Community Services - Holyoke Community College

Holyoke Community College
Community Services
303 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Telephone: (413) 594-1255

Holyoke Community College
Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers

Holyoke Community College has partnered with Virtual Education Software, inc. to provide continuing education courses for teachers that provide interactive instruction on strategies for teaching students with special behavioral and learning needs. You complete these convenient, superior quality courses whenever it fits best into your life. Packed with practical applications for the classroom, these accredited programs offered for PDPs are self-paced and user-friendly. VESi’s interactive courses are designed by renowned educators throughout the country. You have telephone access with professors during “office hours” and email access with a 24-hour response time. Once the registration information is received at HCC, we communicate your registration to VESi.

CD-Based or On-Line Format now available.
Specify at the time of registration your preferred format - CD format or the online format (which requires high speed internet access). VESi will send you an email which will include a link and password information to gain access to the course(s) online or mail you the software if the CD format is preferred. You have six months to complete the course. Once it is completed, you receive security access to print out documentation to mail to VESi and for your own portfolio. After VESi submits the grade report to HCC, you receive Commonwealth of Massachusetts PDP credits within approximately 10-15 days.

Undergraduate and Graduate Professional Development Level Courses Now Available.
VESi Professional Development Programs at the Graduate Professional Development Level (GPDL) are now available. The GPDL level requires additional writing assignments of answering a Critical Thinking Question (a minimum of 500 words) at the end of every chapter (the courses have 4 to 6 chapters). You must also review and write an essay (minimum 200 words) on three relevant journal articles of your choice on topics related to the course at the end of your class. Students that successfully pass the GPDL coursework receive MA PDP portfolio documentation indicating GPDL study. Writing assignments are evaluated by VESi faculty.

For more information, contact Community Services at (413) 552-2320 or (413) 552-2324.

TO REGISTER for one or more courses, please call Holyoke Community College at 1-413-594-1255 or email alingham@hcc.mass.edu.

VESi recommends that you check with your school district and/or state licensing agency to verify these course offerings will meet your district's and/or state requirements for salary advancement and/or state certificate re-licensure.

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System Requirements

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Undergraduate Professional Development Level (UPDL)

Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents

PDP-608.51

PDPs: 30
Fee: $184

Holyoke Community College Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers

Holyoke Community College
Continuing Education for K-12 Teachers