Professional Development Opportunities

COURSES AT A GLANCE


K–12 Educators & Administrators


  • Culturally Responsive Orientation | Offered Fall 2026, Spring and Fall 2027
    112 hours | 3 UAS credits | Synchronous

Southeast Alaska Indigenous educational and cultural landscape and the politics of place. Involves review of one’s own culturally responsive practices, attendance of community events, and additional resources.

  • Culturally Responsive Community of Practice | Offered Fall 2026 and Fall 2027
    37.5 hours | 1 UAS credit | Synchronous

Ongoing support, reflection, and growth through virtual meetings as educators work to put culturally responsive pedagogy into practice.

  • Culturally Responsive Understanding by Design (UbD): Native Literature
    Offered Spring 2027
    37.5 hours | 1 UAS credit | Partially synchronous

This course offers tools and training to develop and evaluate culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy, including a finished, high-quality unit ready to pilot. UbD teaching will coincide with content on Native Literature to incorporate into the final unit.

  • Culturally Responsive Understanding by Design (UbD): Alaska Native History
    Offered Summer 2027
    37.5 hours | 1 UAS credit | Partially synchronous

This course offers tools and training to develop and evaluate culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy, including a finished, high-quality unit ready to pilot. UbD teaching will coincide with content on Alaska Native History to incorporate into the final unit.


K–12 Educators & Administrators


  • Culturally Responsive Introduction | Offered Fall 2026, Spring and Summer 2027
    37.5 hours | 1 UAS credit | Asynchronous

An introduction to the Southeast Alaska Indigenous educational and cultural landscape and the politics of place. The final project is a short essay on your own culturally responsive practices.


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