Workshops, Seminars & Conferences

Online Classes and Training

• Professional Learning Academy (varies)
  Online courses through Drake University for graduate credit, continuing education units or license renewal. 
  
  
• On-Demand Trainings: Faith and Public Schools, Free Speech for Education Employees, Technology, Social Media, and Your Job, ESP Legal Rights, and Mandatory Reporting of Suspected Abuse or Neglect

• Live Webinar Trainings: Writing Professional Growth Plans, Observations in Teacher Evaluation, Classroom Management: Transitions, Student Growth in Teacher Evaluation
  
  

In-Person Professional Development

• Education Support Professionals and Aspiring Educators Conference
  
  
• Degrees Not Debt Workshops
  
  
• I Can Do It - Classroom Management/Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (varies throughout the year)
  
  
• National Board Certification Seminar Series (varies)
  
  
• Educators Rising Conference
  
  
• Retirement Preparation Workshop
  

• The following workshops are available for your local association or school district. Please call the MNEA Teaching & Learning office at 1-800-392-0236 for more information.

  • Autism: Useful Techniques and Instructional Strategies
  • Advanced Classroom Management
  • Best Practices for Peer Observations
  • CARE Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps
  • Dealing with Classroom Behavior Issues
  • Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences
  • English Language Learners: Strategies for the Regular Classroom
  • Introduction to National Board Certification
  • Mentoring New Teachers
  • Professional Development Committee Training
  • Student Growth Scores and Teacher Evaluations: Pitfalls and Possibilities
  • True Colors
  • Truth in Labeling: Disproportionality in Special Education
  • No More Bullying
    

Leadership Training & Representative Assemblies

• Summer Leadership (June)
  
  
• Leadership Followup Trainings (fall/winter)
  
  
• Political Academy (Summer)
  
  
• Representative Assemblies 

• MNEA R.A. (fall) 
• MNEA R.A. (spring)
• NEA Convention

• MNEA-Retired Meetings
  
  • MNEA-Retired Reception (fall)
    
  • MNEA-Retired Annual Meeting (spring)
    
    
• Future Conference/Event Dates