Professional Learning Academy
Online Courses through Central Methodist University
Earn up to nine graduate credits per year for $225.
For one low annual fee of $225, Missouri NEA members may take one course each term (fall, spring and summer) to complete up to three graduate courses in 12 months. Or they may take two courses in the summer and skip either the fall or spring semester. Each course is two or three graduate credit hours, so educators can earn from six to nine graduate credits. Choose from 17 self-paced, online courses for professional growth or salary advancement. MNEA partners with Central Methodist University and Virtual Education Software to offer these courses. We recommend members check with their school districts to be sure these courses will be accepted for salary schedule credit before signing up.
Courses include:
- Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents
- Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior
- Teaching Diversity: Influences and Issues in the Classroom
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Information and Interventions for Effective Teaching
- Teaching Elementary Math Conceptually
- Talented and Gifted: Working with High Achievers
- Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom
Other courses address traumatized children, educational assessment, learning disabilities, inclusion, substance abuse, violence in schools, harassment and bullying, child abuse, and autism and Asperger’s disorder.
Log in MNEA.org and go to www.mnea.org/cmu to get the link to register for this program offered to Missouri NEA members only or complete the form to verify your membership. You will receive a link to the program within 3 business days.
If you have questions about the program, please contact MNEA Teaching & Learning Director Ann Jarrett (ann.jarrett@mnea.org) or Teaching & Learning Assistant Laurie Bernskoetter (laurie.bernskoetter@mnea.org) at (573) 644-9623.
VESi recommends that you check with your school to verify that these course offerings will meet your school district requirements for salary advancement. If your district says no, please contact your local Missouri NEA president or UniServ director. If you are working on a master’s degree, before you enroll you should check with your advisor to see if these courses will be accepted towards your master’s degree. The courses are all 600 level courses. Central Methodist University provides the transcript for these pass/fail courses.