Professional Learning
Expert-Built Professional Learning That Helps Educators Learn, Apply, and Grow
Explore practical, evidence-informed learning experiences designed by educators for educators. Every experience combines flexible, self-paced online learning with meaningful, classroom-ready activities — many include personalized instructor feedback and a certificate of completion, noted on each course.
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Spot the AI: Evaluating AI-Generated Classroom Content
AI-generated content can look polished and convincing—but is it accurate, appropriate, and ready for your students? Become an AI Content Detective and learn a practical framework for evaluating AI-generated classroom materials before they reach learners.
✓ 1 PD Hour
✓ Auto-Graded
✓ 100% Free
✓ Certificate Included
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SEL Professional Development for Teachers | EmpowerED PL
Learn practical SEL routines while maintaining balance and sustainability in your teaching practice.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$49
✓ Instructor-Guided
AI in Education: From Basics to Ethical Integration
Learn how to use AI tools to strengthen instruction, improve efficiency, and support diverse learners—while ensuring ethical and responsible use.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$69
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Accessibility
Design instruction that removes barriers and supports every learner—using practical UDL strategies you can implement immediately.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
✓ Instructor-Guided
Executive Functioning Supports for Student Success
Practical, evidence-informed strategies to help students strengthen organization, focus, self-regulation, and independence.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$59
✓ Instructor-Guided
AI Skills (for Non-Techies)
Practical AI workflows educators can use immediately—no coding, no jargon, no overwhelm.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$29
✓ Auto-Graded
Better Questions, Better Thinking
Learn how to ask purposeful questions that make student thinking visible and move learning beyond simply finding the right answer. Use the practical Ask → Probe → Extend framework to strengthen classroom questioning, uncover student reasoning, and deepen thinking.
Built by an instructor, paced by you — with instant, auto-graded feedback.
Cost
$9
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Classroom Management in Online & Hybrid Learning
Managing a classroom in an online or hybrid environment presents unique challenges. This course provides clear, structured approaches to maintain engagement, build routines, and support student success.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$69
✓ Auto-Graded
Classroom Management Without Power Struggles
This course gives K–12 educators a practical, non-punitive framework for handling classroom conflict without turning it into a contest of wills. Participants learn to recognize the real dynamics behind a power struggle, including the escalation cycle, the function a challenging behavior is likely serving, and the common “hooks” that pull adults into a struggle they didn't start.
Built by an instructor, paced by you — with instant, auto-graded feedback.
Cost
$49
✓ Instructor-Guided
Data Literacy for Teachers
Strengthen your ability to analyze, interpret, and use student data to inform instruction and improve outcomes.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
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Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences with UDL & AI Tools
Learn how to combine Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with responsible AI use to create more accessible, flexible, and inclusive learning experiences. Identify learner barriers, apply the three UDL principles, evaluate appropriate uses of AI, and redesign a lesson while preserving rigor and meaningful learner thinking.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$39
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Designing Lessons for Neurodiverse Learners
Classrooms include learners with diverse cognitive, sensory, and learning needs. This course helps you design inclusive lessons that reduce barriers and increase engagement for all students.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$29
✓ Instructor-Guided
Effective Assessment & Feedback in Online & Hybrid Learning
Develop practical strategies to assess student learning and provide meaningful feedback in virtual and hybrid environments.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
✓ Instructor-Guided
Empowering Digital Citizens: Teaching Students to Navigate the Online World Responsibly
Designed for K–12 educators, this course blends practical strategies with real-world examples, empowering teachers to foster a culture of digital responsibility in their classrooms.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$49
✓ Auto-Graded
Engagement Boosters That Work
Student engagement is essential for meaningful learning, yet it can be difficult to sustain. This course provides practical strategies to increase participation and motivation.
Built by an instructor, paced by you — with instant, auto-graded feedback.
Cost
Free
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Engaging Online Classrooms — Strategies for Engagement
Engagement in online classrooms requires intentional design. This course helps educators build structured routines and systems that promote participation, reduce passive learning, and increase accountability.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
✓ Auto-Graded
Feedback Students Will Actually Use
Feedback only improves learning when students understand it and have an opportunity to use it. In this one-hour course, educators learn practical strategies for creating feedback that is focused, actionable, and connected to clear learning goals. Participants examine common feedback problems, practice improving ineffective feedback, and leave with reusable feedback structures they can apply immediately.
Built by an instructor, paced by you — with instant, auto-graded feedback.
Cost
$9
✓ Instructor-Guided
Growth Mindset for Educators & Learners
Growth mindset is more than a concept—it’s a daily classroom practice. This course helps educators implement practical strategies that build persistence, reduce fear of failure, and support meaningful learning.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
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Introduction to Effective Online Teaching
This course helps educators design learner-friendly online courses, create clear lesson structures, and establish predictable systems that reduce confusion and improve efficiency.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$79
✓ Instructor-Guided
Mathematical Thinking for Teachers
Strengthen your own mathematical reasoning while picking up classroom-ready strategies that help you teach math with more confidence and clarity.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$49
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Mathematics for All: Supporting ELLs Through Language-Rich Instruction
This course helps educators identify language barriers in math instruction and design lessons that simultaneously build language and mathematical understanding for all learners.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$39
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Micro‑Formative Assessments That Work
Formative assessment doesn’t have to be time-consuming. This course equips educators with quick, strategic techniques that reveal student thinking and guide instruction in real time.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$9
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Preparing Students for Career Success: Teaching Real-World Skills
This course is for any educator who wants to incorporate career skills in their classroom. Educators will complete the course with a plan to incorporate real-world career success skills.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$49
✓ Auto-Graded
Spot the AI: Evaluating AI-Generated Classroom Content
Spot the AI: Evaluating AI-Generated Classroom Content is a free, one-hour professional development course that helps educators critically evaluate AI-generated materials before using them with students. Through videos, realistic scenarios, interactive activities, and assessments, participants learn to identify concerns related to accuracy, instructional fit, privacy, bias, and accessibility while applying the practical AISEE Framework to make informed decisions about when AI-generated content should be used, revised, verified, or rejected.
Built by an instructor, paced by you — with instant, auto-graded feedback.
Cost
Free
✓ Instructor-Guided
Test Readiness in the Digital Age: Structured Practice for Online Assessments
Move from test prep to true readiness through structured practice that builds confidence with digital assessments.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$29
✓ Instructor-Guided
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in 1 Hour
This course introduces the three principles of Universal Design for Learning and provides practical strategies to make instruction more accessible and effective for all students.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$9
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Universal Design for Learning: Designing Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences
This course helps educators shift from a reactive model of accommodation to a proactive model of inclusive design. Participants will leave with practical tools, redesigned instructional materials, and a portfolio that can be used immediately in their professional setting.
Learn on your schedule with personalized instructor feedback.
Cost
$129
Why EmpowerED PL
Professional Learning Designed for Real Educators
Expert-Built
Every course is designed by experienced educators, and many include personalized instructor feedback along the way.
Classroom Ready
Use practical strategies, templates, and activities that connect directly to real classroom needs.
Flexible
Complete learning experiences on your own schedule, with clear pricing and PD credit noted on the courses that include it.
For Schools & Districts
Need Professional Learning for Your Team?
EmpowerED PL can support schools, districts, and educator teams with flexible online professional learning aligned to your instructional goals.
