Teaching Professional Development   

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about inquiry-based learning, how it can be used in the classroom, and how to plan for rigorous lessons. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn the roles of the teacher and the student in a true inquiry-based classroom and then plan for rigorous questions and lesson activities to support inquiry.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course equips you with the knowledge to select and apply co-teaching models effectively in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover the six instructional models of co-teaching and the eight components of successful co-teaching. Your learning journey will guide you through comprehensive planning, culminating in an action plan for a co-teaching lesson supported by valuable planning resources.

Learn powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners in today's student-centered classroom.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will analyze problem-based learning (PBL) science activities and how you can support students in creating a lab report that follows a scientific method. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The lab report structure you help your students follow will help guide and enhance scientific investigations in your lessons and will improve scientific thinking in your students.

Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course focuses on addressing challenges students encounter in math and offers solutions through two different methods for solving word problems. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Participants will receive a downloadable PDF of the content, along with valuable graphic organizers and student resources to support implementation in the classroom.

In this course on teaching preschoolers, you will learn how to come up with creative and balanced preschool lesson plans for every month of the school year.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn about the importance of teaching students text annotation strategies to assist them in a variety of ways- from close reading and text analysis to answering questions for assessments. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be provided with strategies, tools, and resources to support your students in improving their annotation skills to better interact with texts.

Learn how to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades. This course will equip you with engaging experiments, practical worksheets, winning lesson plans, and direct instruction methods you can use immediately in your own classroom.

Master the use of SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology so you can create powerful interactive lessons that capture your students' attention.

Learn practical strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in school.

Help your students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome unlock their potential in the classroom.

Learn how to successfully meet the diverse needs of students with learning disabilities in your classroom.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to integrate some simple study skills into your lesson using a method called the notecard system. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to create objective-aligned questions that can be organized into a set of notecards for students to study. You will also learn some support strategies to help students practice their studying skills.

In this teacher-training course, you'll learn from an experienced educator how to motivate and assist developing writers.

Learn how to nurture student writers in the early elementary classroom.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your adolescent students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the 6th-12th grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for Grades 6-12 course, you will explore three types of traumas (acute, chronic, and complex) and learn about the fresh START formula for trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your elementary students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the PreK-5th-grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for PreK-5th Grade course, you will explore three types of traumas and learn about the four C's (comfort, consistency, compassion, and connection) of trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.