Olympic ESD 114 is pleased to announce its collaboration with PBS TeacherLine and the
9 Washington State ESD's in providing a unique model of online professional development for teachers across in Washington.

Standards Based

PBS TeacherLIne provides facilitated, online courses that explore pedagogical issues in math, reading and technology integration. Courses are designed to meet the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Through weekly online discussions with other teachers, streaming video, slides, animations simulations, and applets, these courses allow educators to experience interactive learning and discover new approaches and techniques. Module assignments encourage teachers to implement what they learn, as they learn it, merging theory with real-life scenarios.

Professional Learning Communities

A hallmark of TeacherLine courses is bringing teachers together as a professional learning community. Teachers collaborate online to learn the strategies that exemplary educators use in their own classrooms to promote increased student achievement. Participants engage in weekly activities and online discussions to translate the research into practice in their own classrooms. Top educators facilitate courses and are trained to build strong online communities. Participants discuss teaching strategies, student misconceptions, and other current issues in their fields. Teachers learn not only from their facilitators but from each other.

Credit Available

Clock Hours and Credit: 20 clock hours or 2 credits from Seattle Pacific University are available for all courses. You can browse available course titles in Washington by going here.

To view a catalog of nationally offered courses, go to:
 http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/modules/catalog.cfm

For more information contact: