The Mississippi Department of Education, through the Office of Professional Development, is announcing that registration for summer online book study courses is available from 8 a.m. to noon May 23 – 30 on the MDE PD calendar found on Trumba.
These courses are offered free to help support educators as they strive to improve student achievement. Course dates, descriptions, and credentialing information can be found in the Summer 2022 Online Professional Development Catalog.
Seats are currently available for the following book studies*:
- Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings
- Answers to Essential Questions: Standards, Assessments, Grading, & Reporting
- Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline
- Failing Up
- Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook: Eighth Edition
- Know Better, Do Better: Teaching the Foundations So Every Child Can Read
- More Good Questions: Great Ways to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction
- Next Level Teaching
- Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance
- Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center
*Participants are responsible for purchasing their own books after registering.
CEUs are available upon successful completion for a $15 processing fee. SEMI and OSL credits are free of charge for courses as indicated in the catalog.
For questions or more information, email canvas@mdek12.org.