T&L 2900: A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning

This graduate-level course offers an in-depth exploration of A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning by Tammy Heflebower et al., paired with practical implementation strategies for transforming classroom practices. Through a structured book study, participants will engage with the core principles of standards-based learning, including clear learning targets, effective assessment design, grading practices, and student-centered instruction.

September 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Add+Vantage Math Recovery Course II

Add+Vantage MR Course 2 is designed to build upon the knowledge gained through Add+Vantage MR Course 1. AVMR Course 1 is an introduction to the AVMR diagnostic assessment and the Learning Framework in Number.

December 1, 2023 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: FAST Bridge Online Certification

The Formative Assessment System for Teachers (FAST?) is the only solution that combines Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) and Computer-Adaptive Testing (CAT) to transform the way teachers measure and monitor student progress in reading, math and social-emotional behavior - with faster, more effective results.

August 1, 2025 to June 1, 2026

T&L 2900: 1% Intention (Book Study)

If you're stuck going through the motions and you're ready to ignite a fire personally and professionally, this book is for you. The 1% Intention is a book about a 20-year veteran schoolteacher who's lost his passion, lost his energy, lost his FIRE-for his job, and for life.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

EDL 2900: Schoology ONE

This course will provide teachers with basic understanding of the components of the West Fargo Public School Schoology environment. The course allows participants to explore, collaborate with, reflect upon, and implement basic functions of the learning management tool.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

EDL 2900: Schoology TWO

This course will provide teachers an understanding of the components beyond the basics of the West Fargo Public School Schoology environment. The course allows participants to explore, collaborate with, reflect upon, and implement more advanced and customized functions of the learning management tool.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: 21st Century Learning Design with Microsoft

21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) for Educators is a collection of eight modules. The learning path provides educators with clear and practical ways to develop 21st skills using digital technologies with their learners.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Add+Vantage Math Recovery Course I

The course will cover the Learning Framework in Number; the Add+VantageMR® assessments for Number Words and Numerals, Structuring Numbers, and Addition and Subtraction; and the Classroom Instructional Framework for Early Number.

October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Add+Vantage MR Fractions

Add+VantageMR® (AVMR): Math Recovery® Fractions focuses on understanding fractions as part-whole relationships, as measures, and as numbers with meaning. The teaching approach relies heavily on observing and documenting students' mathematical activity and thinking.

February 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Behavior Advantage

Participants will meet four times virtually for one hour. They will also meet for 8 hours in a lab setting to show application of the skills learned from their readings. This course will guide you through focused, clear, and successful methods to better understand our common humanity, overcome trauma, foster more fulfilled relationships, and unlock potential in all aspect of our lives.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Crisis Prevention Institute (Full Training - Blended)

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training provides instruction for participants on a range of preventative strategies, de-escalation skills, and communication techniques. Participants will also learn psychological and physiological responses that will minimize the potential harm of disruptive and aggressive behaviors.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Culture in the Classroom

CPIs Classroom Culture gives teachers, staff, and administrators a set of core principles to establish and sustain consistent classroom environments. With a focus on application and technique, these principles integrate with all tiered behavior management initiatives while requiring minimal additional effort from staff.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Due Process Paperwork - Tienet Work Days

Paperwork procedure to address the needs of all students, including struggling learners and students with disabilities. Identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor progress, observe and collect data to have a checks and balances on interventions in initial process prior to assessment. Create documents on Tienet to manage paperwork and the IDEA process.

December 1, 2023 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Microsoft in Education

This course is designed to expand participants' technology integration knowledge and skills while implementing researched-based instructional strategies and technology tools in the classroom.

Sunday, October 1, 2023

T&L 2900: Microsoft in Education 2

This course is designed to expand participants' technology integration knowledge and skills while implementing researched-based instructional strategies and technology tools in the classroom.

October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Microsoft Office 365 Teacher Academy

Microsoft 365 provides the right environment for better learning outcomes. This learning path helps educators become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the devices they use. Also addressed are the basic features of Microsoft 365 including Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Sway, Microsoft Forms, and OneDrive.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ND ESPB New Mentor Training

This course will prepare experienced teachers to serve as mentors for first year teachers as part of the ND Teacher Support System Mentoring Program.

