Many members have taken advantage of the ACOE Education Portal for their professional development needs but there are still many members who have not. We invite members to take advantage of being able to earn PD clock hours at your leisure, at no cost! With the change that the Alabama State Department of Education made switching from STI-PD / Chalkable to PowerSchool, the process has now changed. Please see the new steps below to take continuing education courses on the ACOE Education Portal and then submit for approval with your system.
The Process is Simple
Step 1: Create a username and password by clicking on the “Register on ACOE Education Portal“ button at the bottom of this page. Once you have logged in successfully, you will have the opportunity to create your profile and personalize your settings.
Step 2: Select a course to see information about that course, select “Take E-Learning” to begin that course, or go back to search for a different course. It’s that simple!
Step 3: Once you complete a course, a short exam will follow. Upon passing the exam with a 70% or higher score, you will need to print a Certificate of Completion from within the portal to submit to the appropriate person in your system for PD Clock Hour approval. While we cannot guarantee that the respective person in your system will approve credit for the course you complete, the Office of Continuing Education at the Alabama State Department of Education has informed us that they have never had anyone denied credit by a system and could not imagine that happening. Be sure to take a course that is relevant to you.
Benefits of ACOE’s Education Portal!
One of the many great things about the ACOE Education Portal is that you can complete your professional development hours on your time. You can start and stop a course as many times as you need in order to complete it (it will start back from the same point you stopped).
You can also access the ACOE Education Portal from anywhere you have an internet connection. So, whether you are traveling, or sitting on your couch at home, you can easily earn the PD hours you need to renew your certificate.
Another great feature is that the portal will keep track of the credits you have earned through our portal and you can also enter credits you have earned from outside sources or events so that you will know how many credits you have accumulated from all sources.
Teachers Helping Teachers
ACOE is continually looking for new and interesting courses to add to our Education Portal and we would love to hear from you if you have created and presented a PD course in the recent past. If you feel you have a PD course that would be of interest to other teachers across the state, please contact us for more information about getting it published on our Education Portal by clicking on the “Contact ACOE to Submit PD Idea” button! You will get 100% credit and recognition for each course that you contribute. Click on the PD Submission button to have an ACOE representative contact you with further instructions on submitting your PD course.
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