Content-Specific Training

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Teacher Academy is for teachers at Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota, USA.

 

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Advanced Academics

Curriculum Compacting in K-8 Math

Duration: 4 hours

This series was designed to allow teachers, math specialists, administrators, and other staff an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of curriculum compacting for Math in Minneapolis Public Schools.

Telescoped Math

Duration: 30 mins

This training is designed to give teachers, math specialists, administrators, and other staff an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of Telescoped Math at Minneapolis Public Schools.

Quality Questioning and Socratic Seminar

Duration: 2 hours

Socratic Seminar is a process for engaging students in discourse and inquiry. Just as Socrates taught by perplexing his students, the Socratic Seminar process demands that participants question everything from their own perspectives to the authority of the author. This course will introduce the concept of discourse and the phases of the Socratic Seminar.

TDAA Certificate Courses

Duration: Varies

The TDAA Certificate is a continuum of courses based on the teacher preparation standards from the National Association for Gifted Children.

Arts

Arts Standards Introduction Course

This course will provide you with an overview of the standards and help you become more familiar with the shifts between the 2008 and the 2018 standards.

Critical Response Protocol Training Series

This series was designed for you to gain familiarity with using the Critical Response Protocol approach.

Seeing White: A Look at Racial Identity and Education

Duration: 10-15 hours

This course explores how race impacts all functions of society from everyday interactions to large scale infrastructures, including our current educational system.

Math

Curriculum Compacting in K-8 Math

Duration: 4 hours

This series was designed to allow teachers, math specialists, administrators, and other staff an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of curriculum compacting for Math in Minneapolis Public Schools.

Telescoped Math

Duration: 30 minutes

This training is designed to give teachers, math specialists, administrators, and other staff an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of Telescoped Math at Minneapolis Public Schools.

Multilingual

preLAS Screener Course

Duration: 45 mins

In this course, you will learn what the preLAS is, what materials you will need, and how to prepare for a successful administration of the assessment. This training is for EL Leads with Pre-Kindergarten students in their building.

Science

Introduction to the 2019 Academic Standards in Science Course

Duration: 90 mins

The goal of this training is to introduce foundational knowledge about the 2019 MN Academic Standards in Science, and to build confidence in guiding students to meet them in your classroom.

 

Teacher Relicensure

Youth Suicide Awareness & Prevention

Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness

English Language Learner (ELL) Relicensure


Note that the “Introduction to Effective Technology Integration” course meets requirements for Accommodations, Modifications and Adaptations.