The rapidly approaching end of the school year brings joy to hearts of teachers across the state, but for many, it also brings a reminder of endorsement requirements that need to be met. Here at the Schultz Center we have several different options for teachers who have been flagged as needing the ESOL/ELL endorsement: (1) We offer a traditional ESOL/ELL …
In our era of instant news and attention-grabbing posts and tweets, we have to choose to do some work to get the story behind the headlines. On a recent Saturday morning, hundreds of northeast Florida educators chose to gather at the Schultz Center to hear more about effective teaching and learning techniques from an analysis of tests taken by 15 …
Our president and CEO, Deborah Gianoulis Heald, was recently named a Children’s Champion by the Episcopal Children’s Services. Deborah has worked tirelessly to help both teachers and students alike get the most out of the classroom learning experience. The work she does in the education community inspires us every day and we couldn’t be more proud of her!
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training has designated Schultz Center as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Training Units. Schultz Center joins less than 600 international Accredited Providers approved to offer the association’s continuing education units. Continuing education units are accepted, recognized and often required by many state agencies and credentialing organizations. The accreditation period extends for five years …
Following the successful implementation of a 2015 rebranding and statewide expansion strategy, Schultz Center, a leader in high-quality teacher training and professional development for educators, has now expanded its reach to include working with educators outside of Florida. The organization’s first out-of-state contract comes from River Valley Child Development Services in West Virginia. Schultz will develop a training program for …
The continuation of our series to provide a step-by-step checklist on how to pursue a great training for your staff and colleagues now includes, implementing or delivering the program. Your training needs assessment and the developing and designing portion of your training preparation has come to a conclusion, and you are now ready to deliver the training. Delivery can take …
One year ago, Schultz had a new strategic plan that set some ambitious goals in a broader mission to serve all sectors of our community through innovative learning, leadership, and professional development systems. As we know, great plans are only as good as the implementation, which requires relentless adaptation in a continuous cycle of improvement. Leadership requires vision and a …
Moving forward in our series to provide a step-by-step checklist on how to pursue a great training for your staff and colleagues, and after assessing the needs of your organization; you will begin to develop and design the program. Inherently, some of the design might begin to reveal itself as you assess the needs. However, how you go about delivering …
When Jacksonville imagined a Teaching Academy to improve teacher quality at the turn of the 21st century, our community expressed considerable foresight. Today 95 percent of American parents agree that the quality of teachers is the most important factor in improving our public schools (2015 Gallup/PDK poll). The Gallup/PDK (Phi Delta Kappa) has been measuring public opinion on public schools …
Event planning is not for the faint of heart. Event planning for professional development adds another layer of difficulty. However, is it not impossible, and with the right tools it can be done easily, and done well! With this series we hope to provide a step-by-step checklist on how to pursue a great training for your staff and colleagues at …
