Program Acquisition

T.E.N. actively seeks outside programming relevant to all areas of the school curriculum. When appropriate programming is available from another producer, T.E.N. will acquire rights to access and transmit their programs. Within the next five years, T.E.N.'s infrastructure will provide "on demand” access for teachers in the classroom to the video library, courses for credit, and professional development and training.

Through the convergence of technologies, program designers will maximize the strengths of various mediums of delivery, such as video transmission, on-line intranet and internet. This will allow access to information from multiple sources in the format that best suits the individual needs of the learner.

Distance Learning is provided for courses, training, and other instructional programming. A cadre of master teachers from across the curriculum and grade levels works with the staff to identify critical areas of need and design and produce the appropriate programming. Master teachers demonstrate best practices and mentoring in any curriculum area or grade level.  Distance Learning can be made available to all students for an entire course or portions of a course. Besides benefitting the students, teachers would have the opportunity to be mentored by the best models in the profession without leaving their classrooms.

Professional development and training is available to teachers and staff across the District via T.E.N., which eliminates the need for travel on the part of presenters or participants, assures a consistent message, and is readily available on tape, DVD or on-line for absentees or new employees.

T.E.N. works with other organizations to meet the needs of the School District of Palm Beach County. Our partnerships include: Florida Atlantic University, South Florida Science Museum and the Cuillo Center for the Arts. We have developed on-going partnerships with these groups and many more in the community. One of these collaborative projects is "Celebrate South Florida," a monthly Emmy Award winning program that covers a variety of topics. Each District creates a seven-minute segment that covers a selected topic and these three parts are edified together and are aired throughout the Tri-County area.
 

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