If you are in the teaching profession, a little internet-savvy, live in Arkansas, and would like to brush up your skills, here’s good news for you. You can enroll in the Arkansas IDEAS (Internet-Delivered Education for Arkansas Schools) program and earn a few of the 60 mandatory hours of training per year. The program, which will take off this fall, is an initiative that will offer online professional development training. The State Department of Education and the Arkansas Educational Television Network have jointly set up the Internet portal that will allow teachers to enhance their skills at almost no cost to the local schools. Arkansas News reports:

Time spent online will be monitored so that it may apply to the 60-hour requirement, whether a teacher logs into the Web portal at school or at a home computer, officials said. Professional development for school administrators also will be offered, Janine Riggs of the Department of Education told members of the House and Senate education committees.