Current Professional Learning
2026-2027 NCED Connect Professional Development
For the 2026-2027 school year, the NCED Connect Team is providing a variety of professional development to PSU leaders and educators. Below you will find the schedule of live events as well as links to some pre-recorded webinars. Use the tabs below to view the PD offering for each of the NCED Connect Products. If you have any questions, please contact the NCED Connect team.
2026-27 EBSCO Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
September 9, 2026 3:00 - 4:00 | EBSCO Resources for Homework Help & School Support | It’s back-to-school season, so let's celebrate the ways in which EBSCO resources provide homework help and support for students. We will review the abundance of EBSCO databases and interfaces for student research including the K12-focused Explora interface, essential databases including Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, and MAS Complete, and EBSCO’s extensive collection of eBooks. |
| November, 2026 (TBD) | Empower K-12 Research with Explora | Join us for a tour of Explora, EBSCO’s engaging interface designed to support student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality. We will browse the mobile-friendly, accessible interface and conduct basic and advanced searches to discover articles, eBooks, and primary source documents available in EBSCO’s age-appropriate educational databases including Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, MAS Complete and Academic Search Complete. We will review important functionality like Lexile limiters, the citation tool, text-to-speech, language translation, cloud integrations, and COPPA-compliant accounts to organize student research |
January 20, 2026 3:00 - 4:00 | EBSCO eBooks and the New LCP DRM Solution | EBSCO has adopted LCP DRM, a new Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for EBSCO eBooks which offers a more secure, accessible, and vendor-neutral reading experience. Join us for a demo of the new workflow for downloading DRM-protected eBooks and viewing them offline using the recommended Thorium Reader App. |
March 10, 2026 3:00 - 4:00 | EBSCO Databases for Career Technical Education | Join us to review EBSCO’s vocational databases for CTE including (1) Auto Repair Source, the most user-friendly and authoritative service and repair database with information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles, (2) Small Engine Repair Source, equipped with user-friendly maintenance and repair guides for all types of small engines and (3) Small Business Source, which offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, business videos, case studies, help and advice, a start-up kit and tips for writing business plans. We will cover basic and advanced search, and review custom tools and functionality like the citation tool, Google and OneDrive integrations, and personal MyEBSCO accounts to organize research. |
2026-27 Britannica Professional Development Sessions
| Date & Time | Title & Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
October 14, 2026 3:00-4:00pm | Britannica School: New Features, Fresh Possibilities | Get ready for a successful school year with the latest updates to Britannica School and Teach Britannica. Explore new features, enhancements, and time-saving tools designated to support inquiry, instruction, and student engagement. Join us for a guided tour of what’s new and discover practical ways to maximize both resources in your library classroom. |
December 9, 2026 3:00-4:00 pm | Get ready to support multilingual learners with the latest updates to Britannica Escolar. Explore new features, enhancements, and time-saving tools designed to build language proficiency while supporting content-area learning. Join us for a guided tour of Britannica Escolar's trusted Spanish-language resources, including translations, multimedia, text-to-speech, and educator tools. We'll also explore Teach Britannica resources that help educators engage multilingual learners and strengthen learning across the curriculum. | |
February 10, 2027 3:00-4:00 pm | Join this interactive session to explore how Britannica School and Britannica Escolar help students become confident researchers and critical thinkers. Discover powerful tools and features, including leveled articles, citation support, multimedia resources, translation tools, text-to-speech, and curated websites that help students locate, evaluate, and synthesize trustworthy information. We'll also highlight Teach Britannica's ready-to-use lessons, graphic organizers, and instructional strategies that foster inquiry, strengthen media and information literacy, and support meaningful, standards-aligned learning. Walk away with practical ideas to help students build strong research habits while engaging with reliable, age-appropriate content across all grade levels. | |
April 14, 2027 3:00-4:00 pm | Join this session to explore how Britannica School's interactives, features, and tools can transform research into an engaging classroom experience. Discover ways to incorporate scavenger hunts and friendly competitions that spark curiosity, build inquiry skills, and make research more active and fun for students. We'll also explore Teach Britannica's ready-to-use instructional resources, including lesson minis and classroom activities, that promote collaboration, inquiry, and deeper learning. |
2025-26 Canvas Professional Development Sessions
Document Shortlink: go.ncdpi.gov/3duyz
Website for NCDPI Canvas Resources
CEU Questions/Clarifications: How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit equal 1 CEU). Each on-demand course could be worth different amounts of credit and is displayed on the course description. What type of credit will I receive? For on-demand Canvas courses, you will receive general credit. How will I receive credit? Credit will automatically appear on your transcript within 48 hours of course completion. |
2026-27 Schoolnet Professional Development Sessions
Website for NCDPI Schoolnet Resources
CEU Questions/Clarifications:
How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit equal 1 CEU) for participating in the LIVE session of each webinar or the NCEES courses.
