This day of professional development including, a keynote presentation, breakouts, and networking, is dedicated to current topics in the field of early childhood education. Topics presented are relevant for individuals, partners, and teams.

The event will also feature a walkabout session with agencies, partners, and local organizations offering opportunities for early childhood professionals.

Beyond NTA is designed to support teachers in years 2, 3, and beyond. The sessions will be structured around standards, procedures, and fostering collaboration with other regional teachers. There will be 4 professional development days at Sourcewell and 3 individual coaching days in their classroom. Content will be presented, collaboratively discussed and applied to lesson planning for use in their classrooms. Attendees will have the opportunity to take Catalyst Whole Group Classroom Leadership Day 1 and attend Catalyst Live.

The Beyond Special Education New Teacher Academy is designed to enhance the fundamental classroom practices of novice special education teachers. The Beyond Special Education New Teacher Academy includes four professional development sessions focused on classroom practices. Session topics include High Leverage Practices, Catalyst Foundations, and classroom management strategies. In addition to professional development, support throughout the year includes four individual in-classroom coaching sessions.

This cohort is for districts who are participating in the Career Consultant program. District identified career committees will attend to engage in professional learning, collaboration, and program planning. Development of career pathways is based on the nationally recognized Redefining Ready metrics and professional learning will include outside expertise and exemplars to guide district teams in design.

The New Teacher Academy is designed to increase confidence and capacity in novice educators by combining relevant training with growth-focused coaching support. Support throughout the year includes five full-day trainings at Sourcewell, four individual in-classroom coaching sessions, Catalyst Whole Group Leadership, and Catalyst Live.

The Special Education New Teacher Academy is designed to enhance the fundamental due process skills of novice special education teachers. Sessions will include collaborative, interactive content, opportunities to network, and include due process application time within each session. Support throughout the year includes six full day trainings at Sourcewell.

Sourcewell will offer a Special Education Licensure via Portfolio Cohort for the 2026–2027 school year, beginning with a kickoff event on October 7, 2026.

Licensure via portfolio provides a non-traditional pathway to teacher licensure in Minnesota. Through this process, educators may obtain a Tier 3 license or add an additional licensure area by successfully demonstrating competency in the Minnesota Teaching Standards. Participants develop a curated collection of professional evidence, or artifacts, that reflect their instructional knowledge and practice. Each artifact is paired with written reasoning statements that clearly explain how the evidence meets the depth and breadth of the applicable teaching standards.

This cohort is designed to guide participants through the portfolio process by offering structured support, clarity around requirements, and opportunities for reflection and feedback. Educators will leave with stronger portfolios and increased confidence navigating the licensure pathway.

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The Special Education Academy Plus-New Teacher Academy is designed to enhance the fundamental classroom practices of novice special education teachers. The Special Education Academy Plus includes two professional development sessions focused on application of due process and classroom practices. In addition to professional development sessions, support throughout the year includes eight individual in-classroom coaching sessions. The Special Education Academy Plus focuses on the individual participant’s needs.

This Catalyst Coaching professional development is geared for instructional coaches, mentors and administrators. The session will provide strategies for effective coaching and communication when working with adults.

Learn key strategies for keeping more students in the room more of the time. There are times when students have needs or behaviors that make it tricky to keep them in the general education setting, while keeping them and the rest of the class focused on learning.

At the core of strong classroom management is how the adults manage themselves. In this class, participants learn strategies (based on observations and field-testing in more than 50,000 classrooms) that allow them to strengthen relationships, increase equity, reduce frustration, and foster independence in the classroom.

The Minnesota Service Cooperatives have collaborated to bring you a virtual, asynchronous option to meeting your Cultural Competency licensure requirement. This course provides video learning, personal reflection time, an opportunity to hear from educators in the field, and many additional resources to explore as you continue your journey to be an even more culturally competent educator.

Educator Networks offer a space for educators to celebrate their successes, engage in meaningful connections, and foster camaraderie. By actively collaborating across districts and engaging in intentional reflection, participants strengthen their skills, share innovative ideas, and problem-solve together. This community empowers educators to thrive in their unique roles, build lasting professional relationships, and support student success.

