Define Your Destination in EPIC
Equity, Personalization, Innovation, and Choice
And earn Graduate Level Professional Development Units
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What is EPIC?
EPIC is a self-directed professional development approach to traditional instruction that supports teachers during their career to impact positive student outcomes.
This program was developed by The Center for Teacher Innovation to provide learners with an alternative to traditional, in-person, or online training. EPIC is available anytime, anywhere, and allows learners to choose the most valuable path.
What are the benefits of EPIC?
- Supports all teachers, General Education, Special Education, and CTE
- Energizes and incentivizes personalized PD
- Accessible anytime, anywhere
- Build your digital resume with digital badges
- Qualify for up to 8 university units per subscription year with the University of the Pacific for $50.00 per unit.
EPIC Walkthrough
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Course Information
Participants will engage in focused cycles of inquiries. Each inquiry will take approximately 5 weeks to complete. Participants can complete 8 inquiries per year for units. Participants will select from a collection of inquiry topics, interact with an asynchronous learning object, explore a variety of web-based curated resources, and create a plan for a change in practice. Participants will implement a change in practice, provide evidence of their implementation, and reflect on their outcomes. Participants will receive feedback and coaching on effectiveness from CTI and/or employing agency facilitators. Participants will collaborate virtually and/or face-to-face to share challenges, celebrate successes, and determine further needs and next steps.
Learning outcomes and course objectives
- Personalize professional learning in chosen area of need or interest
- Utilize relevant resources and tools to improve instructional and/or management practice
- Increase effectiveness in an area of need or interest
- Impact student achievement
Instructional methods
- Access to content in web-based learning management system
- Self-directed asynchronous interactive learning objects
- Support through CTI and/or employing agency facilitation
- Reflection and evidence submitted in Learning Management System (LMS)
- Written and/or verbal feedback provided
Assignments
All assignments are captured in CTI’s LMS. Participants will engage in Cycles of Inquiry to implement in their teaching practice.
Course Prerequisites
Teaching assignment in TK-12 setting
Required course materials
Internet access, Alludo account through CTI
Course Organization
Course content will be housed in Alludo, a game-based learning management system in which participants will sequentially navigate through tasks, earning completion points at their own pace within a self-determined 5 week time period.
Course Attendance / Participation
Participants will complete all self-paced tasks equating to course completion.
Grading Policy and Grade Scale
Grades are based on a Complete / Incomplete scale for each task. There is no reference to late or missed work as this is a self-paced course and can be completed within any 5 week period; equivalent to 20 hours.
For more information contact: Jaymie Baiza
**First-year candidates that still need to complete induction with the Center for Teacher Innovation do not qualify for EPIC PD.**
Subscriptions are eligible for refunds:
- within the first 14 days of subscription activation.
- no additional modules beyond the EPIC Passport can be completed.
- no inquiries have been started.
- There will be a $10 credit card processing fee for issuing any refunds.