Top-Class Educational Professional Development
Research-based professional development designed to build school leader and teacher capacity
The Education Leadership Research Center and the Center for Research & Development in Dual Language & Literacy Acquisition offer Texas Education Agency-recognized continuing professional education (CPE) for educators in Texas, the U.S., and beyond.
Top-Class Educational Professional Development provides on-demand content covering school safety, critical dialogues, peer coaching, technology capacity building, and more. Now available as an annual subscription, this service supports both novice and experienced educators.
Our goal is to deliver research-based strategies that enhance instructional and leadership capacity for teachers and administrators.
Get the tools to make a difference in the classroom with access to more than 20 courses for only $10 a month! * Billed annually
If you have any questions, please send us an email at elrc@tamu.edu
Why Should You Choose Top Class?
- Research-based professional streaming service
- Expert speakers cover timely topics
- Credentials toward professional development and certifications
- Self-paced, on-demand courses broken up into short segments
Registration
Registration is a two-step process.
- Provide your registration information.
- You will continue to Catalog where you will register in the online course system and pay (if paying with a credit card or electronic check).
If you need to pay using a purchase order, please email Mrs. Susan Sassano
* All courses are virtual and asynchronous
Educational Fellows Leadership Academy
Join Top-Class Educational Professional Development Fellows, offering timely, research-based professional development to school leaders. Our distinguished fellows are experts in the field focusing on building leadership capacity specifically for school leaders, like principals and superintendents. Topics range from the keys to effective leadership to managing difficult people and developing inclusive leadership practices.
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- NEW! Fellows Leadership Academy 1: FIT to Lead: Leading with Flexibility, Intentionality, and Tenacity, 6 CPE, $30
- NEW! Fellows Leadership Academy 2: The Instructional Leader: Key Strategies to Enhance Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes, 6 CPE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 3: Reality Leadership: Real Leadership Examples to Inspire Aspiring Leaders, 6 CPE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 4: Successful Leadership During Times of Uncertainty, 6 CPE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 5: Putting Your Leadership Puzzle Together, 6 CPE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 6: Strategies for Developing Leaders as Coaches, 6 CPE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 7: Continual Opportunities for Leaders to Learn, 6PE, $30
- Fellows Leadership Academy 8: Virtual Principals Leadership Academy, 5 CPE, $25
Educational Institutes
Top-Class Educational Institutes provide the opportunity to learn from experts in the field on a broad range of topics. All Top-Class content is research-based and on-demand for your convenience. This educational professional development can be taken individually or as a multi-part series to meet your professional development goals and includes deep dives into topics to build your teacher leader and administrative capacity.
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- PD Institute 1: Strategic Planning for Enhancing or Turning Around Schools, 5 CPE, $25
- PD Institute 2: Family Engagement in PK-6th Grade, 15 CPE, $75
- PD Institute 3: Engaging in Peer Coaching, 5 CPE, $30
- PD Institute 4: Techniques of Mentoring and Coaching Leaders, 5 CPE, $30
- PD Institute 5: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), 2 CPE, $30
- PD Institute 6: Mentoring & Coaching Leadership Institute for Highly Effective School Leaders, 5 CPE, $25
- PD Institute 7: Mentoring & Coaching Leadership Institute for Instructional Decision-making, 5 CPE, $25
- PD Institute 8: Social Emotional Learning, 10 CPE, $50
- PD Institute 9: Thinking Outside the Box: Seven Leadership Practices to Develop Administrators’ Reflective Practices, 12 CPE, $70
- PD Institute 10: Institute for Learning Recovery, 5 CPE, $25
- PD Institute 11 Demystifying Dyslexia, 2 CPE, $10
- PD Institute 12: Literacy: Teaching Writing, 2 CPE, $10
- PD Institute 13: Cross-Curricular Literacy, 2 CPE, $10
- PD Institute 14: New Teacher Institute on Managing Teacher Tasks, 2 CPE, $10
- PD Institute 15: Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder, 2 CPE, $10
- PD Institute 16: Differentiation and Accommodation, 3 CPE, $15
- PD Institute 17: The Science of Learning, 3 CPE, $15
Content Time Series
Welcome to the Top-Class Content Time Series. This research-based series of professional development serves teachers and leaders in various content areas in an effort to build capacity. These bite-sized courses will provide opportunities for you to practice your skills and hone your pedagogy. Currently, we have Tech Time and Classroom Management Time.
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