Available networks: 

• Activities Directors


• Arts (Visual and Music)


• Career and Technical Education


• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR)


• Business and Marketing (B&M)


• Family and Consumer Science (FCS)


• Work-Based Learning (WBL)


• Climate and Culture


• Community Education


• Data and Assessment Coordination (DAC)


• Dean of Students/AP


• Early Childhood Leader


• Early Childhood Teacher


• Early Childhood Partnership


• English Language Arts


• Instructional Coaching


• Language Access


• Library Media


• Math (+ COMPASS)


• Multilingual Learners/English Learners (ML/EL)


• NextPath


• Physical Education and Health


• School Counselor and Student Support Professionals


• School Nurse's Community of Practice


• Science


• Social Studies


• Speech-Language Pathology and Assistants (SLP/SLPA)


• STEM


• Teaching and Learning


• Title I


• World Language

This on-demand course will define formative assessment and explore the benefits of utilization. Participants will learn about various formative assessment techniques for both virtual and in-person learning, and will leave the session ready to implement and achieve some formative assessment quick wins.

Using formative assessments regularly and consistently can give both educators and learners an even clearer picture around what learners know. Formative assessments also provide educators with a guide to developing learning experiences and lesson planning that can meet the needs of all learners. By using formative assessments with purpose, educators can maximize student learning and increase the effectiveness of their lesson design and delivery.

The Foundational Skills (for short-call subs): Learn the most impactful strategies to successfully engage students while also helping the adults save their energy. Based on the ongoing applied research in over 50,000 classrooms and school settings, The Catalyst Approach is committed to finding relevant and practical solutions to the most common school challenges. This course introduces the roots of The Catalyst Approach and the 12 Foundational Skills to help every adult working with students know where to focus their efforts. Hopefully you’ll finish the course with a renewed sense of hope, joy, and confidence in your work.

The Foundational Skills (for student teachers): Learn the most impactful strategies to successfully engage students while also helping the adults save their energy. Based on the ongoing applied research in over 50,000 classrooms and school settings, The Catalyst Approach is committed to finding relevant and practical solutions to the most common school challenges. This course introduces the roots of The Catalyst Approach and the 12 Foundational Skills to help every adult working with students know where to focus their efforts. Hopefully you’ll finish the course with a renewed sense of hope, joy, and confidence in your work.

Quick Start to Coaching Adult Learners (for those mentoring teachers): Gain insights about the important role of mentoring adult learners. Whether you’re working with a student teacher, a new colleague, or a school leader who supports ongoing professional development for teachers, the strategies in this brief learning experience will sharpen your mentoring skills. Even if you have previous experience in this kind of role, you’ll get to reflect and refine your skills to gain confidence and make your work even more effective!

This webinar will identify elements of differentiation and explore differentiation strategies such as questioning, grouping, and choice. Use these strategies to meet both support and challenge needs of your diverse students.

Led by a mental health professional and educator, this webinar will cover key facts about children's mental health, early warning signs of mental health disorders, and signs and symptoms of childhood suicide. Discussion will include strategies for how to respond and how to access help for students.

This training focuses on why and how our body and brain respond to stress/crisis and how that affects our work, wellness, and interactions. Explore Social-Emotional Learning strategies to recognize dysregulation in yourself and others, as well as strategies to regain and retain regulation. These strategies apply to interactions with students, colleagues, and caregivers.

This webinar provides participants an opportunity to explore components of effective reading instruction including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation and engagement. Within each component, participants will learn what it is, why we teach it, and how we teach it.

Multilingual learners in our classrooms are a huge asset. Not every educator may feel confident in how to best support and include these students. This webinar offers insights to support educators in creating optimal learning environments and instructional strategies for each learner.

Explore components of effective reading instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation and engagement. Within each component, participants will learn what it is, why we teach it, and how we teach it.

Paraeducator Online Training provides a wide variety of online courses that give paraprofessionals the specific training they need—with strategies they can apply immediately.

In this one-day workshop participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and plans and conduct building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and comunity provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed also include media/social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. With updated research and strategies, this workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery. 

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Putting teachers and nurses together cultivating compassion. Let's make people feel safe, heard and valued.  A team approach to support your unique journey toward impactful change, nurturing compassion, forging connections, and driving positive, progressive transformations in both professional and personal lives.

Language is ever evolving and changing. Sometimes knowing which terms or descriptions to use can be difficult and sometimes we don’t even know we are using outdated or harmful language. This webinar is focused on promoting positive language around topics such as race, gender, and common school-based labels and language.