ART 2900: Continuous Art & Italy Virtual Tours

This self paced three credit graduate level professional development course through UND will take teachers on an Educational Art Virtual Tour of Italy. This course includes a book study, reflection, project, and artist statement. Virtual tours will inspire teachers to create an original Italian inspired work of art. The experience will add to professional learning and will improve classroom practice. Warning, this class will inspire you to visit Italy!

October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Talking Shop: Art Educator Professional Development Series

Participants will explore innovative ideas and strategies for enhancing their art curriculum. They will learn practical techniques for building an art club, addressing sensitive topics, managing behaviors, and developing lesson plans that align with contemporary educational standards and engage students effectively.

September 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025

T&L 2900: MC: ND Council of Teachers of English 2024

The NDCTE 2024 Fall Conference: Create Connections professional development credit will focus on teaching and learning in the world of AI. Conference attendees will get to learn how to address and potentially embrace AI in education through an informed panel, breakout sessions, and inspirational guest lecturers.

October 24-25, 2024

T&L 2900: Strengthening Resilience: Promoting Positive Mental Health Among Indigenous Youth

This course is designed for educators and school mental health staff who are interested in developing skills to target positive identify development in Indigenous youth.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

EDL 2900: The Anxious Generation (Book Study)

The book study will entail the reading of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Four Zoom sessions, one for each of the 4 parts, will be scheduled and led through the use of a study guide and discussion questions.

October 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024

T&L 2900: 3D Printing X

This course provides updates for past instructors of 3C Printing as well as providing initial training for new instructors on how to design a simple part and print it on a 3D Printer. All students will receive a course manual containing all course content and will use SolidWorks software and an Uprint 3D printer to complete the hands-on requirements of the course.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: Beginning Reading - Phonemic Awareness

This course has been developed to bring systematic and explicit understanding for the 'why' we teach it and 'how' we teach it methods of learning. With a focus on phonemes (sounds), blends and digraphs, children can understand the difference between a sound and a spelling.

March 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Career Advisor Training

This training is based on the Facilitating Career Development curriculum developed by the National Career Development Association. It encompasses the 12 competencies required to become globally certified and incorporate North Dakota specific materials when appropriate.

August 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024

T&L 2900: CLOVER Syllables

Understanding the six syllable types using practice, repetition, and game playing to establish a habit of doing so. In short, so it becomes automatic. Being aware of the six syllable types and having an understanding of how they are applied helps one be a better reader and speller.

March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025

T&L 2900: CNC Machining X

This course provides updates for past instructors of C/N/C as well as providing initial training for new instructors.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: Explicit Instruction

Explicit instruction is a systematic and direct approach to teaching that is characterized by clear and structured lessons. It involves breaking down complex skills or concepts into smaller, more manageable steps and providing students with clear explanations, models, and examples.

June 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Features of Effective Math Instruction Workshop Part 2: Retention

Features of Effective Mathematics Instruction Part 2 Retention will focus on research proven instructional strategies that increase students' retention of their learning. Participants will study the research behind the curve of forgetting and how retrieval practice can be used to move learning from short term to long term memory.

October 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Inspiring Future Innovators

In a world where the only constant is change, the ability to think creatively and solve problems is more important than ever. Inspiring Future Innovators is a professional development course designed to equip educators with the tools, strategies, and mindset needed to cultivate creativity and innovation in their classrooms.

October 8-29, 2024

T&L 2900: MC: Cognia Leadership: 1+1+1=15

Cognia is proud to partner with NDCEL and NDDPI to provide this professional learning program for North Dakota leaders. This professional learning for leaders is designed to support a variety of administrative leader roles within schools and systems.

September 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ND 9-Man Coaching Clinic

This coaching clinic will be a 9-man football specific clinic that will include 12-15 different sessions on all aspects of the 9-man football game.

April 4-5, 2025

T&L 2900: NDAEA Artist Series Vol. 1

This self paced 1 credit graduate level professional development course through UND will take teachers on an Educational Artist Series. This course includes instructional videos, reflection & project. Artist Series Volume One features three artists discussing the topics of illustration & literacy, equity & inclusion, and care for ourselves.

August 1, 2023 to August 1, 2024

T&L 2900: One Sound Many Spellings

This course delves into vowel teams and r-controlled syllable types and the various sounds they can produce, which is valuable knowledge for educators, teachers, and parents. It features six humorous sentences to illustrate the distinct sounds produced by the vowel team sounds /ae/, /ee/, /ie/, and /oe/, each having a single vowel sound.

March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Project CuRRENT

This professional learning opportunity introduces elementary teachers to place-based and Indigenized STEM Educational practices and strategies for aligning STEM content to the North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings.

September 1, 2023 to December 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Spelling Rules Everyone Should Know

Learning spelling rules and developing practical ways to incorporate them into any existing curriculum is an ideal concept. This class offers ways of doing this. Using 'catchy' sentences will help reinforce the skills and spelling rules being learned.

March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Suffix Spelling Rules

Whether you chunk words into syllables or morphemes there is a difference. Being able to recognize smaller meaningful units (morphemes) helps a student apply word analysis strategies and prior knowledge to help with comprehension. Prefixes, suffixes and root words will be used to better understand the difference between a syllable and a morpheme.

March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Supporting New Teachers Through Mentoring

Participants will learn about the roles and relationships of those involved in student teaching while applying professional standards in supervision of student teachers. They will guide their student teachers in the activities and responsibilities of teaching and assist them in making a successful transition to becoming successful teachers.

October 1, 2024 to November 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Teachers as Readers 2024-2025

This course is designed to offer a monthly book club style meeting for P - 12 teachers. Each month we will read a common book(s) and come together to talk about the book. In this way, we will develop and foster a reading life for each participant, which can then be showcased to participants in academic institutions.

September 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025

T&L 2900: The Nurtured Heart Approach 6-Week Course

The Nurtured Heart Approach is a 6-week, 9-hour class for parents, teachers, counselors, social workers and caregivers of children of all ages. Class time is spent viewing slides and videos on the methods of the Approach, discussing these methods in large and small groups, and discussing the required reading from the book Transforming the Intense Child Workbook.

June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: The Writing Rope

This class is based on Joan Sedita bestselling book The Writing Rope Book. Through the lessons, teachers will learn that reading and writing are interconnected processes which support each other! When we read, we are exposed to different writing styles, vocabulary, and sentence structures, which can improve our own writing skills.

June 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Understanding Schwa

Participants will study and learn four sentences to clarify the use of the schwa within multi-syllable words. Using the make-and-take hands-on games and activities, participants will engage in interactive learning.

March 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025

T&L 2900: What's Wong - Need Some Classroom Management Strategies?

This classed is based on Harry Wong's bestselling book The Classroom Management Book. Over the course of the class, participants will gain knowledge on how to build positive learning environments for students to have academic and behavioral success! You will leave the class having a tool belt full of strategies to assist in any situation!

June 1, 2024 to June 1, 2025