SELF-STUDY COURSES |
These 15 hour self-paced seminar replacement courses are designed for all teachers, in which you study the course content and complete a quiz in order to earn a certificate of completion. |
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Child Abuse Prevention
Protecting children is the role and responsibility of every adult. Be it in or outside of school, educators need to be aware of all red flags indicating a child is being abused.The course Child Abuse Prevention tackles this very sensitive issue and aims to equip teachers with the essentials of recognizing and preventing abuse to maintain safe and secure learning environments. Addressing accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction to appropriately meet the needs of teachers and a variety of students.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Cognitive Skills: Understanding Learning Challenges
We all know the brain plays a major role in learning, but few are aware of how. In a class where each child differs in ability to learn, it is essential that educators know how the brain is related to the process of learning, in order to help facilitate student performance. Such knowledge will also give the educator an advantage when faced with the challenge of teaching a child with special needs. This course equips educators with extensive knowledge about the process of learning.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Common Core Implementation for All Classrooms
Schools and educators all over the country are engaged in implementing the Common Core State Standards. This can be a challenge. This course is designed to provide teachers the support and confidence they need to implement the standards in their classrooms.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Common Core Intervention Across the Curriculum
The implementation of Common Core State 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.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Pedagogy Essentials
Pedagogy is both the science and art of education. As comprehensive as it may seem, this definition remains a predominantly theoretical understanding. In teaching practice, there is often a disconnect, between the theory we read about, and the realities in the classroom. This course is designed to target and bridge that gap while helping teachers to pinpoint practical ways of harnessing research and pedagogical guidelines that directly benefit teaching.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Reaching Diverse Learners
Diversity is becoming a very real issue in our classrooms today. We have an increasing number of students requiring various learning styles, coming from different cultural backgrounds, and demonstrating ever-maturing attitudes. Reaching Diverse Learners is a course brimming with ideas and strategies to help educators maximize abilities and cater to the individual needs of every student.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Reading Across the Curriculum
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.The Reading Across the Curriculum lesson helps teachers understand how to assess reading skills in the classroom and plan instruction accordingly. When every day teaching is carefully designed around this type of data it means that all students can learn and grow.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Standards and Communications in Teaching
In an age where there are multiple approaches to teaching and educating students, it becomes important to ensure that a particular standard is maintained. This class helps educators achieve goals, while empowering you with skills and tools to deliver the best of quality education. Standards and Communications in Teaching is a three part integrated course that highlights various strategies for facilitating student learning and improving academic achievement. It also focuses on positive communication, both with students and parents, in order to achieve excellence in education.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Technology Today
Technology plays a central role in the lives of teachers, students and virtually everyone these days. As educators we must know about computer and web technology, how it works in the 21st century classroom and how to protect children and ourselves on the constantly changing internet.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Understanding Special Learning Populations
As educators, we all face situations where we accommodate students with special needs in our classrooms. In such situations, how can we modulate our teaching to ensure that we reach each and every child? This course is designed to help educators encourage and maximize each child’s potential.Terms like Autism, ADHD, learning disability and gifted learners are being constantly used. What do they mean? What makes these children unique? And most importantly, how as an educator can you enhance these students’ learning ability? These are questions that are answered in this course.
15 Hours
$119 |
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Welcome Idaho Teachers
(Not an Idaho teacher, Click here to find your state)

Professional Learning Board has been a provider of online continuing education, professional development and licensure courses for educators for years. Recognized as a solid resource and recommended by school districts and teachers for teachers seeking to stay current and maintain their teaching license, Professional Learning Board offers courses in one of two online formats to best meet your learning needs:
- Self-Study Courses
Self-paced seminar replacement courses in which you study the course content and complete a quiz in order to earn a certificate of completion.
- Graduate Credit Courses
Self-paced Graduate Credit classes incorporate online content, quizzes, interactivities, instructor involvement and a Course Action Plan you can put to use in your work environment. Receive 1 Graduate Credit through a regionally accredited university. Learning takes place asynchronously, at your convenience, and may be completed over a period of 4 weeks. Note, teachers looking for graduate credits, please check with your issuing authority about whether it will accept these online teacher courses for graduate credit.
Teachers use Professional Learning Board online professional development and continuing education courses to renew their teaching licenses.
Click on the course name(s) below to enroll or see the descriptions to the left.
SELF-STUDY COURSES:
GRADUATE CREDIT COURSES:
IDAHO APPROVAL FORMS
Click on the image or link below to download the Idaho Prior Approval forms for submitting courses for pre-approval to your local authority.
The information and courses listed on this page are presented based on the information available at the time of publication. Please note that state licensing requirements and school district approval processes may change and it is the responsibility of each teacher to know their licensing requirements and the process for submission and approval of all professional development and licensing work. Professional Learning Board does not guarantee acceptance by your school, district or licensing authority.
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Mark F.
“I love learning! Just completed this wonderful course in cognitive skill building, good towards 5 professional hours. The best part is, although I am a learning consultant and a reading specialist, I believe I learned more in this coursework, than in all my education classes combined. It got right to the point, addressing cognitive issues directly, instead of just tackling the secondary academic issues. It speaks to neuroscience, and the amazing capability of the brain to improve itself, through specific techniques and activities. The comprehensive nature of this program, and its practical uses is a marvel! Absolutely highly recommended.”
Shari K.
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Lindsay C.
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Jennifer S.
“I had no technical issues with this course, but it’s my first one through your program and I just wanted to provide feedback. I was so engaged throughout the whole 5 hours of this course, that it amazes me. We teachers take these courses because we have to have so many hours of professional development per year, and it becomes a “duty.” This was a PLEASURE. What a great feeling to come away from the time invested feeling like I truly learned something – and something enlightening and USEFUL! As an elementary teacher (first grade) reading and phonemic awareness are huge in my classroom – to have that addressed – as well as the practical ways to improve on the cognitive skills so necessary to gain academic achievement – this was a total worthwhile and successful five hours. I fully intend to take other courses with you, and to recommend to my colleagues what a great resource you are. Thanks – and kudos to PLB!”
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