TREECAST are live classroom courses where the instructor is at a remote location and the students are in a classroom at their individual brokerage. These live ce classes for your brokerage are broadcasted to participating brokerages and during the class, students are able to dialogue with the instructor and with other students in the class at other participating brokerages around Texas which might be participating in the class.
Subchapter B General Provisions Relating to the Requirements of Licensure §535.2(i)1 Broker Responsibility: Each sponsored sales agent is advised of the scope of the sales agent’s authorized activities subject to the Act and is competent to conduct such activities.
With TREECAST being a brokerage based broadcast classroom, Brokers of all sizes and in all locations are able to provide their licensees with high-level quality education without either the broker or the licenses having to bear travel hassles and expenses.
Some brokerages have found they do not have the space required to bring in a live instructor without TREECAST. So, is your brokerage signed up to offer TREECAST classes? If not, why isn’t it?
TREECAST classes will be offered and featured on the TexasRealEstate.Education website for your brokerage to be able to offer to your agents once you have gone through the initial sign-up process. Private TREECAST classes are also available if you are interested.
How does it work?
It’s pretty simple. Students register and attend the class at their brokerage’s location, just as if it were a normal class. In class, they are able to dialogue with the instructor and with students from other brokerages in other participating classes around Texas.
Benefits to Broadcast
Brokerages can offer continuing education courses to their agents as an agent benefit within their brokerage. Brokerages no longer have to incur the cost of travel and hotel for instructors to teach a class they need because it is at their location.
What classes are available on TREECAST?
The number of classes available on TREECAST is always changing as new classes come available. To see a complete list of TREECAST courses, click here.
How do I attend?
Make arrangements to host a live TREECAST class with one of our instructors. Your brokerage can either schedule your own individual training program or join a prescheduled training program.
How does my brokerage get started?
Brokerages can get set up to offer TREECAST exclusive classes by contacting a TexasRealEstate.Education instructor to host the course in their brokerage.
To get started initially, you need to sign a TREECAST agreement and have an equipment test before the class. The instructor will work with you to schedule and complete a test of your equipment. Below is the component list:
- Computer with a hardwired internet connection;
- A camera that captures all participants at that location;
- Microphone;
- Speakers
Many times a laptop hooked up to an external monitor or projection device can suffice as long as the camera can be directed toward the students in the class and will be clear enough for the instructor to see the students in the class.
Texas Real Estate Education and our instructors work hard to provide broadcast class environments where real state professionals can learn how to better perform in the real estate industry, better represent their clients, and learn material that actually benefits their business and clients. Nobody likes the feeling of “CE Jail” (you know those classes that feel like a waste of time just to get the credit). We recognize that continuing education is not one's favorite way to spend their time. However, we do our best to engage all of the students in each class to participate and hopefully learn something new thing in each class.