

Fun in Spanish is designed for learning Spanish as an International Language for children from ages 5 and up. They do not need to have previous knowledge of the language, although some exposure will help them to more quickly engage the learning content. Children can view animations to practice their emerging Spanish language skills.

Fun in French

Fun in French

Fun in French is designed for learning French as an International Language for children from ages 5-10. They do not need to have previous knowledge of the language for the beginning age level, although some exposure will help them to more quickly engage the learning content. Children can view animations to practice their emerging French language skills.

Resources are differentiated by grade and age appropriateness.

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