(read: online learning Saturday morning in your pjs with a cup of coffee).
Over 200 continuing education clock hours are available to meet recertification credit needs. Courses address national interests/needs of teaching with technology, digital literacy, achieving academic excellence, and best practices. Several states recognize our online professional development for continuing education credits: Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Depending on your state, online courses can be taken for CEU, CPDU, CPE, PDE, PDP, or PLU credit.
Modules for anytime, anyplace online learning - you can start and stop as needed
Video documentaries for big picture of teaching and learning - ideas for your own classroom
Exploration opportunities in new technology and media - free events using the virtual world, United Star's beautiful Star Island in Second Life. (All events are UStreamed so you have the choice of either viewing the live event and participating by chat or creating your own avatar and participating live in Second Life.)
"I have worked at Tremont High School for nine years and have been involved with United Star since I started. We have seen our distance learning program grow into a program that we are very proud of and it is because of the great support and classes that are provided by United Star.
These types of classes are wonderful for us since we are a small school. It gives our students the opportunity to take classes that they are interested in that could not be offered at our school. Thanks United Star for everything that you do."
Whether your students are going to college or directly into the workforce, we have over 200 online student courses to supplement your curriculum. This is a result of our partnerships with OSU's K-12 DLA and Lincoln Interaction.