Professional Development Opportunities
NOTE: All Teachers and Directors are welcome to attend any training at any location.
This class will show you how to build a lesson plan with all the needed components for student success. Wouldn’t you love to learn to write lessons that allow you to walk into your classroom each day feeling fully prepared? This class will help you with that goal. Each teacher will complete a task analysis […]
You and your officers will work as a team to select officer duties, submit a constitution and/or by-laws, develop a first draft of the annual Program of Work, create an agenda for an upcoming meeting, and more. Your CTSO State Advisor and a State Officer will be joining us for this training. Please invite 4-7 […]
This course is an introduction to the design and use of CTE curriculum. In this highly engaging course teachers will focus on the design and delivery of relevant and engaging lessons. Special emphasis is placed on active participation strategies, a strong introduction to each lesson, clear and appropriate objective(s), a variety of ways to meet […]
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You MUST attend all 4 sessions to complete this class. This course is designed to provide CTE educators and other interested parties with a broad understanding of special education. During the course of this interactive workshop we will cover a range of topics include special education […]
You and your officers will work as a team to select officer duties, submit a constitution and/or by-laws, develop a first draft of the annual Program of Work, create an agenda for an upcoming meeting, and more. Your CTSO State Advisor and a State Officer will be joining us for this training. Please invite 4-7 […]
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You MUST attend all 4 sessions to complete this class. Your CTE classroom truly is the key to meaningful application of the current career and college readiness standards. This course will give you specific examples where Arizona’s Common Core standards for Technical Literacy already exist in […]
Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning. How should students in CTE be assessed? How […]
Are you prepared to take AEPA Professional Knowledge Assessment for Secondary Education? This course provides an overview of standards and material covered on the exam. Participants will engage in discussion and application activities in regard to student development and learning, assessment, instruction, the learning environment, and the professional environment to prepare for the assessment. NOTE: There […]
What do you guess is the number 1 desirable skill that the Arizona workforce is looking for in a new employee? Communication skills! This 2-day class will teach you strategies to use with your students that integrate reading, writing, and speaking opportunities into your program. Day-one focuses on literacy, and closely examines the Career and […]
Create meaningful work-based learning experiences for your students. This course will provide teachers with a variety of models of work-based learning along with the associated forms, agreements, and guidelines. You will select the model that is most appropriate for your situation and create a plan to implement work-based learning as a part of your premier […]
Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning. How should students in CTE be assessed? How […]
In this course teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior. Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus […]