Welcome to our Online Instruction Center. French River Education Center (FREC) is committed to providing the very best in professional development and continuing education, both 'face-to-face' and now online. Welcome to our online instruction center! We offer a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet, from the comfort of your home, and earn 24 professional development points (PDPs). All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you. Ready to explore our catalog? Browse our catalog or check out our Popular, New, and Featured Courses.
Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need.
Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom.
A learning specialist shows you how to raise a successful reader and writer.
Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy.
Veteran teacher reveals the secrets to an orderly classroom. A step-by-step approach to effective, positive discipline.
With the Speed Spanish course, you will immediately start creating sentences and conversations in Spanish. Each lesson will introduce new techniques to increase your fluency quickly and allow you to start speaking Spanish right away.
Learn to use QuickBooks Online to record income and expenses; enter checks and credit card payments; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.
If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness while also gaining a marketable skill, this series of courses is perfect for you. You will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period.
If you work with data of any kind, knowing how to create a spreadsheet is key to effectively managing and organizing information. This course will introduce you to Microsoft Excel 2019 and teach you how to use this powerful software.
Learn to master American Sign Language through immersive, silent instructional videos that emphasize proper sign techniques and facial expressions for effective communication. You will become skillful at fingerspelling and an array of signs to engage in conversations confidently.
(10 contact hours) Foundations 2 explores Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, spirituality, and meditation, blending ancient healing with modern practices.
(9.5 contact hours) Foundations 3 includes humor, music, sound, energy healing, and therapeutic massage, merging creative and energetic healing with conventional medicine.
(14.5 contact hours) Foundations 1 covers stress management, physical activity, nutrition, and healing environments, integrating traditional healing with modern healthcare.
Learn how to make a mask in Photoshop and use the selections features to enhance your creative works.
This course will provide you with a close look at the scientific investigation process as you work to plan for lab activities in your classroom. You will learn how to construct pre- and post-lab activities that align well with a lab experiment that follows the scientific method.