World Leadership School:  Introduction to Online Project-Based Learning (K-12)

June 23-29
$199

The benefits of utilizing Project-Based Learning (PBL) in a classroom setting are innumerable. However, there has been little practice in using this pedagogical model in an online or remote setting.

GOA: Designing for Online Learning: Assessment

July 13-17, Anticipated time commitment: 3-5 hours to navigate course materials
$150

The course will explore the following essential questions that educators are asking as they design learning experiences online:

• How might my students demonstrate their learning in online spaces?
• How will I know what students are learning?
• How will students know what they are learning? Specifically, we will cover different approaches to designing formative assessments, summative assessments and feedback for students in online settings. 

Blended Learning for Teachers

$400-440

July 13-July 26
July 27-August 9
Time commitment: 5-10 hours

Teachers must prepare to teach some of their classes at a distance, while also having a plan for teaching in their physical classrooms. This course will prepare teachers to redesign their classes with evidence-based practices that build student engagement and support in-depth learning—by experiencing such a class themselves. 

Teachers can join our virtual course to explore how to  build engagement and community; make asynchronous learning authentic, meaningful, and relevant; and  effectively assess student progress. Rely on ISM's research-backed instruction and the support and guidance of the course mentors to enter the school year with confidence and clarity.

ISTE Summer Learning Academy

July 13-31
$20 ($80 with 1-year ISTE membership)

The schedule includes daily two-hour live interactive webinars from peers. Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to participate in self-paced ISTE U microcourses on the following topics:

• Creating Community in Online Classrooms
• Designing Online Learning Experiences
• Assessing Learning in Online Environments
• Ensuring Equity and Including in Online Learning

Microcourse: These four self-paced, two-hour courses were developed by leaders in online learning and will cover how to create an equitable learning environment, design active student experiences, build community and relationships and provide formative feedback and assessment.

Webinars: Experts from the ISTE community will model and deliver practical strategies for teaching in an online learning environment in these live interactive workshops.

PLN: Join an online personal learning forum to engage in discussion, leverage collective knowledge and collaborate on best practices for learning in digital environments. 

World Leadership School: Intermediate Strategies for Online Project-Based Learning (grades 4-12)

July 21-27 or July 28-Aug. 3
$199

Are you ready to maximize your project-based learning instruction for greater student engagement, richer authenticity and student-driven inquiry? In this course, you'll learn specific strategies and tools for taking PBL to the next level. 

Ensuring Equity and Inclusion in Online Learning (ISTE U)

June 22, 2 hours
FREE

Ensuring your classroom is an inclusive learning environment can be a complex task, particularly in online environments. In order to promote equity, teachers are taking action to design and implement flexible, engaging sessions to support all learners, including learners with disabilities or limited English language proficiency. This course provides strategies that educators can use to identify potential barriers, set goals and design lessons that foster student engagement so that all students can demonstrate their knowledge and skills when learning virtually. By taking this course, you will be able to: 

• Understand the importance of knowing your students and their needs to create a more suitable and engaging learning environment.
• Effectively plan engaging digital lessons that support the needs of students with disabilities, English language learners and the youngest learners. 

World Leadership School: Online Teaching for the Whole Child (grades 7-12)

June 23-29 or July 21-27
$199

In the midst of uncertainty, one thing is certain-students must continue learning. But how? Through a social-emotional lens, this online course will dive into how to increase student engagement online through choice.

World Leadership School: Student Engagement for Distance Learning (grades 7-12)

June 23-29, $199

Have you noticed the initial excitement of online learning has subsided? We've zoomed until we've dropped, shared resources and tried new things. How can we keep students engaged in this new era of learning?

Innovation Schools Summit: Back to School Post-Pandemic

June 26-28
$249
Group discount available

Addressing the Needs of At-Risk & Traumatized Students
Ready for Stressed Students & Collective Trauma?  

As students return in the fall, educators may find that increasing numbers of students will need more intensive scaffolding of their learning. However, Dr. Tracey Severns suggests that some students' special needs can be considered as a circumstance – or "disconnect" – rather than a permanent condition.