August 1, 2023 to August 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Schoology THREE

This course will provide teachers with hands-on application of the Schoology skills they have learned in the prior courses. This course allows teachers to create a class from scratch based on the best practices and needs of their students, integrating the basic and advanced features of the LMS.

October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Students at the Center Resource Study

This course is designed to introduce participants to the language, the purpose, and execution of meaningful personalized competency-based learning (PCBL). This course will help participants rethink traditional teacher and student roles and reexamine goal setting, lesson planning, assessment, and feedback practices.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: Think Like a Horse Book Study and Equine Day

Participants will meet 4 times virtually for 1 hour. They will also meet for 8 hours in a lab setting to show application of skills learned from their readings. This course will guide you through focused, clear, and successful methods to better understand our common humanity, overcome trauma, foster more fulfilled relationships and unlock potential in all aspects of our lives.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: WFHS Teaching on the Block Part 1

The mission of this blended course is to prepare teachers for the transition from teaching in skinny periods to an A/B block. The framework for this course is Brain Compatible Learning as defined by R .Bruce Williams and Steven E. Dunn.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: WFHS Teaching on the Block Part 2

The purpose of this course is to prepare educators in the planning and implementation of course structures and content in a 90-minute block class period. Participants will reflect upon their current practices, explore engagement, feedback, and reflection strategies to incorporate into their classrooms, as well as actively practice creating semester and unit overviews and crafting lessons for a block period.

October 1, 2023 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: WFPS 2025-26 Onboarding - Liberty Middle School

This course will support educators in their first year as an educator at Liberty Middle School in West Fargo, ND. Educators will engage in practices that support learners and educator knowledge. Classroom assessment practices will be evaluated during each meeting.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS Reaching All Learners in Reading

This course has been developed in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Instruction and the AIM Institute for Learning & Research. It is designed for educators who are committed to learning about the connection between reading research, theoretical models of reading, and best practices for language and literacy instruction in the classroom.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS: LETRS - Cohort 25V1.A (Volume 1)

LETRS® is a professional development solution that bridges deep, meaningful research into practical classroom success. LETRS provides educators with the background, depth of knowledge, and tools to teach language and literacy skills to every student.

November 1, 2025 to June 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS: LETRS - Cohort 25V2.A (Volume 2)

LETRS® is a professional development solution that bridges deep, meaningful research into practical classroom success. LETRS provides educators with the background, depth of knowledge, and tools to teach language and literacy skills to every student.

September 1, 2025 to June 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Zones of Regulation (Book Study)

The Zones of Regulation creates a systematic approach to teach regulation by categorizing all the different ways we feel and states of alertness we experience into four concrete colored zones. Integrating in cognitive behavior therapy, students build skills in emotional and sensory regulation, executive functioning, and social cognition.

November 1, 2023 to November 1, 2025

COUN 2900: ASCA Professional Training Year 1

This course provides a comprehensive, districtwide professional development experience designed to help school counselors implement the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model. Through a combination of in-person workshops, applied assignments, and reflective collaboration, participants will design, implement, and evaluate a data-informed school counseling program that supports academic achievement, career readiness, and social-emotional growth for all students.

November 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

EDL 2900: Assessment & Feedback through the PLC

This professional learning will provide a comprehensive, research-based framework for using assessment as a tool to promote student learning. Marzano emphasizes a balance between formative and summative assessments, clarity in learning goals, and effective feedback to guide instructional decisions and student progress.

September 1, 2025 to February 1, 2026

EDL 2900: BHS Book Study 2025-26 The Anxious Generation

This professional development course focuses on equipping high school educators with an understanding of the growing mental health crisis among today's youth, as described in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

EDL 2900: BHS PLC Implementation 2025-26

At BHS, we work to foster Collective Teacher Efficacy (CTE) to improve student literacy and achievement. Collective Teacher Efficacy is educators' shared belief that through their combined efforts they can positively influence student outcomes, including outcomes for those who are disengaged, unmotivated, and/or disadvantaged

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

EDL 2900: Classroom Management from the Ground Up

This course is designed around Todd Whitaker's book Classroom Management from the Ground Up with a focus on foundational relationships, clear expectations, effective planning and instruction, structures within the classroom and maintaining consistency.

