2026-27 Paraprofessional Live Event Replay

Paraprofessionals make a difference every day—and those joining a school mid-year deserve support they can use right away. This on-demand replay of NWSC’s August Paraprofessional Event offers practical strategies for supporting students, partnering with teachers, and responding to students’ needs. Learn from regional experts in the field who understand our schools and the challenges paraprofessionals encounter in their daily work. Learn at your own pace with all three recorded sessions, PDF slides, and reflection questions to connect learning to practice. A certificate documenting clock hours is available upon completion. Access continues through May of the current school year. Cost: $55 per participant. Schools may purchase online with a credit card or contact NWSC Education Services at gdrellack@nwservice.org to arrange invoicing. Preview the Welcome module for session descriptions and presenter information.

Course•By NWRIC, ASEC, TRF, NWSC

Accommodations and Modifications

Removing barriers to learning for students

Course•By Jake Seuntjens

Creating Accessible Lessons

Reduce barriers to learning

Course•By gina drellack

Cultural Competency

A statewide MSC collaboration, this course meets relicensure area requirements.

Course•By Minnesota Service Cooperatives

ELL Strategies

English Language Learner Best Practice Strategies

Course•By gina drellack

Equity in the Classroom

A statewide MSC collaborative offering.

Course•By Minnesota Service Cooperatives

Mental Health Awareness

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Be Internet Awesome

Digital safety for kids

Course•By gina drellack

Mini Course: Black Histories of the Northern Plains

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Create QR Codes

So easy, it's (facepalm)!

Course•By NWSC Education Services

Mini-Course: Dyslexia 101 for the Classroom Educator

Created by the Minnesota Reading Center, Provided Free to MN School Professionals by the Mayo Clinic

Course•By MN Reading Center

Mini-Course: Edit Microsoft in Google Workspace

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Education Philosophy, A Quick Mindset Check

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: ELA Standards, Updated

An introduction and overview of the 2020 MN ELA Standards

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: eLibrary MN (ELM)

Free Research Information and Databases

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Free Media Literacy Courses for Teachers

Prairie Public Broadcasting has created two free courses for educators to promote media literacy. Both Consuming Media and Creating Media are free, self paced online, and provide 5 clock hours of continuing education each. Check them out!

Course•By Gina Drellack

Mini-Course: Google Classroom's Video Tutorials

Get answers, grow further.

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Google's Distance Learning for Educators

A free training course within Google's Teacher Center

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: G Suite Add-Ons

Add helpful features right within your working file.

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Guardian's Guides to Google Tools

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Holocaust and Genocide Education Resources

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: MN Standards Relating to MN American Indian Tribes

This online mini-course provides educators with direct access to Minnesota’s cross-curricular academic standards relating to MN American Indian Tribes. Designed for quick, actionable reference, this module maps out the specific benchmarks across English language arts, social studies, science, and the arts that integrate Dakota and Anishinaabe history, language, and sovereignty. Equip your classroom with state-aligned tools to confidently teach and honor Indigenous contributions. One-year access. Three different mini-course certificates together total 1 clock hour of professional learning.

Course•By NWSC Education Services

Mini-Course: Padlet

A collaborative bulletin board.

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: PBS Resources PreK-12

Free Educator Resources, Brought to You By Prairie Public Broadcasting

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: SEL Activities for Any Classroom Location

Social Emotional Learning activities for both distance and brick-and-mortar use.

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Try Online PD

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Turn Your Phone Into A Scanner

Create pdf files with your camera.

Course•By gina drellack

Mini-Course: Virtual Field Trips

Course•By gina drellack

Native American Literature

American Indian History and Culture, for both students and teachers.

Course•By Dr. Caitlin Johnson

PBIS

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.

Course•By Jake Seuntjens

Reading Foundations

A statewide MSC collaboration, this course meets relicensure area requirements.

Course•By Minnesota Service Cooperatives

Reading in the Content Areas

Course•By gina drellack

School Library Support

Course•By gina drellack

Self-Publish Books for Free with the MLPP!

For your students, for yourself!

Course•By NWSC, NLLN, Minitex

Suicide Prevention Strategies

Course•By Jake Seuntjens