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Professional Learning

NSTA Membership Add On

 

Your Solution for Science & STEM Education Online Professional Learning

Are you looking for asynchronous professional learning that you can tailor to your own professional goals and instructional needs? NSTA’s Professional Learning Add On allows you the convenience and flexibility to choose the specific resources you need to achieve your professional learning goals. Improve your content knowledge, expand your pedagogical skill set, and earn professional learning credit—all on your own time!

All Professional Learning Add On resources will automatically transfer into your library.

  • Meet CEU/clock hours requirements and earn graduate-level credits.
  • No substitute required! All professional learning units and courses are easy to use, accessible, and available online and when it fits your schedule.
  • An affordable solution backed by NSTA’s high standards of quality.
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$60 for a 12-Month Subscription (Members)

$130 for a 12-Month Subscription (Non-Members)

Become a Member Add to my Membership

NSTA’s Professional Learning Add On allows you the convenience and flexibility to choose the specific resources you need to achieve your professional learning goals. The add-on includes…

Web Seminar Series

Access to one live web seminar series of your choosing
(must be within a calendar year)

Once the add-on is purchased, a promo code will be sent to the member to cover the cost of the web seminar series selected.

Interactive e-Books

Interactive eBooks+

Access to NSTA’s library of Interactive eBooks+
(teacher versions only)

Interactive eBooks+ provide learning experiences that are both engaging and inspiring. Animations, simulations, and videos bring content to life, while pop-up review questions and special notes help underscore the most crucial points of knowledge.

Interactive e-Books

PLUs

Access to all of NSTA’s asynchronous short courses currently available

NSTA Professional Learning Units (PLU) are bite-sized, self-paced, asynchronous short courses that educators can use to improve their practice, enrich students’ learning, and increase equitable participation in the classroom. Regardless of your schedule or location, you can earn a NSTA PLU certificate—that could be used towards two credit hours of professional learning—when it’s convenient for you!

Interactive e-Books

  

NSTA PLUs & Courses Meet the Definition of High-Quality Professional Learning

  • Support educators in making sense of student reasoning
  • Be sustained
  • Support coherent teaching and collaboration
  • Center student interest
  • Model the shifts in teaching expected from educators
  • Differentiate teacher support
  • Connect to teacher beliefs and goals
  • Allows for interdisciplinary connections

“I recently completed a sensemaking PLU alongside the NSTA Scaling Up for STEM fellows program. Being able to analyze a grade-level appropriate sensemaking lesson helped me better understand the strategies.”

- Leila G, STEAM Mobile Lab Instructional Resource Teacher

"The NSTA professional learning content is engaging, relevant, and easy to apply right away. I especially appreciated the flexibility to learn at my own pace while still feeling connected to a larger professional community."

- Jasmine Lee, Middle School Science Teacher, Oakwood Public Schools

"NSTA’s Professional Learning Units have been a game changer for our district. The courses are thoughtfully designed, easy to implement, and align beautifully with our science curriculum goals. Our educators feel more confident, supported, and inspired in the classroom. It’s professional development that truly makes an impact."

- Dr. Maria Thompson, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, River Valley School District

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