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Teachers College of San Joaquin’s Professional Learning Center provides opportunities for educators to purchase non-degree, Professional Development Units (PDUs) to continue their education and move over on the pay scale*!
*Always check with your school and/or district prior to purchasing units to ensure that they will accept them.
If you have any questions about our Professional Leaning Center, please contact Dr. Brandy Byers, PLC Coordinator at bbyers@sjcoe.net.
Explore Professional Learning Opportunities
TCSJ
Building Curriculum for the 21st Century Learner
In this course, participants develop units of instruction appropriate for use in their classroom.
- 1-4 PDUs
- $95/unit
- Open to
- All
Equity Webinar Series
Participants will watch 5 or 10 prerecorded webinars of their choice regarding equity and social justice
- 1 PDU
- $95
- 2 PDUs
- $190
- Open to
- All
George Couros
Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning, GEORGE COUROS
This course covers everything you need to empower learners in a remote, face-to-face, or blended environment.
- Course
- $147
- 2 PDUs
- $150 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Digital Portfolio Master Course, GEORGE COUROS
Learn how to create your own digital portfolio (and use the process with staff and students).
- Course
- $99
- 2 PDUs
- $150 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Dr. Catlin Tucker
Getting Started with Blended and Online Learning, Catlin Tucker
This course will help teachers design a blended or online course, provide instruction online, and facilitate learning and academic discourse in online environments.
- Course
- $125
- 2 PDUs
- $150 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
ADVANCING WITH BLENDED AND ONLINE LEARNING, Catlin Tucker
This advanced blended and online learning course provides teachers with a deep dive into planning and facilitating learning for a variety of teaching and learning landscapes.
- Course
- $75 (Limited time sale price! Regular price $125)
- 2 PDUs
- $150 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Novak Educational Consulting
UDL Now!, Novak Educational Consulting
UDL-ify Your Practice! Learn the key concepts of UDL and gain the knowledge you need to start using UDL in your lesson and assessment design for both traditional and remote settings.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Equity by Design, Novak Educational Consulting
A first of its kind course, gain the tools to equip students (and teachers, too) with the will, skill, and collective capacity to enact positive change.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Learning and the Brain, Novak Educational Consulting
Gain an understanding of learning, the brain, and the central role of emotions for learning. From theory to application, the goal is to develop a new lens that can be applied to your teaching or work practices.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Innovate Inside the [Virtual] Box with UDL, Novak Educational Consulting
This course will focus on the four components of the core of innovation as outlined in our book, Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset and then help to scale the core and the Innovator’s Mindset through the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Embracing an Innovator’s Mindset During COVID-19, Novak Educational Consulting
This course is built on the foundation of the book Innovator’s Mindset. To eliminate barriers that prevent all learners from succeeding, we have to not only foster our own innovator’s mindset, but we have to scale these practices throughout our schools and districts.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) & Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Novak Educational Consulting
This course is built on the foundation of the book Innovator’s Mindset. To eliminate barriers that prevent all learners from succeeding, we have to not only foster our own innovator’s mindset, but we have to scale these practices throughout our schools and districts.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Deeper Learning, Novak Educational Consulting
Explore the concept of deeper learning, why it is needed, what it looks like, and how to do it.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
UDL for Remote Learning, Novak Educational Consulting
This course has been designed to help you navigate the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Remote Learning.
- Course
- $150
- 3 PDUs
- $200 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
SJCOE
Distance Learning Modules
Virtual/Blended Learning professional development modules to help support teachers.
- Modules
- Free
- 1 PDU
- $95
- Open to
- All
UDL DISTANCE LEARNING MODULES 2021
This is a 5 part interactive professional learning series on Universal Design for Learning.
- Modules
- Free
- 1 PDU
- $95
- Open to
- All
Eduro Learning
Women Who Lead, Eduro Learning
Women Who Lead from Eduro Learning is an 8-module, self-paced, online course designed for aspiring leaders.
- Course
- $997
- 5 PDUs
- $350 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
Trevor Muir
How to Thrive as a Virtual Teacher, A Course by Trevor Muir
From how to set up dynamic virtual meetings to how to create engaging virtual curriculums, every teacher can find new ways to thrive in the virtual classroom.
- Course
- $65
- 1 PDU
- $75 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All
WASC
WASC Focus on Learning Accreditation: The Role/Responsibilities of a Visiting Committee Member in Facilitating Continuous School Improvement
This course will prepare educators to serve as visiting committee members for WASC accreditation school visits to facilitate continuous school improvement.
- 2 PDUs
- $150 (includes one transcript)
- Open to
- All qualified educators who have had experience in elementary and secondary public or private education as a faculty member and/or administrator at a school or district/complex area level.
PARTNER WITH TCSJ SO EDUCATORS CAN EARN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNITS THROUGH YOUR CLASS/WORKSHOP!
TCSJ's Professional Learning Center partners with agencies (e.g. school districts and individuals) so that PDUs may be provided for a class/workshop offered by the agency. If you are interested in learning about how we can partner, please reach out to Dr. Brandy Byers, PLC Coordinator at bbyers@sjcoe.net.
