Arizona

Easy steps for renewing a teaching certificate in Arizona:

1. Get information about state renewal requirements and the staff professional development process for teachers in AZ.
   
   
2. Find and take classes online for teachers:
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4. Save or submit your total hours for renewal.

• IEPs: Documentation and Implementation for Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  The goal of this course is to help teachers understand the IEP process and build the teachers comfort level in developing, aligning with and carrying out the IEP through rich examples and templates to help teachers understand and practically use the recommended strategies in a classroom setting.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Inquiry-based Learning (5 Hours)

  

  The Inquiry-based Learning course details some models that teachers can adapt to meet specific needs of their class, as well as to monitor and enhance the learning of their students. Teachers learn practical and dynamic ways of evaluating their students’ progress while also incorporating technology for better results.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Integrating Standards in Teaching (5 Hours)

  

  Untangle what turns out to be the not-so-mysterious language of today’s teaching and learning and put successful strategies, including the Common Core, into practice.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Internet Safety in a Connected World (5 Hours)

  

  There are multiple ways in which we are responsible for protecting children. Today’s online world magnifies those opportunities as well as complicates them in ways in which we must be aware. The goal of this course is to increase your awareness of how students today are using technology, as well as helping you understand the risks of the online world. Teachers will be equipped with strategies and ideas to talk about internet safety to students in their classrooms.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Introduction to Autism (5 Hours)

  

  Understand what learning and interactions are like for a student with Autism while also learning to accommodate and teach students with Autism in the classroom.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Introduction to Technology (5 Hours)

  

  This course introduces and examines technology for educators teaching in online, hybrid, and face-to-face classrooms. You will develop a better understanding of how to use technology tools and resources to increase engagement in learning and enhance your instructional practices. Tutorials and tips demonstrate applications and guide teachers in improving tech skills and gaining confidence in use.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• iPads in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  You have iPads in the classroom. Now, what do you do with them. This course will introduce you to the pedagogy of using iPads to improve student learning in your classroom.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Language Acquisition (5 Hours)

  

  This course provides an in-depth understanding of the language acquisition process to enable educators to successfully teach English Language Learners.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Mathematics for All Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  Successfully address a range of mathematics learning needs with strategies designed to benefit veteran math teachers, as well as teachers who have ever thought or said, “I’m not good at math.”

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Mobile Technology in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers integrate smartphones, tablets, iPads, Kindle and more into everyday classroom activities while achieving learning targets. In this course, teachers learn to create technology-based lesson plans, activities and assessments that incorporate mobile devices.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Partnering with Parents (5 Hours)

  

  Bridge communication gaps with useful strategies to employ while facing common challenging situations in working with parents.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Peer Review of Teaching (5 Hours)

  

  Aimed at propelling teachers toward growth and improvement, this course presents peer review as an easy-to-apply model of wholesome teacher evaluation. Teachers will be equipped with practical strategies and tools so they can engage in systematic assessment of teaching performance.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Preparing College and Career Ready Students (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers are the strongest and most influential link between high school and college for every student, and are often the best people to guide students in the endeavor to become college and career ready. This course will examine the details of mastering the current needs of students to be college and career ready.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Preparing for Teacher Evaluations (5 Hours)

  

  This course will take teachers through the process of evaluation, elaborate on its guiding principles and criterion, and include strategies and factual information to clearly link teaching quality with student learning. Further, teachers will be shown how to be “participants” in the process rather than being “subjects”. Tips to deal positively with negative feedback are also provided.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Project Management for Students through Project-based Learning (5 Hours)

  

  For students to be truly equipped to succeed in the 21st century college scenario or workplace, they must possess a level of mastery in essential project management skills. This course presents project-based learning as a successful strategy to promote project management skill development in students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Public Speaking for Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  Examine how to manage fears and perfect your public speaking skills. Identify and work on specific problem areas and consequently improve your communication skills. Learn to structure your speeches and harness technology to deliver effective speeches.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Raising Academic Achievement through Standards (5 Hours)

  

  This course provides educators with information about academic interventions that can be incorporated in the classroom, through frameworks such as the RTI or even in the absence of such structures.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reading Across the Curriculum (5 Hours)

  

  Equips teachers to support student learning through better reading and comprehension across the curriculum and grade levels.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reading in Content Areas (5 Hours)

  

