Here’s a linkshare to TCEA.org‘s Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) online learning opportunities. They have a variety of professional learning offerings. They have Transforming Teaching with Perplexity AI ($29), AI Tools for Educators ($44), AI-Amplified Educator ($149) featuring free BoodleBox Unlimited GenAI access for six months.

What’s cool is that you get free TCEA membership with all of them, a $49 value, and that membership is a gateway to a universe of curated online, learning opportunities, the global, world-wide TCEA Community, and, well, a wide variety of events you can attend in person to build those critical face to face relationships and connections. As a young educator, the best thing I could do was join TCEA, and I had no idea at the time (1990) how great a decision it would turn out to be!

You can see my unofficial list of bookmarks of ALL their Gen AI focused ones here (click button):

Looks like they have a variety of professional learning options, too (see list below). Info taken from document at https://tinyurl.com/abouttceacourses

TCEA Professional Learning Options

🚀 Knowledge Boosters ($29 each)

TCEA Knowledge Boosters are short, self-paced professional learning experiences designed to fit your schedule and amplify your expertise. Each Booster costs just $29 and varies in total CPE credit hours based on its length and content depth. This gives you flexible, high-impact learning at an affordable price.

🎓Mastery Learning Series ($39 each)

TCEA Mastery Learning Series (MLS) are short, self-paced professional learning experiences. You can complete them at your own speed and focus on high-impact instructional strategies with proven Ed Tech solutions . Each item costs just $39 and grants 10 total CPE credit hours. Participants get a digital badge and certificate.

✅Courses ($44 each)

TCEA Courses provide structured, self-paced professional learning designed to deepen your expertise and classroom impact. Each course costs $44 and grants 12–18 CPE hours, blending evidence-based strategies with practical applications you can use right away. Guided by TCEA’s trusted instructional framework, Courses offer a flexible way to strengthen your skills, earn credit, and stay current in today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape. Participants get a digital badge and certificate.

⭐Accelerators ($149 each)

Accelerate your professional growth with TCEA’s Educator Accelerators—structured, hands-on programs designed for innovative educators and leaders. Each Accelerator costs $149 and grants 22 CPE hours, blending proven frameworks with practical labs using Ed Tech and AI tools. Build expertise, lead transformation, and stay ahead in today’s evolving educational landscape. Participants get a digital badge and certificate.

🏅 Certifications ($349 – $449)

TCEA Certifications empower educators and leaders to advance their careers through expert instruction, applied projects, and community connection. Each certification develops practical leadership and instructional skills aligned to real-world educational needs. Each culminates in a final portfolio or capstone project that demonstrates mastery. Certifications range in price from $349 to $449, allowing participants to earn 33 to 49 hours of CPE credit.

Newest Offerings

One of their newest $29 options is:

Transform Teaching with Perplexity AI

Required Modules: 3

Member/Non-Member Cost: $29

CPE Credit Hours: 5

Link: Rhythm Store

Tired of spending hours researching for lessons while drowning in unreliable sources? This three-part Knowledge Booster series will transform how you research, plan, and create lessons. Earn five CPE hours for videos and hands-on learning.

🚀 Part 1: Perplexity 101 — Your New Research Assistant
Kickstart your AI research workflow with Perplexity’s cited, multi-source answers. You’ll set up an account, learn the interface, run a classroom-ready search, and practice verifying citations—so lesson planning shifts from hours to minutes while preserving academic integrity.

🚀 Part 2: Exploring Your Workflow with Spaces & Pro Tools
Go from “great results” to “great systems.” Build a shared Space for your current unit, organize past searches, collaborate with a colleague, and—if you have Pro—upload docs to ask targeted questions. You’ll leave with a repeatable research hub your team can use all year.

🚀 Part 3: Bringing Perplexity into Your Classroom
Translate tool skills into student learning. Design a “Fact vs. Fiction” activity with cited answers, generate differentiated materials, and introduce responsible AI use (e.g., TRACE/”Source Detective”). Finish with a mini 5E plan and a ready-to-run classroom task.

