Online professional development courses for educators are convenient and self-paced. Course information and links are provided to you directly by the instructor once you are registered. In some cases, you must enroll in the course through the organization and then register for credits through Boise State separately. Please note that regardless of how quickly you complete the course, transcripts for these courses will be posted at the end of the semester.
Boise State’s Professional Development courses are considered graduate level courses. They are transcripted and graded as pass/fail and the credits cannot be used to satisfy degree requirements and are not eligible for financial aid.
It is your responsibility to verify that your district and State Department of Education accepts Boise State Professional Development credits for recertification and/or pay scale movement before you register for a class. We cannot issue refunds after your grade has been finalized.
Courses are posted as they become available, so check back often.
Looking for flexible and relevant online courses? Check out the offerings from Boise State’s Partner, Customizable Professional Development. Courses are completely online and you can start at any time and take them at your own pace!
Explore Customizable Professional Development Courses
Need to take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment? Boise State’s Literacy, Language and Culture offers testing for those who need to take the assessments but are not Boise State students.
Information on how to take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment.
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: May 5, 2024- August 2, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
ELA, Literacy
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 14, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
ELA, Literacy
TMT is a 3-credit professional development course on student-centered teaching of mathematics. The course meets the MTI/TMT requirement for State of Idaho teaching (re)certification.
Explore Explore TMT courses offered by the Regional Math Center
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 14, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
ELA, Professional Practices, Assessment
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 3, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $210 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
This course is designed by Lee Pesky Learning Center, an Idaho based non-profit with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and educators diagnose, understand, support, and remediate language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This 15-hour course meets the requirements for the Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act and teacher recertification. This course can be completed in person or through our online asynchronous course. Course enrollment and credit registration are separate steps. The course provider will share the credit registration link with you once you are enrolled in the course.
ELA, Professional Practices, Assessment
Enroll in Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Boise State University
Dates: March 25, 2024 – April 26, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.”
This interactive, asynchronous course will cover characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as best instructional and assessment practices for serving students with dyslexia and other language-based reading difficulties.
ELA, Professional Practices, Assessment
Boise State University
Dates: June 3, 2024- July 8, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the professional development requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.” Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Additionally, participants will learn about the assessment of dyslexia and gain some practical strategies for serving students with language-based reading difficulties.
ELA, Professional Practices, Assessment
Idaho Project Learning Tree
Dates: 01/08/2024 – 04/26/2024
Days/Time: TBD
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 3
Cost: $330 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course will focus on the critical role of effective instructional supervision and evaluation in Idaho. Uses a variety of interactive exercises to assist in the development of practical skills for supervision and evaluation, as well as examine current issues and best practices. Participants will develop competency in Idaho’s Framework for Teacher Evaluations.
Supervision and evaluation strategies, skills, and techniques, as well as requirements under Idaho laws, rules, and policies will be explored. Course meets recertification requirements under Idaho Code and is approved by the State Board of Education.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Enroll in Supervision and Evaluation Using the Idaho Framework
Idaho Project Learning Tree
Dates: May 1, 2024 – August 8, 2024
Days/Time: Online
Location: Course is Asynchronous
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $95 ($35 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
In this virtual self-guided class, you will engage with proven standards-aligned Project Learning Tree hands-on activities that help learners to explore, discover, communicate and build critical thinking skills. Each activity is tailored to specific grade levels and learning objectives. You will select one PLT curriculum as your focus, thus customizing the course to meet your individual needs. The materials provide educators the tools they need to bring the environment into their classrooms — and their students into the environment.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Boise State University
Dates: 01/08/2024 – 04/26/2024
Days/Time: TBD
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 3
Cost: $330 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course will focus on the critical role of effective instructional supervision and evaluation in Idaho. Uses a variety of interactive exercises to assist in the development of practical skills for supervision and evaluation, as well as examine current issues and best practices. Participants will develop competency in Idaho’s Framework for Teacher Evaluations.
