Sourcewell Educator Training
Making a difference with training that’s different.
Take advantage of our wide range of highly regarded support and training programs. Teachers earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for most events, and Sourcewell consultants specialize in follow-up coaching with customized school plans.
To get started, download of the current 2019-2020 Education Program Guide or browse educational events below!
NOTICE: EFFECTIVE MAY 2019 new registration, cancellation, payment, and photo policies. View Policies
Current Programs
Above Standard: Advancing Your Art Program with Innovative Implementation of the Minnesota Visual & Media Arts Standards
April 4, 2020 - Learn about opportunities for educators to advance art education; create high quality, standards-aligned curriculum; and make intentional decisions that support the students they teach.
K-12 Educators
Add+VantageMR® (AVMR) Course 2
June 11, 12, 17 & 18, 2020 - Learn to use diagnostic assessments and learning trajectories to guide the teaching of whole number topics. Ideal for elementary, special education, and interventionists working with grades K-8.
Elementary Educators
Catalyst Coaching (formerly ENVoY Coaching)
Custom Dates - Schedule a coach visit to your school to support your implementation of Catalyst strategies. Formerly ENVoY Coaching.
K-12 Educators
Catalyst Live (formerly ENVoY Live)
Multiple Dates - See Catalyst Approach strategies live, demonstrated by certified teachers, and witness the impact on students and classroom behavior. Formerly ENVoY Live.
K-12 Educators
Central Minnesota Education Job Fair
April 1, 2020 - Connecting education students and recent graduates to local school districts, this event offers both professional development and an education job fair.
All Organizations
Collaborative Teams and the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Process
Aug. 12, 2020 - Develop strategies and skills that establish and maintain high-functioning collaborative teams.
School Administrators & Teacher Leaders
Creating Learning Environments Where Children Thrive
Aug. 13, 2020 - Learn how to create physical classroom spaces where students feel comfortable and safe. Formerly ENVoY Environment.
K-12 Educators
Cultural Competency Workshop
March 14, June 11, or Aug. 20, 2020 - Learn inclusive practices that impact student achievement.
K-12 Educators
Cybersecurity for Educators
Custom Dates - Specialized workshop focused on helping educators understand what they need to know about privacy, security, and helping students navigate the online world responsibly.
K-12 Educators
Effective Instruction in a Standards-Based Classroom
Aug. 3-4, 2020 - Gain tools to design classroom instruction that aligns with standards-based learning.
K-12 Educators
Equity Advocates Leadership Cohort
Multiple Dates - Training and support to directly impact your school setting/system in equitable ways.
K-12 Educators
Eyes Up: Improving Mindset and Mental Skills for Athletics and Life
POSTPONED - Helping coaches and others bring intentionality to mental skill development through practical application.
K-12 Educators
From Striving to Thriving Writers: Strategies that Jump-Start Writing
Choice of June 17 or 18, 2020 - Engage with resource authors and learn multiple strategies designed to improve and integrate writing across the curriculum.
K-12 Educators
Keeping Them in the Room
Aug. 17 & 18, 2020 - Create classrooms where more students can stay learning in the classroom.
K-12 Educators
Leadercast Live 2020
May 7, 2020 - Livestream of national leadership event focused on discovering how to upset the status quo to incite positive change.
All Organizations
Leadership Academy
Multiple Dates - A series of intensive leadership development sessions focused on key mindsets and skills that school leaders can implement immediately.
School Administrators
Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) 5-Day Workshop
July 6-10, 2020 - Learn how to effectively intervene with children who have experienced trauma.
K-12 Educators
Mapping the New Minnesota Music Standards
July 22, 2020 - Work through curriculum plans for new Minnesota Music standards in collaboration with peers.
K-12 Educators
MDE Training: Professional Learning Community (PLC) Series - Spring Session
March 26, 2020 - This series will build upon the collaborative culture developed during the 2018-19 series with a focus on learning and results.
K-12 Educators
MDE: Year 2 Physical Education Standards Workshop - Continuing Curriculum Development
POSTPONED - This MDE workshop provides a continued conversation about curriculum design, with an emphasis on best practices in assessments and standards-based grading.
K-12 Educators
MnSTA sponsored - Instructional Strategies for the New Science Standards
Choice of June 12 or Aug. 17, 2020 - Learn the pedagogy associated with the 2019 K-12 Minnesota Science Standards and ways to prepare to teach the standards. Science educators are encouraged to attend.
K-12 Educators
MSBA Officers' Workshop (Phase II-IV)
Feb. 22, 2020 - Focused workshop discussing board officers’ responsibilities and the fundamentals of laws affecting school boards.
School Administrators
Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Aug. 5-7, 2020 - Discuss the entire MTSS framework, identify and prioritize needs, and develop an implementation plan in this cumulative training institute.
School Administrators & Teacher Leaders
R5 Summit
Oct. 21, 2020 - A day of professional development unique to local education, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Central MN Regional Members
Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity (SEED) Seminars
Multiple Dates - A peer-led professional development program focused on building capacity for more equitable curriculum, schools, and communities.
K-12 Educators
Short-call Substitute Teacher Training
Aug. 26-27, 2020 - Learn the basics of becoming a substitute teacher in this unique two-day workshop.
Substitute Teachers
Tech Mobile User Group
Aug. 19, 2020 - Design learning opportunities that enhance learning in a meaningful way using the Tech Mobile program.
Technology Integrationists & Tech Coaches
U.N.I.S.: Creating Groups that Understand, Nurture, Inspire, and Support Each Other
Aug. 3-6, 2020 - Learn practical techniques to foster positive classroom values and leadership in all students. Formerly ENVoY Healthy Classrooms.
K-12 Educators
Unit Planning-Proficiency Scales Collaborative Workday
Aug. 24, 2020 - Collaborate with regional teachers to build proficiency scales aligned to academic standards.
K-12 Educators
Webinar: Differentiation Strategies
On-Demand - This webinar discusses elements of differentiation and explore differentiation strategies such as questioning, grouping, and choice.
K-12 Educators
Webinar: Mental Health - Early Warning Signs and Suicide Prevention
March 4, 2020 - Learn to recognize and respond appropriately to mental illness symptoms and suicidal behaviors.
K-12 Educators
Webinar: Strategies to Support Multilingual Learners
On-Demand - Gain insights to creating optimal learning environments and instructional strategies for each learner.
K-12 Educators
Webinar: Vocabulary Development, Usage and Leverage
Feb. 19, 2020 - In this webinar effective practices regarding oral language acquisition leading to complex language usage will be shared in practical ways.
K-12 Educators
Whole Group Leadership - Day 1 (formerly ENVoY I)
Feb. 27 or Aug. 14, 2020 - Learn patterns of communication to preserve the most powerful leverage point of educators: relationships. Formerly ENVoY I.
K-12 Educators
Whole Group Leadership: Review, Refine, Refresh - Optional Day 2
Aug. 14, 2020 - Extend the learning beyond Day 1's Foundational Skills for enhanced results. Formerly ENVoY II.
K-12 Educators
Save the Date - Summer 2020 Workshops
Plan your summer professional development and save the date for upcoming courses. Click to review scheduled topics by date.
K-12 Educators