Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) provides opportunities for teachers interested in teaching online. The resources provided below summarize professional development and other offerings designed to support MCPS teachers interested in teaching online.
Professional Development Opportunities:
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Web-based Teaching and Facilitating (3 CPD Credits): This four-week course should be taken only by certified Health or Technology Education teachers interested in teaching the cooresponding online courses. This course prepares teachers to teach and facilitate online learning for students by providing a foundation in methods, skills, processes, and best practices for teaching and facilitating a completely online course.
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Maryland Virtual School (MVS): The Maryland Virtual School offers professional development and teaching opportunities to teachers throughout the state of Maryland. Contact Sheila Locastro ( SLocastro@msde.state.md.us) at the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) for information on professional development requirements and teaching opportunities.
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Virtual Mentoring: This one-week, fully online course prepares MCPS teachers who have demonstrated superior online teaching skills, to work with teachers new to online teaching. This course will be offered for the first time in late spring 2009 for teachers with previous experience teaching online for MCPS.
Online Teaching Opportunities:
For More Information: Contact Jennifer_J_Schwedler@mcpsmd.org or call 240-632-6956. |
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"...no matter what technology we employ, it is still the human experience that is most important. Students learn from teachers, their peers and knowledge experts. No one learns from a computer." *
*Kimura, Bert, Conference Opening and Welcome Address, Seventh Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, 2002 |
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