What type of credit will I receive? For webinars, the type of credit is approved by your school/district when you follow your approval process. You should provide a written justification for the type of credit you are requesting approval for. Each school/district retains the right to approve/deny for all credit types.
How will I receive credit? If attending a webinar, you must login to the LIVE webinar using the link sent to you after you register. Our webinar service will track who logs into the webinar and how long they participate. Within 5 business days after the webinar is concluded, a certificate of participation will be sent via email to those who participated in the LIVE webinar session.
NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN FOR WATCHING RECORDED CONTENT
| Date/Time | Title | Description | Target Audience |
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September 14, 2026 4:00-5:00 pm | New/Beginning Teacher Training | This session will cover the basics of Schoolnet assessment creation and scheduling. This is a great refresher for teachers or anyone who is new to teaching or new to the platform. We will go over test creation, scheduling, and student accommodations. | New/Beginning Teachers |
October 12, 2026 4:00-5:00 pm | Data Reports in Schoolnet | This session will cover all of the data reports in Schoolnet. We will cover what data you can access and how you can use this data to inform instruction. | Teachers & Leadership |
November 9, 2026 4:00-5:00 pm | Creating & Editing Questions in Schoolnet | This session will explore the creation of questions. Schoolnet offers thousands of items, but teachers and school leaders can also create their own. We will explore the steps of creating items but also editing items to have them fit your classroom needs. | All |
December 14, 2026 4:00-5:00 pm | Common Formative Assessments in Schoolnet | This session will explore the option of creating Common Formative Assessments in Schoolnet. We will discuss collaboration opportunities and how you can create these at the grade, school, or district level. | All |
January 11, 2027 4:00-5:00 pm | New/Beginning Teacher Training | This session will cover the basics of Schoolnet assessment creation and scheduling. This is a great refresher for teachers or anyone who is new to teaching or new to the platform. We will go over test creation, scheduling, and student accommodations. This is a repeated session to assist any teachers who have joined mid-year. | New/Beginning Teachers |
February 8, 2027 4:00-5:00 pm | Schoolnet Tips and Tricks | This session will cover some of the “hidden gems” inside of Schoolnet. Now that you have created assessments, we will take a deeper dive to explore options that can help save time. | All |
March 8, 2027 4:00-5:00 pm | Using Schoolnet in the Math & Science Classroom | This session is focused solely on Math and Science Teachers and how you can use the platform for your formative assessments. We will go over specific settings and filters to help you utilize Schoolnet within your Math or Science Classroom. | Math & Science Teachers |
April 12, 2027 4:00-5:00 pm | Using Schoolnet in the ELA & SS Classroom | This session is focused solely on ELA and Social Studies/History teachers and how you can use the platform for your formative assessments. We will go over specific settings and filters to help you utilize Schoolnet within your ELA or SS/History Classroom. | ELA & SS Teachers |
May 10, 2027 4:00-5:00 pm | EOY in Schoolnet- Preparing for Next School Year | Can’t believe it’s that time of year again! This session will help you prepare for the end of the year in Schoolnet and how to get prepared for the following school year. | All |
2026-27 NCEES Professional Development Sessions
How much credit will I receive? .1 CEU of general credit which is equal to 1 hour of credit (10 hours of credit is equal to 1 CEU) will be awarded after each live webinar.
2025-26 Learning.com Professional Development Sessions
For additional information and to learn what your peers say about Learning.com’s curriculum, check out Learning.com's North Carolina webpage and check out one of these webinars:
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 10:00 - 10:30 am EST | Click HERE to register for webinar
Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 10:00 - 10:30 am EST | Click HERE to register for webinar