Professional Learning Board (PLB) is proud to be part of the NEA Academy providing online professional development courses developed by teachers for teachers. PLB courses are used by teachers across the U.S. and living abroad to advance their professional development and maintain licensure.
Welcome NEA members to the special courses that have been approved by the NEA Academy. These courses have been peer reviewed for you by the Content and Quality Review Board. The mission of the Content and Quality Review Board is to ensure that every professional development experience offered through the NEA Academy is of the highest quality. The Board consists of teacher and ESP members, state association professional development staff, and university and community college faculty. The Board screens suggestions for new programs, reviews potential course offerings for inclusion in the Academy curriculum, and offers guidance on the development of NEA-produced courses. Working with the National Staff Development Council, the Board has developed standards for high quality online professional development and uses those standards to recommend programs.
Accommodating All Learners
Reach and teach all learners by examining student and educator strengths in this research-based course packed with strategies, resources and tools.
Reading Across the Curriculum
Improve academic success across all areas of the curriculum
by understanding fundamental elements of reading and instructional techniques.
Spanish for Educators
A primer for non-Spanish speaking teachers to communicate with families and their children who speak Spanish as a first language.
You can take PLB courses three ways:
- SELF-STUDY courses are conveniently available 24 x 7. NEA members receive the quality content of seminars with the convenience of learning anytime, anywhere while earning five clock hours.
- FACILITATED courses from PLB allow NEA members to delve deeper into course topics and engage in learning with peers led by an experienced subject matter expert and online instructor. NEA members earn 15 clock hours in PLB facilitated courses.
- GRADUATE courses provide continuing education semester graduate credits in a rich online learning experience aligned with a research-based text and in partnership with the University of St. Thomas. The University of St. Thomas is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.