Industry Updates
September 16, 2026
Teaching a real estate course involves more than knowing the material. Instructors must also plan lessons, engage students, assess understanding, and connect course concepts to real-world practice.
The right real estate instructor resources can make that work more manageable. Instead of creating every presentation, activity, assessment, and lesson plan from scratch, instructors can use tools designed to complement their course materials and reinforce key concepts.
Dearborn Real Estate Education offers instructor support materials for approved partner schools, including presentations, course outlines, learning objectives, exams, case studies, discussion topics, classroom activities, content updates, and more. Whether you’re learning how to teach real estate or refreshing an established course, these tools can support effective classroom or virtual instruction.
Dearborn offers Instructor Resources for most of its books, although the materials vary by title. These real estate educator tools are designed to work alongside Dearborn course content, giving instructors additional ways to organize lessons, present information, reinforce concepts, and evaluate student understanding.
Determining how much time to spend on each topic can be one of the more challenging parts of course planning, particularly when teaching within a required number of instructional hours.
Dearborn’s timed course and lecture outlines give instructors a framework they can use to organize their classes and pace course content.
For instructors, these outlines can help:
Organize topics into a logical course sequence
Allocate instructional time across lessons
Keep classes moving at an appropriate pace
Create greater consistency when multiple instructors teach the same course
Reduce the amount of course planning that needs to be completed from scratch
New instructors can use an existing structure as a starting point, while experienced instructors can incorporate the outlines into the teaching approach they have already developed.
Strong lessons start with a clear understanding of what students should know or be able to do when instruction is complete.
Learning objectives available with select Dearborn Instructor Resources can help educators establish that focus. For example, the Instructor Resources for Modern Real Estate Practice include learning objectives as well as reading and lesson assignments.
Instructors can use these materials to connect different parts of the learning experience. A lesson might begin with defined objectives, move into an assigned reading and instructor-led discussion, and conclude with an activity or assessment that checks whether students understood the material
This type of structure can be especially useful when developing a new course or looking for opportunities to make an existing course more intentional.
Visual aids can provide structure during a lecture while helping students follow along with important concepts and terminology.
PowerPoint or slideshow presentations are available as Instructor Resources with many Dearborn titles.
Depending on the course and teaching environment, instructors can use presentations to:
Guide classroom lectures
Display important concepts and terminology
Provide visual structure for virtual instruction
Support discussions based on textbook material
Transition between topics throughout a lesson
Instructors can then bring the material to life through their own explanations, examples, experiences, and classroom discussions.
Assessments aren’t only useful at the end of a course. Used throughout instruction, they can help educators determine whether students understand the material before moving on.
Dearborn’s general Instructor Resources may include exams with answer keys. Some titles provide additional assessment support. For example, Modern Real Estate Practice includes quizzes and exams with answer explanations among its Instructor Resources.
Instructors can use assessments to:
Check student comprehension
Reinforce important concepts
Identify subjects that may need additional explanation
Incorporate review throughout the course
Give students opportunities to apply what they have learned
Regular knowledge checks can also provide instructors with useful information about where students are doing well and where additional instruction may be needed.
Real estate concepts can become easier to understand when students have opportunities to discuss them and consider how they might apply outside of a textbook.
Depending on the title, Dearborn Instructor Resources may include case studies, discussion topics, discussion questions, class activity suggestions, and lesson assignments.
These resources give instructors different ways to encourage active learning. In a traditional classroom, an instructor might use a case study for a small-group activity or lead a class discussion around a scenario. In a live online class, that same type of exercise could become a virtual discussion or breakout-room activity.
Rather than relying exclusively on lecture, instructors can use these resources to encourage students to analyze information, explain their thinking, and apply concepts to realistic situations.
Real estate educators also need a way to stay informed when updates or corrections affect the materials they use.
Content Updates and Errata files are among the resources Dearborn makes available for select titles. These resources can help instructors identify relevant changes or corrections associated with their course materials and incorporate that information into instruction.
One advantage of using teaching materials developed alongside course content is alignment. Instead of assembling unrelated resources from multiple sources, instructors can use materials associated with the Dearborn titles their students are already using.
Modern Real Estate Practice offers a good example. The textbook is available in print, eBook, and online formats, and its accompanying Instructor Resources include:
Timed course and lecture outlines
Learning objectives
Slideshow presentations
Reading assignments
Quizzes and exams with answer explanations
Case studies
Discussion questions
Class activity suggestions
Lesson assignments
Together, these tools can create a more connected learning experience.
Students can encounter a concept in their course materials, instructors can reinforce it through a presentation or discussion, an activity can give students an opportunity to apply it, and an assessment can help determine whether they understand it.
This approach can also make it easier for instructors to decide how different pieces of their course fit together rather than treating readings, lectures, activities, and assessments as separate components.
The right real estate teaching resources can support more than one instructional format. Dearborn’s Instructor Resources can be incorporated into both live classroom and live online curricula.
The way an instructor uses those resources may look different depending on where students are learning.
