Professional Learning
Professional Learning
Online Learning Modules for K-12 Educators
Teaching Difficult Issues
- Sections: 5
- Self-paced
- 6.00 Hours Est. Time
- Act 48 Eligible
Designed to assist educators with the multilayered challenges of teaching difficult issues.
Trauma-Informed Practices
- Sections: 7
- Self-paced
- 6.00 Hours Est. Time
- Act 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.
More in Development
We are in the process of developing additional online modules for K-12 Educators.
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.