AMLE 2020 Back to School Camp

July 14-16
Members: Individual, $149.99 Team of 10 $449.99
Non-Members: Individual $299.99, Team of 10 $749.99

Discovery Trail: This trail will cover on-the-ground tactics, training and skill building and resources to help school staff offer meaningful instruction and student support in a remote or hybrid learning model, as well as how to strategically employ technology even after COVID-19. 

Camp Plug & Play 15.0 Online Edition (hands-on learning)

June 8-12
FREE (Normally a paid F2F conference)

This event will provide an opportunity for hands-on learning all about technology and how to use it to create engaging lessons that students want to learn and you are excited to teach. Topics to be covered include Sketchnoting, coding, using Google Suite tools to support lesson design and productivity, utilizing HyperDocs in your teaching and creating media that will computer your students' interest.

Cult of Pedagogy: Jump Start Learning, Individual: $249, Group of Five Teachers

June 2-29 or July 8-Sept. 2
$700

Tools come and go, features constantly change. So instead of starting by looking for the right tool, it's more effective to start with processes, specific ways of using technology that can be applied in a variety of classroom situations. Once you understand a process and how it can boost learning, you can explore the tools that put processing action. In this course, you will learn 10 key processes that can have an incredible impact on how you teach, how your students learn, how you collaborate and communicate with others and the time it takes to do it all. When you enroll in this course, you will be placed into a cohort. 

Canvas Training Portal-Additional Training (must be logged in to Canvas to access)

Schedule Varies, 1-Hour Webinars
FREE

Access Canvas Webinars to advance your skills and knowledge base. Contact Jody Kokladas for more information.

• Assignments
• Group Work and Collaboration
• Creating Assignments/Quizzes
• Managing Quizzes
• Outcomes & Rubrics for Instruction
• Leveraging Modules
• Canvas for Performance-Based Teaching 
• The Student Experience
• Gradebook & Speedgrader

Seesaw Pioneer

Your Own Pace, 1-11 hours
FREE

Educators who have conquered the Seesaw basics and are ready to take the next step to connect and learn within a supportive educator community.

Apple Teacher

Your Own Pace, 5-15 hours
FREE

The Apple Teacher Learning Center has everything teachers need to build a strong foundation for using iPad, Mac and Apple apps like Page, Keynote, Numbers, GarageBand and iMovie in the classroom. Discover more than 75 skill-building lessons that include guided tutorials, ideas on how to apply them and inspiration on how to go further with each new skill. After completing a set of lessons, teachers can take an interactive quiz. The quizzes are designed for self-paced learning so you can take them as many times as you need to. Once you've passed all eight quizzes for either iPad or Mac you will earn recognition as an Apple Teacher. 

Apple-Everyone Can Create

Your Own Pace, 1 hour (2-3 hours if applied to planning)
FREE

The Everyone Can Create collection of project guides was designed to help you bring creativity into every lesson. And we've created sample activities that apply ideas from the guides to exploring space across multiple subjects. Learn new skills and see how easily you can bring them into the lessons you teach. 

Google Certified Educator - Level 1

Your Own Pace, completion time based on prior knowledge and areas explored
FREE (Certification Exam: $10)

Fundamentals Training: For educators who are new to Google tools, this course will teach you the best strategies for integrating Google in your classroom. this course is very thorough in thinking through pedagogy and technology integration. You will learn about many features of the Google Suite and think through actual classroom scenarios as you explore the three topics (Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership, Increase Efficiency and Save Time and Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity.)

Google Certified Educator - Level 2

Your Own Pace, completion time based on prior knowledge and areas explored
FREE (Certification Exam: $25)

Are you brand new to Office 365 for education? Get up and running quickly with the tools that will equip your students for success today and tomorrow. Microsoft Teams, OneNote and Forms will allow you to build a collaborative classroom that empowers learners to quickly assess their learning and provide individualized feedback.

