Upcoming Courses

Audience:  Florida Educators  

Topic:  The Concept Comparison Routine 
This routine is designed to help students understand concepts by analyzing how they are the same and how they are different. Through use of the routine, teachers and students explore the characteristics of two or more concepts, identify the characteristics that are shared or not shared by the concepts, name overarching categories for sets of characteristics they have identified, and summarize the similarities and differences.

Event Date/Time:  

• March 2-3, 2022 from 4:30pm-6:30pm, EST (each day)
• Follow up session on April 20th from 4:30pm-7:30pm, EST.

Registration Deadline:  Friday, February 11, 2022. Registration is limited.  Training link and materials will be sent out to registrants prior to the event.

Questions?  Please contact Alice Schmitges at schmitgesa@nefec.org, 386-312-2265.

Please read this description carefully before registering.

Course:  PDA Instructional Practices

Inservice Credits: 60

Dates: March 3 - May 9, 2022

Required Online Group Meeting Dates:  March 3, March 29, and May 9. Online group meetings will be 5:00-7:00 pm, EST.

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Please note: Information and dates on this syllabus are subject to change.

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: We will be using Adobe Connect for your online group meetings. Prior to the first group meeting, you will receive an email with a link to your course’s Adobe Connect Meeting link. 

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: This course enables educators to develop, increase and demonstrate knowledge about how to select instructional practices which incorporate specific learning strategies and specialized materials to meet individual learner needs. Participants will also learn about analyzing educational activities to assist in the development and implementation of accommodations and modifications that allow students with disabilities to participate in the general curriculum in a meaningful way. Course content includes effective methods of communication, consultation, and collaboration with other educators, related services professionals and with families.

The PDA courses, developed by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, are included in the Professional Learning Catalog in all Florida school districts.  If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

Course Objectives:  http://fl-pda.org/facilitated/
Additional Questions: Contact PDAQuestions@gmail.com 

Please read this description carefully before registering.

Course:  PDA Technology to Support Reading Comprehension (20 inservice credits)

Dates: March 7 - May 11, 2022

Required Online Group Meeting Dates:  March 7 and April 12. Online group meetings will be 5:00-7:00 pm, EST.

View Course Syllabus

Please note: Information and dates on this syllabus are subject to change.

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: We will be using Adobe Connect for your online group meetings. Prior to the first group meeting, you will receive an email with a link to your course’s Adobe Connect Meeting link. 

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 20 inservice points.

Course Description: This course was designed to provide a deeper understanding of the process of reading comprehension, evidence-based instructional practices for teaching reading comprehension, and to introduce a variety of technology supports and tools that educators and students can use to enhance the understanding of text. This knowledge building will enable you to recognize the complexity of reading comprehension, where students may need support in acquiring grade-level content, and practices and supports educators can provide to support students.

The PDA courses, developed by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, are included in the Professional Learning Catalog in all Florida school districts.  If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

Course Objectives:  http://fl-pda.org/facilitated/
Additional Questions: Contact PDAQuestions@gmail.com 

Please read this description carefully before registering.

Course:  PDA Engaging Learners through Informative Assessment

Dates: March 22- May 12, 2022

Required Online Group Meeting Dates:  March 24, April 7, May 12 at 5:00-7:00 PM (EST).

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Requirements for Online Group Meetings: We will be using Adobe Connect for your online group meetings. Prior to the first group meeting, you will receive an email with a link to your course’s Adobe Connect room. Adobe Connect does not require any special software.  You will simply go to the website provided to you by your facilitator for your group meeting. A computer with an internet connection and headset are only needed for online meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online Course content, complete required assessment tasks and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your Course Syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course.  Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 20 inservice points.

Course Description: Participants will learn and apply each step of the formative assessment process to increase student achievement. Participants will develop skills for using data-based decision making to be responsive to each student’s needs.

The PDA courses, developed by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, are included in the Professional Learning Catalog in all Florida school districts.  If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

Course Objectives:  http://fl-pda.org/facilitated/
Additional Questions: Contact PDAQuestions@gmail.com