Professional Learning Opportunities
Professional learning opportunities curated to support educators and leaders in school transformation. Offerings include resources and strategies that deepen practice, build collaborative capacity, and support equity-driven change across schools and communities.
ONLINE COURSES
Authentic Learning Deep Dive
Learner-Centered Collaborative offers a self-paced online course in which educators design learning experiences rooted in real-world issues and community connection, with dedicated modules on anchoring lessons in authentic problems; fostering student collaboration; and designing for learning beyond classroom walls, with attention to student–community collaboration and connecting learning to individual student identities and goals.
Purposeful Pathways: From Vision to Action Learning Journey
StriveTogether offers a free, self-paced 90-minute learning opportunity—organized around the Commission on Purposeful Pathways’ A Launchpad for Life report and its three companion action guides. Designed for intermediaries, educators, employers, and cross-sector partners who want to move from understanding the vision for purposeful pathways to putting it into practice in their communities, the course also includes modules covering high-impact practices, enabling conditions, and a measurement framework for tracking progress over time.
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Envision Learning Partners New Services
Envision Learning Partners is offering three new services for the 2026–27 school year to help district and school partners design learning experiences that are both academically rigorous and authentically connected to students’ lives. Offerings include curriculum adaptation support that infuses adopted instructional materials with High-Quality Performance Assessment principles, and systems-change coaching for leaders building the conditions that authentic, learner-centered education requires.
IN-PERSON EVENT
Deeper Learning New York 2026
July 13–15, 2026, Kingston, NY | Ulster BOCES, Deeper Learning Global, and New Tech Network are hosting a 3-day regional conference, which includes a pre-conference strand for district and system leaders on implementing NY Inspires, New York's statewide initiative to advance deeper, student-centered learning.
IN-PERSON EVENT
Ignite 2026 Summit: Portrait of a Learner
September 27–29, 2026 | Scaling Student Success is hosting a 2-day summit focused on advancing Portrait of a Learner initiatives through co-designed strategies that elevate student voice and agency. This event will feature keynotes, workshops, and networking opportunities to develop actionable approaches for implementing student-centered learning and authentic assessment practices.
IN-PERSON EVENT
FullScale Symposium 2026
October 8–10, 2026, Indianapolis, IN | FullScale Learning’s annual 3-day convening, designed for district leaders, educators, policymakers, and researchers, examines how states and systems can advance competency-based, personalized learning at scale through policy, practice, and shared learning.
IN-PERSON EVENT
Two Decades of Difference: Linked Learning Conference 2026
October 21–23, 2026, Palm Springs, CA | The Linked Learning Alliance’s annual conference marks 20 years of building career-connected, college-bound pathways for California students, convening educators, policymakers, and community partners for hands-on workshops, cross-sector networking, and a celebration of pathways achieving new levels of Linked Learning certification.
IN-PERSON EVENT
CareerTech VISION 2026
December 2–5, 2026, New Orleans, LA | The Association for Career and Technical Education’s annual conference brings together more than 6,000 secondary and postsecondary educators, business leaders, and industry experts for professional development, networking, and an expo highlighting the latest advances in career and technical education.
SITE VISIT
Curated Visits to High Tech High
Weekly visits; San Diego, CA | Educators are invited to explore High Tech High K–12 campuses through site visits featuring student-led tours, discussions with educators, and immersive learning experiences.