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About BER

Bureau of Education & Research (BER) is the leading provider of professional development and PD training resources for educators in North America. Founded by educators in 1976, the Bureau has grown to provide national and regional PD programs across the entire United States and Canada. The Bureau is especially proud of its outstanding presenters, all of whom have extensive practical experience in their content areas and many of whom are national and international leaders in their respective fields.
BER sponsors PD Seminars, Conferences, and Train-the-Trainer programs. Most PD events can be brought to schools and districts through BER's On-Site PD program.
BER also produces Online PD Courses and Recorded PD Events.
Our goal is to provide high quality programs based on sound research, with an emphasis on practical strategies and techniques that can be immediately implemented.
We stand behind every program and PD product we provide. If a participant is not satisfied with a PD event or product, we provide a 100% refund of the fee.

About BER Online Learning

Take advantage of high quality online courses tailored specifically to meet the needs of today's busy teachers. Choose from dozens of popular courses on the most current topics. Each online course is designed to give you a wealth of practical ideas, strategies and activities that you can use immediately with your own students.

We know you're busy. We've designed these online courses for Teachers so you can start whenever you'd like. Working at your own pace, these online courses take five to six hours to complete.

Online PD Courses for Teachers and Other Educators

Learn When It’s Most Convenient for You

Start whenever you'd like. You have up to 90 days to complete your course
You'll view videos of highly practical model strategies
Self-directed; work at your own pace
No final exam (except for SLP and OT courses)
Each course requires approximately five to six hours to complete
Earn up to four optional graduate level professional development credit and CEUs