Supervision and evaluation strategies, skills, and techniques, as well as requirements under Idaho laws, rules, and policies will be explored. Course meets recertification requirements under Idaho Code and is approved by the State Board of Education.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Enroll in Supervision and Evaluation Using the Idaho Framework
Idaho Art Education Association
Dates: June 13, 2024 – August 1, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 2
Cost: $200 ($80 Course Fee and $120 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
IAEA’s 2024 book study course is based on The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. As many of our members are both educators and artists, IAEA selects books and activities to develop individual artistic practices, as well as to inspire young artists in the classroom.
Rather than a traditional book study, this course takes a more creative, interactive approach. IAEA’s book study includes a virtual opening session, five weeks of exploring art making techniques, a curriculum development component, activities designed around new ways to teach the elements of art and principles of design, and a virtual closing session. The book study also includes three virtual master classes and all the materials!
Book Study, Professional Practices
Idaho Project Learning Tree
Dates: 01/08/2024 – 04/26/2024
Days/Time: TBD
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 3
Cost: $330 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course will focus on the critical role of effective instructional supervision and evaluation in Idaho. Uses a variety of interactive exercises to assist in the development of practical skills for supervision and evaluation, as well as examine current issues and best practices. Participants will develop competency in Idaho’s Framework for Teacher Evaluations.
Supervision and evaluation strategies, skills, and techniques, as well as requirements under Idaho laws, rules, and policies will be explored. Course meets recertification requirements under Idaho Code and is approved by the State Board of Education.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Enroll in Supervision and Evaluation Using the Idaho Framework
Idaho Project Learning Tree
Dates: May 1, 2024 – August 8, 2024
Days/Time: Online
Location: Course is Asynchronous
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $95 ($35 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
In this virtual self-guided class, you will engage with proven standards-aligned Project Learning Tree hands-on activities that help learners to explore, discover, communicate and build critical thinking skills. Each activity is tailored to specific grade levels and learning objectives. You will select one PLT curriculum as your focus, thus customizing the course to meet your individual needs. The materials provide educators the tools they need to bring the environment into their classrooms — and their students into the environment.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Boise State University
Dates: 01/08/2024 – 04/26/2024
Days/Time: TBD
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 3
Cost: $330 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course will focus on the critical role of effective instructional supervision and evaluation in Idaho. Uses a variety of interactive exercises to assist in the development of practical skills for supervision and evaluation, as well as examine current issues and best practices. Participants will develop competency in Idaho’s Framework for Teacher Evaluations.
Supervision and evaluation strategies, skills, and techniques, as well as requirements under Idaho laws, rules, and policies will be explored. Course meets recertification requirements under Idaho Code and is approved by the State Board of Education.
Assessment, Classroom Management
Enroll in Supervision and Evaluation Using the Idaho Framework
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: May 5, 2024- August 2, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
State Required Course, Literacy
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 14, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
State Required, Literacy
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: May 4, 2024 – August 2, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $210 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
This course is designed by Lee Pesky Learning Center, an Idaho based non-profit with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and educators diagnose, understand, support, and remediate language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This 15-hour course meets the requirements for the Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act and teacher recertification. This course can be completed in person or through our online asynchronous course.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Enroll in Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 3, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $210 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
This course is designed by Lee Pesky Learning Center, an Idaho based non-profit with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and educators diagnose, understand, support, and remediate language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This 15-hour course meets the requirements for the Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act and teacher recertification. This course can be completed in person or through our online asynchronous course. Course enrollment and credit registration are separate steps. The course provider will share the credit registration link with you once you are enrolled in the course.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Enroll in Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Boise State University
Dates: March 25, 2024 – April 26, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.”
