Distance Education

Professional Development Courses

These courses are self-paced – register anytime! You have a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of one year from your registration date to complete the course.

All Alaska Staff Development Network (ASDN) distance education courses are approved by an accredited Alaskan university as 500-Level, professional development courses, and are approved by the State of Alaska for teacher re-certification (with the exception of paraprofessional courses, which are noted as being lower-level credit).

Our Alaska History and Multicultural distance education courses meet the State of Alaska requirements for new teacher certification. All ASDN courses are approved in ASD’s MLP system.

• How Do ASDN Distance Education Courses Work?
• Distance Ed FAQ
• ASDN Distance Education Cancellation Policy
• ASD Educators: Directions for locating ASDN courses in MLP
• Virtual Education Software, inc.
• Distance Education Course Re-Enrollment

Click on any course title below for more information and registration.

• 21st Century Worforce Readiness
• Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents
• Alaska Alive
• Alaska Reading Course with Karen McCain
• Archival Research Basics with the National Archives
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Autism & Aspergers Disorders
• Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior
• Child Abuse: Working with Abused & Neglected Children
• Content Area Literacy
• Creating Culturally Responsive Schools
• Cyberbullying Prevention
• Dropout Prevention: Effective Education for At-Risk-Youth
• Drugs & Alcohol in Schools: Understanding Substance Use & Abuse
• Early Childhood: Family Centered Services
• Early Childhood: Infant & Toddler Mental Health
• Early Childhood: Observation & Assessment
• Early Childhood: Program Planning
• Early Childhood: Typical & Atypical Development
• Educational Assessment: Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom
• Exploring Understanding By Design and Differentiated Instruction
• Harassment, Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools
• Humor in the Classroom: to Teach and Reach Students
• Inclusion: Working with Student with Special Needs in General Education Classrooms
• Introduction to Street Gangs: Strategies for Understanding Gangs and Their Impact
• Introduction to Web Page Development for Paraprofessionals
• Learning Disabilities: Practical Information for the Classroom Teacher
• Making Best Use of the Internet for K-12 Instruction
• Reading Fundamentals #1: An Introduction to Scientifically-based Research
• Reading Fundamentals #2: Laying the Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction
• Reading Fundamentals #3: The Elements of Effective Reading Instruction & Assessment
• Social Media for Educators
• Talented & Gifted: Working with High Achievers
• Teaching Diversity: Influences & Issues in the Classroom
• Teaching Effectively Online
• Teaching Elementary Math Conceptually: A New Paradigm
• The 21st Century Classroom
• Traumatized Child: Effects of Stress & Trauma on Student Learning
• Tools to Create a Standards-Based Classroom
• Understanding Aggression: Coping With Aggressive Behavior
• Using Microsoft Excel and Outlook In the Classroom
• Using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint In the Classroom
• Using Technology as an Administrative Tool in the Classroom
• Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention & Intervention Strategies
• Web Page Development
• Why DI?: An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction