NIEA LAUNCHES VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSES

NIEA is excited to launch our new online professional learning series. Our first PD series is Community-Based Education (CBE) through a Native Lens. NIEA and the University of Phoenix partnered to build out online, self-paced professional development for educators and leaders that build knowledge of Native education, education sovereignty, and best practices teaching about and for Native communities. As a launch special, you can access FOUR courses for only $249 dollars (full value of $599).** Each course provides up to 29 seat hours for professional development toward license renewal!

 
 

“By combining our resources and experience, we aim to empower educators with the knowledge and skills needed to create inclusive and culturally responsive learning environments for Native American students.”

– Patrick Horning, University of Phoenix National Tribal Strategic Alliance Executive

The Community-Based Education course series includes:

  • Foundation of Native Education (29 clock hours)

  • Community- Based Education (29 clock hours)

  • CBE Instructional Approaches (30 clock hours)

  • Foundations in Virtual Teaching (29 clock hours)

 
 
 

See below for details**

  • Course Description
    Foundations of Native Education: This course provides an overview of the political and social history of Native Education leading to the reclamation of education sovereignty. Participants will enhance knowledge and skills related to trauma & Native education, the current state of Native education, and reclaiming education sovereignty and brilliance.

    Upon completion, learners will receive professional development certificates of completion as well as digital badges for the following clock hours: 29 clock hours, there are no assignments required.

    Topics include:

    • Acknowledging Historical and Current Trauma in Native Education

    • Eras of Federal Indian Policy

    • Reclaiming Self-Determination

    • Enacting Education Sovereignty

    • Impacts of Policy from the Indian Education Act to ESSA

    • Moving beyond Resilience to Native Brilliance

  • Course Description
    This course engages participants in a deeper understanding of community-based learning (CBE) as a best practice. The course is designed to highlight CBE from a Native perspective but demonstrate the benefits for all students. Participants will enhance knowledge and skills related to foundations of Community-Based Education (CBE), CBE as sovereignty, defining community in Native CBE, and culturally inclusive learning environments.

    Upon completion, learners will receive professional development certificates of completion as well as digital badges for the following clock hours: 29 clock hours, there are no assignments required.

    Topics include:

    • Foundations of Community-Based Education (CBE)

    • Shifting the Educational Picture with CBE

    • CBE as Education Sovereignty

    • Defining Community in Native CBE

    • Building Culturally Inclusive Learning Environments

  • Course Description
    This course builds upon the definition of Community-Based Education by sharing three effective approaches to teaching through a CBE lens. While Native knowledge and practice is embedded in the module, these instructional approaches are beneficial for all students and educators. Participants will enhance knowledge and skills related to culture and community in education, place-based learning, project-based learning, and cultural storytelling as instructional methodology.

    Upon completion, learners will receive professional development certificates of completion as well as digital badges for the following clock hours: 30 clock hours, there are no assignments required.

    Topics Include:

    • Embedding Culture and Community in Education

    • Culturally Responsive to Culturally Sustaining Education

    • Valuing Place-based Learning in Native Education

    • Student Agency and Ownership

    • Essential Elements of Project-based Learning

    • Cultural Storytelling as Instructional Methodology

    • Implications of Oral Tradition

Virtual Teaching Courses

As a bonus for registering through NIEA, learners access a course for building capacity for virtual teaching that will meet the needs of beginner and expert teachers in the online space. 

  • For Educators with less than 6 months of experience
    Foundations in Virtual Teaching provides educators who are new to online teaching the knowledge and skills related to foundations of building an online community, evaluation of technology-mediated assessment, virtual facilitation strategies, and strategies for transitioning to online modalities.

    Upon completion, learners will receive professional development certificates of completion as well as digital badges for the following clock hours:

  • For Educators with more than 6 months of experience
    Transforming Virtual Teaching provides educators with at least six months of experience with online teaching the knowledge and skills related to foundations of building an online community, evaluation of technology-mediated assessment, virtual facilitation strategies, and strategies for transitioning to online modalities.

    • Foundations in Virtual Teaching (29 clock hours) or

    • Transforming Virtual Teaching (30 clock hours)

 

Next Steps for Educators:

All four courses are $249, with group rates available.

 **Courses are open to anyone but seat hours toward licensure depend on state criteria for professional development hours