One Note Teacher Academy

Your Own Pace, 3.5 hours
FREE

In this learning path, you will learn to navigate within the One Note Windows 10 app structure, use OneNote tools effectively, create lesson plans, assessments and learning activities using various tools in OneNote, create notebooks for student and educator collaboration using OneNote Class Notebook and create notebooks for collaboration between the staff members using OneNote Staff Notebook. 

Microsoft: 21st Century Learning Design

Your Own Pace, completion time based on prior knowledge and areas explored
FREE

21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) for Educators is a collection of eight courses with four-six lessons in each course. This learning path provides teachers with clear and practical ways to develop 21st skills using digital technologies for their students. 21st Century Learning Design for Educators builds on the research methodology providing a collaborative, practice-based process to help educators transform how they design enriching learning activities for their students. 

Blended Learning for Teachers

$400-440

July 13-July 26
July 27-August 9
Time commitment: 5-10 hours

Teachers must prepare to teach some of their classes at a distance, while also having a plan for teaching in their physical classrooms. This course will prepare teachers to redesign their classes with evidence-based practices that build student engagement and support in-depth learning—by experiencing such a class themselves. 

Teachers can join our virtual course to explore how to  build engagement and community; make asynchronous learning authentic, meaningful, and relevant; and  effectively assess student progress. Rely on ISM's research-backed instruction and the support and guidance of the course mentors to enter the school year with confidence and clarity.

CS/STEAM Innovation Summer Institute

June 15-18, Mandatory Orientation June 8
FREE
Choose your sessions & time commitment

Take a deep dive exploring and sharing innovative practices with teachers from the region and beyond. Choose sessions from several pathways: computational thinking, CS/STEAM innovation, visible thinking and leadership. It's simple to register for one (or more!) of our inspired learning sessions. Read the session descriptions and register using the link provided for each session. Sessions are limited in size. 

NCAIS Reimagining School: Transitioning from Emergency to Planned Distance Learning

June 15, Mainly Self-Paced, 20+ Hours of Blended Course
Individual: $249, Group Pricing Available

As we close the books on this most unusual school year and look ahead to 2020-2021, we need to begin transitioning from an emergency mindset to a planned distance learning outlook. Chances are great that we will have periods next year where school will need to take place away from our campuses. How can educators better prepare to be ready for the unknowns ahead? This mostly asynchronous course will take a deep dive into 11 broad topics that should be explored before our journey begins again. Cohorts & Subcohorts will be developed within the larger groups for collaboration and idea exchanges. 

World Leadership School: Student Engagement for Distance Learning (Grades 7-12)

June 23-29
$199

Have you noticed the initial excitement of online learning has subsided? We've zoomed until we've dropped, shared resources and tried new things. How can we keep students engaged in this new era of learning?

Teaching K-12 Art Online

July 6-26 or Aug. 3-23
$349, 1 Graduate Credit

Art teachers thive in a traditional classroom environment where students gather for demonstrations and create art together, but the world is changing and in-person teaching isn't always an option. Our industry is confronting an uncomfortable truth: most art teachers weren't trained to teach art online. This course sets the stage for you to translate your successful in-person teaching to a digital environment.

Exploring Future Ready Librarianship: Practices for the Emerging Leader (ISTE U)

July 6-Aug. 30, 15 hours
ISTE Member: $186, Non-member: $249

Librarians play an essential role in bringing teaching and learning into the digital age. The new breed of librarian still helps students with research and finding the perfect resource, but today they're often found showing students how to use technology, helping learners detect whether information is from a trustworthy source, and facilitating school wide training on edtech. 

Through Exploring Future Ready Librarianship: Practices for the Emerging Leader, you'll reflect on current librarian and media specialist practice, identify areas for professional inquiry and growth, explore the Future Ready Librarians™ framework and create and implement a personal action plan to lead from the library. This course is designed to maximize student-centered learning opportunities and help districts leverage technology as part of the Future Ready Schools® Initiative. 

This is a 15-hour, self-paced course with ongoing instructor support. No previous knowledge of the Future Ready Librarians™ framework is necessary. 

