ND Educational Hub
ND Educational Hub- The ND Educational Hub is an online platform that houses professional development, mandated state trainings and resources in one centralized, easy-to-access location. It is the product of a seamless partnership between the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, six North Dakota Regional Educational Associations (NDREAs), and other partner agencies. Users will be working in a Canvas based system with easy access to credit and completion records.
| Course | Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Moduels to a More Efficient Classroom | This course was built with one goal in mind: to help you find a little more time and clarity in a profession that often asks for more than there is time to give. | 1 |
| Beyond the Walls | Through this course, you will explore the academic evidence behind community-connected learning and examine how your peers are doing it. Rather than focusing on large-scale change, this course encourages participants to identify small, manageable shifts that fit their unique setting and goals. Whether you are just beginning to explore these concepts or looking to expand existing practices, you will leave with new ideas, practical tools, and a personalized plan for creating learning experiences that are authentic, student-centered, and connected to the world beyond the classroom. | 1 |
| Building a Culture of Growth | This 15-hour asynchronous professional development course is designed for K-12 educators seeking to deepen their understanding of growth mindset theory and expand its application into instructional practice, equity, psychological safety, and collective teacher efficacy. Building on Carol Dweck’s foundational research and anchored in Mary C. Murphy’s Cultures of Growth, participants will examine how mindset impacts student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and staff and student wellbeing. | 1 |
| Building an AI-Powered Classroom Toolkit | This 15-hour, one-credit asynchronous course grows out of my work in the Bismarck Public School's Empower[Ed] program, where innovation is not just encouraged—it is a core part of how we help learners take ownership of their learning, explore their passions, and demonstrate mastery in meaningful ways. Empower[Ed] has shaped my belief that teaching and learning improve when educators are willing to experiment, reflect, and design learning experiences that are more personalized, relevant, and empowering for students. | 1 |
| Building Secure Attachments | Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all approach, this course focuses on building a strong foundation in attachment theory, child development, and behavior. You’ll spend time learning how to recognize attachment patterns, understand what drives student behavior, and make sense of the relational dynamics that show up in real classrooms—all through the lens of supporting secure attachments. Alongside this foundation, you’ll also be introduced to practical strategies that help you respond in ways that are consistent, supportive, and relationship-based. | 1 |
| Disruptive Poverty | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub | 1 |
| Establishing a System of Standards Based Learning Practices | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub. | 1 |
| Examining Young Adult Literature | Welcome to Examining Young Adult Literature with SEL in mind. In this class you will read 3 books, complete reading quizzes and join online discussions to reflect on how these novels apply to you and your classroom. The actual coursework is minimal preferring to have the majority of course hours spent reading the texts. I hope you find these books to be enjoyable reads. This is a one-credit course (15 CEUs, one credit through VCSU). | 1 |
| Intro to Project Based Learning | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub. | 2 |
| Introduction to AI in Education | A statewide access course for Educators on the ND Educational Hub | 1 |
| Leveraging the English Language Arts Standards | Collaboratively, the Northeast Education Services Cooperative, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (ND DPI), and a group of ND DPI standards writing committee members developed this course to provide you with the tools and insights needed to support students through aligned systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment based upon our state standards. | 1 |
| Leveraging the Mathematics Standards | Collaboratively, the Northeast Education Services Cooperative, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (ND DPI), and a group of ND DPI standards writing committee members developed this course to provide you with the tools and insights needed to support students through aligned systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment based upon our state standards. | 1 |
| Literacy Leadership Improvement Network | Welcome to the Literacy Leadership Improvement Network (LLIN), a statewide professional learning network dedicated to strengthening school leaders’ capacity to improve literacy instruction and student outcomes. As a required component of the North Dakota Comprehensive Literacy Improvement through Measured Building Systems (ND CLIMBS) grant, LLIN supports schools in implementing intensive, continuous improvement efforts at both the classroom and systems levels. | 1 |
| Managing the 4-Year Rolling Plan in Compass | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub. | 1 |
| Micro-PD That Matters | This course is designed to help you rethink professional learning and create something that is practical, relevant, and actually used. You’ll learn how to design Micro-PD—short, focused learning experiences that fit into the time you already have and meet educators where they are. Throughout the course, you will move through a Discover, Discuss, Demonstrate structure—learning new ideas, reflecting on your practice, and applying your learning along the way. | 1 |
| Mindset – The New Psychology of Success | This course explores Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck’s concept of "mindsets," emphasizing how beliefs about abilities influence success. The course covers the key differences between a fixed and a growth mindset and provides actionable strategies for fostering a growth-oriented approach. Participants will apply Dweck’s research to enhance personal and professional growth by understanding how mindsets affect learning, personal development, and relationships. | 1 |
