Professional Development - The McREL Institute

Professional Development Courses and Events

The McREL Institute helps teachers, principals, and district leaders hone their professional skills, making the most of research-based practices to improve student learning and schoolwide success. To help educators learn to use these strategies, insights, and resources, we offer a variety of online and on-site PD courses, workshops, events, and videos. All of our professional learning programs are based on research, evidence, and best practices for what really works in K–12 schools.

Check out the categories below to find the right professional learning content and delivery style for your needs. Don’t see the topic you’re looking for? Contact us today, and we’ll talk about creating customized PD sessions that match your exact goals and contexts.

For districts that want a blended professional learning experience combining in-person and online sessions, we can create a solution that works best for your team. Contact us today to get the conversation started.

Learn Online

McREL has a library of online professional development courses for teachers, principals, and school leaders. Learn on your own schedule with these asynchronous, self-paced PD courses. Each course contains videos, presentations, readings, downloadable tools, and active discussion boards to make your learning engaging and practical.

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Learn in Person

Our live, in-person professional learning conference sessions, workshops, and events are not your typical “sit and get” PD. Instead, we create dynamic, engaging sessions where you’ll not only get great insights, strategies, and resources, you’ll practice adapting and applying them to your specific classroom needs and school contexts.

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Free Videos

Get quick tips and practical recommendations in these brief videos created by our education consultants, authors, and PD leaders.

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Build Your Own PD

Don’t see the exact professional learning session you and your team want? Contact us today to talk about your goals and vision. We can create the right PD content and delivery to match your specific needs.

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Deliver Our Workshops Yourself

Become an authorized facilitator of McREL’s Classroom Instruction That Works program and deliver our professional learning sessions at your school, district, or regional service area using McREL materials.

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Contact McREL to learn more and see how we can help your school flourish.

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