Professional Development Opportunities
NOTE: All Teachers and Directors are welcome to attend any training at any location.
Online via Zoom
Courses at this location
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Advanced Methods of Teaching CTE
Online via ZoomThis course will support teachers’ continuing development as outstanding teachers for CTE programs by examining their personal educational philosophy, instructional design, and methodology. Three major components comprise the course: 1. Examining beliefs about learning - developing your own personal philosophy about learning, 2. Motivating adolescent learners - designing a classroom that is especially effective for […]
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Lesson Plan Writing
Online via ZoomWouldn’t you love to learn to write lessons that allow you to walk into your classroom each day feeling fully prepared? This productive and hands-on course will help you achieve that goal. Each teacher will review the components of an AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium lesson, complete a task analysis for one or more learning objectives, […]
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Professional Knowledge Assessment Prep
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Performance Literacy
Online via ZoomPerformance Literacy is the partner class for Technical Reading. This second course allows teachers to gain a deeper understanding of writing and speaking standards, identify how they currently use them in their programs, and determine specific steps they can take to increase their use of these standards as well as their students’ success with them. […]
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Using Rubrics to Increase Student Success
Online via ZoomCTE courses are performance-based. When teachers let students know exactly how their work will be evaluated, the students’ level of performance always improves. Come and participate in a hands-on activity that uses a rubric, determine where the rubric made a positive difference in your performance, and then design a rubric for one of your own […]
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Classroom Management
Online via ZoomIn this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior. Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus […]
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Classroom Management
Online via ZoomThis class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You must attend all 4 sessions to complete this class. In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures, and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess […]
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Grading and Assessment
Online via ZoomHow should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? This course is designed to look at the wide variety of options that address both of these questions so that you can establish your own philosophy for grading, and identify fair and appropriate methods […]
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Technical Reading & Performance Literacy
Online via ZoomWhat do you guess is the number 1 desirable skill that the Arizona workforce is looking for in a new employee? Communication skills! This 2-day class will teach you strategies to use with your students that integrate reading, writing, and speaking opportunities into your program. Day one focuses on literacy, and closely examines the Career […]
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Instructional Best Practices Day 2
Online via ZoomThis class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You MUST attend all 4 sessions to earn credit for this class. This course is an introduction to the design and use of CTE curriculum. In this highly engaging course teachers will focus on the design and delivery of relevant and engaging lessons. Special emphasis is […]
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CTE Essentials
Online via ZoomThe CTE Delivery Model is THE premier educational system for all students. CTE Essentials will give you an overview of each of the four components of this outstanding model, and allow you time to process how you can incorporate each element into all of your instructional units as you plan your program’s calendar. It will […]