Welcome to the MNEA Learns Library

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Over 20% of the United States teaching population resigns or retires from the teaching field each year. One in three teachers between their first and fifth year leave the field of education. Some others quit because of stress and burnout. Teachers do a lot to protect the social and emotional well-being in children, but what about the educators that interact with the children on a daily basis? In this course, you will learn skills and strategies to become resilient and able to cope with stress during the school year. Thriving in the classroom can mean changing habits and developing emotional intelligence and resilience. Read more

Growth occurs when you know who you are and you are able to assess and improve your  practices. In this course, you will explore your attitudes, actions and behaviors and reflect on how they impact your coaching. As you unpacking your identity, you will learn about coaching and discover ways to improve coaching so that you are better able to meet the needs of the people you coach.    Although many of the skills covered in this course can be used in other contexts (teaching, being an administrator, managing behavior, parenting etc.) you will learn how to specifically apply coaching knowledge with self understanding for more dynamic coaching. The skills taught in this course will give you the confidence to work with anyone and “show up” ready to support and promote growth. Read more

The goal of instructional coaching is to improve classroom instruction for learners and to increase teacher effectiveness. To do this many facets of instruction, relationships, and technology must be considered. These include a basic understanding of technology tools, exploration, an awareness of coaching models, and an understanding of diversity, equity, and cultural competence. But most importantly, it entails melding those things with the needs of your coaches and school district.    Throughout the course, you will create a needs assessment to identify gaps in which teachers may grow, design a plan to improve partnerships, increase student success, and reflect using a digital product – like the ones you will learn about and practice as a coach. Read more

In this course, you will explore how communication among parents, colleagues, and students plays an integral role in shaping an engaging, equitable, and safe learning environment. Read more

In this course, you will assess the quality of access and opportunity in community and family partnerships, then create an action plan to increase family and community engagement in your school or district.   This course is a part of the C.A.R.E. Series. The C.A.R.E. themes (Culture, Ability, Resilience, Effort) are instrumental in helping to close the Achievement Gaps and are supported in part by decisions made at the school and district level. These decisions are essential to sustaining the changes and improvements that the C.A.R.E. themes foster. Read more