Summer is a time for teachers to renew themselves in lots of ways, to rest, reconnect with friends and family, and reset for the upcoming school year. It’s also a time for honing your craft, and to that end, we have pulled together a collection of programs that can help you grow in so many ways. Each program was created by someone we know personally, so we can vouch for the quality and integrity of the content.
We’ve separated the programs into four categories. To go straight to your area of interest, click one of the links below:
Technology-Integrated Learning
Classroom Instruction & Management
All programs are fully online.
Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are those with whom we have an affiliate relationship.
This means Cult of Pedagogy receives a percentage of every sale that comes through our link.
Technology-Integrated Learning
JumpStart: A Technology Course for Thoughtful Teachers
self-paced option open year-round
This comes first because it’s OURS! By guiding you through a series of hands-on projects, this course teaches you 10 key processes that can have an incredible impact on how you teach, how your students learn, and how you collaborate and communicate with others, giving you the confidence and skills you need to make smart choices about the tech you use in your teaching.
The Modern Classrooms Project*
Virtual Mentorshp Program: Year-Round Sessions
The Modern Classrooms Project helps teachers implement an instructional model where students work through course material at their own pace. The model is built on blended learning, and it’s mastery-based—students only move on to new material once they’ve reached a certain level of mastery. MCP offers a free course that teachers can access and work through on their own, or a paid mentorship program that supports you through the implementation process. Cult of Pedagogy readers can take $200 off the cost of the mentorship program by letting them know we sent you!
Learn More About The Modern Classrooms Project
Social Justice & Antiracism
Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Schools Conference
June 16-17, 2023
This two-day virtual conference is for anyone committed to starting or sustaining antiracist work in schools. Built around this year’s theme of Creating Conscious Curriculum, the conference will help you get clarity on how to approach assessing, creating, and implementing curriculum that truly supports our students. You will see best practices from presenters, learn about resources, and have opportunities to improve your curriculum..
Learn More About the Dismantling WSC Conference
Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools*
self-paced | open year-round
In this ten-module course, taught by Sheldon Eakins of the Leading Equity Center, participants are given a complete overview of what it means to create an antiracist learning environment, along with a set of tools for creating this environment in their own schools. Topics include having brave conversations, setting measurable goals for antiracist and antibias practices, avoiding performative wokeness, and cultural appropriation vs. cultural appreciation.
Learn More About Annihilating Racial Injustice in Schools
Kicking Off the Year with Radical Dreaming, Pedagogy & Joy
August 23-24, 2023
Hosted by Jamila Dugan, co-author of the book Street Data, this two-day event is designed to help educators prepare for the new school year with the fullness of ourselves in mind. Through personal testimony, storytelling, and artifact building, we will bridge education theory around supporting our most marginalized students with concrete practices. With guidance from incredible educators, participants will collaborate to identify ways to bring vision to life. By the end of the session, educators will feel grounded, inspired, and ready to come back to school with pedagogical resources that lay the foundation for an incredible year.
Learn More About the Radical Dreaming Workshop
Teacher Work-Life Balance
The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club*
full-year program
early-bird pricing: good through June 30
We have been promoting this club for years now, because we believe it is the absolute best way to streamline and simplify your work and get your life back. Angela Watson constantly refines and updates the monthly materials in this membership to fit whatever situation you’re in, regardless of how world events impact it. Thousands of teachers have been through this program, and they rave about it—members ends up saving an average of 11 hours every week. There’s also a version of the club for administrators, and another for instructional coaches.
Learn More About the 40 Hour Club
Classroom Instruction & Management
Project-Based Learning Master Course*
self-paced | open year-round
John Spencer’s time-tested course offers a practical framework you can use to design an authentic, standards-aligned project-based unit plan that you can take right into your classroom and use with students. Along with the outstanding videos and other resources in the course itself, you’ll have access to a community of educators who can support you on your journey, and John is also available to answer any questions you have about the process. Cult of Pedagogy readers can take 20% off the course tuition by using the code CULT22 at checkout.
If PBL is not your thing, take a moment to check out the other courses on John’s site, with topics like design thinking, makerspaces, vintage innovation, and genius hour.
Learn More About the PBL Master Course
Student Motivation Course*
self-paced | open year-round
So many teachers report that student motivation is at an all-time low, so this course may be needed now more than ever. When Dave Stuart, Jr. developed this course, he wasn’t looking for gimmicks or quick fixes; he went deep into the research on what truly motivates humans, and he found that it is based on five underlying principles: credibility, belonging, effort, efficacy, and value. The course looks at each of these and explores how teachers can use them to improve the quality of their interactions with students. Teachers who have taken the course say it forever changed the way they teach.
Learn More About the Student Motivation Course
Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are those with whom we have an affiliate relationship.
This means Cult of Pedagogy receives a percentage of every sale that comes through our link.