Professional Learning
Stanford Graduate School of Education research centers design and oversee in-person and online learning opportunities for educators and school system leaders.
Upcoming opportunities
Online | Fee
CSET School Leaders Program
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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 | Language & literacy
Beyond Compliance: Understanding Dyslexia Screening and Best Practices with Stanford’s Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) Team
Feb. 12 and 26, 2025 | 3:30-4:30 pm PT
Center:
GSE Professional Learning
Join the leadership team of the Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR), Stanford Graduate School of Education Associate Professor Jason Yeatman and Director of Research & Partnerships Carrie Townley-Flores in a two-part live online series exploring research-based assessment, intervention, and the future of dyslexia research over the next decade.
Online | Math | Data science | Fee
Teaching the Youcubed Data Science Course
Select Wednesdays, March 19 - June 4
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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
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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 | Well-being | Fee
Building Blocks for Belonging
Center:
Challenge Success
Explore concrete classroom strategies and school-wide policies that foster belonging and connection.
Online | 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 | 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
Evaluating Student Work from Performance Assessments to Guide NGSS Teaching and Learning
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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
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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
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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.
Online
Developing Performance Assessments for the NGSS Classroom
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Learn how to develop performance assessments to support 3D science learning.
Online
Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice
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Learn how performance assessments can be used to support NGSS learning.
Online | Fee
Preparing for National Board Certification
Center:
Stanford National Board Resource Center
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
gse_learning@stanford.edu
