Upcoming Courses

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Course:  PDA Engaging Learners through Informative Assessment

Dates: October 11 - December 5, 2022

Required Online Group Meeting Dates:  October 11, October 25, and November 29 5:00-7:00 PM (EST).

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Requirements for Online Group Meetings: We will be using Zoom for your online group meetings. Prior to the first group meeting, you will receive an email with a link to your course’s Zoom 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 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 Education and Student Services, are included in the Professional Learning Catalog in all Florida school districts.  If you are not currently employed in a Florida public school district with an approved Florida Department of Education Professional Learning Catalog, 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: fl-pda.org/facilitated/

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Course:  PDA Introduction to Differentiating Instruction

Dates: October 12- December 14, 2022

Required Online Group Meeting Dates:  October 12, October 26, and November 30. Online group meetings will be 5:00-7:00 pm, EST.

Inservice Credits: 20  (Check with your district to determine if this course meets the SwD Recertification Requirement.)

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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 Zoom for your online group meetings. Prior to the first group meeting, you will receive an email with a link to your course’s Zoom 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 earn 20 inservice points.

Course Description: This course enables educators to develop, increase and demonstrate knowledge about proactively providing a universally designed and differentiated environment in order to maximize student achievement for all students. Emphasis is on the importance of having clarity about the learning targets and proactively adjusting instruction utilizing a data-based decision making process that considers students' readiness for the content, interests, and learning preferences. Content and activities emphasize how to proactively provide important, engaging, and appropriately challenging work via flexible grouping methods and utilizing a variety of instructional strategies and supports.

The PDA courses, developed by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 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: PDAQuestions@gmail.com