Virtual Professional Learning Communities

Complete the MOOPIL of your choice and then register for the corresponding VPLC. You will receive 2-3 professional development hours and a micro-credential.

Building Community Engagement 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours This course covers organizational leadership research and best practices. The course objectives are to:

• develop an understanding of organizational leadership and change,
• explore ways to address strategic and systemic practices,
• learn strategies to build and support engagement, and
• connect learning to real-life practice.

Building Teacher Instructional Capacity 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours As you complete this course, you will:

• discover the importance of advancing the educational outcomes of culturally and linguistically diverse students, and
• explore ways of developing culturally and linguistically diverse students’ literacy and academic excellence in the STEM content areas.

Conducting Comprehensive Needs Assessments 1 Virtual Professional Development Hour As you complete this course, you will:

• develop a general understanding of CNAs,
• explore key attributes of CNAs, and
• learn how the use of CNAs emphasize the academic needs of ELs.

Critical Dialogues 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours The course objectives are to:

• understand what critical dialogue is and how it supports citizenship,
• examine how critical dialogue benefits students in schools and can be applied in real-life situations,
• explore instructional practices conducive to teaching critical dialogue, and
• understand critical dialogue as a foundation for teaching empathy and functioning in a democracy.

Cultivating Leadership in Others 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours The course objectives are to:

• learn about peer coaching characteristics, and
• how peer coaching impacts the implementation of new content in classrooms, and reflect on ways to implement or improve upon existing peer coaching practices.

Evaluating Instruction from a Literacy Development Perspective 1 Virtual Professional Development Hour As you complete this module, you will:

• recognize schools’ responsibility to provide effective EL services, programs, and instruction that promote the development of ELs’ academic language and literacy; and
• explore how ineffective EL services, programs, or instruction can hinder ELs’ English acquisition progress resulting in large numbers of students who are long-term English learners.

Monitoring Curriculum and Instruction 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours The course objectives are to:

• learn about assessment types or elements,
• become familiar with differentiation elements, and
• explore ways to use data to make informed decisions.

Sharing Leadership 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours The course objectives are to:

• examine the importance of sharing leadership related to school improvement,
• explore the concept of collective capacity,
• understand that trust not only matters but is critical to sharing leadership, and
• know the elements of purposeful communities to support shared leadership.

Strategic Planning 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours This course covers organizational leadership research and best practices. The course objectives are to:

• develop an understanding of organizational leadership and change,
• explore ways to address strategic and systemic practices,
• learn strategies to build and support engagement, and
• connect learning to real-life practice.

Understanding English Learners’ Needs and Dual Language Programs 2 Virtual Professional Development Hours The course objectives are to:

• review the goals of dual language education,
• explore the needs of ELs in dual language programs,
• consider if your dual language program is delivering equitable outcomes for the ELs, and
• become familiar with the resource Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (Howard et al., 2018).

Understanding Language Objectives 1 Virtual Professional Development Hour As you complete this module, you will:

• discover how language objectives help address the dual challenges ELs face of mastering grade-level content while acquiring English proficiency,
• become familiar with the distinctions between content and language objectives, and
• explore how to implement content and language objectives simultaneously.

Years in U.S. Schools and Their Importance 1 Virtual Professional Development Hour As you complete this module, you will:

• discover the link between time in dual language programs and student achievement, and
• explore factors to consider when making high-stakes dual language program decisions.