Professional Learning

Welcome to professional learning at Stanford Graduate School of Education. We offer a variety of research-based learning opportunities for educators and school system leaders.

Take a look at what we have to offer and consider joining our community of education professionals, learning together to support excellence and equity in education.

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Educators Be SEEN!

If you are an educator willing to share your insights with Stanford researchers tackling a range of education and learning challenges, join SEEN here. Check out our list of summer opportunities!

Upcoming opportunities

Attend a webinar, workshop, or multi-day institute. Our learning opportunities are designed to be engaging and model effective teaching practices. Join us!

 

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Programs and fellowships

Our cohort-based learning experiences leverage Stanford faculty and research, collaboration with peers, and ongoing support to take your career to the next level.

National Board Candidate Support Program

The GSE’s National Board Resource Center offers an online, cohort-based program of support for educators seeking National Board certification. The program is open to all teachers interested in high-quality collaboration and professional development.

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Ongoing learning opportunities

Our research centers offer a variety of online, self-paced learning opportunities for educators and school leaders.
 

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Online | Fee
21st Century Teaching and Learning
Center:
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.
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Online | In-person | Hybrid
Performance Assessment in the NGSS Classroom: Implications for Practice
Learn how performance assessments can be used to support NGSS learning.
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Online | Fee
Preparing for National Board Certification
Teachers often state that pursuing National Board certification was their most powerful professional learning experience. It can be challenging to determine what and how best to provide evidence of your accomplished practice. The goal of this course is to support teachers pursuing certification by combining collaboration with other educators and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and using a compilation of key resources.

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From online workshops to multi-year cohort-based programs, Stanford GSE provides multiple ways to engage in professional learning.

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Our research centers develop a variety of resources for educators at all levels as well as teacher educators. Visit our resource page to browse our offerings.

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Professional learning research centers

Our research centers work in partnership with educators and schools to develop learning opportunities that are responsive to the needs of school communities. Visit our centers’ websites to learn more and subscribe to their content.
 

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Center to Support Excellence in Teaching works in educational partnerships to solve persistent problems of practice by improving the quality of instruction, keeping equity at the center of the work, and developing leaders.

Visit the CSET website

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Challenge Success provides schools and families with proven strategies that promote well-being and engagement with learning to transform the student experience. They offer resources and learning experiences for schools, families, and students.

Visit the Challenge Success website

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The California World Language Project (CWLP) is a collaborative project that conducts research on topics pertaining to Second Language Acquisition and sponsors professional learning opportunities for World Language educators.

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The SCALE initiative is dedicated to transforming educational opportunity by using research and evidence for better education decision-making. SCALE conducts rigorous research, identifies promising solutions, and engages decision makers to integrate research, policy, and practice across critical issues in K-12 education.

Visit the SCALE Initiative website

Stanford Center on Early Childhood

Stanford Center on Early Childhood aims to promote child development and assure equity in the early childhood sector by supporting, accelerating, and implementing strategies that address structural disparities and foster alliances across communities, academic institutions, funders, advocates, and policymakers.

View the SCEC website

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Youcubed’s mission is to inspire, educate, and empower teachers of mathematics, transforming the latest research into accessible and practical forms. Youcubed offers learning opportunities, community, and resources.

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GSE faculty bring the latest advances in the social sciences, technology, and teacher preparation to the field of education. You can learn more through our research centers page.

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Connect with us!

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Interested in hiring our graduates? You can list your open positions in our careers portal on our career resources website.

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We’d love to hear from you! For questions or to inquire about customized learning experiences for your school or district, please contact

Heidi Chang

Heidi Chang
Director of Professional Learning
gse_learning@stanford.edu