  This course explores the latest research to help students develop strong reading comprehension skills. It is full of strategies, illustrations, examples and practical tools that teachers can use in the classroom. Learn about ways to introduce students to new vocabulary, analyze content, develop perspectives and use graphic organizers. Teach students to question, draw inferences, visualize and make predictions. Teachers can use these in a range of subjects including language arts, science, geography, history, arts and music

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reading through Technology in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Transform teaching practice, and enhance students’ reading levels, by incorporating technology into classroom reading activities. This approach enables teachers to successfully assess available technology, employ it successfully, and help students read with higher accuracy and better comprehension.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Recognition of Early-onset Mental Health Illness in Children & Adolescents (5 Ho…

  

  Provides a basic understanding of warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents as well as ideas and strategies that help teachers work with students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reflective Teaching Practice (5 Hours)

  

  Embark on a sustainable professional development journey by integrating successful reflective practices into your teaching. Strategies build on research findings to present reflective teaching as a crucial component in professional development, empowering teachers to make informed decisions about their own learning and every day instruction.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Research-based Instructional Strategies (5 Hours)

  

  To help students improve in academic achievement, develop an attitude of learning and acquire the skills needed for the demands of the work place and real life situations, educators must continually review, reflect on and work to improve their instructional skills.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Rubrics in Teaching and Learning (5 Hours)

  

  A rubric is much more than an assessment too. Provide quality formative and summative feedback for students at periodic intervals throughout the year by using consistency when grading student work. Teachers use rubrics to grade a wide range of student work including: solo projects, group work, portfolios, homework assignments, book reviews, and tests.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Spanish for Educators (5 Hours)

  

  Build essential communication skills by learning general vocabulary and phrases that assist teachers with understanding Spanish in the classroom and school environment. Through this ‘primer’ for non-Spanish speaking teachers, educators develop the ability to communicate with students and families who speak Spanish as a first language.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Standards-based Instruction through STEM (5 Hours)

  

  STEM integration doesn’t need a huge budget, lots of technology, or a ready-to-use curriculum. It’s something any teacher, any school and any classroom can integrate. This course teaches you how.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Student-centered Learning (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers committed to real development in their students look forward to lively, stimulating and effective learning environments where their students are self-motivated, able to build on what they already know and equipped for the real-world.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Student Portfolios (5 Hours)

  

  With the effective implementation of portfolios, students can learn to discover their individual talents, strengths, interests, and goals for ensuring success beyond school. The practical tips and suggestions provided in this lesson will take teachers through the process of implementing portfolios in their classrooms, with factual information clearly linking student learning to the actual goal.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Suicide Prevention (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers will learn to identify possible early signs of suicide and be introduced to tools that may be helpful to students. Creative activities and strategies can help promote safe classroom environments. The course also encourages teachers to work together with their school in initiating and implementing school-wide policies and programs on suicide prevention.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Tackling Tough Text (5 Hours)

  

  Help students to tackle difficult text and understand it better. The strategies in this course help improve learning comprehension and are applicable to all subjects.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Teacher Coaching (5 Hours)

  

  Information and skills essential to the process of Cognitive/Peer Coaching in their school. Learn about the process of Cognitive Coaching, the roles and responsibilities of the coach and the coachee and how to implement this process in your school, reaping multiple benefits for the school, teachers and students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Technology in the 21st Century Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Concepts and ideas behind using technology in the classroom help teachers to understand the various skills that students need to develop in order to use technology in the most effective way.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Thrifty Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Through the resources, research-validated strategies and suggestions presented in this course, teachers will be equipped to handle tight budgets, and be frugal in their classrooms by turning to alternative resources. Further, teachers will be provided practical tips that will allow them to adopt methods to make the most of what they already have, end up saving money and still have the needed supplies to provide a quality education.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Transformative Classroom Management (5 Hours)

  

  Smart teachers struggle with classroom management. Skilled teachers elect to use strategies that create more problems than they solve. This course focuses on proven ideas that when used, work.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Understanding ADHD (5 Hours)

  

  Gain confidence in not only accommodating students with ADHD, but also other students who are energetic, hyperactive or have difficulty paying attention.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Videos in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Students retain information faster, grasp concepts more rapidly, and become more enthusiastic about learning when videos are used in the classroom. This course encourages teachers to use of videos already available online and learn to record, edit, create, embed and share videos. The course presents guidelines and practical tips on choosing the right videos to align with learning objectives.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Virtual Field Trips (5 Hours)

  

