REQUIRED: Content

Renew your MA teacher license with online content course for teachers in Massachusetts! Teachers choose from two different 15 hour self-study courses (watch a quick FAQ video).

These online PDP classes are designed to help meet the MA requirement for 15 PDPs related to content. Professional Learning Board is an approved DESE PDP Provider in Massachusetts.

Professional Learning Board recommends checking with your local authorities regarding your specific license renewal needs and circumstances.

• Literacy Across the Curriculum (15 hours)

  

  Reading should be a meaningful activity that is focused on comprehension and that results in understanding. When students struggle with a specific subject matter the underlying reason is nearly also identified as under developed reading skills. The strategies in this course are imperative for all educators to help their students become proficient readers.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• STEM Across the Curriculum (15 Hours)

  

  The implementation of standards across the curriculum provides a real-world approach to learning and teaching. It is increasingly essential for educators to develop students who not only are critical thinkers but innovators as well. This course helps teachers to build up such students.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Systematic and Phonemic Reading Instruction (15 Hours)

  

  Reading requires proficiency in a range of skills from phonemic awareness, understanding context, asking questions, to analyzing types of text. This course lays out explicit, sequential, and systematic approaches to reading instruction from developing students’ early reading skills and phonemic awareness to helping every child become a competent reader, regardless of their current reading level or learning condition.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• SCIENCE of READING: Assessment Strategies for Reading (60 Hours, includes reflec…

  

  Assessment is a key aspect of teaching methodologies. It helps teachers monitor their students’ progress over time, identify the strengths and weaknesses in their understanding and skills, evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching practices and curriculum materials, and inform important educational decisions. It is not without its challenges: time constraints and the need to avoid biases in student evaluations and align them with standards can make it difficult for teachers to properly assess their students. The new research on the Science of Reading (SoR) is shaping literacy education across the country. As teachers start using these approaches to instruction, we need assessments that align to those approaches. This course introduces reading assessments in all areas of the Science of Reading.

  $375 for 60 Hours
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access
• SCIENCE of READING: Instructional Practices in Reading (60 Hours, includes refle…

  

  Mastery of instructional practices in reading provides teachers with the necessary tools to deliver high-quality instruction. New research on the Science of Reading (SoR) is shaping how schools are approaching literacy education. Emphasis on explicit and systematic teaching methods is now a core aspect of teaching students to read. By understanding these methodologies and strategies, teachers create engaging and effective lessons that cater to the diverse needs of all students. Proficiency in reading is also foundational to academic success across all subjects. When teachers hone their evidence-based structured literacy practices, they can better support students in developing essential literacy skills, which are fundamental for comprehension, critical thinking, and communication.

  $375 for 60 Hours
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access
• SCIENCE of READING: Reading and Writing in Content Areas (60 Hours, includes ref…

  

  Content area reading and writing enables students to engage with subject-specific materials effectively. By developing strong reading comprehension and writing skills, children can better understand complex concepts and theories, and think critically about the information they encounter. The new research on the Science of Reading (SoR) is shaping how we teach students to understand content across subject areas. This course is a spotlight on reading comprehension and vocabulary instruction across subjects.

  $375 for 60 Hours
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access
• SCIENCE of READING: Reading Foundations (60 Hours, includes reflections)

  

  Reading is a crucial life skill: it equips children with the ability to communicate, think critically, navigate the world independently, access information, and acquire knowledge from multiple sources. Effective reading instruction is based on a range of needs, the complexity of language, developmental variation among students, continual assessment and adjustment. In this course, educators learn to implement evidence-based structured literacy practices that can transform students into master readers. The course provides an overall understanding of Science of Reading (SoR) and how it influences the classroom with a focus on systematic and phonetic reading instruction.

  $375 for 60 Hours
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access