Post-Pandemic Challenges in the Classroom

Continuing & Professional Education Responds with Professional Development Training

Even before the pandemic, there were worries that the United States educational system was falling behind the shifting needs of the labor market. Professional development for educators looks quite different post-COVID and reflects a new digital learning paradigm that will likely be the new norm in the future.

Professional learning is vital to a responsive education system that helps teachers navigate constantly shifting environments. Along with educator well-being, collaboration, and leadership, professional learning is crucial for fostering educator resilience. Professional learning has been shown to positively affect educators' confidence, sense of value, and capacity for reflection. In response to COVID-19, more recent initiatives in this area demonstrate a desire to encourage collaboration and build learning opportunities rooted in educators' everyday experiences. Still, they also point to a need to consider the longevity and impact of such activities. High-quality professional development offerings will help educators make the most of the challenges created by the pandemic and build their resilience in the face of future disruption and change.

Professional learning must be individualized, ongoing, and contextual to support instructors in meeting students where they are and assisting them in moving forward. Our online courses give teachers the freedom to keep up with their professional development whenever they want. In addition, education professionals can pick the subjects most pertinent to them at a particular time since they concentrate on a single skill or group of talents.

The Division of Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) offers a range of relevant courses, that will help educators expand their perspectives, tackle challenges, and build resilience. Some of the online and on-demand courses offered by CPE include: • Response to Intervention • Harassment • Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools • Traumatized Child: The Effects of Stress, Trauma &

Violence on Student Learning • Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive

Behavior in the Classroom

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