Professional Learning

MSTA provides both online and in-person professional learning, including district-hosted workshops. Many offerings are free and support your Career Ladder, BTAP, and ongoing professional goals.

Beginning Teacher Assistance Programs (BTAP)

MSTA offers special workshops for educators in Beginning Teacher Assistance Programs.

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Workshops

MSTA provides relevant, high quality professional learning that can be customized to support and meet your needs. MSTA workshops align to the Learning Forward Standards for professional learning and Missouri Teacher Standards. Our dynamic in-house presenters are subject-matter experts available to facilitate your professional development needs.

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30-Minute Webinars

MSTA offers free 30-minute webinars on a variety of topics, from classroom management to tech tips, presented by members and other subject matter experts from across the state. Join the sessions live, or catch up with the replays. 

Online Courses

These asynchronous courses allow you to deepen your knowledge on topics while earning free professional development credit. Take the courses at the time and place that works best for you. 

Mini Courses

Catch up on key topics with these webinar replays. After watching, take a short quiz to receive a certificate for 0.5 hours of professional development credit, perfect for logging Career Ladder hours.

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Beyond the Book Club

MSTA's "Beyond the Book" club pairs educators across the state with books that highlight current pedagogy and instructional practices. Participants receive a certificate of completion for PD hours. 

Understanding Trauma and Challenging Behaviors

It’s a stressful time in education. To carry out the work we want to accomplish in the classroom, we must first understand the impact of stress on the brain and our student’s basic needs. Using the principles of the Neurosequential Model and traumatology helps us to better adress factors such as disruptive behaivor, low motivation and others that theachers are currently seeing. First, we must learn how to reach our students, then we can teach our students.

 

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Upcoming Professional
Learning Events

Challenging Behaviors Not Challenging Students Mini Course
Challenging Behaviors Not Challenging Students Mini Course
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2025-2026 Online BTAP Course
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2025-2026 Online BTAP Course
April 5, 2024 - October 25, 2027
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Classroom Discussion Strategies for Grades 7-12 Online Course
Open Hearings

Classroom Discussion Strategies for Grades 7-12 Online Course
April 15, 2024 - June 30, 2027
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Classroom Discussion Strategies for Grades 7-12 Online Course
Open Hearings

Classroom Discussion Strategies for Grades 7-12 Online Course
April 15, 2024 - June 30, 2027
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Graduate Credits through VESi and Avila University

Purchase an annual subscription to gain access to online continuing education courses at a significant savings available to MSTA members. You'll be able to take one course each term for a total of three courses per year. Courses are offered through a partnership with Avila University and Virtual Education Software (VESi).

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