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Here are some of their other latest offering, which launched in October, 2025:

AI Tools for Educators

Required Modules: 5

Member/Non-Member Cost: $44

CPE Credit Hours: 12

Web Category: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Future

This 12-hour self-paced online course helps K-16 educators integrate artificial intelligence into their classrooms. You’ll gain essential strategies for using AI in education, explore AI and machine learning standards, and learn to evaluate AI tools for educational value. The course covers AI applications that enhance student learning, support teaching tasks, and improve administrative efficiency. Upon completion, you’ll have the skills to transform your teaching practices and streamline workflows using AI technology.

Why Learn with TCEA?

• Our courses are streamlined for efficient and lasting learning.
• We share ideas and resources that you won’t be able to find anywhere else.
• We also offer ideas and techniques based on years of experience in professional development, integrating educator feedback to always meet the needs of course participants.

Self-Paced, Online Course

AI Tools for Educators is a self-paced, online program. Participants can begin anytime and go at their own speed throughout the program. Upon enrollment, you will receive a program invitation email from TCEA’s learning management system that will give you access to the self-paced course. Within the course, you will find modules that must be moved through in sequential order. The modules can be found below.

Course Modules

1. Introduction to AI in Education: In this module, you will explore the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on education. You’ll learn about the role of AI in modern classrooms, develop essential questioning skills for the AI era, and consider ethical issues such as bias and privacy to set the stage for understanding how AI can enhance educational practices.
2. AI-Powered Lesson Planning and Content Creation: In this module, you will master using AI tools to create engaging and interactive learning materials. You’ll learn how to streamline lesson planning, adapt content for diverse learning levels, and incorporate multimedia elements into your teaching to design dynamic lessons that captivate students’ attention.
3. AI-Assisted Assessment and Feedback: In this module, you will discover how AI can revolutionize assessment processes through tools for automated grading, learn to design assessments that leverage AI insights, and provide personalized feedback to students while understanding the limitations of AI in assessments and maximizing its benefits for student learning.
4. Language Learning and Accessibility: In this module, you will delve into AI applications that support language acquisition and accessibility, discovering tools for language practice, text-to-speech applications, and personalized learning experiences for students with special needs to create an inclusive classroom environment that caters to diverse learners.

Advanced AI Applications in Education: In this final module, you’ll explore advanced AI applications that enhance educational experiences across the curriculum, learning about data visualization, interactive content creation, and integrating AI tools into various subjects while understanding the ethical considerations of advanced AI technologies to make informed decisions about their use in education.

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TCEA AI-Amplified Educator

Required Modules: 8

Member/Non-Member Cost: $149

CPE Credit Hours: 22

Leading AI transformation in education has never been more accessible with TCEA’s AI-Amplified Educator accelerator program. This accelerator guides you through the Five Stages of AI Adoption framework in eight self-paced modules. You’ll gain six months of BoodleBox Unlimited access to master prompt engineering with RTCF, build custom AI assistants, implement SHINE evaluation methods, and create secure student workflows while ensuring FERPA compliance.

Designed by TCEA’s education and AI experts, this program positions you as an AI innovation leader ready to support colleagues and scale initiatives across your campus. Complete hands-on labs, use evaluation frameworks, and build your own Campus AI Resource bot as your capstone project.

Join the AI-Amplified Educator journey today and become the leader your school needs. 

Educators who experience the quality of our content and the practical application of the labs often become champions within their districts, leading to opportunities for:

• Full district AI-Amplified Educator implementations
• In-person facilitation and workshops
• Ongoing professional development partnerships

It features 8 comprehensive modules, each featuring hands-on labs with Gen AI activities.

Hands-On Gen AI Labs with BoodleBox AI Integration

To provide an immersive, hands-on experience, the accelerator includes a six-month free code for BoodleBox Unlimited. This gives participants a secure, FERPA-compliant platform with access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and image generation tools. This practical component is not just an add-on; it is the environment where the hands-on labs take place, ensuring participants can immediately build skills and apply their learning.

