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Stanford Graduate School of Education research centers design and oversee in-person and online learning opportunities for educators and school system leaders.

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Upcoming opportunities

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Online | School Leaders | Fee
CSET School Leaders Program
July 8, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Center: Center to Support Excellence in Teaching
This international program is an opportunity for site leaders to deepen their knowledge, skills, and impact in a community of practice where collaboration enables transformational change.

Online | Math | Fee
Teaching Mathematics as a Conceptual & Connected Subject (Grades 2-5)
October 23, November 6 & November 14 (a series of three 2-hour sessions)
Center: youcubed
Join Jo Boaler and the youcubed team ONLINE to learn how to teach math as a conceptual and connected subject to students in grades 2-5! The series consists of 3 two-hour sessions that take place in a live online format on Oct. 23, Nov. 6 and Nov. 14.

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Online | Language & literacy | Free
Supporting Literacy for Learners with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Practical, Research-Based Strategies
Session 1: October 30, 2024 & Session 2: November 13, 2024
Center: GSE Professional Learning
Join Stanford GSE Associate Professor Christopher J. Lemons and Lecturer Lakshmi Balasubramanian in a two-part live online series on literacy strategies for learners with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Online | Math | Fee
Teaching Mathematics as a Conceptual & Connected Subject (Grades 6-8)
December 5, 9 & 19 (a series of three 2-hour sessions)
Center: youcubed
Join Jo Boaler and the youcubed team ONLINE to learn how to teach math as a conceptual and connected subject to students in grades 6 through 8! The series consists of 3 two-hour sessions that take place in a live, online format on December 5, 9 and 19.

In-person | Math | Fee
Math-ish Workshop at Stanford for K-16 Teachers
January 28, 2025 - January 29, 2025
Center: youcubed
A workshop led by Jo Boaler and the mathematics education experts at youcubed, featuring never-before-shared ideas from Professor Boaler's new book, Math-ish! Learn a range of pedagogical strategies to make math accessible and engaging in grades K-16.

Online | Math | Data science | Fee
Teaching the Youcubed Data Science Course
Select Wednesdays, March 19 - June 4
Center: youcubed
High school teachers, join the youcubed curriculum writing team for a workshop to prepare to teach our full-year course, Explorations in Data Science! Sessions take place online, 3:45-5:45 pm Pacific Time on select Wednesdays from March 19 through June 4.

In-person | Math | Fee
Youcubed Mathematics Leadership Summit
September 9, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Center: youcubed
Two-day conference for K-12 administrators and leaders with Jo Boaler and Cathy Williams, focused on leading mindset and mathematics change.

Ongoing opportunities

Our research centers offer a variety of ongoing professional learning opportunities—some self-paced and designed for individuals, some designed to be delivered to school or community groups. Explore the possibilities listed here, or reach out to our professional learning staff to explore customized learning experiences for your school or district.

Online | Fee
21st Century Teaching and Learning
Center: youcubed
An online course designed to help anyone teach – and learn – with a 21st century approach to knowledge and teaching. The course focuses on data science and how to interact with any content using the tools of data science in a fun, interesting way.

Online | Fee
How to Learn Math for Teachers
Center: youcubed

Explore the new research ideas on mathematics learning and student mindsets that can transform students' experiences with math. Whether you are a teacher preparing to implement the new State Standards, a parent wanting to give your children the best math start in life, an administrator wanting to know ways to encourage math teachers or another helper of math learners, this course will help you.


Online | Fee
Mathematical Mindsets Online Course
Center: youcubed

This course unpacks the teaching approach that was used in an 18-lesson intervention that raised the achievement of students learning mathematics by the equivalent of 2.7 years of school. It includes over 30 videos of the teaching and interviews with students, and will be helpful for teachers and leaders of K-16 mathematics.


Online | In-person | Hybrid | Well-being | Fee
Building Blocks for Belonging
Center: Challenge Success
Explore concrete classroom strategies and school-wide policies that foster belonging and connection.

Online | In-person | Hybrid | Math | Data science | Science | History | Language & literacy | World languages | Well-being | All content areas | Fee
Curriculum Development Workshops
Center: Challenge Success
Explore a "backward design" model and interact with an array of pedagogical tools to help engage students in deep, meaningful learning.

Online | In-person | Hybrid | Math | Data science | Science | History | Language & literacy | World languages | Well-being | All content areas | Fee
Assessment Professional Development Workshops
Center: Challenge Success
Learn assessment strategies that support and better gauge learning in the classroom as well as start conversations about assessment practices in your faculty group.

Online | In-person | Hybrid
Evaluating Student Work from Performance Assessments to Guide NGSS Teaching and Learning
Learn how to develop and use rubrics as part of efficient, responsive, and equitable instructional practices for supporting 3D science learning.

Online
Effective Classroom Conversations
Empowering students to have meaningful conversations is critical to personal and academic success. In this course, you’ll learn teaching methods that are effective in fostering productive and constructive academic discussions for all students.

Online
Formative Assessment Process in Remote Learning Environments
Understanding Language at Stanford has produced guidance on using the Formative Assessment process to support language and content development as well as social emotional learning. UL created two sessions which include key concepts and practices.

Students completing performance assessment
Online | In-person | Hybrid
Developing Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom
Learn how to develop performance assessments to support 3D science learning.

Students completing performance assessment
Online | In-person | Hybrid
Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice
Learn how performance assessments can be used to support NGSS learning.

Online | Fee
Preparing for National Board Certification
Center: Stanford National Board Resource Center

Teachers often state that pursuing National Board certification was their most powerful professional learning experience. It can be challenging to determine what and how best to provide evidence of your accomplished practice. The goal of this course is to support teachers pursuing certification by combining collaboration with other educators and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and using a compilation of key resources.


Interested in our resources for educators? Visit our resources page.

To explore other professional learning opportunities, or to inquire about customized learning experiences for your school or district, contact

Heidi Chang
Director of Professional Learning

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