October 1, 2025 to November 1, 2025

EDL 2900: Elementary Education Leadership Insights Collaborative

The purpose of this study group is to research and explore current best practices and trends that are "hot topics" in the world of today's education. Each month will have a different topic/focus where participants will gather and read current professional articles on the given topic and share highlights and applications with the principal group using a discussion format.

October 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026

EDL 2900: Leading a High Reliability School: Foundations for New Principals

Designed for elementary principals in their first three years, this course provides structured professional learning grounded in *Five Big Ideas for Leading a High Reliability School*. Participants will engage in monthly reading, collaborative learning, and reflection aligned to the High Reliability Schools (HRS) framework.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

EDL 2900: New to WFHS Onboarding Course

This course will support educators in their first year of teaching at West Fargo Public Schools. Educators will engage in practices that support learner learning and educator knowledge. Classroom management poses many challenges for new educators and a focus on CHAMPS will be reviewed and discussed at each class.

September 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026

EDL 2900: The Schools Our Students Deserve with Dr. Acosta

This course is a collaborative study of The Schools Our Students Deserve by Dr. Mario Acosta. Educators will explore how vision, purpose, values, and culture shape school systems and student success.

October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: 2025 Children's Literature

This course provides an introduction to children's literature, from pre-school nursery rhymes and picture books that are read to children, to the stories, myths, legends, and other tales that children read on their own in the elementary grades.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: 2025 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.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: 2025-26 LETRS Volume 1

This is an extensive training on the Science of Reading using LETRS... Language Essentials for Teachers or Reading and Spelling.

October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: 2025-26 LETRS Volume 2

This is an extensive training on the Science of Reading using LETRS... Language Essentials for Teachers or Reading and Spelling.

October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: AI and Education

The mission of this asynchronous course is to empower educators to confidently and ethically integrate artificial intelligence into their teaching practices. By exploring AI tools, strategies, and applications, participants will develop skills to enhance learning experiences, personalize instruction, and optimize their professional workflows.

September 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Anxious Generation / Stolen Focus (Book Study)

This book study is designed to guide participants through a reflective reading of the one of the following texts: The Anxious Generation by Jonathon Haidt OR Stolen Focus by Johann Hari. Questions are organized by chapter to promote self-reflection and application.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: AVMR Small Group Math

Educators facing the challenge of meeting the diverse needs of learners will find the structure and tools in Math Recovery as a powerful approach to differentiated instruction. The Math Recovery Council has identified the essential components of an effective small group math lesson: targeted assessments with data analysis to pinpoint skill deficits, intentional instruction blending visuals, questioning, and learner processing, and progressive mathematization to support learners within the gradual release process.

November 1, 2025 to February 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Book Study: What Happened to You?

This book study on What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey explores how early experiences shape our understanding of behavior, trauma, and healing. Participants will reflect on the shift from asking "What's wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?" and how this perspective fosters empathy and connection in both personal and professional relationships.

October 15, 2025 to November 19, 2025

T&L 2900: Catalyst

The Catalyst Approach to classroom management emphasizes positive relationships, proactive strategies, and consistent behavioral expectations to create a classroom environment conducive to learning.

September 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Cognitive Engagement

The mission of this blended course is to facilitate professional growth in relation to cognitive engagement. Learners will engage with a variety of engagement strategies, but also reflect on their own practices to see how they can increase student cognitive engagement in their class.

November 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Collaborative PD: Student Engagement

The mission of this blended course is to facilitate professional growth in relation to student engagement (emotional, cognitive, and behavioral). A wide range of different options will be offered, with participants choosing learning opportunities that fit their instructional context.

November 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Disciplinary Literacy 201

This independent study course builds on the foundational understandings developed in Disciplinary Literacy 101. Participants will deepen their application of disciplinary literacy by designing and implementing a comprehensive unit that integrates reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking into daily instruction.

September 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Disciplinary Literacy 301

This independent third-level course in the Disciplinary Literacy series focuses on deepening implementation with attention to student engagement, classroom talk, and questioning. Educators will explore how disciplinary literacy practices-reading, writing, speaking, academic discussion, and critical thinking-affect student-centered learning, particularly with intentional planning within the block schedule.

September 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Down The Halls at Liberty Middle School

"Down the Halls" will allow educators to celebrate effective instruction and gather insights about teaching and learning across the school. During each walk, participants observe without judgment, noting strategies that support learner engagement, critical thinking, and collaboration.

