Professional Development

NDU Professional Development Opportunities

All NDU professional development courses are FREE to North Dakota United members through July 31, 2023. Participants are responsible for the cost of the book and the $50 credit fee to UND to have your credit recorded onto your transcript. The fee to participate in an NDU professional development course for non-members is $100, plus the credit fee to UND.

For specific information and to register, please visit courses.ndunited.org.

Early Career Educator Cohort – June 2023:

North Dakota United is again sponsoring an early career educator cohort beginning in June 2023. The cohort will last approximately fourteen months and will include 30 early career educators (service years 1-7). The educators will complete six courses for six credits that can be used for re-licensure and lane changes, at no cost to the educators. That’s right – FREE! The six books studies in the Early Career Educator

Cohorts are: Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven HighImpact Mindsets for Students from Poverty; Hacking School Discipline; Classroom Management Matters; The Energy Bus; Differently Wired; and Troublemakers.

North Dakota United is currently accepting educators for the June cohort. If you are interested, please contact Professional Development Director Amy Flicek at amy. flicek@ndunited.org.

Online Book Studies (By Category):

Book studies are typically one credit courses that last approximately six weeks. One credit equates to 15 hours of study. Expectations include reading the book, answering discussion questions, responding to others’ responses, and a reflection paper/action plan.

Behavior Management

> Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling through the Cracks and How We Can Help – April 3

> Eyes are Never Quiet: Listening to Behaviors of Our Most Troubled Students – June 6

Classroom Management

> Better Than Carrots and Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management – June 13

Instruction / Innovation

> Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom –April 10

> Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices to Enhance Learning –April 10

> Teaching with Clarity: How to Prioritize and Do Less so Students Understand More – May 9

> Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator – June 20

> Differently Wired: A Parent’s Gide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope – July 11

Leadership

> The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work – July 18

Mental Health

> Eyes are Never Quiet: Listening to Behaviors of Our Most Troubled Students – June 6

> The Teacher Guide to Student Mental Health – June 27

Mindset

> Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our “All-About-Me” World – April 17

> Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience –June 6

> The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work – July 18

> The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices that Make Great Teams Great –July 25

Relationship Building

> Looking Beyond Behavior to Make Connections – June 20

Self-Care

> Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators – April 17

> The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self – April 24

> Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience –June 6

Trauma

> Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling through the Cracks and How We Can Help – April 3

> Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook – May 16

> Trauma Sensitive Instruction: Creating a Safe and Predictable Classroom Environment – June 13