  This course introduces teachers to the idea of the virtual field trip as a highly effective alternative for enhancing course material. Teachers will familiarize themselves with a tool that integrates technology in classroom instruction.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Visuals in Learning (5 Hours)

  

  Understanding and using visual materials is an important life skill and advantageous for students. Visual tools make useful teaching aids in the classroom whether they are technology-rich or technology-free.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Substitute Teaching 101 (15 Hours)

  

  Designed to train and introduce new substitute teachers to a range of topics and skills generally required for teaching in the classroom. Topic area sections covered include overviews of the following: Professionalism: Conduct, confidentiality, and legal responsibilities. Honoring diversity: Basic terminology and appropriate actions. Foundational classroom management techniques: Ways to control a classroom and diffusing conflict. Basic instructional strategies: Effective questioning, assessment methods, and lesson plans. Supporting students with special needs: Basic terminology of disorders and characteristics and appropriate strategies. Working with at-risk youth: Learning traits, characteristics, and appropriate strategies.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Hybrid Classroom Planning (30 Hours, includes project)

  

  Topics: Designing hybrid lesson plans, online and hybrid teaching strategies, shared rubrics, technology safety, online PLCs, multi-faceted assessments, and more.

  $280 for 30 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Hybrid School Planning for Administrators (30 Hours, includes project)

  

  Topics: School Administrators plan for flexible hybrid schooling, adaptable assessments, technology infrastructure, safety, collaborations, professional development, and more.

  $280 for 30 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Online Teaching Skills (45 Hours, includes project)

  

  Topics: Online and hybrid teaching strategies, implementing asynchronous and synchronous lessons, recording a teaching video, student engagement, online assessments, and more.

  $420 for 45 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Academic Interventions (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  This course introduces teachers to STEM and student-centered learning to create and implement a standards-based curriculum. Teachers are then able to customize and differentiate curriculum for each learner acting more as facilitators, coaches and mentors.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Child Abuse Prevention (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  Protecting children is the role and responsibility of every teacher. Educators taking this course examine professional behaviors and boundaries while becoming aware of red flags that might indicate a child is being abused.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Cognitive Skills Understanding Learning Challenges (1 semester credit - Adams St…

  

  We all know the brain plays a major role in learning, but few are aware of how. In a class where each child differs in ability to learn, it is essential that educators know how the brain is related to the process of learning, in order to help facilitate student performance. Such knowledge will also give the educator an advantage when faced with the challenge of teaching a child with special needs. This course equips educators with extensive knowledge about the process of learning.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Cohesive Classroom Communities (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  Teachers are equipped to transform their classrooms into cohesive learning communities, through this online course. The course begins with Classroom Collaboration where educators come to understand the importance of the teacher’s role in creating an environment where young people are willing and able to work collaboratively. Teachers are taught to recognize, appropriately handle and make accommodations, for diagnosable mental health issues among students. The course helps teachers understand that they play a valuable role, and can help save a life, by learning about the prevalence of suicide; understanding suicide and how it may be prevented.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• ELL & ESL Instructional Strategies (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  The strategies in this course help educators understand the influence second language acquisition has on learning and how to promote effective interaction between ELL students and their classmates. Teachers learn how expected behaviors within a classroom should be taught through consistent responses and positive reinforcement.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Money for Classrooms (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  This course will help teachers to maximize their classroom budget and raise funds for innovative ideas and projects. Teachers will learn to create effective budgets, write grants and create fundraising campaigns while connecting with community stakeholders to support educational endeavors in the classroom.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Pedagogy Essentials (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  Teaching amongst the technological advances of the 21st century, brings with it unique challenges of combining education and theory with classroom practice. This three part course is designed to provide teachers the background knowledge and resources they require to use research findings to enhance their students’ learning. The course covers Research Based Instructional Strategies, which focuses on strategies teachers can use to channel research findings to improve their quality of instruction. Curriculum Development equips teachers to create effective, yet practical unit and lesson plans that equip students to learn more efficiently. The course also focuses on enabling teachers organize their teaching plans, work-life balance and the various aspects of their classroom.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Peer Coaching and Evaluation (1 semester credit - Adams State University)

  

  Learning as a community of educators, and from each other is one of the best ways teachers can find encouragement, inspiration and support as they maneuver everyday challenges in the classroom. This course explores research-based strategies in peer teaching and professional development adopted and embraced by schools across the country.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195