Throughout my experience as an educator, I have been very fortunate to work for a district that encouraged professional development and also to have the opportunity to attend many workshops and conferences both in my regional area and around the country.
I think you'd find few educators that would disagree about the importance of professional development. However, time, travel, and the expenses involved are sometimes inhibitors. Additionally, one-size-fits-all PD can sometimes be counterproductive. Therefore, in response to these struggles, I am very happy to announce the launch of 21 Vision's Innovation Academy.
The Innovation Academy is a series of online professional development offerings designed to engage professional learners in skills for today's students, such as Project Based Learning, the Flipped Classroom, Visual Literacy, and Google Apps just to name a few. All courses are designed to support a classroom that provides not just relevant, but real world learning experiences.
All courses take about a month to complete, and participants will directly collaborate with other teachers in the course and the instructor throughout the month. Courses are offered at a very affordable $125. Check out the link above for course descriptions.
Additional courses will be available very soon, and will always be launched the first date of the month.
