Professional Development
for Educators!

This course has been updated! In this module, we’ll provide some background on the origins of school nutrition assistance, and look more closely at...

This course will help you achieve a higher level of effective classroom behavior management.

Digital Citizenship is the process of guiding everyone to use technology appropriately and responsibly. In this course, you will learn proper digital...

This course provides teachers with instructional and behavioral strategies for teaching and supporting students with autism spectrum disorders.  

This course will help you understand the legal and professional aspects of Senate Bill 7 related to improper relationships between educators and stude...

In this course for students, we’re going to talk about Proper searching, Privacy and Identity Theft, Copyright, and Cyberbullying.

This course will illustrate how a positive, proactive approach to classroom management facilitates student learning and makes for happier teachers.

Module 2 focuses on increasing your knowledge and understanding of direct and systematic instruction, and the key principles that should guide instruc...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act addresses the need for access to services for people with disabilities. Compliance with Section 504 is required ...

Violence and abuse in teen relationships is a widespread problem. As a teen, you must learn the signs of dating violence, and how to protect yourself....

Explore free tools that encourage creativity through productivity and higher order thinking. Tools will be shared that inspire your students’ creati...

In the last module of Excel 2016, you will learn how to define data editing, format and label charts, describe absolute and relative references, creat...

Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to facilitate creating, distributing and grading assignments in a pap...

This introductory 3-part series is designed to give educators the basics to promote successful technology integration. Part Three will focus on the cl...

Dive deeper into Themes, Layouts, and Templates to make your presentations even more fantastic!

Ever wanted to create engaging presentations or training videos? Adobe has answered the call with this affordable program! Learn to create on-demand p...

In this course we’re going to dig a little deeper into some of the Word 2016 features including layouts, themes, and formatting tools.

In this webinar, we take a look at Google Chrome, how it works, and some of the latest and greatest apps and extensions to make your time on the inter...

Learn the basics of Google Slides, a presentation software that is free to use with a Google account.  This course will explore how to create, edit, ...

Examples of student expectations and contracts as well as management tips for using "Bring Your Own Technology" in the classroom will be shared. We w...

This course will introduce you to Myers-Briggs personality typing and patterns in types among adults and GT students. You will become familiar with th...

Learn how to understand concerns and communicate effectively with parents/guardians of GT students. You will also go over strategies and options for G...

Explore assessment terminology, assessment tools, and discover why differentiated assessments are necessary for your GT students. 

This course focuses on differentiation in your science classroom using different types of inquiry to challenge your GT students. 

The purpose of this Gifted and Talented course is to replace some of the myths and misconceptions about our GT population with learning environments a...

Learn about the various options that you have for differentiating instruction for GT students with this 1-hour course. 

Learn about Twice-Exceptional students and how to accommodate them in your classroom and meet their unique needs.

In this Gifted and Talented course, we cover Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and the Renzulli Giftedness model, as well as strategies for supporting ...

The goal of this course is that you learn ways to enhance your students’ intellectual growth and social maturity so you can help prevent such proble...

Shakespeare Sits Here: GT Instruction in the ELAR classroom provides real-world examples of how to consistently challenge and inspire Gifted and Talen...

Dr. Ruby Payne brings her knowledge and expertise to Eduhero with a three-part course series, A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Part I focuses ...

In Part III, you will focus on Teaching Actions 5 - 10: using mental models, teaching abstract processes, the importance of planning, using the adult...

Part II of the course series focuses on Teaching Actions 1 - 4. These actions are related to developing mutual respect, teaching hidden rules, knowing...

This DIR-approved course provides an overview of cybersecurity including the importance of data protection, the different types of threats, as well as...

(Cybersecurity in Schools) Este curso aprobado por DIR proporciona una visión general de la ciberseguridad, incluida la importancia de la protección...

Hear from Dr. Brian Zemlicka and Mr. John Conley on the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of the Superintendent and the Board.

Learn about your responsibilities as a Texas School District educator or board member with regard to child maltreatment. Updated January 2021. 

Dr. John Conley and Dr. Brian Zemlicka discuss the teacher shortage and retention dilemma and possible solutions for these issues.