Professional Learning

Invite GPB Education to co-host an introduction to our comprehensive digital resources that is designed specifically around your interests and needs. Sessions can explore any of GPB's free content, including our complete courses for 8th grade social studies and high school chemistry and physics, interactive expansions of GPB’s state-wide virtual learning journeys, engaging game-based approaches to numeracy, financial literacy, and employability skills, and thousands more digital learning resources available to you at no cost through our partnership with PBS LearningMedia.

Math shapes our world in fascinating ways. Mathematical literacy is more than just counting or multiplying or memorizing math facts - it's an empowering tool that enables students to understand and manipulate important factors in their everyday lives. Join GPB Education as we learn more about how to meaningfully engage our students with the thousands of math learning resources and teaching strategies available through GPB Education and PBS LearningMedia.

We are all scientists at heart, trying to observe and measure the world around us so as to make sense of it all. GPB Education supports scientific exploration and encourages scientific wonder with our free videos, lesson plans, games, and other online interactive tools. Join us as we learn more about how to meaningfully engage our students with the thousands of math learning resources and teaching strategies available through GPB Education and PBS LearningMedia.

Social studies, at the most basic level, is the study of people. The Georgia Department of Education reminds us that the goal of social studies is not for students to memorize a laundry list of facts but rather to help them learn how to analyze issues, solve problems, and develop the critical thinking skills necessary to become engaged and productive citizens. Join GPB Education as we explore new ways to understand the enduring past and make historical connections to the evolving present with our thousands of free interactive resources on government, history, economics, citizenship, and more!

By practicing attentive reading and writing, our students learn to understand complex text and collect the evidence they need to develop lifelong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Join GPB Education for an exploratory overview of our comprehensive digital content for the English Language Arts, including standards-based interactive lesson plans and thousands more multimodal learning resources available at no cost through PBS LearningMedia.

STEM is more than Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM asks students to consider deep, real-world questions and collaborate with others to arrive at meaningful conclusions. Learning through interdisciplinary units of study challenges students and helps them develop the relevant skills for evolving and expanding careers. Join GPB Education as we explore our digital resources and instructional strategies that support STEM education and the P21 framework. Participants will come away with an expanded digital toolbox for better illustrating the knowledge their students need to thrive in the workplace and as citizens.

GPB’s Georgia Studies digital collection brings a comprehensive, innovative approach to telling the story of Georgia’s geography, culture, history, and government. This collection includes student and teacher editions of the Georgia Studies digital textbook, more than thirty interactive virtual field trips, plus the Georgia Race Through Time adventure game and Georgia Stories video series. Join us for a general overview or a targeted focus around the engaging histories, primary sources, formative assessments, skill-building activities and more available in this free virtual exploration of our state.

Arts integration in the curriculum provides students with rich opportunities to create new meaning and learn in ways that speak to their own unique cultural, emotional, and intellectual needs. Join GPB Education as we explore the thousands of inspiring visual and performing arts resources available free to teachers and students via PBS LearningMedia and model hands-on instructional approaches for integrating fine arts creativity into the core content areas.

Educating the "whole child" challenges us to consider not only our students' knowledge of content areas but also their physical and mental health. The good news is that Georgia Public Broadcasting is here to help with access to programs, lessons, and media to get kids moving and focusing on their own health and wellness. Join GPB Education as we explore thousands of free multimodal resources that engage students in dynamic activities, help them delve into careers surrounding exercise and recreation, and pursue approaches to better eating, health, and wellness.