Full course description
Dive into our engaging virtual professional development (VPD) micro-credentials, tailored to deliver targeted strategies to empower administrators, school leaders, and teachers to enhance and turnaround schools. Accessible anytime, anywhere, our modules discuss best practices and provide opportunities to enhance your leadership abilities and drive positive change within your school community. These micro-credentials are developed by the Texas A&M Educational Leadership Research Center (ELRC), with funding provided through a grant from Education Innovation and Research (EIR), the U.S. Department of Education.
Module 1: How to Lead Professional Development
- Understand professional development.
- Analyze how school leadership maximizes the effectiveness of professional development.
- Learn how instructional leadership can shape and support effective teacher professional development to address evolving educational needs.
Module 2: Professional Development in Schools
- Analyze the role of needs assessments in shaping professional development programs.
- Learn how to conduct a needs assessment for teacher professional development.
- Understand how to identify skills gaps and low-performing teachers.
Module 3: Professional Development for Teacher Growth
- Strategies to address low performance and skills gaps.
- The role of Feedback in teacher professional development.
- The role of Collaboration in professional development.
Module 4: Different Types of Professional Development Opportunities
- Learn about the benefits of online professional development opportunities.
- Find about virtual professional development opportunities.
- Become familiar with the inclusion of gamification in professional development.
Module 5: Engagement in Professional Development
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Understand the importance of teacher engagement in PD.
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Explore the factors that impact teacher engagement in PD.
- Identify the barriers to teachers' and school leaders' engagement in PD.
This is a five module micro-credential that awards a certificate worth four continuing professional development units/hours (CPUs) upon completion.