Upcoming Courses

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Course: Theory and Development of Creativity

Dates: TBA

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: 

Theory and Development of Creativity provides an overview of the theory, research, practical strategies, and resources on creativity, with an emphasis on classroom applications in the gifted classroom. It is intended that, upon completion of this course participants attain the following goals, to increase knowledge of the nature and definition of creativity, to reflect on and learn ways to enhance personal creativity and to provide ideas and strategies for teaching others (students) to develop and use their creativity.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Special Populations of Gifted Students 

Dates: TBA

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Special Populations of Gifted Students provides an overview of the challenges and issues that face diverse populations of gifted students as they struggle to gain acceptance, recognition, and access to appropriate gifted education to meet their individual needs. It incorporates central issues in multicultural education that examine questions of equity and excellence; prejudice and stereotyping of special populations; and lack of awareness, understanding, and recognition manifested in discriminatory practices on the national, state, and local levels. It examines policies and procedures to screen, identify, and provide appropriate modifications to curriculum for these diverse gifted students. The module provides an overview of the types of diverse perspectives and their impact on the development of gifted abilities, such as ethnic heritage and culture, minority status, language, diverse physical and mental abilities, gender and age, socioeconomic status and poverty, and diverse family structures.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Guidance and Counseling for the Gifted

Dates: TBA

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Guidance and Counseling for the Gifted provides an overview of the theory, research, practical strategies, and resources on guidance and counseling, with an emphasis on classroom applications in the gifted classroom. Participants will understand holistic developmental characteristics of gifted children, will be able to identify risk factors related to gifted students, and will be to support social skills, career exploration, and leadership development of gifted students.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Nature and Needs of Students Who Are Gifted

Dates: TBA

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Nature and Needs of Students Who Are Gifted provides an overview of the evolution of gifted education on the national, state, and local level. Major events affecting gifted education are described as well as major policies and procedures governing the delivery of gifted education. Cognitive, social, and emotional characteristics common to individuals who are gifted are identified along with strategies that can be used to meet the academic needs of different categories of students who are gifted.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Course: Curriculum Development for the Gifted

Dates: December 2024- March 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Curriculum Development for the Gifted provides an analysis of curriculum modifications for gifted learners based on the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Standards for Graduate Programs in Gifted Education. Participants will be able to demonstrate adaptations in the content, process, product, affect, and learning environment of the classroom and curricula as they relate to gifted learners. Ultimately, course participants will design units of instruction that are powerful, aligned, engaging, authentic, and challenging.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Theory and Development of Creativity

Dates: December 2024- March 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Theory and Development of Creativity provides an overview of the theory, research, practical strategies, and resources on creativity, with an emphasis on classroom applications in the gifted classroom. It is intended that, upon completion of this course participants attain the following goals, to increase knowledge of the nature and definition of creativity, to reflect on and learn ways to enhance personal creativity and to provide ideas and strategies for teaching others (students) to develop and use their creativity.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Special Populations of Gifted Students 

Dates: February 2025- May 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Special Populations of Gifted Students provides an overview of the challenges and issues that face diverse populations of gifted students as they struggle to gain acceptance, recognition, and access to appropriate gifted education to meet their individual needs. It incorporates central issues in multicultural education that examine questions of equity and excellence; prejudice and stereotyping of special populations; and lack of awareness, understanding, and recognition manifested in discriminatory practices on the national, state, and local levels. It examines policies and procedures to screen, identify, and provide appropriate modifications to curriculum for these diverse gifted students. The module provides an overview of the types of diverse perspectives and their impact on the development of gifted abilities, such as ethnic heritage and culture, minority status, language, diverse physical and mental abilities, gender and age, socioeconomic status and poverty, and diverse family structures.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs. 

Course: Guidance and Counseling for the Gifted

Dates: February 2025 - May 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 60 inservice points.

Course Description: Guidance and Counseling for the Gifted provides an overview of the theory, research, practical strategies, and resources on guidance and counseling, with an emphasis on classroom applications in the gifted classroom. Participants will understand holistic developmental characteristics of gifted children, will be able to identify risk factors related to gifted students, and will be to support social skills, career exploration, and leadership development of gifted students.

If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Contact us: FDLRS-South@dadeschools.net

Please read this description carefully and ensure that this course meets the requirements of your professional learning needs.

Course: Nature and Needs, Assessment, and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders with Field Experience

Dates: TBA

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle Platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 80 inservice points.

Course Description: In this course, participants will be able to identify characteristics associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), demonstrate an understanding of current trends and research-based methodologies used to create appropriate instructional programs for these students, and become familiar with formal and informal assessments for diagnosis and instructional planning.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Course: Applied Behavior Analysis and Positive Behavior Supports for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders with Field Experience

Dates: December 16, 2024 to March 14, 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle Platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 80 inservice points.

Course Description: This course provides participants with an understanding of how applied behavior analysis principles pertain to individuals with ASD, including implementation associated with teaching various skills and supporting behavior in educational settings. The functional assessment of problem behavior as well as proactive and preventative methods for addressing problem behavior will be addressed. In addition, evidence-based instructional strategies to develop communication, social, self-help, and academic skills will be emphasized and linked to behavioral needs.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Course: ASD: Augmentative/Alternative Communication Systems and Assistive/Instructional Technology for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders with Field Experience

Dates: March 17, 2025 to June 6, 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This 12 week asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle Platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 80 inservice points.

Course Description: Participants will be able to describe and analyze communication needs, design strategies to facilitate intervention, and demonstrate an understanding of various communication interventions for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders; including AAC/AT. Participants will understand the importance of transition planning for students with ASD.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

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Course: Fostering Resilient Learners Book Study

Dates: January 13, 2025 to March 24, 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle Platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly. Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 20 inservice points.

Course Description: 

This online course allows participants to explore the book Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Kristin Souers. Participants review practical tools from the book to help an educator begin to incorporate trauma understanding and management skills into their daily practice. It is a guide to understanding trauma, building the strong relationships needed to reach the intended academic outcomes, aiding in perceiving what students need to break the cycle, and scaffolding new learning for all struggling learners. Participants will understand and adopt a "strength-based approach" when viewing destructive student behaviors and students' needs. Participants will identify and apply essential self-care techniques to help both educators and their learners, along with strategies to build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to achieve their greatest potential.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

Link for interest: Book Study Course Interest Link

Facilitated Course Catalog: http://fl-pda.org/facilitated/

Dates: February 10, 2025 to April 21, 2025

Requirements for Online Group Meetings: This asynchronous course will require participants to engage with content via the Moodle Platform and participate in approximately three virtual meetings.

Course Requirements: In addition to online group meetings, participants read and study online course content, complete required assessment tasks, and communicate with the facilitator regularly.  Your syllabus will assist you in pacing your work throughout the course. Upon completion of all requirements, participants will receive 20 inservice points.

Course Description: 

This online book study explores UDL Now! by Katie Novak, which provides practical insights and savvy strategies for helping all learners meet high standards using the principles of UDL. Participants will learn the building blocks of UDL; explore UDL strategies for teaching standards and scaffolding assignments, and learn about online technology resources that support the UDL-based learning environment.

It is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.

Link for interest: Book Study Course Interest Link

Facilitated Course Catalog: http://fl-pda.org/facilitated/

PLA courses are developed by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, are included in the Professional Learning Catalog in all Florida school districts.  If you are not currently employed in education in Florida, it is your responsibility, prior to starting the course, to contact your former school district or private school agency to determine if they are able to submit inservice credits to FDOE for you.