Southwest Educational Development Center, or SEDC, provides services requested by our member schools in order to better serve the students in southwest Utah. Our specific services are described throughout this Web site.
Our Mission
The Mission of the Southwest Educational Development Center is to meet the needs of students and teachers, promote achievement, and provide for economy and efficiency in the cooperative delivery of educational services that are identified and requested by member schools.
The SEDC region is larger in area than West Virginia. With over 100 schools, nearly 3,000 educators and 50,000 students in the region, we work to provide economies of scale to benefit all of our rural partners. We have strong partnerships statewide as well.
Explore the areas on the right to learn more about what SEDC is and what we provide for our members.
Southwest Educational Center Partnerships Since its inception in 1969 the Southwest Educational Development Center's primary goal has been to establish,...
Our goal at SEDC is to help educators identify their needs and to assist in providing the avenues to meet those needs. Our team continually seeks out new knowledge, implementing best practices to deliver exceptional services and learning opportunities. The...
Jody has been a teacher and/or principal for 42 years. She taught high school English/Speech/Debate at Bryce Valley HS, Cedar HS, Hillcrest HS, American Fork High School, Milford HS, and Minersville Elementary. She taught 15 years at a magnet technical high school in West Virginia where she created and taught a new Applied Language Arts program for West Virginia. She served as a Speech/Debate representative for the UHSAA for six years. She was selected as Utah’s Sterling Scholar’s Most Influential Teacher in 1989. She has just retired from Beaver County School District after 17 years. She is the mother of four and grandmother to nine.
Fall 2024 Math Specialist Endorsement Class (EDUC 5560) with SEDC
What: Fall 2024 Math Specialist Endorsement Class: EDUC 5560: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment for Elementary Math Leaders (first course in a new cohort)
When: Mondays, weekly from September 9th through December 2nd, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Who: Teachers with prior Elementary Math Endorsement (Prerequisite).
How: Virtual class offered via Zoom and Canvas. Synchronous attendance and participation required.
Fees:
SEDC Fee: $210 (covered by USBE STEM Endorsement Incentive Program for eligible teachers)
UVU Tuition: $45 (reimbursed by SEDC with USBE funding for eligible teachers)
One-time $35 admission fee applies to first-time UVU students (also reimbursed)
Selene Corbridge is the Office Manager for Southwest Educational Development Center in Cedar City, UT. She is responsible for the daily operation and activities of the center. These responsibilities include; tracking of revenue, accounts payable and receivable, requisitions for purchase orders, preparing payroll, preparing invoices for assessments, and monitoring employee contracts. Selene prepares correspondence for SEDC’s Executive Board and keeps minutes for their monthly board meetings.
In addition, Selene is the Administrator for the Southwest Sterling Scholar program. This includes managing budgets, planning board meetings, scheduling and working to have everything run smoothly.
Lastly, Selene is a welcoming presence in the office. She answers phones, greets visitors and maintains a professional atmosphere for those who visit and work at SEDC.
Congratulations Selene! Well deserved. Thank you for ALL you do for us at SEDC!
SEDC is excited to partner with SUU to offer the Elementary Science Endorsement. The Elementary Science Endorsement verifies that the teacher understands scientific ways of thinking and working, conceptual content knowledge, and can support students’ science learning in authentic and experiential ways in the K-6 classroom. Teachers with the Elementary Science Endorsement can also take 3 additional courses and receive the Elementary STEM endorsement.
The Elementary Science Endorsement requires competency in the following six areas:
Nature of Science and Engineering
Systems in Science
Matter and Energy in Science
Cause & Effect in Science
Stability and Change in Science
Classroom Practice in Science
SEDC plans to offer each of the six required courses throughout the coming years in a hybrid option that will combine both in-person and online learning. There will be some required in-person learning in Cedar City for each of the courses.
Course #1- Summer 2024
What: Course 1- Nature of Science and Engineering-EDUC 5701-257
When: Begins with in-person training on Monday, June 17th from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. Course is 7 weeks and ends on August 2nd.
How: One in-person training and the remainder of the learning will be done online through Canvas.
Who: Any interested Utah Public School Elementary Teacher.
Instructor: Sara McAffee- Iron County School District Elementary STEM Specialist.
Cost: Courses will be offered FREE to all Utah elementary teachers with support from the STEM Endorsement Incentive Grant. SEDC will pay the SUU tuition. Some travel reimbursement may also be paid in certain circumstances.
Educators are increasingly expected to exhibit skills and knowledge of using technology to enhance student learning. On July 1, 2023, the traditional path for the Educational Technology Endorsement Program (ETEP) was replaced with a Competency-Based approach. You are now able to demonstrate your skills to earn the endorsement without any coursework!
However, if you are not quite at that level, you still have an anywhere, anytime course-based pathway to the endorsement. The SEDC & UEN ETEP is grounded in the these new USBE EdTech Competencies, as well as the Utah Effective Teaching Standards and will help you learn the fundamentals of technology integration, effective pedagogy, digital citizenship, media literacy and to expand your leadership horizons. The courses are all self-paced, and you can enroll and begin your journey anytime.
This endorsement program is designed by UEN and approved by the Utah State Board of Education. Participants who began the traditional endorsement before July 2023 can continue with that route or change to the new competency-based endorsement. All traditional requirements much be completed before June 30, 2025.
Already know you are interested in joining the new ETEP program with SEDC? Sign up here. If you are not sure, read on!
UEN has announced a new resource for Utah educators. It’s designed to be a perfect “Go To” for some just-in-time training or help. It is extremely easy to navigate, and can quickly get you to the perfect UEN resource right when you need it.
