TCEA Professional Development Academies

Have you ever felt like you just didn’t get enough from a training session? Does the one-time, one-shot training not meet your needs?

Professional Development Academies begin at the TCEA annual convention and continue later in the year at the TCEA Austin training facility. They include 30- and 32-hour courses on Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Acrobat Pro 9 and a 60-hour course on how to become familiar with teaching in an online environment and how to build an online classroom.

These courses are designed to provide an in-depth exploration of the content and span over a six-month. They require a separate registration, which includes convention registration. The course curriculum will be delivered as hands-on instruction in a lab setting and in an online environment as a means to enhance the learning experience.

What’s the difference between a one-time training session and TCEA’s Professional Development Academies?

• become highly skilled through instructor led courses, assisted assignments, and differentiated instruction through both hands-on and online learning environments
• explore, learn, connect, and interact with peers and experts
• conceptualize, develop, and execute real world projects that have end results
• receive ongoing support through the course of the class
• earn graduate and CPE credits (where applicable)
• become immersed in a series of structured learning experiences as a means for further improvement and development
• engage in learning environments that will promote the success of content recall and application

ACRO09: Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 — Revolutionizing the Way You Work

Training Dates:

• Feb. 2, 2009, Noon - 7:00 p.m., TCEA 2009 Convention, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
• June 25 - 26, 2009, TCEA Training Facility

Click here to register.

Cost: $1,500 per participant; includes three hands-on training sessions, 2009 convention registration and TCEA membership, online course content access for six months, course materials, and blogging/e-mail/phone technical support.
Audience: Novice to intermediate

This course is a must for teachers and staff members who want a more in-depth look at Acrobat beyond a one day sit-and-learn session. With three hands-on training days and a course blog that will run through the length of the course, participants will be able to collaborate with other students to see how they are using Acrobat in their schools and ask the instructor questions when you get stuck.

Trainer: Cynthia Rudy, Adobe Certified Expert
Cynthia Rudy, is CEO of C Graphics Inc., a computer training and consulting. She is an Adobe Certified Expert, CTT+ certified with a degree in Education from the University of Colorado Boulder. Cynthia has been delivering customized training on Adobe products for more than 20 years.

TCA09: Technology Coordinators’ Academy— Dallas

Training Dates:

• Oct. 6-7, 2008; June 8-9, 2009: Hotel Indigo Dallas Downtown , 1933 Main Street , Dallas, Texas
• Feb. 2, 2009: TCEA 2009 Convention, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas

Cost: $1,450 per participant for the five days of training, including registration to the TCEA convention, TEC-SIG Membership and resources for the academy.
Audience: School district technology coordinators and directors

Registration: Visit http://www.tcea.org/Training/Pages/TechnologyCoordinatorsAcademy.aspx for information on how to register for the Technology Coordinators’ Academy and make hotel reservations. Registration and hotel reservation deadline is Sept. 21, 2008.

This five-day academy is geared toward helping technology coordinators create a vision for the effective use of technology by students and staff, modeling leadership strategies and skills that technology coordinators can successfully implement in their districts, and providing technology coordinators with the resources necessary to make informed decisions and attain their vision.

Trainers: Kari Rhame, Chief Technology Officer Deer Park ISD
Lori Gracey, Director of Instruction and Technology, Bastrop ISD