Professional Learning
Professional Learning
Online Learning Modules for K-12 Educators
Trauma-Informed Practices
- Sections: 7
- Self-paced
- 6.00 Hours Est. Time
- Act 45 & 48 Eligible
Developed to assist educators with the multilayered challenges of supporting K‑12 students, teachers, and other school community members who have experienced trauma.
Teaching Difficult Issues
- Sections: 5
- Self-paced
- 6.00 Hours Est. Time
- Act 45 & 48 Eligible
Designed to assist educators with the multilayered challenges of teaching difficult issues.
Using Media to Facilitate Difficult Discussions
- Sections: 5
- Self-paced
- 6.00 Hours Est. Time
- Act 48 Eligible
Designed to assist educators with the challenges of integrating media into the classroom.
Continuing Education
Act 45
Certified Pennsylvania school administrators can receive continuing education credit/hours towards Act 45 requirements by following the path we have created.
Act 48
As an approved Act 48 provider, we offer eligible continuing education opportunities to certified Pennsylvania educators. To receive Act 48 credit, complete any of the Professional Learning modules we offer. Act 48 credit is given for each module completed. Modules may be completed in any order.
Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative
As part of the Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative, the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State enables K-12 educators to effectively teach difficult topics such as racism and trauma. The University-wide Initiative offers sustained and customized professional learning programs, online modules and instructional materials. Through a trauma-informed lens, the Initiative guides teachers in helping students develop insight into the human condition and life skills such as empathy, active listening, critical thinking, civic discourse and agency by applying inquiry approaches to the instruction of difficult topics. Over time, these methods become transformative, contributing to equitable education for all children.