KDS Offers Two New Professional Development Courses for Illinois Educators to Earn CPDUs Towards Recertification
NEW YORK, September 29, 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 CPDUs towards Recertification. Courses are also approved by Chicago Public Schools for Lane Credits towards salary upgrade
These newly approved courses are Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools and Anger Management & Effective Discipline to Prevent Violence. KDS offers Illinois educators a total of 11 online, self-paced courses. Each 30-hour course earns teachers 30 CPDUs. Courses are Pass/Fail and cost only $199, which includes online course materials. 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 Illinois 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. "
Special Education courses are also available, including Aiding Students with Learning Disabilities, Differentiated Instruction, and Teaching Diverse Learners which count towards Illinois Special Education CPDU requirements.
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 Illinois, please visit www.kdsi.org/cps/ for Chicago Public Schools or www.kdsi.org/il/ for Illinois (outside Chicago).
For more information on KDS's unique online professional development offerings please visit www.kdsi.org.
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