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PTL: Module 4

Students in our classrooms should be given the opportunity to meet state standards regardless of diverse needs. In this applicable course, you will investigate strategies for guiding instructional staff to improve programs, instruction, student support services, and learning. You will observe current research regarding curriculum development and practices, as well as their implications for teaching…

Free

PTL: Module 5

Before anything, the safety and well-being of students and school staff should be the first priority of school leaders. This informative course will introduce you to proactive, research based school-wide approaches and classroom practices for developing a safe, caring, and productive learning community that embraces diversity of staff, students, and community. You will cover topics…

Free

PTL: Module 6

School leaders must be familiar with and know how to enforce laws and policies related to their district on a daily basis. This practical course will introduce you to legal structures of Michigan public education and statutes related to the administration of school laws. You will pay specific attention to laws related to the educational…

Free

PTL: Application

Gaining a PK-12 administrator certificate strengthens your leadership skills and opens up new job opportunities. Here, you can apply for the Path to Leadership program to secure your spot in the next cohort of educators and receive your individual development plan to earn a Michigan School Administrator Certificate. With each cohort you will start with…

Free

DLN: A Counselor’s Guide to CTE

This course is designed for counselors seeking to enhance their understanding of Career and Technical Education (CTE) and its implementation. Participants will learn about various funding sources available, the essential components of a successful state-approved CTE program, and the numerous benefits these programs offer to students. Additionally, the course will cover creative strategies for recruiting…

Free

PTL: 240-Hour Internship

Path to Leadership Program participants must complete a 240-Hour internship to qualify for the PK-12 School Administrator Certificate. This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

DLN: A Principal’s Guide to CTE

This course is designed for new, existing, or prospective secondary administrators seeking to enhance their understanding of Career and Technical Education (CTE). Participants will learn about various funding sources available for CTE programs, the essential components of a successful state-approved CTE program, and the numerous benefits these programs offer to students. Additionally, the course will…

Free

PTL: Experienced Based Internship

The PTL Experienced Based Internship is a course for PTL Participants who are building leaders.  Before enrolling in the experienced-based internship, participants must have completed a request for internship exemption and received approval. This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

PTL: Internship

Path to Leadership Program participants must complete a 240-Hour internship to qualify for the PK-12 School Administrator Certificate.   This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Professional Communication & Collaboration

How can we create adult cultures that embrace cognitive conflict? It is generally acknowledged that collective efficacy is the catalyst for a successful team; having the belief that the team is better together and can produce results. Fostering and sustaining this type of environment resides in the adult culture. Let’s explore ways to enhance shared…

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Assessment for Student Learning

How can we create classroom cultures that engage students in authentic assessment practices that promote self-directedness and internal motivation? It is generally acknowledged that authentic assessment practices paired with student-centered teaching are essential for learner achievement. Creating an environment focused on formative assessments and documentation of progress (both students and teachers) leads to strategic teaching…

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Purpose

How can we create classroom cultures that engage students in purposeful tasks and meaningful interactions that are focused on both the task and learning? It is generally acknowledged that purposeful planning paired with in-the-moment teaching decisions are essential for learner achievement. Creating an environment focused on the curriculum, the learning standards, and the unique learners…

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Student Engagement

How can we create classroom cultures that support engagement, ownership, and agency? It is generally acknowledged that engagement plays a critical role in learning as does creating the conditions for learning to take place. Creating an environment focused on the unique learners often makes the difference between students who learn and student who learn to…

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Classroom Environment & Culture

How can we create classroom cultures that support and nurture highly motivated learners? It is generally acknowledged that motivation plays a critical role in learning as does creating the conditions for learning to take place. Creating an environment of vulnerability and trust coupled with strategic teaching often makes the difference between learning that is superficial…

Free

5D/D+(Lite): Curriculum & Pedagogy

How can we align standards, curricula, assessments, and tasks so that we can effectively differentiate and scaffold learning? It is generally acknowledged that differentiating instruction is the catalyst for true learning. Fostering and sustaining this type of environment requires both intentional planning and being willing and able to adjust, in-the-moment, based on the needs of…

Free

DLN: An Essential Guide to AI for Educators

Courses marked as free are created for use by Michigan educators. Welcome to the online course “An Essential Guide to AI for Educators.” In this course, we will explore the basics of AI, how to effectively and ethically implement AI in your practice, and how to start training students to start using AI to support…

Free

DLN: MTSS – The Path to Making MICIP Meaningful

In this course, participants will learn about creating structures for successful implementation of MTSS, develop a more complete understanding of MTSS through the MDE MTSS Practice Profile and ways to collect data on the current state of MTSS within their building or district. Participants will also look at avenues for organizing this work in a…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Mandatory Reporting

In this simulator, learners will run through multiple scenarios of educators in different roles interacting with students who may or may not show signs of abuse or neglect.  What should you do when having these concerns?  Who should you contact? What if you are wrong? Get answers and use a Facilitation Guide (by yourself or…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Student Free Speech & Social Media

In this simulator, learners will take on various roles as a coach, athletic director and administrator to navigate a scenario in which a student-athlete makes inappropriate remarks on social media regarding the basketball team.  Can the student be disciplined? Does the Student Code of Conduct support this? Get answers and use a Facilitation Guide (by…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Title IX & Dating Violence

In this simulator, learners will make difficult decisions regarding reports of dating violence between a male and female student at school.  What is the school obligated to do? Does it matter if the reports are anonymous? How is this impacted by Title IX requirements? Get answers and use a Facilitation Guide (by yourself or with…

Free

PTL 400 Hour Internship

This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

PTL 200 Hour Internship

This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

PTL 100 Hour Internship

This course is offered in partnership with MASSP. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy policy.

