Courses

The Chicago Southland Diverse Educator Pathways Consortium Annual Conference - 2023

Fostering PK-22 and IHE Partnerships to Build a Diverse Teacher Pipeline.  

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, in partnership with the College of Education, presents the first annual conference in the Chicago Southland to address strategies to increase teacher diversity.



Thursday, June 15, 2023, TBD
Join us for this interactive workshop to learn more about earning credit by prior learning.


Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Zoom Info Session
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, Zoom Info Session

Cultural Responsiveness in the Classroom

Earn 5 CPDU's and a GSU Badge when completing this entire 4-part podcast series and examination.

How important is identity?

Drs. Amy Vujaklija & Joi Patterson speak with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad about her book Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.

Through sharing the importance of knowing and honoring one's own and the students' historical identities, practical applications in and outside of the educational field are explored.

This is a self-paced online course via Blackboard.



May 1, 2023 to March 1, 2024, Online Self-Paced Via Black Board

A Professional Development Opportunity for Faculty and Staff

The S.E.E.D.S. Professional Development Program exemplifies principles that support employees in their path of career and professional development. The program recognizes the importance of employee learning and training as well as the benefits of providing access to resources.



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Join us for an interactive workshop on getting hired as a paraprofessional. Learn about opportunities from local employers.


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Please join us for an information session on grant money and funding opportunities to continue your education.


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This 10 hour transformational personal branding training is designed with the intent to develop strategic, visionary personal branding strategies through strategic thinking, and in the context of leveraging the use of a career assessment and a strength based personal branding framework.


May 15, 2023 to August 13, 2023, Online
Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan, this course is meant to expand clinicians' understanding of integrated care perspective to working with trauma and resilience


November 21, 2022 to December 15, 2023, Online Self-Paced Via Black Board