At Accelerate Education, we want all staff to have the skills necessary to successfully implement our online K-12 curriculum. We offer a comprehensive collection of synchronous and asynchronous professional development opportunities to meet your unique needs. Select the synchronous options below to register for live training and webinars.
Our Training and PD Catalog includes descriptions of synchronous options available during the year. Select here to view asynchronous options.
Following your initial training, additional support may be needed. Use the links to the right to access the appropriate follow-up need.
Webinar Registration
Initial Teacher Training - Part 2 (Accelerate Education's Buzz instance)
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
New Teachers/Accelerate Education’s instance of the Buzz platform (LMS)
Introduction/Prerequisites:
Before attending Part 2, teachers should complete the on-demand Teacher Training – Part 1 activity. Whenever possible, we encourage all new teachers to attend this critical Part 2 training live.
Register for Synchronous Session:
Mondays 12:00 – 2:00 Eastern (9:00 – 11:00 Pacific)
Tuesdays 3:00 – 5:00 Eastern (noon – 2:30 Pacific)
Wednesdays 2:00- 4:00 Eastern (11:00 – 1:00 Pacific)
Thursdays 11:00 – 1:00 Eastern (8:00 – 10:00 Pacific)
Fridays 11:00 – 1:00 Eastern (8:00 – 10:00 Pacific)
Initial Teacher Training - Part 2 (School's Canvas LMS)
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
New Teachers/Program’s instance of the Canvas platform (LMS)
Introduction/Prerequisites:
Before attending Part 2, teachers should complete the on-demand Teacher Training – Part 1 (Canvas) OnDemand activity. Whenever possible, we encourage all new teachers to attend this critical Part 2 training live.
Register for Synchronous Session:
Wednesdays 9:30- 11:00 Eastern (6:30 – 8:00 Pacific)
Initial Teacher Training - Part 2 (School's Schoology LMS)
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
New Teachers/Program’s instance of the Schoology platform (LMS)
Introduction/Prerequisites:
Before attending Part 2, teachers should complete the on-demand Teacher Training – Part 1 (Schoology) OnDemand activity. Whenever possible, we encourage all new teachers to attend this critical Part 2 training live.
Register for Synchronous Session:
Thursdays 2:00- 3:30 Eastern (11:00 – 12:30 Pacific)
Buzz Refresher Training
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
Returning Teachers/Accelerate Education’s instance of the Buzz platform (LMS)
Introduction/Prerequisites:
At least one year of experience teaching on the Accelerate Buzz platform (LMS).
Register for Synchronous Session:
Mondays 4:00 – 5:00 Eastern (1:00 – 2:00 Pacific)
Tuesdays 12:30 – 1:30 Eastern (9:30 – 10:30 Pacific)
Curriculum and Feature Updates SY 23-24
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
Administrators and Teachers/Any Platform
Introduction/Prerequisites:
This session is designed for both teachers and administrators wanting to plan for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Join this session to learn about the exciting changes for next year! This session is platform agnostic.
Register for Synchronous Session:
Mondays 4:00 – 4:45 Eastern (1:00 -1:45 Pacific)
Tuesdays 12:30 – 1:15 Eastern (9:30 – 10:15 Pacific)
End of Semester Processes (Accelerate Education's Buzz instance)
Primary Audience/Platform (LMS)
Teachers/Buzz Platform
Introduction/Prerequisites:
This session will cover the end-of-semester decisions teachers need to make and the steps needed to complete students out of the system upon course completion.
Register for Synchronous Session:
Wednesdays 10:00- 10:45 Eastern (7:00 – 7:45 Pacific)
For our Canvas and Schoology users, we don’t have sessions scheduled in June. These will be offered once per week in July and August, but if the available time does not work for your program and you would like to schedule a session, please send an email to training@accelerate.education. Please specify the platform (Canvas or Schoology), and if this session would be for administrator training or teacher training. Someone from our team will reach out to you as soon as possible.