Professional Development

TxVSN Approved through Region 4 Education Service Center

Opportunities that Fit Your Schedule!
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Explore great opportunities to harness the Internet as a vehicle for learning. Courses delivered online enable you to earn professional development credit from home or school at times convenient for you.

Each course incorporates high-quality educational content, innovative instructional strategies, visual and interactive educational components and access to the informational resources of the Internet to provide an extraordinary virtual classroom experience.

Choose between instructor-led courses and independent study courses that allow you to complete course requirements at your own pace.
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Let's Talk: The Art of Online Discussions
& Handout (November 30 - December 12, 2009)
Cost: $300.00

Click here to register online: Session # 452615 (filled)
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Web Instructor's Certification Part I
( Approved Professional Development
Professional development focusing on the mastery of skills needed to be effective as an online teacher.. Each training is 5 weeks in length and totally online with an optional face-to-face session. Click Here to View Syllabus

Click here for a multimedia presentation explaining Part I's goals and requirements. "How To Teach in the Online Classroom"

ONLY Part I is required to teach for TxVSN course providers (Registration is now OPEN for Winter session)

March 29 - May 3, 2010 (limited seats open)
Click Here to Register Online (Session ID # 466876)

June 7 - July 5, 2010 (limited seats open)
Click Here to Register Online (Session ID # 466880)

Cost $500.00
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Online Teaching: It IS for Me!!!
NEW!!! Experienced Online Teacher Training
Approved Professional Development
this training is designed to meet the needs of those who are experienced web-based instructors. Each part is based on iNACOL Standards for Quality Online Teaching.

Part I: (Required) Skills Assessment provides pre-training inclusive participant skills assessment.
Cost: $100.00 (Open enrollment) Begins Sept. 1, 2009
Click Here to Register Online (Session ID # 442629)
(Note: Part II and/or Part III may be assigned based on Skill Assessment results)

Part II: Fast-Paced Two-Week Mini-Training provides experienced web-based teachers with pedagogically sound, pragmatic, and doable strategies to use when teaching online classes.
(Required to teach for TVS)
Cost: $200.00 (9 CPE's)
(Dates to be Announced)

Part III: Specialty Modules offer a wide variety of training's that deal with topics such as discussion forums, learning styles, assessment and evaluation planning, pod casting, and interactive teaching methods. (Assigned based on Skills Assessment results.)
Cost: $50.00 per module

Contact Linda Gillis, tvs@esc4.net for registration information.
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Web Instructor's Certification Part II

Approved Training
(NOT required to teach for a TxVSN course provider)
Part II's focuses on instructional design and the development of interactive online courses.

Click to View Syllabus

Dates for WICC Part II
July 7, 2010 - August 13, 2010
Click Here to Register Online (Session ID # 474987)

contact Linda Gillis directly if interested

(Note: Participant must have successfully completed WICC Part I)
Cost $600.00
(For more information contact, Linda Gillis at lgillis@esc4.net )

(Note: This is a Region 4 certification of completion, not a state mandated certification for teaching online)

Online Teaching: Is it for Me?
Introduction to Online Teaching
This two-week mini-course introduces online instruction to teachers. This training's purpose is to present an all-inclusive, organized setting in which educators become familiar with a highly interactive online class from both a student's and instructor's perspective. Click to View Syllabus
(For more information contact, Linda Gillis at lgillis@esc4.net)
This course was a finalist for Blackboard's 2006 Greenhouse Award
Cost $200.00

(Next Session to Be Scheduled)
Click here to register online
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"Liaisonics"
Now taking reservations for fall session
Online course designed for campus contacts and counselors of online students.
Click here for a multimedia presentation of this exciting new offering.
(Note- for directions on how to view, click here) (6 CPE)
Session Dates:
To be Announced

Cost: $75.00

Click here to register online
Session ID# 474186

(For more information contact, Linda Gillis at lgillis@esc4.net )
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Parent's Online
Open enrollment (Cost: $25.00) introduction to online learning. This one-week facilitated online course is specifically designed to help parents understand the complexities of online classes.
Registration Form