November 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Energizing School Culture and Prioritizing Teacher Mental Health

In today's current educational climate, it is more important than ever to prioritize teacher mental health and school culture. As a rural school, teacher retention and retention strategies are always at the forefront of our long-term school planning.

October 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Fall 2025 - Holocaust Education

Discover the latest practices in accurate, meaningful teaching about the Holocaust with leading historians and educators. Bring the Holocaust Museum's collection into your classroom with instructional strategies and resources that highlight survivor testimonies, artifacts, diaries, and historical documents to support instruction across subject areas and inspire all students to think critically about how and why the Holocaust happened.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: Fall 2025 RRVEC Book Studies Series

The RRVEC will offer five book study options for educators to complete with titles: The Anxious Generation, Building Thinking Classrooms, Those Kids our Are Kids, AI for Educators, and Crucial Conversations.

October 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Fall 2025 The Anxious Generation (Book Study)

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries simultaneously. He discusses the nature of childhood, including what and why children need play along with independent exploration and adventures free from adult intercession to mature into competent, thriving adults.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: From Page to Screen: Exploring Children's Literature

This class is an opportunity for teachers to explore and enjoy children's books that have been made into movies. The participants will reflect on how these books and/or movies might be useful for their own classrooms. Finally, participants will create and implement a lesson using one of the books and/or its movie.

September 1, 2025 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Growing as an Educator 1

Educators are perpetual learners, constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills to support students and their families. Every day presents opportunities for growth, whether it's mastering a new software application, adapting to innovative teaching technologies, or swiftly grasping emerging content areas.

October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Growing as an Educator 2

Educators are perpetual learners, constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills to support students and their families. Every day presents opportunities for growth, whether it's mastering a new software application, adapting to innovative teaching technologies, or swiftly grasping emerging content areas.

October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: IEP Writing

All case managers are encouraged to attend one IEP Writing Day! Take advantage of this dedicated work time to focus on preparing and writing IEPs in a supportive, collaborative environment.

September 1, 2025 to February 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Inner Excellence (Book Study)

The Inner Excellence book study is a powerful opportunity for educators and leaders to reflect, reset, and realign around the core principles of mental health, mindset, and self-leadership. Centered on the theme Lead Within, this study invites participants to explore the inner habits, thought patterns, and emotional strength required to thrive personally and professionally.

October 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026

T&L 2900: LETRS Volume 2

The MN READ Act (enacted in July of 2023) requires districts and charter schools to provide teachers and instructional support staff who are responsible for teaching reading with training on evidence-based reading instruction. LETRS: Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (Lexia) is one of the approved curriculum for this professional development opportunity.

August 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Lost at School (Book Study)

Millions of kids with challenging behavior are getting lost in our schools. Kids with behavioral challenges lack important thinking skills to help them deal with challenging situations and we need to teach those skills. The three-step process laid out in this book can be used by counselors, teachers, principals, and parents.

September 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Meet Every Learner's Need

To continue to build on the imperative work taking place within the PLC process, it is important for educators to engage with practices that create extensive opportunities to continually conduct formative assessments. This course will focus on embedding those formative assessments throughout the learning process as well as designing intentional steps to respond to student misunderstandings and grow additional exploration opportunities for students showing mastery in a standard.

October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Modern Classrooms

For the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school year in West Fargo Public Schools, the focus area will be Assessment and Feedback. Implementing a Modern Classrooms model, which leverages elements of a flipped classroom and incorporates intentional mastery checks allows for educators to have ample time to conference with students to support their individual learning journeys.

October 1, 2025 to March 1, 2026

T&L 2900: NDCDA Let Them (Book Study)

This professional development book study will explore Let Them by Mel Robbins, a powerful text that encourages readers to release the need to control others and focus instead on personal growth, boundaries, and balance. For educators, the Let Them principle offers practical strategies to reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and create more student-centered classrooms.

November 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: New Art and Science of Teaching Course 2025-2026

In this course, educators will learn about and use research supported instructional strategies tied to their school's instructional model. Participants will dive into each design area, set instructional goals for themselves, create action plans, and reflect on their learning.

