What is ASSET?
Our Background
Since 1983, ASSET-Arizona School Services through Educational
Technology as the educational outreach department for Eight/Arizona
Public Television, has helped Arizona PreK-12 educators integrate
technology into their classrooms. Initially, ASSET distributed
instructional video and supporting face to face professional development
statewide. ASSET services for educators have evolved through the
years to meet the changing needs of Arizona’s classrooms.
ASSET was one of the pioneers in Arizona for offering online professional
development for educator continuing education credits. In 2002
ASSET began offering online classes customized for Arizona educators
through a portal environment. Many of these courses were provided
through PBS Teacherline or created in collaboration with Arizona
educators. All courses were facilitated by a cadre of highly trained
and qualified Arizona online facilitators. In 2005, the Arizona
Department of Education recognized ASSET’s successful deployment
of these services to over half of the schools and districts in
the state and an agreement between ASSET and the ADE was reached
to serve the entire state. In 2008 the ADE adopted a similar model
for its own delivery of online services in the IDEAL environment.
Today, ASSET provides research-based professional development
and curricular resources aligned to Arizona Academic Standards
for Arizona educators. Eight’s educational outreach department
supports educators in leveraging PBS programming to impact student
school readiness and student achievement. In addition, ASSET is
the Arizona distributor for PBS TeacherLine courses and the PBS
Peer Connection coaching tool.
Eight’s educational outreach department implements a number
of programs including Ready to Learn, “A Place of Our Own”,
and the Early Childhood Project provided by Qwest. The Classroom
Innovator program enables ASSET to extend its reach through classroom
liaisons that raise awareness of PBS programs and multimedia resources
within their school community.
ASSET is a self-supported department of Eight/KAET public television
located at Arizona State University. This organization is supported
by a membership structure, as well as grants, and corporate donations.
ASSET takes great pride in collaborating with business and non-profit
organizations to bring the best possible resources to Arizona
educators.
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