Free Professional Development
Capella Online Professional Development Course
Analyze the role of professional development (PD) in site-based initiatives. Integrate theories and models of PD to create plans and activities that are aligned to site and district initiatives as well as professional teaching standards. Apply best practices in professional development design, incorporating the elements of teacher evaluation models, adult learning theory, Professional Learning Communities, and instructional coaching. Full Description
Every Capella PD course aligns with a master’s program at Capella University so you can turn your licensure clock hours into graduate credits while simultaneously making progress towards a master’s degree or certificate. Apply for graduate credit now or any time during your PD course for a $50 per credit fee – a large per credit savings.
Call a PD specialist toll-free at (877) 225-2698 to find out how to maximize your Free PD for a future degree.
How Capella PD can work for you.
Competency-based coursework makes it easy to learn on your time and at your pace, at home or on the go. It’s professional learning on your terms.
Application questions within the course send teachers into their classrooms to practice and reflect upon what they have learned applying your learning with your students.
Choose to earn professional contact hours or graduate credit and power your career as you see fit from personal growth through to a graduate degree.
This course will help you to create a collaborative professional development plan that includes coaching and evaluating teacher performance. It will also help you to build program evaluation metrics into your plan so that you can provide the evidence needed for continuous improvement.
During this course you will build
You can pay for your Sophia Pathways courses in 3 installments.
Here's how it works:
You will be able to pay the balance earlier through a link in your Sophia course. Sophia will not be able to release your course transcript(s) until your tuition balance is paid in full.
