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Design Your Own Professional Development
Courses through the Heritage Institute
Design Your Own Professional Development (DYO)
DYOs offer educators an opportunity to earn credit for self-initiated learning as well as other activities which support their institutions, students and colleagues.
You can earn one continuing education credit per 30 hours of learning activities. An Antioch faculty member will review your DYO proposal and may request some modifications prior to giving final approval to register for the DYO. You may contact the Continuing Education office at 206-268-4111 to discuss your proposal with a staff member.
Eligible activities:
Educators may earn credit for the following activities (please note that this is not an exhaustive list):
- Self-guided study of a subject that you plan to teach
- Developing a new curriculum unit
- Attending a professional conference or course for which no other credit is provided
- Exploring community resources to enrich classroom learning such as museums, environmental education centers, etc.
- Making presentations to colleagues
- Mentoring those new to the profession
- Creating, refining or implementing school programs
- Learning activities associated with travel which will enrich your classroom instruction
- Researching and writing a grant or other funding proposal to benefit your school or district
- Developing a bibliography, resource file or online database that will benefit students or colleagues
- Writing for publications aimed at colleagues in your discipline or other educators
- Specific projects related to your work on a district, state or professional association task force or committee
While it is best to submit a DYO proposal prior to beginning the learning activity, in some cases, you may be able to count activities from the previous twelve months if you have not already received credit for them.
Please click here for for the proposal template and detailed instructions for proposing a DYO. If you have questions about whether your independent learning activities qualify for this program, please contact the Center for Continuing Education during office hours for a consultation at 206-268-4118.
Tuition: $155/credit; enroll anytime
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Courses through The Heritage Institute
Antioch partners with The Heritage Institute to provide continuing education
for teachers. Since 1976, The Heritage Institute (THI) has been a leader
in progressive continuing education programs for K-12 educators, providing
more than 300 workshops, field studies, travel programs and distance courses
to teachers in the Northwest, around the United States and the world. The Heritage
Institute fulfills its mission by providing pre- and in-service teachers
with educational experiences to enliven their classrooms with engaging
as well as socially and ecologically responsible learning.
Many Heritage classes are now offered in an online format which is convenient and affordable. Credits earned through successful completion of Heritage Institute classes are recorded in Antioch University Seattle's continuing education credit database. Transcripts may be ordered through Antioch's Center for Continuing Education.
Please visit the Heritage website to view
all courses. For more information, please call 360-341-3020
or send an e-mail to customer service.
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