Professional Development Events
Here are the courses we offer. Consult the PD course book for more details.
1. Building Representatives – Roles and Responsibilities (VU010)
2. Local Membership Training: A Step-by-Step Guide to Keeping Accurate Membership Information (VU020)
3. Navigating and Preparing 1:1 Conversations in a New World (VU030)
4. Organizing for Safer Schools (VU040)
5. Shifting to an Organizing Culture (VU050)
6. Three Frames of Unionism (VU060)
7. Union Orientation Best Practices (VU070)
8. Who’s With You? Mapping and Assessing Union Affinity (Support) at Your Site (VU080)
9. A Living Legacy: Lessons From Labor History (UN110)
10. Community Engagement: Building Relationships for the Schools and Communities Students Deserve (UN010)
11. Digital Organizing 101 (UN020)
12. Financial and Fiduciary Responsibilities for Local Leaders (UN030)
13. The History of Education Minnesota: Our Shared Legacy (UN120)
14. Internal Audit Committee Training (UN040)
15. Internal Communications (UN050)
16. Meet and Confer (UN060)
17. Sharing Our Legacy: Telling Our Union Stories (UN100)
18. Winning Local Referendums: Set a Goal. Write a Plan. Execute. Learn How to Organize Locally and Work With Community and Labor Allies for the Win (UN070)
19. Anti-Racism and Equity at the Bargaining Table (BN160)
20. Bargaining Communications (BN020)
21. Bargaining Laws, Rules and Regulations for ESPs (BN030)
22. Conversational School Finance (BN040)
23. Costing for Education Support Professionals (ESP) Settlements (BN055)
24. Costing for Teacher Settlements (BN050)
25. Identifying and Including Special Education Issues in Contracts (BN060)
26. Internal Communication with Members during Bargaining (BN070)
27. Language Matters (BN080)
28. Legal Issues in Bargaining (BN090)
29. Negotiating Equitable Benefits & A Family Friendly Workplace (BN100)
30. Negotiations Resources: Online Data and Information to Support Bargaining (BN110)
31. Organizing Around ECFE & ABE Inequalities (BN120)
32. Preserving Statutory Protections (BN130)
33. Rethinking Bargaining Surveys (BN140)
34. School Funding Research: Creating a Financial Profile for Bargaining (BN150)
35. Blurred Lines: Addressing Boundaries (LG020)
36. Considering Staff Safety: Individual Issues and Proactive Steps for a Local (LG030)
37. Data Practices: Public, Private, Confidential, Nonpublic, Protected. What Does This All Mean? (LG040)
38. Free Speech Rights of Educators (LG060)
39. Gettin’ Paid – Common Contract Cases and Economic Legal Issues for Educators (LG070)
40. Invisible Illnesses (LG080)
41. Leave Rights Under the Law and Your Contract (LG090)
42. Legal Basics – Know Your Rights (LG010)
43. Legal Issues for ESPs (LG100)
44. Legal Issues for Members Facing Disability (LG105)
45. Equity and the Law: Legal Protections Against Discrimination (LG050)
46. Maltreatment and Mandatory Reporting (LG120)
47. Past Practice: How the Past Can Haunt (or Help) You! (LG130)
48. Social Media, Legal Issues for Educators (LG140)
49. Special Education Survival Guide for General Educators and Union Leaders (LG151)
50. Special Education Survival Guide for Paraprofessionals (LG152)
51. Special Education Survival Guide for Special Educators (LG153)
52. Supporting Transgender Students and Staff: Legal Issues and Best Practices (LG160)
53. Teacher Code of Ethics/Top Ten Reasons for Discipline (LG170)
54. Unfair Labor Practices (LG180)
55. Legal Updates and Q&A with an Education Minnesota Lawyer (LG110)
56. American Indian History and Culture (RS080)
57. Cultural Competency 1-4 Series (RE010)
• Module 1: Expanding Your Equity Lens (2 hours)
• Module 2: Equity Mirrors – Reflection on Our Own Power and Privilege (2 hours)
• Module 3: The Language of Equity – How We can Speak Up (2 hours)
• Module 4: Practice Makes Permanent – Sustaining Equity Work (2 hours)
58. English Learners (RE020)
59. Positive Behavior Interventions and Accommodations/Modifications. (RE030)
60. Reading (RE040)
61. Student Mental Health (RE050)
62. Suicide Prevention (RE060)
63. Developing a Student-Centered Mindset (PP010)
64. Education Minnesota Foundation – How to Enhance Your Profession and Classroom (PP130)
65. Introduction to Restorative Practices (PP020)
66. Introduction to Neurodiversity (RS060)
67. Special Educators Working Together: Collaboration Strategies for Special Education Teams (PP100)
68. Trauma (PP030)
69. Teachers and ESPs: Building a Healthy Working Relationship (PP110)
70. True Colors (PP120)
71. Understanding Students With Challenges Related to Homelessness, Mental Health and Adverse Childhood (PP040)
72. Dismantling Ableism (RS040)
73. Culturally Responsive Teaching Through a Racial Justice Lens (RS010)
74. Interrupting Whiteness (RS050)
75. LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Support Training: Part 1 (RS021)
76. LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Support Training: Part 2 (RS022)
77. Recognizing and Combating Antisemitism in Schools (RS070)
78. Why is it so Hard to Talk about Race? (RS030)
79. Current Issues in Health Insurance (PF040)
80. Degrees, Not Debt: Dealing With Student Loan Debt (PF030)
81. Mental Health Issues for Adults (PF060)
82. Finding a Work Life Balance: Boundaries, Burnout and Bubblebaths (CO020)
83. Using Membership to the Max: Member Benefits (PF020)
84. When Can I Afford to Retire? (For members with a PERA pension) (PF011)
85. When Can I Afford to Retire? (For members with a TRA pension) (PF012)
86. Legislative Session Update/Preview (PO010)
87. Organizing with an Equity Mindset (OR040)
88. Building Member Engagement Using Data Driven Strategies (OR010)
89. Doing the Groundwork: Organizing Conversations (OR020)
90. How Organizing can Benefit your Local: Issue Campaigns and Year Round Capacity Building (OR030)
91. Putting the Organizing in OFS Grants (OR050)
92. Starting From Scratch – Building a Leadership Pipeline (OR070)
93. So you want to be strike ready? (OR060)
Certified Negotiators Program (CNP) (CO010)
Health Insurance Basics and Beyond (PF050)
Local and Community Action Team (LCAT) Training II (CO030)
Member Rights Advocacy (MRA) (CO040)
Union Leadership Development Program (ULDP) (CO050)
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