Professional Learning Opportunities

South Carolina Department of Edcuation Asynchronous ELA Trainings

The English Language Arts Standards Team in the Office of Assessment and Standards offers asynchronous professional learning modules to support the understanding and implementation of the 2024 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready ELA Standards. Participants can earn recertification credit for each module completed. A comprehensive list of module offerings with descriptions and registration for modules can be found on the Professional Learning Modules site. Additional professional learning modules will be added quarterly.

South Carolina Department of Edcuation Middle & High School Summer Professional Development

Topic	Date	Location	Audience
Geometry with Statistics	May 29 - 30	Woolard Technology Center, 70 Innovation Way, Camden, SC	Middle and High
Reasoning in Mathematics	June 12	SCDE Agency Building, 849 Learning Lane, West Columbia, SC	High School
Geometry with Statistics	June 10 - 11	SCDE Agency Building, 849 Learning Lane, West Columbia, SC	Middle and High
Applications and Modeling	June 13	SCDE Agency Building, 849 Learning Lane, West Columbia, SC	High School

Use this link to register for any of the mathematics sessions in the table above.

Arts Education Virtual Training Opportunities

Click the link below and register for a One Stop Workshop account. This account provides a "one-stop" source for professional development on arts integration, visual art, theatre, dance, media arts, music, creative writing, arts administration and more.

Click here to register for these professional development opportunities.

Free Professional Development Courses from ETV

Self Paced PD courses

PBS LearningMedia - K12 Professonal Development

Coaching/Teacher Evaluations

Professional Learning for Peer Observers 2nd Edition

Classroom Management

Positive Behavior in Schools I: Introduction to Schoolwide Behavior Systems

Assessment and Evaluation

Effective Instruction & Classroom Strategies

Planning and Preparation

South Carolina Department of Education Standards Training Opportunities

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SPOTLIGHT

The SCDE has been sharing a link to a video or recording to support standards-based instruction in South Carolina. To access these recordings and slide decks click here.

SC Virtual R2S Summer 2025 Information

Credit: 60 renewal credits upon passing each course
All certified: Administrators, Non-Instructional Staff, Early Childhood, Elementary,

Middle & High School Teachers, and Media Specialists
Location: Courses are online in the SCDE’s Module Learning Management System
Registration Dates: VIRTUALSC Registration will begin:

Week of April 28th, 2025 and end May 19th, 2025 at 4pm.

DEADLINE FOR INTENT TO PARTICIPATE WITH DISTRICT 6 is April 28th, 2025.
Cost: Classes are $80.00 and paid for by District 6 (user must use the cohort code provided to you in your Virtual SC registration instructions.)
Session/Semester: Summer 2025 - Course Dates: June 16th to August 3rd, 2025.
Course Overview: VirtualSC Professional Development Program through the South Carolina Department of Education’s (SCDE) Office of Virtual Education is offering approved online Read to Succeed courses. VirtualSC PD Read to Succeed courses for teachers and administrators support the requirements of the Read to Succeed Legislation (Act 284). Teachers will be awarded 60 renewal credits upon passing each course. All courses last a total of seven weeks from start to finish.

ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION with SCDE VirtualSC Prof Dev. is required. You will receive an email with detailed instructions THE WEEK OF April 28th, 2025.
YOU CAN ONLY TAKE 1 COURSE AT A TIME!

Cohort	Course Name	Registration Link	Registration Start Date
Cohort 5	R2S: Assessment of Reading	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3107	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Content Area Reading and Writing for Administrators and Non-Instructional Staff	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3108	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Content Area Reading and Writing for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3109	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Content Area Reading and Writing for Middle and High School Teachers	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3110	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Foundations of Reading	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3111	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Instructional Practices	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3112	4/30/2025
Cohort 5	R2S: Instructional Practices Understanding Dyslexia and to Support Struggling Learners	https://virtualscpd.geniussis.com/Registration.aspx?aid=3113	4/30/2025