Kathleen Branton's Statement On The IDEAS Portal

The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN), in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), is pleased to offer Internet Delivered Education for Arkansas Schools (IDEAS) to help meet the needs of Arkansas educators. By partnering with ADE, AETN has been able to develop a new, innovative online professional development portal. It’s available to all certified Arkansas teachers at their convenience and free of charge.

IDEAS will allow educators to access ADE-approved professional development courses in every core subject anytime and anywhere internet access is available. It will also provide access to AETN produced programs, videostreaming, and a wide variety of teacher resources. All of this, on a single website!

AETN has always strived to provide the best educational resources for the state. We want Arkansas teachers and students to succeed in their future education endeavors. We feel that IDEAS will assist in meeting their goals. We hope that, as an Arkansas educator, you will utilize this innovative tool and come to rely on it as a helpful, dependable and convenient resource.

Kathleen Branton, Director of Education at AETN