Blackboard Educator Central™ empowers districts to affordably manage, deliver and evaluate professional development initiatives and build powerful educator communities of practice.

Problem: The High Cost of Professional Development
Teacher quality is a strong indicator of student achievement. But ensuring high-quality teachers requires on-going professional development which can be expensive to deliver and difficult to schedule.

Solution: Effective and Affordable Online Learning
By extending professional development opportunities online, districts can provide job-embedded training anytime, anywhere with the least disruption to classroom instruction and at a lower cost. A proven, hosted platform for course development and delivery enables school districts to introduce online learning without a technical investment or additional resources. Collaboration tools allow teachers to share best practices and solve problems without adding another set of meetings to their busy schedules. And with management and evaluation tools, districts can ensure the impact of professional development initiatives.

SOLUTION FEATURES
Our bundled offering based on the proven Blackboard learning technologies enables districts to get up and running quickly with a hosted platform to create, manage, deliver, and evaluate professional development initiatives.

• PD management - enables the management of professional development activities as well as registration, tracking, and reporting through MyLearningPlan.
• Instruction - empowers PD instructors to upload existing instructional materials, easily develop their own content, or use 3rd party resources.
• Professional learning communities - supports peer-to-peer and group interaction so teachers can collaboratively develop curriculum and learn together with their peers.

SERVICES INCLUDED:

• Training - Districts gain adoption with administrator and teacher training delivered by Blackboard.
• Hosting - Blackboard's ASP Services provide transparent hosting and management of all software and hardware environments.
• Client support - Administrators can easily contact a dedicated Blackboard support technician to address functional and technical issues.