Welcome TN Educators!

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) is pleased to announce the addition of Defined Careers, a career experience platform from Defined Learning, as an additional service to be provided at no cost to public schools in Tennessee. We are excited to expand our partnership to empower students to build the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in college, careers, and life.

How do I access Defined Learning and Defined Careers?

Defined Learning will attempt to contact your district, but we also encourage district leaders to reach out to Defined Learning to schedule an Implementation call. Once your preferred method of logging in is established, teachers will access Defined Learning at www.definedlearning.com, while students will access Defined Learning at https://students.definedlearning.com. Defined Learning and Defined Careers works with login providers such as Google, Clever, and Classlink to provide easy access to the content.

Complete this form to get your school or district started on the platform or contact the Defined Learning's Implementation Team at implementation@definedlearning.com. 

What are you receiving from Defined Learning?

Defined Learning is an online resource, available 24/7, designed to engage students in career awareness through project-and problem-based performance tasks. Each performance task assigned to students is completed through the context of a career to make learning relevant and to create a high level of engagement. Concepts and skills are introduced in an authentic cross-curricular way to help students see the connections in science, math, language arts, social sciences, the arts and career, and technical education.

Every teacher of a 5-8th grade student will have access to free professional development in the form of self-paced Online PD Modules with Jay McTighe, co-Author of the Understanding by Design framework (UbD™) which offers a planning process to guide curriculum, assessment, and instruction. These modules are designed to give educators a deeper understanding of pedagogical foundations, practical strategies, and the application of project-based learning (PBL) and authentic performance tasks. We will also be announcing additional professional development opportunities based upon geography that will held in-person if possible or virtually if more practical in the current teaching and learning environment.

Defined Learning also offers Defined Careers - a comprehensive career experience platform that provides students in grades 6-12 the opportunity to experience hundreds of careers via project-based learning. These real-world projects will help students gain an understanding of the jobs they would be performing as professionals, helping fuel their post-graduation decisions.

Getting Started with Defined Careers
To get you started, click here for an overview video from our Implementation Team:

Defined Careers Step-by-Step Video Tutorials
Here are some short tutorials to help you get up and running with Defined Careers.

1. 1. Study Preferences
   2. Interest Survey
   3. Values
   4. Results
   5. The course
   6. Dashboard

We also have Online Professional Development Modules featuring Jay McTighe available for you to take at your own pace located in the Resources area after logging in.