KDS Offers Two New Professional Development Point Courses for Massachusetts Educators
NEW YORK, September 20, 2007 — Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDS), an innovative provider of online professional development courses for K-12 educators, announced today that they will offer two new courses for educators to receive Professional Development Points (PDPs) towards their License Recertification.
These newly approved courses are Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools and Anger Management & Effective Discipline to Prevent Violence. KDS offers Massachusetts educators a total of 11 online, self-paced courses approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education. Each 30-hour course earns teachers 30 PDPs and costs only $199. Video-based courses feature some of the nation's most prominent educators, including Carol Ann Tomlinson, Jay McTighe and Susan Winebrenner.
"KDS has provided exemplary online professional development courses to thousands of educators, " said Tom Gilbert, president and CEO of KDS. "The fact that so many Massachusetts educators keep returning to KDS to take more of our courses attests to teachers' satisfaction with KDS, and is further encouragement for us to continue developing additional high-quality, high- interest courses. "
KDS provides dynamic online professional development courses for K-12 educators. These video-based courses feature nationally renowned educators who present high-interest topics, such as Differentiated Instruction, Classroom Management, School Leadership, Technology Integration, Literacy and Mathematics. Each course is delivered through an award-winning platform that provides interactive discussion forums, blogs, note-taking, study guides, and additional educational resources.
For more information on KDS's course offerings in Massachusetts, please visit www.kdsi.org/MA/.
KDS is a registered Professional Development Provider in the State of Massachusetts.
For more information on KDS's unique online professional development offerings please visit www.kdsi.org.
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