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Commonly called the “portal” and created through a legislative act pairing AETN with the Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas IDEAS is an online
professional development tool for licensed educators in the state of
Arkansas.
As of September 2010, 21,008 educators have registered
and 277,309 hours of professional
development credit has been awarded!
Map of Credit Hours Earnedby Zip Code
State Teacher Identification Number (STIN)
If you are in a public K-12 school, you will be able to get your number from the Technology
Director/Representative or APSCN representative in your district. It is generated and located in the
TRIAND and APSCN systems.
If you are unable to get your ID from your district, please contact AETN at
1-800-488-6689 or [email protected]
This is not your license #or your SS#
Meets state and federal mandates
Arkansas requires 60 hours of professional development
each year
Courses and resources aligned to state curriculum
standards
Course content is approved by ADE for professional
development
More About
Arkansas IDEAS
AR IDEAS Home Page
For the most up to date
information on Arkansas IDEAS check out the
“CHALKBOARD” regularly…
Current MemberLog-on
Create a new account here
Test your System first!
Educator Sign In
Create your own User ID and Password
Click “Find” to get your LEA#
(Local Education Agency)
Find your Co-op, District, and
School
Write down your
Username and
Password
Click on “Register”
You must indicate your acceptance of these terms in order to take courses in the
Arkansas IDEAS Learn Now! system.
Complete both of the Training and Testing Guides located in this pop-up window
The "Finish" Button is only
available after both User Guides are
completed.
Green Checkmarks signify that each lesson
was completed
My Info• Profile
• Reports
You are now in the system!
My Files• File StorageShared and
Private
HELP
PROFILE
If you have changed jobs/school districts,
you will make changes in “Profile.”
Click on “My Courses”
to begin working on your PD!
The IDEAS System Layout
Course
Section
Library Grouped by subject area
Leads to courses
Leads to lessons
Lesson Actual course content
LIBRARIES
SUBJECT AREA LIBRARY
SECTION
SERIES
COURSE
Need to report a problem within the AR IDEAS Portal?
You will only see this button at the COURSE level (after all lessons are
completed)
In order to print the certificate, you must
click on the folder icon beside the completed
course.
The Certificate will be kept in the system for 5 years.
My Info• Profile• Report
s
Need Help?
As a school effectiveness company, Teachscape is dedicated to improving student outcomes in every classroom in every school. Using proven methodology and online multimedia resources, Teachscape designs professional learning experiences to help instructional leaders boost achievement.
On-line Providers:
PD 360 is education's most comprehensive online professional development tool. Educators and administrators can use PD 360 to access 46 digitized Video Journal of
Education programs-broken into hundreds of fully indexed and searchable segments.
Free of charge to Arkansas educators, the Professional Development Series offers approximately 30 hours per week of professional
development programs on the Scholar digital channel and more than 850 hours of Web-based training courses within AETN's professional development library.
The Arkansas Department of Education has approved all of the PBS
TeacherLine courses for Professional Development. There are a limited number of ADE prioritized course seats available at no charge for Educators who are teaching in selected School Improvement locations. Once the Educators in the selected schools are provided the opportunity to enroll, any remaining seats will be available to all Educators until filled.
AETN Scholar is Arkansas's first and only fulltime channel devoted to educators. Scholar
provides programs educators can use in the classroom, as well as programs that can be used for professional development.
Todd Whitaker
Michael Fullan
Robert J. Marzano
Glen Singleton
Well known faces in education that you will see in theIDEAS Portal!
PBS TeacherLine…COURSES RUN FOUR TIMES PER YEAR: January, March, June, & October
ENROLLING IN A PBS TEACHERLINE COURSE: Log into the IDEAS Portal. Click on "Home" Tab. Click on "Available" Tab.
FREE COURSES: The Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas Educational
Television Network will pay for one free course per term. Since we offer four (4) terms, a learner can take four (4) free courses per year.
TO SEE A LIST OF COURSES AVAILABLE:http://ideas.aetn.org/teacherline/courses/catalog
CEU CREDIT: To insure that your district will approve a PBS TeacherLine course
for PD credit before you take a course, you may want to ask your supervisor or district for a preliminary review. You can print a letter from this link, http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/for-teachers/, and the course description syllabus to provide for approval.
The navigation
bar helps us easily walk
through Arkansas IDEAS
Calendar of Events!
Example of an AETN Production Being Used as a Portal Course
Need help with finding new PD?
Try “Build a Workshop!”
Curriculum, content and learning strategies onsite workshops
designed for your school's needs are now available to you.
Call the Education Division at 1-800-488-6689 or email:
[email protected] to set up your own workshop.
Contact us:Technical support, administrative privileges, onsite workshop scheduling
Arkansas IDEAS help deskMonday-Friday 8:00-4:30pm1-800-488-6689
email: [email protected]
www.arkansasideas.org
Thank You!