ISTE: Summer Learning Academy

July 13-31
$20 ($80 with 1-year ISTE membership)

The schedule includes daily, two-hour live interactive webinars from peers. Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to participate in self-paced ISTE U Microcourses on the following topics:

• Creating Community in Online Classrooms
• Designing Online Learning Experiences
• Assessing Learning in Online Environments
• Ensuring Equity and Inclusion in Online Learning

Microcourse: These four self-paced, two-hour courses were developed by leaders in online learning and will cover how to create an equitable learning environment, design active student experiences, build community and relationships and provide formative feedback and assessment. 

Webinars: Experts from the ISTE community will model and deliver practical strategies fro teaching in an online learning environment in these live, interactive workshops.

PLN: Join an online personal learning forum to engage in discussion, leverage collective knowledge and collaborate on best practices for learning in digital environments.

ACDA PA University of Michigan String Educators Workshop

July 17-20, 4 synchronous meetings per day + additional materials
$225

Sunday, June 7, 7-8:30 p.m. "Teaching Choir Online" online panel followed by "Virtual Happy Hour" (free).

The 2020 University of Michigan String Educators Workshop, led by Dr. Michael Hopkins, will be designed to meet the needs of the variety of educators who are responsible for teaching strings. 

GOA: Designing for Online Wayfinding

July 20-24
$150

Designing for Online Learning: Wayfinding is a one-week course for educators who want to learn how to build engaging, navigable and student-centered online learning experiences. Based on one module from our Designing for Online Learning course, this course will guide participants through a deeper drive into design principles that support high-quality online learning. 

National Foreign Language Center Virtual Summit

July 21-23, Choose your sessions & time commitment
FREE

Real teachers. Real solutions. Join hundreds of world language educators live to hear inspiring messages from some of the best in the field. Twice daily live keynote addresses will highlight effective practices from their classrooms. Challenge your mindset as they share insights and explore discoveries that focus on what is possible.

Learn with the Regionals. Choose from more than 60 prerecorded sessions presented by classroom teachers previously selected to present at their 2020 regional conferences. These sessions will highlight effective practices with consideration given to how face-to-face interactions adapt to the online environment. 

World Leadership School: World Languages: Creating Online Connections with Elementary Learners (grades PK - 5)

June 23-29 or July 28-Aug. 3
$199

World language learning happens best with in-person interaction between the teacher and learners. With the sudden shift to language learning in remote spaces, teachers need to design their new approach around the developmental needs of early language learners. 

World Leadership School: Online Curriculum Development & Community Building (Grades PK - 6)

July 21-27
$199

This week-long professional learning opportunity will be geared specifically to the unique needs of Lower School teachers. We will cover best practices of synchronous and asynchronous curriculum, student engagement and assessment.

World Leadership School Math: A Place for Online Inquiry, Exploration, Flexibility and Real-World Projects (grades K-12)

July 21-27 or July 28-Aug. 3
$199

How can we stay dedicated to our philosophy of student-centered learning, exploration of new concepts through inquiry, and purpose-learning in a distance learning format? All of this will be discovered in this week-long professional learning workshop.

Language Arts & History: Moving Your Humanities Online Through PBL (grades 4-12)

July 21-27 or July 28-Aug. 3
$199

Calling all language arts, social studies and humanities teachers! Are you ready to take the plunge with online PBL? Do you have an idea for a new project you'd like to develop? Do you have a favorite face-to-face project you want to re-design for online blended learning?

World Leadership School: World Languages: Strategies of Online Engagement and Assessment (grades 6-12)

July 21-27 or Aug. 4-10
$199

Communication is undeniably a core principle of the world language instruction. Yet, in the shift to teaching and learning in remote settings, communication looks and sounds a lot difference. 

World Leadership School Science: Inquiry Reimagined for Remote Learning

July 23-29 or Aug. 4-10
$199

This course provides tools and scaffolding for educators to craft meaningful inquiry experiences through remote learning platforms. 

