Professional Development - Arkansas IDEAS

Step 1: You must have an existing AELS account. This is automatically created whenever you pay for your first AELS Background check. To check and see if you have an AELS account follow the instructions below.

• Go to: https://aels.ade.arkansas.gov/AELS/Default.aspx 
• Click: AELS Public Site to locate your Case I.D.
• Enter the last four of your SSN and your Last name.
• If you have an AELS account you will see your name come up, click SELECT
• Top left corner you will see "Arkansas Educator Licensure System" and underneath it will be a Case I.D.
• You will NOT need to enter the Case I.D. anywhere, it just needs to exist before you can create your IDEAS account.
• If you do not have an AELS account please go to https://www.atu.edu/teacherlicensure/BackgroundCheck.php and follow the step-by-step directions to initiate and complete your AELS Background Check

Step 2: Create your Arkansas IDEAS Account

•  Go to: https://ideaslms.aetn.org/ 
• Click "Create New Account"
• Follow the prompts to create your account
• If you have any difficulty creating your account please contact the Arkansas Ideas Help Desk email: ideas@myarkansaspbs.org (The help desk is very helpful and quick to respond)
• Site Navigation - AR IDEAS has several handy user guides here: https://ideaslms.aetn.org/course/view.php?name=HelpPage 

COMPLETING THE ReQUIRED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES

• STAGE II APPLICANTS will need to complete the Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB) - The Code of Ethics Training Video (Course I.D. -  ERC 19048) For additional information about applying to Stage II, please review the Teacher Education Webpage here: https://www.atu.edu/teachereducation/ 

• LICENSURE (Undergraduate, MAT, and MTLL-NTL candidates) - To earn an initial educator license in Arkansas, candidates must complete professional development requirements, in the table below, as established by the Arkansas Department of Education.  As of September 1, 2014, candidates must submit evidence of completing the professional development requirements (record of learning).
  
  

  Course I.D.	Course Title	Required Hours
  ERB 21002	Topic: Child Maltreatment Be the Reason: The Educator's Role in Combating Child Maltreatment	2 hours
  PIC 14447	Topic:  Family & Community Engagement The Six Components of Parental Involvement for Teachers	2.5 hours
  HWB 15058	Topic: Teen Suicide Awareness & Prevention Gatekeepers: Youth Suicide Prevention Awareness	3 hours
  HWG 14003	Topic: Dyslexia Awareness Dyslexia: A Three-Part Professional Awareness	1 hour
  HWB 23022	Topic: Bullying Prevention Identifying Bullying Behaviors and Prevention Strategies	2 hours
  ERB 18063	Topic: Human Trafficking Human Trafficking: Arkansas Act 765 of 2017 - Arkansas Cases	1 hour
  AHB 25002	Topic:  Arkansas History Arkansas History Overview** **Required for all teacher candidates except Elementary Ed K-6, Middle Level Social Studies 4-8, and Secondary Social Studies 7-12. For these exceptions, you will meet the requirement because you must complete a class in Arkansas History HIST 2153 or HIST 4153.	2 hours

   

• Once you have completed all of the licensure required modules, you will need to view your Summary of Modules. To do this, you must log in to your account, select "Record of Learning" and then scroll down to the bottom and click "PDF Landscape." Download this PDF and email it to Mrs. Kim Tate at ktate4@atu.edu. Your completion will be noted in our records.
• If you can't find your Record of Learning, watch this tutorial video: https://ideaslms.aetn.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=32662 

 

NOTE:  The ArkansasIDEAS has been recently updated.  If you created an account before June 1, 2015, you will need to create a new account. If you have any difficulty in creating an account or navigating the IDEAS site you should contact their support via email: ideas@myarkansaspbs.org  

MAT Students applying for provisional licensure must complete the following Ethics training modules IN ADDITION TO the professional development modules listed above.

Course I.D.	Course Title
ERC20059	Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB) Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators: Ethical Scenarios in Education (2020)
ERC19048	Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB) - The Code of Ethics Training Video (2018)
TCC14435	Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB) Social Media Guidelines

First, Log into your IDEAS Account.

Click "RECORD OF LEARNING"

Make sure you on on the page that says "All Courses"

Scroll down to the bottom and click PDF Landscape

Save the PDF and send it to ktate4@atu.edu.