What is UTeach Blended Learning?
ECISD Blended Learning has partnered with the University of Texas's UTeach Professional Learning to offer ECISD staff the opportunity to engage in online, asynchronous coursework with a focus on blended learning. New cohorts start monthly and you have a three month period to complete your coursework.
Foundations of Blended Learning (FBL) - Develop a foundational understanding of blended learning, how it can support student learning, and what teacher tools are available. (30-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Advanced Blended Learning (ABL) - Engage in a deeper consideration of blended learning practices, purposefully use new tools, and gain more in-depth knowledge of blended learning. (30-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: Foundations of Blended Learning
Artificial Intelligence in Blended Learning Classrooms (AI) - Participants discover and experiment with various AI tools that can enhance blended learning environments and improve their blended learning practices. This course focuses on how AI can customize learning for each student and demonstrate how AI can handle routine tasks. (30-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: Foundations of Blended Learning
Blended Learning Coaching & Collaboration (BLCC) - This course is designed to support leaders, instructional coaches and teacher leaders who are advocating for blended learning at their campuses. This course focuses on implementation and support of best blended learning practices, integration of effective technology to achieve student-centered outcomes and observation and feedback of blended learning classrooms. (20-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: Foundations of Blended Learning
Foundations of Blended Learning CTE Edition: (CTE) - This course is designed for Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers looking to integrate blended learning strategies into their unique instructional environments. Modeled on our core course, Foundations of Blended Learning, this edition includes CTE-specific examples, tools, and exemplars created by past UTeach PD participants and Certified Blended Learning Educators. Participants will explore how to personalize learning using free, accessible digital platforms while balancing hands-on instruction with student-centered design. (30-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Designing Project-based Instruction and Blended Learning (D-PBI) - This course offers educators a detailed exploration into the benefits and methodology of using Project-Based Instruction to provide authentic and challenging experiences for their students, emphasizing blended learning strategies. (30-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: Foundations of Blended Learning
Introduction to Data-Driven Instruction (DDI) - This course is designed to transform educational practices by integrating comprehensive data analysis into everyday teaching, empowering educators to make informed decisions, tailor instruction to individual student needs, and drive academic success. Participants learn how to harness the power of student assessment data to create effective personalized learning experiences. (20-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Data-Driven Instruction for Administrators (DDI-Admin) - This course equips educational leaders with a macro-level framework to build, scale, and sustain a thriving data-driven culture across campuses. Serving as a strategic companion to UTeach PD’s teacher course, this program shifts the focus from classroom practice to systemic oversight. Administrators will learn how to evaluate whole-school trends, establish unified protocols, and provide targeted coaching to teachers implementing data-driven workflows on the ground. (15-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Blended Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms (EC) - This course helps PK–2 educators transition to a student-centered classroom using blended learning. The course is structured around the 5E framework. Participants will learn how to design, manage, and implement targeted blended models, including Station Rotation, Choice Boards, Menus, and Playlists. Participants will also establish clear routines and procedures necessary for early childhood success in a blended learning classroom. (15-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Implementing Project-Based Instruction & Blended Learning (I-PBI) - This course offers an extension to the Project-Based Instruction course and provides participants with step-by-step guidance on how to bring their blended PBI unit to life as they transition from plan to action. (30-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: FBL & D-PBI
Intermediate AI-Powered Blended Learning in Action: (IAI) - This course is designed for educators ready to elevate their instructional practices and move beyond foundational AI tools into advanced instructional design. Participants will shift from using AI as a simple productivity tool to leveraging it as a collaborative co-designer for deep differentiation. (15-hour online course) 🔒Prerequisite: AI Course
Mastering the New Science TEKS (MNST) - Designed for Texas educators by Texas educators, Mastering the New Science TEKS is a self-paced course that equips teachers in grades K-2 or 3–8 to effectively teach the new Texas science standards. With a focus on inquiry-based teaching and personalized learning strategies, this course supports teachers as they gain a solid understanding of the new standards and expectations for mastery on the STAAR test. (20-hour online course) No prerequisite course
Personalized Blended Learning (PBL) - This course builds on concepts explored in Foundations and Advanced Blended Learning with a focus on personalized learning strategies. Educators will engage in personalized learning models, create their own examples, and capture implementation of these models in action. (30-hour online course)
🔒Prerequisite: Foundations of Blended Learning
Teaching Secondary Math Using Blended Learning Classroom (TSM) - This course offers secondary math educators the opportunity to learn more about blended learning tools and strategies that promote student-centered learning and exploration in their math classrooms. Participants will experiment with various blended frameworks and adaptive online learning platforms to incorporate mastery-based self-pacing and, ultimately, more personalized learning to support all secondary math (grades 6–12) teachers with blended learning strategies that are relevant, flexible, and high-impact. (30-hour online course) No prerequisite course
UTeach Blended Learning courses do not meet the ECISD gifted/talented professional learning standards. The district will no longer award GT credit for the UTeach Blended Learning courses.