This interactive, asynchronous course will cover characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as best instructional and assessment practices for serving students with dyslexia and other language-based reading difficulties.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Boise State University
Dates: June 3, 2024- July 8, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the professional development requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.” Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Additionally, participants will learn about the assessment of dyslexia and gain some practical strategies for serving students with language-based reading difficulties.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: May 5, 2024- August 2, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
State Required Course, Literacy
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 14, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 4
Cost: $625 ($385 Course Fee and $240 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
Lee Pesky Learning Center is a state-approved Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Course provider. The content of this course meets the requirements for ICLC and has been updated to include Standards #1, #2, #3 and #4 covering the following areas of literacy instruction: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, writing instruction and assessment. This online course is completely self-paced.
State Required, Literacy
Lee Pesky learning Center
Dates: May 4, 2024 – August 2, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $210 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
This course is designed by Lee Pesky Learning Center, an Idaho based non-profit with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and educators diagnose, understand, support, and remediate language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This 15-hour course meets the requirements for the Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act and teacher recertification. This course can be completed in person or through our online asynchronous course.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Enroll in Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Lee Pesky Learning Center
Dates: August 3, 2024- December 6, 2024
Days/Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $210 ($150 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Fall 2024
This course is designed by Lee Pesky Learning Center, an Idaho based non-profit with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals, families, and educators diagnose, understand, support, and remediate language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This 15-hour course meets the requirements for the Idaho Literacy Achievement and Accountability Act and teacher recertification. This course can be completed in person or through our online asynchronous course. Course enrollment and credit registration are separate steps. The course provider will share the credit registration link with you once you are enrolled in the course.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Enroll in Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
Boise State University
Dates: March 25, 2024 – April 26, 2024
Days/Time: Course is Asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Spring 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.”
This interactive, asynchronous course will cover characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as best instructional and assessment practices for serving students with dyslexia and other language-based reading difficulties.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Boise State University
Dates: June 3, 2024- July 8, 2024
Days/Time: Course is asynchronous
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $156 ($96 Course Fee and $60 Credit Fee. Paid Separately.)
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
This course is designed to fulfill the professional development requirements of Idaho Code 33-1811 (4), which states that no later than the 2023-2024 school year, “…all instructional staff members … shall be required to have received professional development specific to providing instruction and intervention to students with characteristics of dyslexia.” Participants in this interactive, asynchronous course will learn about the characteristics of dyslexia, as well as current research and legislation. Additionally, participants will learn about the assessment of dyslexia and gain some practical strategies for serving students with language-based reading difficulties.
State Required Course, Professional Practices, Assessment
Idaho Public Television
Dates: January 24, 2024 – May 31, 2024
Days/Time: Jan. 24, Feb. 28, Mar. 27 from 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 1
Cost: $60 Credit Fee
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
Do you KNOW VAPE? Vaping is quickly becoming an epidemic, and 1 in 5 Idaho students has tried vaping. Join Idaho Public Television for a three-part virtual professional development series for educators on the dangers of vaping. Throughout the course of this series, participants will learn about the damage caused from vaping and the connection between vaping and mental health. Attendees will learn how they can help students avoid vaping, and will walk away with a wealth of resources they can use in their classroom.
TMT is a 3-credit professional development course on student-centered teaching of mathematics. The course meets the MTI/TMT requirement for State of Idaho teaching (re)certification.
Explore Explore TMT courses offered by the Regional Math Center
Idaho Environmental Education Association
Dates: October 1, 2023 – May 10, 2024
Days/Time: October 2023, February 2024, May 2024 for 2 hours each time
Location: Online
Professional Development Credit: 2
Cost: $120 Credit Fee
Term/Transcript: Summer 2024
Participants will join a small group of their teacher peers to work together on translating and repackaging the Idaho Climate-Economy Impacts Assessment into grade-specific units that align with state science standards. In the process, the teachers will create a shared Community of Practice around teaching climate science that they can use to bolster their own comfort and confidence as well as that of their colleagues. Participants will commit to a year of engagement September 2023-August 2024, including virtual and in-person meetings and workshops approximately 4 times throughout the school year; the course will culminate with their finished lesson plan being piloted in classrooms in the fourth quarter of the 2023-24 school year. In return, participating teachers will be paid a stipend as well as receive professional development credits.
Assessment, Science