| NCEC Jan. PD | This NCEC Professional Development Day combines an in-person conference experience with online assignments to enhance educators' skills and professional growth. Participants will attend a keynote session, two breakout sessions, and a PLC session. They will complete reflections and discussion posts to apply the learning to their educational practice. | 1 |
| ND A+ and Navvy | This course supports Teachers, School Coordinators and District Leaders on the administration and data of ND A+ Interim and Summative testing along with Formative Navvy tools. Access to Pearson Launchpad is NOT required for this course. | 1 |
| ND Immersive Career Exploration | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub. | 1 |
| ND Native American Essential Understandings: Part 1 | The program is set up to engage with each NDNAEU by listening to elder interviews, reflecting on your personal new learnings and connections, and applying learnings to your classroom. You can read through the standards that comprise an NDNAEU, then move on to the Key Themes of each NDNAEU. The Key Themes are not exhaustive themes, but are foundational to addressing the NDNAEU. There are key reflection questions, or what is referred to as "Learn From" questions, that contain ideas to keep in mind as you watch the elder videos (usually 3) that are associated with that NDNAEU. Finally, for each NDNAEU, some journal reflection questions will help you tie together the presented ideas. | 1 |
| ND Native American Essential Understandings: Part 2 | The program is set up to engage with each NDNAEU by listening to elder interviews, reflecting on your personal new learnings and connections, and applying learnings to your classroom. You can read through the standards that comprise an NDNAEU, then move on to the Key Themes of each NDNAEU. The Key Themes are not exhaustive themes, but are foundational to addressing the NDNAEU. There are key reflection questions, or what is referred to as "Learn From" questions, that contain ideas to keep in mind as you watch the elder videos (usually 3) that are associated with that NDNAEU. Finally, for each NDNAEU, some journal reflection questions will help you tie together the presented ideas. | 1 |
| ND Native American Essential Understandings: Part 3 | The program is set up to engage with each NDNAEU by listening to elder interviews, reflecting on your personal new learnings and connections, and applying learnings to your classroom. You can read through the standards that comprise an NDNAEU, then move on to the Key Themes of each NDNAEU. The Key Themes are not exhaustive themes, but are foundational to addressing the NDNAEU. There are key reflection questions, or what is referred to as "Learn From" questions, that contain ideas to keep in mind as you watch the elder videos (usually 3) that are associated with that NDNAEU. Finally, for each NDNAEU, some journal reflection questions will help you tie together the presented ideas. | 1 |
| ND Science Standards | Throughout this course, you will explore how to unpack standards, develop meaningful learning targets, identify appropriate task verbs, engage students through phenomena, and design lessons and assessments that support three-dimensional science learning. Along the way, you'll examine practical resources, reflect on your own teaching, and share ideas with other science teachers. | 1 |
| NESC Laser Design Lab: CoreIDRAW & Glowforge for Educators | In this course, you’ll dive into the creative world of CorelDRAW and discover how a few simple tools can unlock endless design possibilities. Whether you’re engraving a nameplate, cutting acrylic shapes, or printing a personalized graphic, Corel makes it all possible and easier than you might think! | 1 |
| Professional Ethics in Education Guiding Principles for Educators | This 10-module online course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to navigate complex ethical challenges while maintaining professional integrity. Aligned with the Model Code of Ethics for Educators (MCEE), the course emphasizes educators' responsibilities to their profession, students, school communities, and broader society. | 1 |
| Science of Reading Hotline Topics | This course has been designed for Professional Development offered on the ND Educational Hub. | 1 |
| The 5 Foundations of Rural Shool Leadership | This course was built from real experience in real districts — not from a textbook, and not from a framework designed for systems that look nothing like ours. Every module, every reflection prompt, and every discussion question came from the kind of leadership moments that do not show up in a job description but define your effectiveness anyway. | 1 |
| The Anxious Generation | In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. This course will dive into the book and allow participants to explore the concepts presented by the author is a self paced model. | 1 |
| The Learner-Centered Classroom | In this 1 credit course, we aren't just talking about theory; we are building a sustainable, "Plug-and-Play" model that honors the unique strengths of every learner in your classroom. By diving into the Four Pillars of Personalization, you will discover how to create flexible environments that increase student agency while actually making your feedback loops more manageable and meaningful. | 1 |
| Vintage Innovation | Welcome to Vintage Innovation, a professional development course based on John Spencer's book of the same name. Throughout this course, participants will explore the idea that meaningful innovation is not simply about adopting the latest technology, but about thoughtfully combining timeless educational practices with modern opportunities to enhance student learning. Through reading, reflection, discussion, and application activities, participants will examine topics such as divergent thinking, analog learning, empathy, information literacy, community connections, imagination, deep work, curiosity, and information curation. As the course progresses, educators will consider how these concepts can be applied within their own classrooms and ultimately design a lesson inspired by the Vintage Innovation Toolkit. By the end of the course, participants will have a deeper understanding of how to create engaging, student-centered learning experiences that prepare students for success in an ever-changing world. | 1 |
| What’s Wong? Do You Need Some Classroom Management Strategies? | This course, based on Harry Wong’s The Classroom Management Book, guides participants through 15 lessons on strategies used by effective classroom managers. Focused on enhancing classroom management skills, this course aims to boost student achievement by increasing teacher effectiveness. | 2 |