Educator Professional Learning
All professional learning opportunities listed are FREE of charge for educators.
Highlighted Professional Learning Opportunities
Top 10 FREE Training Courses for Online Teachers
Previous Summit Resources Available
Certification Opportunities for Educators
Content Specific Professional Learning Opportunities
English Language Arts
Literacy and English Language Arts webinars
Jan Burkins & Kim Yaris Workshop, Sessions on Who's Doing the Work? How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More
A 7-minute clip modeling how to support students in setting reading goals.
Teachers College Reading & Writing Project video collection providing insights and tips
Podcast Teacher Learning Sessions
NCTE helps you energize and inform your teaching
Resources by teachers to support teachers.
NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English provide resources for virtual instruction
Dedicated to teachers. Great resources for book clubs and more.
a collection of readings and resources
Informative blog celebrating the power of literacy.
FANBOYS, videos, mentor sentences, and the Nerdy Book Club. Become familiar with the Write Guy, Jeff Anderson
George Lucas Educational Foundation encourages innovation around the core learning strategies.
Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle Daily Videos
Daily videos hosted by Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle! Resources, content, daily supports for the teacher of literacy are discussed in depth, followed by collaborative flipgrid conversations with educators across the nation.
Kelly Gallagher & Penny Kittle share a conversation about notebooks, writing, and life for teachers began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join their Flipgrid community and respond to this video.
Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle talk about notebooks and consider the thinking teachers are leaving on Flipgrid. Add your thinking or just listen to teachers reflect.
English Language Development
Webinar Recording- Let Them Talk (Helping ELLs to Excel)
Webinar Recording- Success with Multicultural Newcomers and English Learners
Webinar Recording-Dispelling Misconceptions About English Language Learners: Research-Based Ways to Improve Instruction
Edutopia offers various resources to with ideas on how to serve ELLs
Dual Language
Video- Using Sentence Patterning Chart in a Bilingual Classroom
Webinar Recording- Teaching for Biliteracy; Register to access a free recording
VIdeo- Using Así se dice
Video- Using The Dictado
Mathematics
Learn how the standards we teach in each grade level are connected and build upon each other.
Free mindset course. Although this course is for students it is great information for teachers/parents also. This course can be helpful in developing a growth mindset and positive math culture in the classroom or at home.
Listen to Christina Tondevold talk about varying math pedagogy topics or interviews with teachers about how they are shifting their classrooms to help build students' math habits of mind.
Professional Learning Articles:
Read powerful articles about facilitating math discussion or insight into how we teach math concepts to ensure we create students understanding and conceptual development.
Build Math Minds Best Way to Teach Math
A free online mini-course in teaching mathematics, from Christina Tondevold.
A variety of great math talk videos featuring Graham Fletcher.
Free professional development from Texas Instruments for high school teachers.
History/Social Science
This webinar with presentation slides will support teachers design distance learning lessons for History-Social Science.
Regional CLIC Community of Practice webinar and presentation slides on Universal Design for Learning in History-Social Science.
NCSS Professional Development Videos for Members and Non-Members.
Free library of webinars and resources for History-Social Science.
Science
National Science Teachers Association Library: explore free books for teachers.
California Science Academy: explore online courses tutorials for teaching science.
Lawrence Hall of Science Scientific Argumentation Modules: explore self guided modules designed to build skills in facilitating argumentation in the classroom.
Science Learning in the Outdoors: explore videos, activities, and resources relating to facilitating outdoor learning.
Readings and videos that explore science talk in the classroom. Modules designed for 3rd -5th grade teachers.
Podcasts on a variety of NGSS related topics.
National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
PDF versions of books and articles on topics relating to education, medicine, agriculture, science, engineering and more.
Short articles on a wide range of topics relating to science education.
Arts: Visual, Performing, and Media
The Art of Education University
AOEU has created a special free page featuring a wide range of tools and resources for teaching visual arts virtually
CCSESA Arts - Creativity at the Core Modules
Professional learning modules focused on integrating arts learning with multiple other content areas
CDE Resources for Distance Learning
The California Department of Education has gathered a wide range of resources for distance learning in one place
Virtual Arts Teaching and Learning Resources
Compiled by Arts educators from across the state, this living document is continually updated with arts resources
Computer Science
Code.org created this guide for teaching AP CS during school closures.
PD including computer skills, web design, python, c#, java, AP CS, and unity.
K-12 CS Teaching Support During COVID-19
Impacts of computing, block-based languages, java
CodeSpark is now free during COVID-19. PD available. Platform easily transfers to distance learning.
Special Education
Career Technical Education
Association for Career Technical Education
We provide educators with powerful resources, professional development, and information to help them achieve more.
Professional learning and free resources for CTE Teachers
Connect to COVID Distant Learning resources for CTE instruction and professional learning.
Fill out the form to express interest in online courses including making comic books, PBL online, and more.
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