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Professional Development Resources

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Welcome, educators! Our task is a critical one — we want to help all children thrive. We are all in this together. As members of the community of educators, we wish to share what we are learning with you.

This page is for you, where you will find recorded webinars on a wide range of topics from leading experts in their respective fields, as well as podcasts and other resources.

As fellow educators committed to lifelong learning, we hope you find these resources as helpful as we have. If you have additional ideas for more resources we can share here, let us know!

  • | October 12, 2023
    Dr. James Dunnigan and Dr. Michael Paulus

  • | April 12, 2023
    Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell

  • | February 16, 2023
    Joan King, Recovery Support Specialist at Green River College

  • | January 19, 2023
    with Jennifer Mangan and David Newman

  • | October 20, 2022
    Laura M. Jackson, Writer and an advocate for individuals with dyscalculia

  • | September 22, 2022
    Pat Hinchey, PhD, Penn State Professor Emerita of Education and National Education Policy Center Fellow

  •  | February 17, 2022
    Paul V. Regelbrugge is the Director of Education for the in Seattle, Wash.

  •  | January 20, 2022
    Samantha King, MSW, MEd, is the Manager of Education Initiatives at the Gender and Sexuality Development Program at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  •  | November 17, 2021
    Dr. Linwood Vereen, Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and College Student Personnel at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  •  | October 21, 2021
    Dr. Jennie Warmouth, award-winning public school teacher, National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, and Fulbright alumna

  • | September 16, 2021
    George Sugai, Professor and Carole J. Neag Endowed Chair in the Neag School of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut

  • | May 19, 2021
    Dr. Sophia Rodriquez, Assistant Professor of Education Policy & Urban Education, University of Maryland

  • “Community Partnerships & Numeracy Skills” | May 6, 2021
    Omo Moses, CEO, MathTalk PBC

  • | April 12, 2021
    Dr. Jomeline Balatayo, Teacher, English/ELD Instructional Coordinator, Culver City High School
    Dr. Wona Lee, Lecturer, Korean Language, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • | January 21, 2021
    Dr. Valerie Margrain, Professor of Educational Work, Karlstads University, Sweden

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  •  (46 min.)Freakonomics podcast that uses data to make the case for requiring more data literacy in our public school math curriculum
  •  Revisionist History podcast discussing the hidden legacy of the landmark Brown V Board of Education Supreme Court case
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  •  (3 min.) A spoken word on the importance of being asset-based and developing leadership talent where they are planted
  • Ao, B. (2021, June 23). . The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA).
  • Schwartz, K. D., Exner-Cortens, D., McMorris, C. A., Makarenko, E., Arnold, P., Van Bavel, M., Williams, S., & Canfield, R. (2021). . Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 36(2), 166–185. 
  • Wakui, N., Abe, S., Shirozu, S., Yamamoto, Y., Yamamura, M., Abe, Y., Murata, S., Ozawa, M., Igarashi, T., Yanagiya, T., Machida, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (2021). . BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1–10. 
  • Williams, M. L., Morse, B. L., DeGraffenried, W., & McAuliffe, D. L. (2021). . NASN School Nurse (Print), 36(4), 226–232.