Why Join?

Learn about what The Project IDEAL Support Center can do to help make your state's vision of distance learning a reality

• Getting started. We work with you to figure out your needs, examine your resources and assist you in designing a distance learning program to meet those needs.
• Supporting professional development efforts. We train your state staff to facilitate the online professional courses we have created and assist in the training of your new distance education professionals.
• Offering ongoing support. We stay in close touch with state staff and provide suggestions for program improvement.
• Evaluating efforts and learning from experience. We offer assistance in developing an evaluation plan for your distance learning program. We also provide a variety of tools to assess student and program performance.
• Planning for next steps. We help you make the transition from pilot to mature, statewide distance learning program through assistance with planning, training and identifying best practices.