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for one of our media literacy education-based substance misuse prevention programs.
Teacher training and certification is critical to effectively implement the Media Detective or Media Ready programs. Our teacher training consists of 3, 3-hour, live, virtual, interactive workshops followed by an online teacher certification test. Below are dates for our upcoming open enrollment training series.

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