Professional Development
Arkansas K-12 Teachers

Good writing starts with good grammar! Help students improve their reading, writing and speaking skills. Regardless of academic level, all students must know how to put words and sentences together effectively. In the "Student Success Grammar Skills" online class, educators seeking professional development hours can refresh their knowledge of grammar and language rules that students must know to write successful academic assignments.

How do you start to write? Help students turn a blank page into a successful writing assignment. Before students can compose a sentence, paragraph or full essay, they must understand the fundamental principles that guide those assignments. What are the steps of the writing process? How do you turn a sentence into a paragraph? How do you organize complex paragraphs? "Student Success Writing Skills" helps educators of all disciplines show students how to write for the classroom and beyond.

Boost your public speaking skills! Help students build confidence in personal & professional communication. Does speaking in front of groups of people make you nervous? Do you know how to write an effective speech or how to calm stage fright? The “Public Speaking Skills & Drills” online course offers valuable tips and techniques on how to deliver effective speeches and oral presentations. K-12 educators seeking professional development hours can refresh their oral communication skills and help students build confidence speaking in social and professional situations.

Proofreading is a highly marketable skill. Help students produce error-free documents. Although often neglected, proofreading is actually the last step of the writing process. How many times have students lost points on assignments due to careless errors? The "Proofreading Skill Builder" online training course introduces educators to the discipline of proofreading. When teachers understand the process of proofreading, they can help students connect this activity to the final stage of the writing process.

Diversity  and inclusion are important to educational success. Help students be respectful of all people and cultures in their writing assignments. The online course, "Diversity in Content Writing" illustrates how to identify and avoid language bias by analyzing real case studies of agencies that have fallen victim to bias. Every lesson shows alternate ways to write objectively. Although we cannot control people's (mis)interpretations of our writing, we can ensure that it meets current standards of decency when referencing race, sex, gender, orientation, age, medical condition or disability.