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Professional Learning Units & Courses

 

Bite-sized, self-paced, and asynchronous short courses

Improve your practice, enrich your students’ learning, and increase equitable participation in your classroom.

 

  Easily Earn Credit Hours

Regardless of your schedule or location, you can earn a NSTA PLU certificate—that could be used towards credit hours of professional learning—when it’s convenient for you! Learn how it works.

  

  

Gain Practical Teaching Strategies That Enrich Student Learning

NSTA Professional Learning Units (PLU) are bite-sized, self-paced, asynchronous short courses that educators can use to improve their practice, enrich students’ learning, and increase equitable participation in the classroom. Regardless of your schedule or location, you can earn a NSTA PLU certificate—that could be used towards credit hours of professional learning—when it’s convenient for you!

Benefits
  • self-paced and flexible short courses that can be completed anytime, anywhere
  • designed around relevant science education topics
  • supports student-centered teaching and learning
  • earn a certificate that could be used towards credit hours of professional learning (for each PLU)

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Professional Learning Unit

The Meaning Beyond the Words

Recent research on race, language, and culture are working to re-shape science teaching and learning. As educators, how we say things can have an enor...

Equity Inclusion Multilingual Learners Professional Learning Social Justice Teaching Strategies

 

PL add on

Get Access to All PLUs

NSTA’s Professional Learning Add On allows you the convenience and flexibility to choose the specific resources you need to achieve your professional learning goals. The add-on includes…

  Access to all of NSTA’s asynchronous short courses currently available.
  Access to one live web seminar series of your choosing during the calendar year.
  Access to NSTA’s library of Interactive eBooks+ (teacher versions only)

  

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