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Collapse All New Courses Grades K-6: Differentiated Instruction: Increasing Student Success While Decreasing Teacher Prep Time Grades 1-12: Practical Strategies for Dealing with Disrespectful and Disengaged Students Grades 6-12: Strengthening Students' Writing Skills While Decreasing Grading Time Grades K-12: Practical Interventions for Increasing the Success of Your School-Based Occupational Therapy Outcomes Grades K-12: Catching Up Your English Language Learners Who Have Fallen Behind Grades Preschool – Kindergarten: Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors Grades 6-12: Dyslexia: Best Strategies to Increase Student Success Grades 3-12: Motivating the Unmotivated: Teaching the Hard-to-Reach Student Grades K-6: Dyslexia: Best Targeted Interventions for Greater Literacy Success Grades P-12: SLPs: Language Disorders vs Language Differences for ELLs Catching Up Grades K-2: Catching Up Students Who Have Fallen Behind in Math Grades K-12: Catching Up Your English Language Learners Who Have Fallen Behind Grades 3-6: Catching Up Students Who Have Fallen Behind in Math Grades 3-5: Catching Up Students Who've Fallen Behind in Reading or Writing Classroom Management & Discipline Grades 1-12: Practical Strategies for Dealing with Disrespectful and Disengaged Students Grades Preschool – Kindergarten: Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors Grades PK-2: Decrease Attention-Getting and Tantrum Behaviors: Practical Solutions Grades K-2: Starting the Year with Proactive Classroom Management Strategies Grades K-2: Prevent Discipline Problems Grades K-2: Discipline Strategies for Dealing with Challenging, Difficult Students Grades K-6: Practical Behavior Management Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom Grades K-6: Using the Response to Intervention Model for Disruptive and Difficult Student Behaviors Grades K-12: Dealing Effectively with Disruptive Students: Practical, Proven Techniques Grades K-12: RESTORATIVE DISCIPLINE: Help Your Students Improve Their Behavior and Strengthen Their Learning Grades 1-12: Improving the Behavior of Attention-Seeking, Manipulative and Challenging Students Grades 3-6: Starting the Year with Proactive Classroom Management Strategies Grades 3-6: Discipline Strategies that Keep Students On Task and Learning Grades 3-6: Discipline Strategies for Dealing with Challenging and Difficult Students Grades 3-12: Motivating the Unmotivated: Teaching the Hard-to-Reach Student Grades 3-12: Powerful, Practical Strategies for Working Successfully with "I Don't Care!" and Underperforming Students to Increase Their School Success Grades 6-12: Proactive Classroom Discipline and Management Strategies Grades 6-12: Discipline Strategies for Dealing with Challenging, Difficult Students Differentiated Instruction Grades K-6: Differentiated Instruction: Increasing Student Success While Decreasing Teacher Prep Time Grades K-2: Guided Reading: DIFFERENTIATING Using Small Group Instruction Grades K-2: Practical Ways to Differentiate Instruction Using Tiered Assignments, Student Choice and Other Exemplary Strategies Grades 2-6: Using Practical Differentiation Strategies to Meet the Learning Needs of Gifted Students Grades 3-6: Practical Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Making the Most of Student Choice and Small Instructional Groups Dyslexia Grades K-6: DYSLEXIA - Help Children Who Struggle to Successfully Read, Write and Spell Grades K-6: Dyslexia: Best Targeted Interventions for Greater Literacy Success Grades 6-12: Dyslexia: Best Strategies to Increase Student Success English Language Learners Grades K-12: Catching Up Your English Language Learners Who Have Fallen Behind Grades K-8: Helping English Language Learners Exit Your ELL Program Grades K-5: Maximizing the Active Participation and Language Learning of ELL Students Using Read Aloud, Shared Reading and Word Work Grades K-6: Increase and Accelerate your ELL Students' Learning and Success in School Gifted Education Grades 2-6: Using Practical Differentiation Strategies to Meet the Learning Needs of Gifted Students Kindergarten Grades Preschool – Kindergarten: Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors Grades Preschool - Kindergarten: Purposeful Play to Increase Students' Academic Learning and Social-Emotional Growth Grades PK-K: Increase All Your Students' Learning with Practical, Timesaving Work Stations Grades PK-2: Decrease Attention-Getting and Tantrum Behaviors: Practical Solutions Libraries Grades K-12: MAKERSPACES: Creating Motivating, Engaging Work Spaces for Your Library Literacy Catching Up Grades 3-5: Catching Up Students Who've Fallen Behind in Reading or Writing Grades K-12: Catching Up Your English Language Learners Who Have Fallen Behind Comprehension Grades K-2: Best Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Making Connections, Summarizing, and Questioning Grades K-2: Best Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Predicting and Inferring, Visualizing, and Determining Important Content in Informational Text Grades 2-5: Comprehension Strategies That Help Your Struggling Students Be More Successful Readers Grades 3-6: Enhancing Explicit Comprehension Instruction Grades 3-6: Practical Strategies that Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension Dyslexia Grades K-6: DYSLEXIA - Help Children Who Struggle to Successfully Read, Write and Spell Grades K-6: Dyslexia: Best Targeted Interventions for Greater Literacy Success Guided Reading Grades K-2: Guided Reading: DIFFERENTIATING Using Small Group Instruction Grades 1-3: Using Guided Reading to Strengthen Students' Reading Skills at the Developing Level Grades 1-3: Using Guided Reading to Strengthen Students' Reading Skills at the Fluent Level Grades 3-5: Catching Up Students Who've Fallen Behind in Reading or Writing Grades 3-6: Using Guided Reading to Strengthen Students' Reading Skills Grades 3-6: Instructional Strategies for Guided Reading that Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension Intervention for Struggling Readers Grades K-2: Early Intervention Strategies for Students Struggling with Reading Accuracy & Fluency Grades K-2: Early Intervention Strategies for Students Struggling with Reading Comprehension Grades K-5: Helping Your Struggling Readers Become More Successful Readers: Targeted Interventions that Work! English Language Learners (ELL) Grades K-12: Catching Up Your English Language Learners Who Have Fallen Behind Fluency Grades 1-3: Strategies for Increasing Your Students' Reading Fluency Literacy Centers Grades PK-K: Increase All Your Students' Learning with Practical, Timesaving Work Stations Grades K-3: Maximizing the Benefits of Literacy Centers: Meaningful Activities that Boost Reading and Writing Grades 3-6: Meaningful Independent Literacy Centers and Activities to Keep Students Learning While You Teach Reading Groups Response to Intervention (RTI) Grades K-5: Helping Your Struggling Readers Become More Successful Readers: Targeted