PBS TeacherLine

PBS TeacherLine: Professional Development for Texas Teachers

Texas TeacherLine

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PBS TeacherLine

PBS stations across Texas have joined together to bring comprehensive, online professional development to Texas educators through facilitated courses, exemplary resources, and a supportive online learning community.

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Our fall courses begin September 29 and end November 10.
Registration begins August 12.

To enroll in a TeacherLine course, go to the PBS TeacherLine secure enrollment website. Find the course you wish to take and click the "View Details and Enroll" button.

If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, call (800) 572-6386 or email teacherline@pbs.org. We will be happy to answer your questions or walk you through the enrollment process. We're looking forward to having you join us for a powerful learning opportunity.

There will be no face-to-face meeting. All work is done online.

There is a course fee of $150 to participate in each six-week course.

Courses can be used toward Texas' Professional Development Appraisal System (PDAS), toward ongoing Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit or to earn certificates based on national and state technology standards.

Teachers have the option of applying for two hours graduate credit from Adams State College for $45 per hour. Go to the Adams State College secure website.

Reading/Language Arts

Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Grades: PreK-3
In this course, you will learn about research-based instructional activities to teach phonemic awareness and phonics that can be used with students in Grades PreK-3 to increase their knowledge of sound/symbol relationships. The course will help you discover the impact of phonological and phonemic awareness and phonics instruction on learning to read and strategies for teaching and assessing these crucial areas. In addition, you will learn about intervention strategies for students who have fallen behind in these areas, including special needs students, struggling readers, and English Language Learners (ELL).

Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
Grades: PreK-3
This course will focus on elements of reading, premises that guide reading, an array of strategies for reading in the content areas, and information on how to use reading strategies for all students. The information in the course is designed to help teachers answer questions such as:

What learning environments promote effective reading and learning?
What strategies can be used with students to help them become more effective readers and independent learners?

Strategic readers access prior knowledge, set a purpose or target for reading, organize ideas, select appropriate strategies to make meaningful connections, summarize and take notes, and reflect on what they have discovered through their reading. Effective content area teachers take all these into consideration and purposefully plan learning experiences that engage the reader in thinking about their thinking and being strategic as they select strategies to comprehend and move through text. This course is aligned with the ISTE standards for technology use in the classroom.

Teaching Reading in Mathematics
Grades: 3-12
Learn strategies and implement tools to support the reading of mathematics in your curriculum. Develop lesson plans that will improve student reading and comprehension of mathematics in your classroom.
* This course requires access to students.

Instructional Strategies

Creating Units to Support Differing Learning Styles
Grades: K-12
Classes that contain students with a wide range of learning levels are the rule rather than the exception. Developing a curriculum that meets the learning needs of this range of students is challenging. Technology can be used to help support instruction for all learners. In this course, you will learn to design a thematic unit with technology-based adaptations to facilitate learning for all students.

Mathematics

Count On It!: Number Sense
Grades: K-5
Learn strategies to effectively assess and teach number sense in your classroom. Examine and implement lesson plans, Web resources, and NCTM standards in order to help students gain a deeper understanding of numbers.
* This course requires access to students.

Technology Integration

Publishing on the Web
Grades: K-12
In this course, learners will explore the use of the Internet for school-based Web sites and other kinds of Web-publishing projects. They will see how Web-based information can be used by teachers in the classroom, by administrators, and even to keep in touch with parents and community members. Learners will explore the basics of preparing their students and their classrooms for building Web pages and then be asked to create Web pages for themselves.

Searching and Researching on the Internet
Grades: K-12
In this course, learners will be introduced to methods and concepts related to searching the Net for useful information. They will explore and compare a number of different search engines and learn to use them effectively and efficiently. They will also explore some of the ethical issues that may arise when students use these tools in the classroom.

Teaching and Learning with Graphic Organizers: featuring Inspiration
Grades: K-12
This course looks at the ways visual learning can enrich the educational experience in all subject areas in K-12 classrooms. Inspiration© software is featured as the premier electronic graphic organizer for schools. Learners will discover how to harness the power of graphic organizers to expand and enhance thinking and learning and use Inspiration© 7.0 software for presentations, personal productivity, and in the learning station or lab.

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