SMEKENS
This year, we have a subscription to this PD service
One thing I would like us to focus on this year is writing. The high school teachers have indicated that our kids are coming to them unprepared in the area of writing. They lack confidence in their writing, the discipline needed to revise, and general writing skills. Together, we are going to change this! I have spoken to two administrators who's schools score very high in writing, and found they both use 6Traits of writing. Smekens is the best resource for this practice.
Beginning today, our school has 12 months of access to webPD by Smekens Education. An on-demand professional learning platform, webPD features more than 180 videos that feature Smekens Education’s simple and effective strategies for teaching reading and writing. (And more videos are added each week during the school year!)
"Verified" Subscription
Users of Smekens can choose from two different types of subscriptions; flexible, and verified. We have purchased the "verified" subscription. The benefit of the “verified view” subscription is that after you have completed viewing a video, you will automatically have a completion certificate available for download from your webPD account profile. You can then turn this in for CPDUs.
How to Start Your Subscription:
To set up your personal webPD account, simply click on the link below and then enter the Access Code. If you already have an account on the Smekens “Access” site, sign in with your login credentials and then enter the Access Code. After your initial login you simply select the webPD “Verified View” to begin accessing videos! If not then fill out the online registration form to get started.
Access Code: zr18812m-19