The Online Course Environment
Everyone who enrolls in one of our online courses receives 12 months of access to ePD at Edvantia, an e-learning environment that includes threaded discussions, multimedia presentations, and more. Access includes unlimited review of course materials and notification of webcasts and other member events.
As thousands of ePD users know from experience, online learning can be quite interactive. To support interactivity, ePD at Edvantia uses threaded discussions and e-mail, and sometimes a moderator, to help participants learn about and from one another. An integral part of every course experience is reflecting, sharing, and communicating with other members of the online learning community, and this network of critical friends may continue to consult and support after the session ends.
Edvantia will work with your group of 20 or more participants to schedule an ePD course. To request a preview, contact info@edvantia.org or call 800.624.9120.
Online Courses from ePD at Edvantia
Scientifically Based Reading Research in a Comprehensive Literacy Program
Improve K-3 literacy by establishing a comprehensive literacy program in your school. This Web-based course introduces the research base and helps teachers and others learn how to use research knowledge to select reading programs and implement effective practices in the classroom.
Assessment and Intervention in a Comprehensive Literacy Classroom
Use data from your own school and your own students as you learn about four types of assessments, why and when they are administered, and how to use the results.
Principal Connections Online: Focus on Technology Integration
Delve into the best available information from research on technology integration and new compelling video clips of real classrooms where students are engaged in content areas using technology. Gain a better understanding of the stages of technology integration and how to support teacher growth.
Principal Connections Online: Enhancing Student Achievement Through 21st Century Skills and Tools
Learn through stories from real schools, videos from classrooms, and a variety of research-based tools, all with a special emphasis on the role of 21st century skills and tools. Developed and made popular by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, these skills represent how and what students should learn within the context of a curriculum.
Reculturing for Student Success: Supporting and Sustaining Change
Explore the nature of school culture and learn about research- and practice-based resources that describe the relationship between culture and student performance. Develop the knowledge, skills, and commitment to create and sustain a high-performance learning culture in your school.
Introduction to Shared Leadership
Develop a basic knowledge of shared leadership and gain insight into how it can help your school become a learning community. This four-week course introduces shared leadership, school culture, and professional learning community, describes what these look like when they’re present in a school; and more.
Shared Leadership for Effective Instruction
Make an impact on student achievement by becoming intensively involved in curricular and instructional issues. To be effective, share leadership with assistant principals, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and leadership teams.
Shared Leadership for Safe and Orderly Schools
Enhance your understanding of how shared leadership can contribute to a safe and orderly school environment and learn strategies to help you refine and expand your use of shared leadership to improve schoolwide and classroom discipline.
