Welcome to the University of Central Arkansas’ Arkansas Teachers Professional Development Online Instruction Center!
Experience learning in the way that it is meant to be experienced: enjoyable, precise, uncomplicated, fast and convenient. Learn from teaching tools that will assist you in your career choice(s) while you earn 24 credit hours of training. We offer a wide variety of highly-interactive, online courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week, that you can take from the comfort of your home as well as at your own convenience.
Upon completing the final exam(s) of your chosen course(s) with 65% being the lowest score attained, please contact Lawana Hawkins at: lhawkins@uca.edu or call: 501/450-5811 so that a Certificate of Completion may be mailed to you.
In this professional development course for teachers, you will learn about technology integration in the classroom and gain the skills needed to use tools like apps, assistive technology, and blogs effectively.
Prepare for a career in the health services industry by learning medical terminology in a memorable and enjoyable fashion.
An informative introduction to the fascinating world of digital photography.
Gain a working knowledge of the computer skills you will need to succeed in today's job market.
Learn proven, step-by-step strategies to achieve higher positions with major search engines.
With the Speed Spanish course, you will immediately start creating sentences and conversations in Spanish. Each lesson will introduce new techniques to increase your fluency quickly and allow you to start speaking Spanish right away.
Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.
If you work with data of any kind, knowing how to create a spreadsheet is key to effectively managing and organizing information. This course will introduce you to Microsoft Excel 2019 and teach you how to use this powerful software.
Learn to use QuickBooks Online to record income and expenses; enter checks and credit card payments; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.
This course provides students with the hands-on experience and knowledge they need to successfully begin writing grant proposals, including real-world scenarios, and the opportunity to improve their work by reviewing previous grant proposals completed by peers.
This course will provide you with a close look at the scientific investigation process as you work to plan for lab activities in your classroom. You will learn how to construct pre- and post-lab activities that align well with a lab experiment that follows the scientific method.
This course will teach you about the characteristics of giftedness and how fostering creativity should be an important component in your classroom. It will also help you acquire simple activities you can incorporate into your lessons to support creativity in your gifted students.
This course will provide you with an overview of how to establish boundaries in your classroom, communicate properly with parents, students, and colleagues, and maintain professionalism in the classroom and on campus.
Explore the three main types of assessments—pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment—and learn how to design assessments to measure the growth and progress of your gifted students. You will also learn how to use the data from assessments to inform your instruction and adjust the level of rigor for more effective learning and growth in your classroom.
Learn how to leverage your previous Photoshop experience to color and paint photos or enhance your creative works.