Featured Programs

Big Data Analytics – Splunk Fundamentals
Big data analytics is a highly marketable skill set. Splunk is a leading big data platform that provides a unified way to organize and extract real-time insights from massive amounts of machine data from virtually any source. The Splunk Fundamentals course offered in partnership with the UIS College of Business and Management and bitsIO, Inc., a local Springfield business, will prepare participants to pass the Splunk Core Certified User exam. View the Splunk Fundamentals page to register now for the next course.

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Teacher Summer Sessions for CEU/CPDU Credit

4 half days Monday – Thursday (4 hours) in an online environment working through conversations with the instructor live via Zoom and other activities. Participants will earn 15 CPDUs, 2 CEUs and a digital badge. Register today!

Social Justice Academy: Working Toward Educational Equity Workshop
The Social Justice Academy: Working toward Educational Equity workshop will acquaint participants with the latest research on the need for educational equity and cultural responsive classrooms, to guide participants in creating their own culturally responsive classrooms and schools, and to guide participants in the development of strategies to advocate for their own students.

Work-Life Integration Workshop
This workshop will acquaint participants with the latest research on work/life integration and how to manage the important aspects of their lives. Working toward Work-Life Integration will engage participants during the training through analysis, discovery, and application of the latest research on the elements of life: work, community, wellness, and home.

Open Educational Resources in the K-12 Classroom – ISBE OER Microcredential

This 8-week course is an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) for K12 environments. Participants will explore, evaluate, and select OER for use in their classrooms. Participants will discuss topics related to OER benefits, challenges, trends, and issues. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will earn 30 Professional Development hours and a badge that will be included on their Illinois Professional Educator License.

 

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Learn skills necessary to obtain your Digital Accessibility for Educators Certificate.
UIS is one of the very few institutions offering skill development for digital accessibility. This professional certificate program focuses on foundational information and specific skills for educators, instructional designers, and other staff who develop digital resources for courses. View our PD catalog and register now.

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