September 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: PLC Modules: Driving Student Success

The purpose of this credit is to recognize and support teachers' professional growth through intentional engagement in our building goals and Professional Learning Community (PLC) work. By participating, teachers will deepen their collaborative practices, strengthen instructional strategies aligned to our instructional framework, and monitor student progress with a focus on equity and high levels of learning for all. This credit reflects our commitment to continuous improvement, collective efficacy, and celebrating the impact of our work on student success.

October 1, 2025 to April 1, 2026

T&L 2900: Safety Care Core Trainer Training

Safety-Care by QBS is a nationally recognized, evidence-based behavioral safety training designed to provide educators and support staff with the skills and strategies to effectively prevent and manage behavioral challenges in school settings. The training emphasizes positive behavior support, prevention strategies, and safe, non-restrictive interventions.

June 1, 2025 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: SRCTC Let Them (Book Study)

This professional development book study will explore Let Them by Mel Robbins, a powerful text that encourages readers to release the need to control others and focus instead on personal growth, boundaries, and balance. For educators, the Let Them principle offers practical strategies to reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and create more student-centered classrooms.

November 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher

This training will walk through the process of completing the STOT and ensure the reliability of the assessment from person to person. It has videos examples of teachers and asks the participant to rate that teacher based on a standard. It will then explain the reason for the score for complete understanding.

November 1, 2024 to November 1, 2025

T&L 2900: The 4 Disciplines of Execution for Educators (Book Study)

When building highly effective schools, the 4 Disciplines help us get our most important work done in the midst of the whirlwind that is school. In this course, you will learn about the 4 Disciplines of Execution for setting and executing goals. This framework is not only useful for setting PLC goals, but also classroom and student aligned goals.

October 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

T&L 2900: The Reflective Musician-Educator: From Stage to Classroom

Participants will have the opportunity to explore music and performing skills outside of the traditional classroom. This could be done in a variety of ways including ensemble performances, solo work, private studio recitals, working with guest conductors, creating publicity for a music event, researching musical pieces, etc.

October 13, 2025 to May 6, 2026

T&L 2900: Using Photojournalism to Increase Writing Opportunities

Photojournalism in schools involves using photography to tell stories and document community events. Participants will learn to capture images, craft narratives, and evaluate the quality of visual work, both their own and others. The overarching theme of this course is to use photos to tell a story, using the photographs as a visual storytelling board in their narrative writings.

This offering is currently unavailable for registration.

T&L 2900: WFPS Comprehension & Writing Training

This course equips West Fargo Public School educators with instructional strategies to support the development of reading comprehension and writing in learners from kindergarten through fifth grade. Emphasis will be placed on both comprehension strategies (i.e., visualize, question, connect, infer, and text analysis) as well as writing strategies focused on both content and conventions.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS Elementary New Teacher

This course is designed to support new teachers in building a strong foundation for a successful and sustainable teaching career. Through a series of practical and reflective sessions, participants will develop essential skills in classroom management, including relationship-building, CHAMPS strategies, and the establishment of clear rules and procedures.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS Onboarding

This course will support educators in their first year of teaching at West Fargo Public Schools. Educators will engage in practices that support learner learning and educator knowledge. Classroom management poses many challenges for new educators and a focus on CHAMPS will be reviewed and discussed at each class.

October 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WFPS Onboarding Class #1 2025-2026

This course will support teachers in their first and second years of teaching at West Fargo Public Schools. Teachers will engage in practices that support student learning and teacher knowledge. Classroom management poses many challenges for new teachers and a focus on CHAMPS will be reviewed and discussed at each class.

September 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026

T&L 2900: WoodCock Johnson Test of Cognitive and Achievement Skills

Training teachers to administer and interpret the Woodcock-Johnson (WJ-IV) Tests involves equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct standardized assessments accurately and apply results effectively.

October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Your Choice (Book Study 2)

This course is designed to expand participants' knowledge through professional texts of their choice. Learners will demonstrate voice and choice in selecting relevant texts that can expand their professional growth and provide opportunities for them to share their knowledge with colleagues.

August 1, 2024 to August 1, 2025

T&L 2900: Your Choice (Book Study)

This course is designed to expand participants' knowledge through professional texts of their choice. Learners will demonstrate voice and choice in selecting relevant texts that can expand their professional growth and provide opportunities for them to share their knowledge with colleagues.

February 1, 2024 to February 1, 2025