R.E.A.L Discussion

Choose the time and format that works best for you.
$150/$300
Discount for pairs/group

This summer, you can learn R.E.A.L.® Discussion, remotely!

All participants will receive an expanded version of the R.E.A.L.® Teacher Guide, which includes middle and high school frameworks as well as concrete strategies for adapting R.E.A.L.® for remote learning environments. We are deeply committed to helping our students connect deeply with content and classmates in the year ahead — whether in physical or virtual classrooms! 

• Join humanities teachers in conversation.
• Explore the art, science, and impact of student-led discussion.
• Online seminars and courses available for grades 6-12 humanities teachers.

PE Central: Teaching Physical Education and Health Remotely

Asynchronous, approximately 15 hours to complete
$129

Through this course, you will be taken through how to adapt subjects to teach them remotely, various online teaching and learning platforms, and how to use them. The class will also cover online communication tools and methods to use and how to use them, digital assessment strategies, online student engagement tools, and best practices for online learning and teaching. This course will let you do your best teaching in unimaginable circumstances, and you will walk away from it, having designed your own online lesson using the tool that best fits your students' needs. This class is a practical one to help you not only make distance learning genuinely work, but to show you that you can use what you learn here to enhance your instruction if you are not teaching from home. 

Teaching Young Children Virtually-Bootcamp

Your Own Pace, Lifetime access and 5-hour PD certificate
$27

In this course, you will learn:

• Online routines for young children
• Designing a virtual circle time
• Virtual math and literacy activities
• Virtual classroom management
• Virtual provocations & invitations
• Working with families virtually
• Bonus-assessing virtually & tech package

Designing Online Learning Experiences (ISTE U)

Two Hours
ISTE Member: $25, Non-member: $19

Learning online looks different than learning in a traditional classroom, and it comes with its own unique opportunities and challenges. This course helps educators design and facilitate effective, engaging and impactful content and lessons for a digital or blended classroom. By taking this course, you will be able to:

• Design and facilitate effective, engaging and impactful content and lessons for a digital or blended classroom
• Incorporate student agency and autonomy into online lessons.

One Schoolhouse Student Agency: The Foundation of a Learner-Driven Pedagogy

On Demand, 4 hours, 30 days to access and complete
$99

In this course, we focus on student agency, which will give you the foundation to transition to a learner-driven pedagogy. The pedagogy is predicated on the belief that students should, in fact, drive their learning, and that more learning happens when students - not teachers - drive learning. And this isn't just a belief; the research supports the essential role of motivation in deep learning. 

By the end of this course, you will understand the connection between a learner-driven pedagogy and student agency, analyze resources on student motivation and have new tools to try out in your classroom. 

Blended Learning for Teachers

$400-440

July 13-July 26
July 27-August 9
Time commitment: 5-10 hours

Teachers must prepare to teach some of their classes at a distance, while also having a plan for teaching in their physical classrooms. This course will prepare teachers to redesign their classes with evidence-based practices that build student engagement and support in-depth learning—by experiencing such a class themselves. 

Teachers can join our virtual course to explore how to  build engagement and community; make asynchronous learning authentic, meaningful, and relevant; and  effectively assess student progress. Rely on ISM's research-backed instruction and the support and guidance of the course mentors to enter the school year with confidence and clarity.

One Schoolhouse: Introduction to Personalized Learning: The Why, How and What

On Demand, 4 hours, 30 days to access and complete
$99

The purpose of this course is to define personalized learning, explain why it is an appropriate pedagogical tool for independent schools, describe how it works and share a few examples of what it looks like. 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define personalized learning
• Explain why it is an appropriate pedagogical tool for independent schools
• Describe how it works
• Share a few examples of what it looks like

One Schoolhouse: Personalizing Pathways: Creating Student Voice and Choice

On Demand, 4 hours, 30 days to access and complete
$99

In this course, we focus on personalizing pathways: creating student voice and choice. Pathway choice:

• shifts focus: decentralizes teaching and empowers learning
• shifts metrics: measure teaching by what is tested, measure learning by what is produced
• shifts time: efficiency to effectiveness