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Professional Development Resources

Professional Development Resources and Information

60 hours of professional development is required for any certified employee with a 190-day or greater contract per the FSD Policy Manual, Section 3, Policy 3.6a.  


The required professional development cycle from the Arkansas Department of Education's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is as follows: 

  • Child Maltreatment/Mandated Reporter- two hours in 21-22 and every fourth year thereafter

  • Family and Community Engagement- two hours in 22-23 and every fourth year thereafter

  • Bullying and Suicide Awareness and Prevention- two hours in 23-24 and every fourth year thereafter

  • Arkansas History (for those who provide instruction in Arkansas History directly, or through embedded standards)- two hours in 24-25 and every fourth year thereafter 


PD Resources and Links: 


Arkansas IDEAS Portal- contains professional development courses created specifically for Arkansas educators 

Go to http://ideas.myarkansaspbs.org/

Login: with your username and password.

Forget password?   - Click on link to reset.

New User? - CREATE ACCOUNT

PDF Instructions for first time AETN IDEAS portal users


escWorks- Login here to register for all Coop PD and manage your personal professional development transcript

Link: https://www.escweb.net/ar_esc/default.aspx


Go Guardian

Video: GoGuardian Teacher: Best Practices and New Features 2020

GoGuardian Teacher Training Course- sign up for this interactive course to learn at your own pace

PDF: 2021 GoGuardian Getting Started Guide for Teachers

PDF: 2021 GoGuardian Teacher How To Handbook


Kami

1. Using Kami for Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkGteDOU6uc
2. Text to Speech- Speech to Text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbsX9yteL7c&t=33s
3. Grading with Kami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kufgo2-IfRo
4. Using Kami in the History Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55e75oippI&t=53s
5. Using Kami with Report Cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZoGw2CweCA&t=21s
 6. Kami in Pre-K and Kindergarten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5UeGjcgpQc&t=25s
7. Using Kami in Foreign Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYmmA_J3K4U
8. Kami with Lesson Plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YusIVOLhDs
All additional training:
https://www.youtube.com/user/notablepdf/videos


Remind

Slide Deck: Remind PD Presentation- slides containing research, features and information about using Remind in the classroom

Remind Resources- downloadable documents and tips for use