Interventions that Work! Vocabulary Grades 6-12: Interactive Vocabulary Strategies That Boost Student Learning and Achievement Writing Grades 6-12: Strengthening Students' Writing Skills While Decreasing Grading Time Grades K-2: Using a Six-Trait Model to Launch Students as Writers Grades K-2: Using a Six-Trait Model to Extend Students' Writing Grades 3-5: Catching Up Students Who've Fallen Behind in Reading or Writing Grades 3-6: Using Six-Trait Mini-Lessons to Strengthen Students' Writing Grades 6-12: Dyslexia: Best Strategies to Increase Student Success Grades 6-12: Strengthening Your Students' Writing Skills by Teaching Smarter, Not Harder Grades 6-12: Improving Your Students’ Descriptive Writing Mathematics Catching Up Grades K-2: Catching Up Students Who Have Fallen Behind in Math Grades 3-6: Catching Up Students Who Have Fallen Behind in Math Guided Math Grades K-2: Using Guided Math To Strengthen Students' Math Learning Grades 3-6: Using Guided Math To Strengthen Students' Math Learning Math Facts Grades 1-3: Increasing Students' Mastery of Addition and Subtraction Facts Grades 3-6: Increasing Students' Mastery of Multiplication and Division Facts Motivation & Growth Mindset Grades K-6: Develop Growth Mindset in Mathematics to Increase Students' Perseverance, Engagement and Success Grades 6-12: Strategies for Promoting a Growth Mindset to Increase Students’ Perseverance, Engagement and Success in Your MATH Classroom Problem Solving Grades 3-6: Developing Core Math Problem-Solving Strategies Grades 3-6: Expanding Students' Repertoire of Math Problem-Solving Strategies Response to Intervention (RTI) Grades K-6: Using Response to Intervention to Enhance Math Instruction for Struggling Students Singapore Math Grades K-6: Strengthen Your Math Instruction with Math Strategies from Singapore Struggling Students Grades 6-12: Help Your Students Who Struggle with Mathematics: Practical, Successful Strategies Work Stations Grades PK-K: Increase All Your Students' Learning with Practical, Timesaving Work Stations Grades 3-6: Meaningful Independent Literacy Centers and Activities to Keep Students Learning While You Teach Reading Groups Writing Grades 1-2: Using Vocabulary and Writing Strategies to Enhance Math Learning Grades 3-6: Using Writing to Strengthen Your Students' Understanding of Math Concepts and Skills Motivation, Mindfulness, & Growth Mindset Grades 1-12: Practical Strategies for Dealing with Disrespectful and Disengaged Students Grades K-6: Develop Growth Mindset in Mathematics to Increase Students' Perseverance, Engagement and Success Grades 3-12: Motivating the Unmotivated: Teaching the Hard-to-Reach Student Grades K-12: Dealing Effectively with Disruptive Students: Practical, Proven Techniques Grades K-12: Increase Students' MINDFULNESS: Strengthen Your Students' Academic Success and Confidence While Reducing Disruptive Behaviors Grades K-12: Motivation, Mindset and Grit: Practical, Proven Strategies to Increase Learning Grades 3-12: Powerful, Practical Strategies for Working Successfully with "I Don't Care!" and Underperforming Students to Increase Their School Success Grades 6-12: Strategies for Promoting a Growth Mindset to Increase Students’ Perseverance, Engagement and Success in Your MATH Classroom Occupational Therapy Grades K-12: Practical Interventions for Increasing the Success of Your School-Based Occupational Therapy Outcomes Grades K-12: Timesaving Strategies to Integrate Your OT Interventions into Classrooms Physical Education Grades K-8: Innovative, New Activities for Strengthening Your Physical Education Program Preschool/Pre-Kindergarten Grades Preschool – Kindergarten: Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors Grades Preschool - Kindergarten: Purposeful Play to Increase Students' Academic Learning and Social-Emotional Growth Grades PK-K: Increase All Your Students' Learning with Practical, Timesaving Work Stations Grades PK-2: Decrease Attention-Getting and Tantrum Behaviors: Practical Solutions School Nurses Grades K-12: Keys to Enhancing Your Effectiveness as a School Nurse Grades K-12: School Nurses - Best, Current Practices for School Medical Emergencies Grades K-12: SCHOOL NURSES: Best Practices for Addressing Mental Health Issues in Your Schools Science Grades K-6: Best New Strategies to Help Your Students Achieve the NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS Grades K-8: Practical Strategies for Using Project-Based Learning to Enhance Your STEM Instruction Grades 6-12: Help Your Students Master the Next Generation Science Standards: Practical Strategies and the Best, New Tools Social Studies Grades 6-12: 101 Best Strategies for Teaching Social Studies Special Education Grades Preschool – Kindergarten: Help Young Children with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors Grades K-6: Practical Behavior Management Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom Grades K-6: Co-Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms – Effective Whole Group Structures and Strategies Grades K-6: Facilitating the Classroom Learning of Students with Asperger Syndrome and High-Function Autism Grades P-12: SLPs: Language Disorders vs Language Differences for ELLs Grades K-12: Increase Your Success as a Special Education Resource Teacher Grades K-12: Strengthening the Executive Function Skills of Students with Special Needs Grades K-12: Practical Strategies for Special Education Paraprofessionals in Inclusive Classrooms Grades 1-12: Catching Up Your STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Who Have Fallen Behind Grades 6-12: Practical Classroom Strategies for Making Inclusion More Successful Speech Language Therapy Grades PreK-6: Speech-Language Therapy: Promoting Rapid Change for Children with Severe Phonological Disorder Grades P-12: SLPs: Language Disorders vs Language Differences for ELLs Grades K-12: Integrate Your SLP Interventions into Classrooms Using Timesaving Strategies to Move from a Caseload to a Workload Approach Grades K-12: SLPs - Enhance Therapy Effectiveness for Auditory Processing Disorder, Memory Deficits, Attention Deficit Disorder and Language Processing Disorder STEM Grades K-6: Best New Strategies to Help Your Students Achieve the NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS Grades K-8: Practical Strategies for Using Project-Based Learning to Enhance Your STEM Instruction Grades 6-12: Help Your Students Master the Next Generation Science Standards: Practical Strategies and the Best, New Tools Grades K-12: MAKERSPACES: Creating Motivating, Engaging Work Spaces for Your Library World Languages Grades 4-12: 101 Best Strategies for Teaching World Languages Grades 6-12: Accelerate Your Students’ Communicative Proficiency: Practical Strategies for Maintaining 90%+ Target Language Use in Your World Language Classroom Grades 6-12: Enhancing SPANISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: Practical Activities to Strengthen Your Students' Proficiency in SPANISH

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