The TCEA AI-Amplified Educator provides the strategic roadmap your district needs. Our proven 5-stage framework, now available in an individual course for you and your leaders, ensures your AI initiatives become embedded in your district’s culture.

The Journey from Individual Leader to District-Wide Transformation:

• Stage 1: Discover AI’s Potential: Build foundational awareness and excitement.
• Stage 2: Plan for AI Integration: Use our templates to create actionable, FERPA-compliant policies.
• Stage 3: Master AI Basics: Gain hands-on skills with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
• Stage 4: Activate AI in Education: Learn to deploy and evaluate tools using frameworks like SHINE and MPAR.
• Stage 5: Sustain and Scale AI: Develop the leadership skills to turn individual success into a district-wide rollout.

The TCEA AI-Amplified Educator is the perfect first step to embark on your AI in Education journey. For just $149, you or your key team members can complete this 8-module, 6-month program. Your enrollment includes 6 months of free Boodle Box Unlimited access to complete the course. This benefit gives you hands-on experience with a suite of premium AI models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini in a single, secure platform, so you can practice and apply what you learn.

Program Requirements

• View video content, reflecting on how you can use it in your situation
• Complete the labs using BoodleBox AI (skills transfer to other Gen AI paid services)
• Create custom GPTs, or BoodleBox bots, that you can use after the course is over

Program Completion: Must be completed within 6 months from the enrollment date for BoodleBox AI secure access. You can use any consumer Gen AI tool, however, without the data privacy protections.

TCEA Community: Members receive legislative updates, TEA news, grants, and event access via the special group in the Community for technology directors and leaders. 

Modules

Stage 1: Discover AI’s Potential

• Module 1: AI Awareness

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Understanding AI’s transformative role, the 5 Stages of Adoption, and comparing different AI models.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Exploring the BoodleBox UI, comparing outputs from multiple bots, and organizing chats into folders.

• Module 2: Practical Applications

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Identifying practical AI applications for specific educational roles (teacher, admin, etc.) to save time and enhance work.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Uploading documents to a Knowledge Bank and using Bot Stacking for multi-step tasks like summarization and question generation.

Stage 2: Plan for AI Integration

• Module 3: Strategy and Policy
  • Core Concepts (The “Why”): Developing responsible AI strategy, understanding privacy (FERPA/COPPA), and creating policies to ensure safe, equitable access.
  • Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Building a custom “AI Policy Helper” bot based on a Knowledge Bank containing compliance and policy documents.

Stage 3: Learn AI Basics

• Module 4: Essential Skills

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Mastering prompt engineering (Role, Task, Context, Format) to move from generic outputs to high-quality, tailored results.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Creating a personal “Prompt Assistant” bot by building a Knowledge Bank of your own effective prompts.

• Module 5: Classroom Application

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Applying prompt engineering skills to create standards-aligned, differentiated lesson plans and instructional materials.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Using Bot Stacking to efficiently create multiple versions of a lesson plan for different grade levels and learning needs.

Stage 4: Activate AI in Education

• Module 6: Implementation & Assessment

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Learning to systematically evaluate AI tools using frameworks (SHINE, MPAR) and generating objective rubrics for assessment.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Building an “Evaluation Coach” bot based on the SHINE and MPAR frameworks to analyze AI-generated content.

• Module 7: Student Engagement & Workflow

• Core Concepts (The “Why”): Designing engaging student assignments where AI is a collaborator and managing the full student workflow securely.
• Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Using the BoodleBox Assignments feature to create, distribute, and review student work, including their AI chat history.

Stage 5: Sustain and Scale AI

• Module 8: Leadership & Growth
  • Core Concepts (The “Why”): Developing AI leadership capacity, creating plans to support colleagues, and building strategies for scaling successful initiatives.

Hands-On Skills (The “How” with BoodleBox): Creating a comprehensive “Campus AI Resource” bot as a capstone project to share knowledge and support your colleagues.

Disclaimer: I served as primary course developer for some of these, or co-developer.

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