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What are the professional development/CEU credit requirements in your state, district, or school? For example, "I am required to submit 25 credits per year from an approved provider."
Does your state, district, or school require professional development/CEU credit that comes directly from colleges or universities?
Is a course more valuable if it’s a graduate level course or part of a degree program?
Have you ever taken professional development workshops or courses beyond those offered by your school or district?
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Did you take this professional development for credit, personal learning, or other reasons?
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What type of institution offered this professional development?
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Please provide the name of the institution or company.
What was the topic or topics of the professional development opportunity or opportunities that you took?
What made that professional development opportunity or opportunities valuable to you?
Access to new scholarship
Affordability
College credit is attached to the course
Connection to like-minded teachers
Self-paced learning
Taught by reputable scholar
Use of educational technology tools
Other
If you selected "other," please explain your answer.
How many credits did you receive for completing this professional development?
Why have you not taken professional development opportunities?
Do you think that professional development opportunities need instructors who are subject matter experts to lead an online course?
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What do you value in an instructor for professional development? (select all that apply)
Can answer questions as they arise during the course
Holds office hours
Moderates discussion
Would you pay more for professional development led by an instructor who is also a subject matter expert?
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What is the best way for you to take professional development? (select all that apply)
In a completely self-paced format.
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In a synchronous format.
When is the best time of year for you to complete professional development?
How long should the professional development take to complete?
What makes professional development valuable to you? Please rank the following options, with the most important at the top of the list.
Access to new scholarship
Affordability
College credit is attached to the course
Connection to like-minded teachers
Self-paced learning
Taught by a reputable scholar
Use of educational technology tools
Of these providers of professional development for education, which of these are you familiar with?
Coursera
EDx
Gilder Lehrman
Kahn Academy
National Humanities Center: Humanities in Class Online Courses
My state or district Department of Education
Udemy
What qualities do you value most about this other provider. Please rank the following options, with the most important at the top of the list.
Access to new scholarship
Affordability
College credit is attached to the course
Connection to like-minded teachers
Self-paced learning
Taught by a reputable scholar
Use of educational technology tools
Please tell us the content areas where you have difficulty finding reliable instructional materials. Check all that apply.
African American Studies
Business and Labor History
Digital Literacy
Environmental Justice
Financial Literacy
Global Studies
Health Literacy
Indigenous History
Social Justice
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Women's History
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