Continuing Education Professional Development Selection Swells to Over 375 Online Courses
24/7 Educational Services, www.my247ed.com is a privately held education company that aggregates, develops, markets and delivers professional development and college/university credit courses in compliance with the standards and procedures set forth by individual States. Courses offered on the www.my247ed.com site are approved or accredited per the requirements of each individual State and their respective State Education Boards. Courses are available online, via CD-ROM, video-cassette, audio-cassette, streaming video, a combination of several, or through the traditional classroom setting. Educators using www.my247ed.com's site can easily track professional development opportunities and credit hours completed with www.my247ed.com or independently of www.my247ed.com within a secure area of the of www.my247ed.com's Professional Development Management System (PDMS) on its website.
Spokane, WA (PRWEB) June 3, 2005 -- 24/7 Educational Services, LLC (www.my247ed.com) the leading
online provider of educator professional development has introduced more than
150 new course selections to its catalog, bringing educators a selection of more
than 375 choices.
"We are very pleased with the additional courses and
classes that have been recently added," stated Tod Whitman, President and CEO of
24/7 Educational Services. "These courses focus on the educator and their needs,
now, and as they prepare for the next school year or next teaching
assignment."
What is unique about the courses that 24/7 Educational
Services offers is that through their highly trained staff (all educators and
administrators themselves) they work to individualize the content that is best
for the individual educator.
"In the past, when an educator wanted to or
needed to take a course, their choices were limited to traditional classroom
delivery type courses. This posed a number of problems, including but not
limited to; needing to hire a substitute, the number of hours or credit they
would receive, travel and meals, the time commitment, and the all-too-often,
canceled course, which resulted in the educator just taking 'some course, any
course'. That's not how quality professional development should be
offered."
24/7 Educational Services takes a completely different
approach. They offer multiple solutions that range from providing a single
customized course, to creating an individualized professional growth plan to
meet the educators exacting needs.
In Washington State, for example, many
educators create education plans with their administrator or education teams. In
doing so, the educator and administrator develop a plan for the educator to work
towards. The problem; if the plan calls for specific professional development
and that professional development doesn't exist or isn't readily available, then
the plan may go unfulfilled. From the administrator’s point of view, they may
not be satisfied with the educator’s ability to meet the plan goals and thus the
teacher evaluation may reflect that. From the teacher’s perspective, because the
courses weren't available locally, the administrator is put into the position of
having to allocate money for a substitute and travel and lodging and may not
have the resources to do so.
The online courses delivered by 24/7
Educational Services eliminate that problem.
With the Educational Service
Districts (ESD) in Washington State drastically reducing their own professional
development courses and classes in favor of larger and more profitable
'conference style' presentations, offering professional development to meet
individual needs is difficult to find if educators don't know where to
look.
"24/7 Educational Services is very pleased to offer solutions that
fill that gap between simple introduction and providing the real substance. We
provide the real substance by offering educators courses, classes, workshops,
conference solutions and services that are designed specifically to meet the
educator’s individual needs."
Whitman continued, "Isn't that what
continuing educational and professional development should be
about?"
About 24/7 Educational Services LLC:
24/7 Educational
Services, www.my247ed.com is
a privately held education company founded in 2001. Its founders - all current
or former teachers and administrators, have a broad technical, engineering and
business backgrounds and a rich history of creating and teaching courses
throughout the United States and overseas. www.my247ed.com aggregates, develops, markets and delivers
professional development and college/university credit courses in compliance
with the standards and procedures set forth by individual States. All courses
offered on the www.my247ed.com site are approved or accredited per the
requirements of each individual State and their respective State Education
Boards. Courses are then made available online, via CD-ROM, video-cassette,
audio-cassette, streaming video, a combination of several, or through the
traditional classroom setting, and can be completed at the discretion of the
educator over a year's time. Users of www.my247ed.com's site can easily track professional
development opportunities and credit hours completed with www.my247ed.com or independently
of www.my247ed.com within a
secure area of the of www.my247ed.com's Professional Development Management System
(PDMS) on its website.
Contact:
Tod Whitman
24/7 Educational
Services, LLC
2910 East 57th Avenue Ste. 164
Spokane , WA 99223
Phone: 509-448-0603
Fax: 509-267-8164
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