Welcome to Advanced Education Professional Development Academy

Advanced Education Professional Development Academy is Ontario’s leading provider of professional development in classroom technology. With more than 30 professional development courses, delivered in both English and French, we support all levels of professional development, ranging from beginner to advanced. We offer courses on an extensive range of SMART solutions, from SMART Boards to SMART software, from document cameras to SMART Response Systems. In addition, we offer both district-wide training solutions and individual teacher training, anywhere in Canada.

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Education Team

With more than 75 years of experience in the classroom, our education team is comprised of former teachers with teaching degrees from recognized universities. Each educator is also a SMART Certified Master Trainer.

3 ways to learn... Infinite Possibilities

Face-to-face hands on SMART sessions in the comfort of our state-of-the art training facility – these sessions offer small class sizes with each person having full access to a SMART Board and a laptop. You can choose a learning path, starting with a fundamental course and then progress through the Intermediate and Advanced level courses. We also offer SMART Response, Document Camera courses as well as sessions tailored for primary/junior/special education teachers.

Face-to-Face hands on SMART sessions in your classroom delivered at the Fundamental, Intermediate and Advanced SMART Board levels. Each session is a combination of instruction followed by practice time where participants work with their own laptops to experiment with features while developing lessons for their grade level. SMART Response, Document Camera and other custom sessions are also available.

Online training via Blossom Learning – the world’s first Online SMART Board Course. This is a fully comprehensive course, from beginner to advanced levels, with eight full chapters, end of chapter quizzes and personal certificate awarded for completing the course.

Advanced Education is the number one SMART professional development provider for many reasons:

1. We provide all levels of professional development to support teachers as they integrate 21st Century technology into their classrooms.
2. All SMART sessions are led by experienced educators.
3. Our education consultants are teachers with a thorough knowledge of curriculum, they are experienced in universal design for learning, differentiated instruction, assessment and
evaluation.
4. We understand the difference between professional development and training.
5. SMART professional development sessions focus on using the features of the SMART Board as a teaching and learning tool.
6. Our education consultants are SMART Certified Master Trainers.
7. We are Certified SMART Response trainers.