Free

Teacher+ (Lite): Assessment for Student Learning

The objective of this module is to develop the knowledge, skills, personal dispositions, and performance competencies that pertain to formative assessment and student learning. The explored concepts are only a few attributes one might consider when creating a culture of thinking and learning. Participants will read, analyze current practices, create plans of action, and document…

Free

Teacher+ (Lite): Classroom Environment & Culture

How might we create classroom cultures that support and nurture highly motivated learners? It is generally acknowledged that motivation plays a critical role in learning as does creating the conditions for learning to take place. Creating an environment of vulnerability and trust coupled with strategic teaching often makes the difference between superficial and shallow learning,…

Free

Teacher+ (Lite): Culturally Responsive Classrooms

How might we create classroom cultures that embrace and celebrate the variety of learners within our classrooms? It is generally acknowledged that the number one factor in a learner’s success is the classroom teacher. Creating an environment focused on each student and the larger world is essential for 21st century classrooms. Let’s explore ways to…

Free

5D/D+ Professional Collaboration & Communication

How might we create adult cultures that embrace cognitive conflict? It is generally acknowledged that collective efficacy is the catalyst for a successful team; having the belief that the team is better together and can produce results. Fostering and sustaining this type of environment resides in the adult culture. Let’s explore ways to enhance shared…

Free

Teacher+ (Lite): Student Engagement & Ownership

How might we create classroom cultures that support engagement, ownership, and agency? It is generally acknowledged that engagement plays a critical role in learning, as does creating the conditions for learning to take place. Creating an environment focused on unique learners often makes the difference between students who learn and students who learn to comply….

Free

Teacher+ (Lite): Purposeful Teaching & Learning

The objective of this module is to develop the knowledge, skills, personal dispositions and performance competencies that pertain to purposeful teaching and learning. The explored concepts are only a few attributes one might consider when creating a culture of thinking and learning. Participants will read, analyze current practices, create plans of action, and document learning…

Free

DLN: Leadership Communication

The task of leadership is building collective efficacy. We need to get our teams to work and act as such, moving and doing with a shared purpose! As organizational leaders, our goal is to help make sense of our world and give that sense to others ensuring our schools and communities are responding to shared…

Free

DLN: Response to Intervention (RTI)

Having a data-driven RTI, ensures you are focused on student learning and improving instruction via intervention which will impact all students. The question that lingers is, what about students that are not proficient, or lack individual growth due to COVID? This course will provide the foundation for your work to identify and provide tiers of…

Free

Introduction to Esports

Courses marked as free are created for use by Michigan educators. Esports is a billion-dollar industry teeming with career opportunities, college scholarships, and a wide range of STEM skills students can develop. In this course, educators will be introduced to the unique and exciting extracurricular activities available to students within esports. Whether you’re simply interested…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Staff Social Media

Welcome to the MASSP Administrator Simulator, created by administrators for administrators, to provide real-life scenarios for school leaders to grow and learn from. During each simulation, the administrator is introduced to an employee or school situation in the form of a story problem. With each story problem, the administrator will be given a multiple-choice and…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Title IX

Welcome to the MASSP Administrator Simulator, created by administrators for administrators, to provide real-life scenarios for school leaders to grow and learn from. During each simulation, the administrator is introduced to an employee or school situation in the form of a story problem. With each story problem, the administrator will be given a multiple-choice and…

Free

DLN: Administrator Simulator – Student Discipline

Welcome to the MASSP Administrator Simulator, created by administrators for administrators, to provide real-life scenarios for school leaders to grow and learn from. During each simulation, the administrator is introduced to an employee or school situation in the form of a story problem. With each story problem, the administrator will be given a multiple-choice and…

Free

DLN: Using Surveys For Feedback

Taking the time to gather and analyze feedback is a crucial practice for educators and administrators when working with students, staff, parents, and community members. In this course, you will review different ways to develop surveys and gather feedback from stakeholders that have an immediate impact in your building. You will also examine bias when…

Free

DLN: Disciplinary Literacy for Secondary Leaders

The purpose of this set of Disciplinary Literacy for Secondary Leaders is to improve Michigan students’ academic literacies and content learning at the secondary level. Professional development throughout the state can focus on these research-supported literacy instructional practices for regular use in the classroom. In this course, learners will be presented with content in the…

Free

DLN: Leading Collaborative Meetings in a Virtual World

Virtual meetings have become the new normal and will forever change the way some teams interact. However true, if collaboration is the true belief system of the organization, both individuals and teams will transfer the ‘brick-and-mortar’ practices to the virtual world. Successful teams understand the importance of setting norms, having clearly defined outcomes, creating space…

Free

Intro to CEL’s 5D/5D+ Teacher Evaluation System

Courses marked as free are created for use by Michigan educators. This on-demand module provides an overview of CEL’s foundational ideas, 5D instructional framework, 5D+ rubric, and 5D+ inquiry cycle. It fulfills the minimum statutory requirements for teacher training in the district adopted evaluation tool. Participants gain both an understanding of the background and purpose…

Free

5D+ Indicators of High-Quality Instruction

The 5D+ dimension specific module assists educators in developing a vision for rubric indicators within each dimension, authentic examples of what each indicator looks like in daily practice, suggested teacher and student moves to enact the distinguished performance level in daily lessons, and opportunities for participants to self-assess and determine areas of focus based on…