External PL Opportunities

  • Please refer to the PL Guidelines page for a complete list of all guidelines.

    • School Media Coordinators are the primary point of contact and support for all Professional Learning resources, information and questions. 

    • All Professional Learning that occurs during normal school hours MUST FIRST BE APPROVED BY YOUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR and substitute coverage arranged for the duration of the Professional Learning.

    • All External Professional Learning providers included on External PL Opportunities document (left side menu) does not require pre-approval by the HR department. Any External PL not on this list MUST receive prior approval from HR or CEU credit cannot be issued.

    • All External Professional Learning requires the participant to submit a copy of his/her certificate of completion to HR to receive CEU credit.

    • All External Professional Learning requires the participant to redeliver information as a PL training within 60 days (school media coordinators must document the date and send a copy of the agenda and sign in sheet to HR.)

    • All PL documentation for CEU credit must be turned in within 90 days of the completion of the PL activity. 

    • Please allow 10 school days from the date HR receives CEU documentation (certificate, sign in sheet with agenda, transcript, etc.) for your CEU History to be updated online.

External PL Opportunities

  • Opening
    &
    Closing
    Dates    		 Topic Location
    &
    Availability    		 Description CEU Credit
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year Canvas Webinars ONLINE

    INSTRUCTOR LED OPEN TO ALL

    Canvas offers evening webinars to accommodate the busy schedule of educators.  Participants in the live sessions will receive a certificate for 0.1 DLC CEU.

    More Info and Register Here.

    		 0.1 CEU

    Digital Learning Credit
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year

    North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching

    (NCCAT)

    ONLINE

    SELF PACED

    OPEN TO ALL

    NCCAT offers self-paced online modules.  

    Educators can register for a maximum of three (3) courses per quarter.  Certificates will be emailed by the end of the quarter for those who successfully complete the course.

    More Info and Register Here.

    		 Depending on the course,  participants can earn 5 or 15 contact hours.
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year  

    NCEES Evaluation Process Webinars

    		 ONLINE

    INSTRUCTOR LED OPEN TO ALL

    NCDPI provides webinars which cover different areas of the NCEES application to help you fully utilize the evaluation process and professional development opportunities within the system.

    More Info and Register Here.

    		 0.1 CEU

    General Credit
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year

    NCDPI Professional Learning via NCEES

    		 ONLINE

    INSTRUCTOR LED OPEN TO ALL

     

    NCDPI-provided webinars on a variety of topics aligned to Teacher Standards and the Digital Learning Competencies. On the page, click the 'By Standards' tab and expand the Teaching Standards or DLCs to see the elements within each. Select an element to have the Professional Learning topics appear.

    See List of Topics Here.

    Additional Topics

    Range from 0.5+ CEU

    Credit type depends on the topic
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year

    NC PSU Staff Self-Paced PD Courses

    ONLINE

    ASYNCHRONOUS

    OPEN TO ALL

    For any NC PSU Staff who need CEU credits, DTL now has a database of all current asynchronous NCEES PD opportunities for staff.

    More Info and Register Here.

    		  

    Range from 0.5+ CEU

    Credit type depends on the topic
    Dates Vary - Offered All Year

    SchoolNet Webinars

    		 ONLINE

    INSTRUCTOR LED OPEN TO ALL

    Schoolnet webinars on topics that range from Getting Started with SN - to Creating Benchmarks in SN - and Student Learner Profiles in SN.

    More Info and Register Here.

    		 0.1 CEU

    Credit type depends on the topic
    Dates Vary - Each Has Specific Opening & Closing Dates

    MOOC-Ed: Massive Open Online Courses for Educators

    		 ONLINE

    INSTRUCTOR LED OPEN TO ALL

    NC State College of Education and project of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation: The PLACE (Professional Learning and Collaboration Environment) via MOOC-Ed (Massive Open Online Courses for Educators)--for free!  MOOC-Ed courses focus on authentic, project-based learning, collaboration, and peer-supported learning.

    Range from 1-3 CEUs

    Credit type depends on the topic
    Ongoing Enrollment  NC Early Learning Network  

    ONLINE 

    SELF-PACED

    		 The modules introduce core Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) competencies to be used as in-service education for all people working with young children and their families.  Successful completion of each module (70% passing score) will earn a certificate of completion for one (1) contact hour/0.1 CEU in General Credit.

    Visit them online here.    		 0.1 CEU

    General Credit 
    Dates Vary -
    Offered All Year    		 Piedmont Triad Education Consortium (PTEC)  Location Varies

    FACE to FACE

    PTEC is a collaboration of seventeen K-12 school districts in central North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. PTEC’s primary purpose is to provide professional growth opportunities for educators at all levels of its member school districts. For a catalog of all professional growth opportunities and to register, Visit them online here.

    Half Day = 0.3 CEU


    Full Day = 0.6 CEU

    Credit type depends on the topic

    Dates Vary 

    Offered All Year

    		 NCDPI Professional Development School Counseling

    ONLINE INSTRUCTOR LED and/or SELF PACED

    NCDPI’s School Counseling Department provides school counselors, administrators, institutions of higher education, and others interested in North Carolina school counseling with professional development information, materials and collaborative resources to help implement a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program. Visit the NC School Counseling linked here and select Professional Development.

     

    CEU Credit Varies
    Ongoing Enrollment  Google Certified Educator

    ONLINE 

    SELF-PACED

    Earn Google Certified Educator Credentials! Google offers two educator certifications so that you can show mastery at the level that's right for you. Use the content in the teacher center and your own teaching experience to best prepare you for the performance-based exams. Once you feel adequately prepared, exams are available online and the educator certifications can be achieved at any time. 
    Visit Google Teacher's Center to Get Started!

    		 1 CEU
    per Certification

    Digital Learning Credit