Professional Learning Alternatives (PLA)

Online Professional Learning Opportunities

BEESS Portal to Professional Learning Alternatives (PLA) offers a variety of online professional learning opportunities through Facilitated and Independent Study courses. Facilitated online PLA courses are offered locally and statewide. BEESS Portal/PLA website https://fl-pla.org/.

Local offerings are available for registration through eLearning. 

Statewide offerings registration is completed through their registration system. https://www.fdlrs.org/about/educators/upcoming-courses.  Please contact your local PLA Coordinator for more information on processing in-service points for these offerings. 

Independent Study online PLA courses are available year-round. The courses are located on the BEESS Portal/PLA website https://fl-pla.org/.  All course content is located on this site. In-service points are processed through eLearning. After completing all items in the course, items must be completed in eLearning to process the points.

Online Independent Study Professional Learning Opportunities that meet the ESE1108 renewal requirement related to Instruction of Students with Disabilities.

These courses are available year-round on the BEESS Portal/PLA website https://fl-pla.org/. Inservice points are processed through eLearning. You can only earn in-service points for a course one time in Palm Beach County School District.

20 Point Courses

Effective Teaching Practices for Students with Disabilities
Leadership to Support Students with Disabilities (formerly Leadership for Inclusion of Students with Disabilities)
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support and the Classroom
Reading Difficulties, Disabilities, and Dyslexia*
Integrating Student Services for All Students (formerly Integrating Student Services for Inclusive Schools)
Secondary Transition
Structured Literacy through a Multi-Sensory Approach*
Teaching Students with Disabilities
Teaching Students with Disabilities for Physical Education
*Counts toward Reading Renewal points and ESE

10-15 Point Courses

Supportive Environments for Students with Disabilities (formerly Building Inclusive Schools) (10 points)
Child Outcomes Summary Process (10 points)
Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Inclusive PreK Settings (10 points)
Evaluation and Assessment in Prekindergarten (10 points)
Increasing Outcomes for All PreK Children (10 points)
Strategies to Support PreK Activities and Routines (10 points)
Language Reading Connection (10 points)
Language Reading Connection for Deaf/Hard of Hearing (10 points)
Collaborative Teaching Partnerships (15)
Integration Standards Aligned Instruction Across Tiers (15 points)

5-8 Point Courses

Leading within an MTSS (5 points)
Science of Reading: An Introduction (5 points)*
Universal Design for Learning K12 Lesson Plans (5 points)
Access Points-Alternative Academic Achievement (6 points)
DeafEd Express (6 points)
Multi-tiered Systems of Supports: An Intro (6 points)
Math Difficulties, Disabilities and Dyscalculia (7 points)
Emotional/Behavioral Disability: An Introduction (8 points)

For a description of each of these courses, go to the BEESS Portal Professional Learning Alternatives (PLA) website https://fl-pla.org/.

Palm Beach County School District Employees may participate in any of these offerings. Participants must register for the course on the BEESS Portal/PLA website www.fl-pda.org AND through eLearning Management System.
eLearning is set up to process the points monthly for the 20-point courses and quarterly for the lesser-point value courses. If you choose to re-enroll and retake a course you cannot earn in-service points for it again.

For more information on any of these PLA offerings, please contact your local PLA Coordinator, Julie Drewes julie.drewes@palmbeachschools.org.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING PLA COURSES: If you need to renew your certificate by June 30, 2025, and plan on taking a PLA course to fulfill the 20 point ESE renewal requirement, you must complete the course, enroll in eLearning, upload your signed verification form and certificate of completion AND be marked complete in eLearning no later than May 31, 2025, to ensure your points are processed in time for you to renew by June 30, 2025.