Dearborn Resource | In-Person Classroom | Live Virtual Classroom |
Time course outlines | Structure class time and lectures | Plan and pace synchronous online sessions |
Slideshows | Support instructor-led presentations | Screen-share key concepts during instruction |
Learning objectives | Establish goals for each class | Keep online lessons focused on defined outcomes |
Quizzes and exams | Check comprehension throughout the course | Assess understanding during or after virtual instruction |
Case studies | Facilitate individual or group analysis | Use as a discussion or breakout-room exercise |
Discussion questions | Encourage classroom participation | Prompt virtual discussion and interaction |
Class activities | Reinforce concepts through active learning | Adapt activities for digital participation |
The resources provide the instructional foundation, while educators can determine how best to deliver them based on their students, course requirements, and learning environment.
Instructor Resources aren’t Dearborn’s only solution for digital real estate education.
Schools looking to offer online courses can also explore REcampus, Dearborn’s online education platform. REcampus is a broader school solution rather than an individual Instructor Resource. It provides a co-branded, mobile-friendly platform that schools can use to deliver online real estate education.
REcampus includes features such as:
Student course progress tracking
Immediate exam results
Quizzes
Interactive exercises
Standard portal reports
School branding
Course files for the regulatory application process
Student technical support
Standard portal reports can provide information about course completions, exam results, and student activity, giving schools greater visibility into learner progress.
For schools expanding into online education, REcampus provides a different type of support than traditional Instructor Resources. Instead of focusing primarily on materials educators can incorporate into their lessons, it provides the platform and infrastructure used to deliver and manage online education.
The resources an instructor finds most useful may depend on where they are in their teaching career.
Knowing real estate and knowing how to teach it effectively are two different skill sets.
For a new instructor, developing an entire course can mean determining lesson sequence, timing, assessments, learning activities, presentation content, and more. Existing course outlines, learning objectives, presentations, activities, and assessments can provide a starting framework.
That allows new instructors to spend more of their preparation time thinking about how they’ll explain concepts, engage students, answer questions, and bring their own professional expertise into the classroom.
Dearborn also currently offers two four-hour Teaching Techniques Online Video Courses for current and aspiring real estate instructors. One focuses on live, in-person classroom instruction, while the other focuses on engaging students in a virtual classroom environment.
Instructor Resources aren’t only for educators developing their first course.
Experienced instructors can use them to supplement established lesson plans, introduce new activities, refresh course materials, or reduce time spent rebuilding resources they need each time a course is offered.
They can also be useful when:
Transitioning a course from in-person to live online instruction
Teaching from a new textbook edition
Looking for additional ways to assess student understanding
Incorporating more active-learning opportunities
Creating consistency across multiple sections or instructors
Dearborn’s Teaching Techniques courses also provide a professional development option for experienced educators who want to continue building their classroom or virtual teaching skills.
Teaching tools can help instructors build individual lessons, but professional development also invites staying connected to broader changes in real estate and education.
The Dearborn Resource Center provides additional resources for real estate educators, including webinars, industry articles, FAQs, and supplemental student resources. The site’s article library also includes content about regulatory changes, teaching best practices, and resources for real estate education programs.
Educators can use these resources alongside their course materials to keep learning, explore new teaching ideas, and stay informed about topics affecting the real estate education industry.
Instructor Resources are available for most Dearborn books, but the exact materials offered vary by title.
For approved schools, PIN access is available after placing an order directly with a Dearborn representative. Schools or instructors can contact Dearborn Customer Service to request the PIN needed to access the resources associated with their materials.
Before choosing course materials, instructors and school administrators can also review individual Dearborn product pages to see which titles are identified as having Instructor Resources. National offerings such as Modern Real Estate Practice, Mastering Real Estate Math, and Real Estate Fundamentals are among the current products offering Instructor Resources.
Effective real estate instruction requires expertise, preparation, and the ability to turn complex information into a learning experience students can follow and apply.
The right real estate instructor resources can support that work. From course outlines and presentation materials to assessments, activities, professional development, and online learning solutions, Dearborn offers tools that can support instructors at different stages of their careers and across different teaching environments.
Ready to strengthen your real estate education program? Explore Dearborn’s Instructor Resources and discover the tools available to support your teaching team.
Dearborn offers Instructor Resources for most of its books. Depending on the title, resources may include PowerPoint presentations, timed course and lecture outlines, learning objectives, exams with answer keys, case studies, discussion topics, classroom activity suggestions, and Content Updates/Errata files.
No. Dearborn states that Instructor Resources are available for most of our books, and the specific resources provided vary by title. Instructors should check the applicable product or Instructor Resources information to determine what is available for our course materials.
Yes. Dearborn’s Instructor Resources can be incorporated into live classroom or live online curricula by qualified schools that have adopted and purchased its real estate education books. Schools seeking a broader platform for online education can also explore REcampus.
Yes. Dearborn currently offers two four-hour Teaching Techniques Online Video Courses. One focuses on instructional techniques for live, in-person classrooms, while the other focuses on engaging students in virtual classrooms. The courses are designed for current and aspiring real estate instructors.
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