SCECHs for Professional Development Courses

Looking to earn SCECHs to meet your professional development goals? Our online courses, approved by the Michigan Department of Education, provide flexible learning opportunities with options ranging from 1 to 150 SCECHs.

To help you find the right fit, we’ve organized our most popular courses into two categories:

Short Courses (1–10 SCECHs) – Quick, targeted learning opportunities.
Extended Courses (11+ SCECHs) – In-depth courses for more comprehensive skill development.

Short courses that award 1-10 SCECHs

A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy and Cognitive Thinking (1)
A Guide to Webb's DOK: Understanding Rigor (1)
AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use (1)
AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction (1)
Aligning Homework to Instruction (1)
Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning (1)
Behavior Contract Design (1)
Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance (1)
Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students (8)
Building Reading & Writing Fluency (1)
Checking for Understanding in Elementary Math (8)
Collaborative Learning in the Classroom (8)
Creating a Structured Classroom for Students with Autism (1)
Designing a Quality Sub Folder (1)
Designing IEP Goals (1)
Diagnostic Assessments: An Overview (1)
Educating Diverse Student Populations in Your Classroom (1)
Explicit Instruction in Elementary Reading (8)
Flipped Learning in the Classroom (10)
Fostering Divergent Thinking for Student Creativity (1)
Grouping English Language Learners (1)
Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning (10)
Instructionally Aligned Field Trips (10)
Integrating Technology with Blending Learning (10)
Intro to Active Monitoring & Data Collection (6)
Intro to Classroom Documentation (6)
Intro to Online Learning (10)
Introduction to Logical Fallacies (1)
Introduction to Response to Intervention (RTI) (6)
Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade (10)
Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus (1)

Making the Most of Your Limited Planning Time (1)
Math Stations for PreK-2nd Grade (10)
Measuring Growth in Writing Using Rubrics (8)
Memorization Using the Memory Palace Technique (1)
Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom (1)
Peer Tutoring for English Language Learners (8)
Productive Methods of Struggle for Students (1)
Professionalism Through Positive Personality (1)
Providing Actionable Feedback to Students (1)
Recitation Through Rote Memorization of Text (1)
Retrieval Practice for Understanding Math (1)
Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies (1)
Simple Ideas to Promote Student Engagement (1)
Social-Emotional Support for Gifted Students (1)
Strategies to Check for Understanding (8)
Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Learning (8)
Supporting Reading for Middle School Learners (8)
Supporting Reading Instruction for K-5 Students (8)
Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork (1)
Teaching Effective Problem-Based Lab Reports (1)
Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems (1)
Teaching Proper Text Annotations & Evidence (8)
Teaching the Notecard System (1)
The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model (4)
The Science Poster for the GT Student (1)
Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for Grades 6-12 (1)
Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for PreK-5th Grade (1)
Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD (1)
Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia (1)
Understanding Students At Risk of Dropping Out (1)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles (1)
Using Graphic Organizers with Bloom's Taxonomy (8)
Writing Support for English Language Learners (8)

Extended courses that award 11+ SCECHs

120-Hour Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certification (150)
A to Z Grantwriting (24)

A to Z Grantwriting II - Beyond the Basics (24)

Advanced Grant Proposal Writing (24)

Advanced Python (28)
Advanced Webpages (24)
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, and Health (16)
Choosing the Right Assessment for Your Students (16)
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in the Science Classroom (12)
Classroom Management Process (14)
Classroom Writing Strategies for ELL Students (15)

Creating a Classroom Website (24)

Creating Classroom Centers (24)

Creating the Inclusive Classroom (24)

Creating Web Pages (24)
The Creative Classroom (24)

Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom (24)

Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection (24)

Differentiating K-12 Assessments (24)

Empowering Students with Disabilities (24)
Expository Writing & Embedded Grammar Instruction (12)
Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom (18)

Guided Reading & Writing: Maximize Achievement (24)
Guiding Reading in Small Group Instruction (12)

Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom (24)

Handling Medical Emergencies (24)
Inspire Family Engagement with Positive Communication (12)
Instructional Strategies and Learning Activities (26)

Integrating Technology in the Classroom (24)
Introduction to Python 3 Programming (24)
Maintaining Appropriate Teacher-Student Boundaries (15)
Planning for Differentiation in Every Classroom (14)
Practical Action Research in the Classroom (18)
Project-Based Learning (22)
Ready, Set, Read! (24)

Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies that Work (24)
Solving Classroom Discipline Problems (24)

Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II (24)

Spanish in the Classroom (24)

Speed Spanish (24)
Strategies and Tools for Co-Teaching (18)
Student-Led Classroom Management (12)

Survival Kit for New Teachers (24)

Teaching Adult Learners (24)

Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 (24)

Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 (24)

Teaching Smarter with SMART Boards (24)

Teaching Students with ADHD (24)

Teaching Students with Autism: Strategies for Success (24)

Teaching Writing: Grades K-3 (24)

Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 (24)
Transforming Traditional Lessons to Online Learning (14)
Understanding Adolescents (24)
Using the ABC Method for Appropriate Student Behavior (12)

Using the Internet in the Classroom (24)

Working Successfully with Learning Disabled Students (24)

Writing Effective Grant Proposals (24)
Writing Effective Learning Objectives (12)

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