Assignment of Professional Development for Non-licensed Personnel
ArkansasIDEAS accounts are assigned according to the individual's designation in the Arkansas Educator Licensure System (AELS). There are two types of designations in AELS, Non-Licensed and Certified Teacher.
- Certified teachers have access to all courses available from ArkansasIDEAS.
- Non-Licensed accounts have a limited number of courses available.
Before assigning ArkansasIDEAS professional development courses to non-licensed personnel, please check the list below. If the course is not listed, it is unavailable to non-licensed account holders. As more courses are made available, this list is updated, so be sure to check back periodically.
Attention: Individual courses cannot be added to non-licensed accounts, nor can non-licensed accounts be upgraded to certified teacher or given access to the Certified Teacher Audience courses. This is based on intellectual property rights and copyrighted materials provided by subject matter experts at the time the course was created.
War in the '60s - A Civil War Documentary
When Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861, it was a divided state, politically and economically. During the war, it was the site of major military engagements such as the Battle of Pea Ridge, which effectively saved Missouri for the Union, and the Battle of Prairie Grove, the bloodiest conflict west of the Mississippi River. It was also one of the most difficult places for civilians to live, as both armies devoured or destroyed everything in their paths.
This course features War in the '60s, an hour-long documentary film that recounts the military history and the human story of what happened in Arkansas during the American Civil War. Through interviews with historians, and the words of soldiers and Arkansas citizens who experienced the war, the documentary helps viewers understand what it was like to live in Arkansas during this tragic time in America's history, and how the war changed the state forever.
Photographed in locations across the state, War in the '60s is the last film produced by Jack Hill, one of the most prolific documentarians of Arkansas history, and the first full-length piece on Civil War Arkansas in more than 20 years. Jack Hill died in July 2012.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by ACA 6-17-703.
Sanatorium Hill
From 1910-1972, Arkansas State law mandated that victims of tuberculosis (TB) be isolated in a sanatorium located in Booneville, Arkansas. Some patients returned home, free of their symptoms. Others died there, either of the disease or of the gruesome operations prescribed by the doctors. This course features Sanatorium Hill, a documentary that tells the story of patients who survived the morbid treatments, recovered from the disease of TB, but were unable to forget the pain, suffering and despair.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by ACA 6-17-703.
- Warning: This documentary depicts actual events and may contain sensitive images or descriptions.
Agri Arkansas - Introduction
This course is based on the AETN series Agri Arkansas. The program celebrates agriculture in Arkansas and features experts, innovators, and challenges all present in the state's largest industry. The show is designed to not only inform viewers about agriculture in Arkansas, but to also initiate conversations on complex agricultural issues.
Arkansas’s agricultural effects on the state’s economy are discussed in this introductory segment. An overview of the major crops grown in each region of the state is reviewed as well. The future of agriculture in Arkansas is explored afterward and includes an examination of camelina, a relatively new crop for Arkansas farmers that is used in biodiesel.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by ACA 6-17-703.
Agri Arkansas - Poultry & Beef
Beginning with the introduction of raising poultry in the late 1940s, to the billion-dollar industry it is today, in this course you will learn of the success and contributions of the poultry business. Also, we will visit with the 2012 Farm Family of the year, the DeSalvo family from Conway County. And if you're looking for an easier way to eat local, the Arkansas Agriculture Department has some online tools you'll want to know about.
This course meets the scheduled Arkansas history requirement as set forth in the Rules Governing Professional Development and required by ACA 6-17-703.