Professional Development

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Transform your professional life by practicing skills that will make you a stronger leader in your workplace, no matter your title. Through our professional development programs, you will learn relevant skills like problem-solving, communicating, negotiating, team-building, planning and more. As you practice these skills, you will be challenged to do so within the context of your business and personal values. You will complete each class equipped with new abilities, and an understanding of purpose that will inform your future actions and decisions.

Explore courses, events and CEU opportunities for Social Work Professionals and K-16 Educators or find Leadership Development courses relevant to your professional growth.

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Look for other exciting new professional development courses coming soon!

Instructional Coaching Seminar

February 4, 2020 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Knutson Campus Center | Jones A/B
Concordia College Campus

An interactive seminar for instructional coaches and other education professionals with a vested interest in teacher and student success. Hot topics may include creating goals for teachers, mentoring, peer review, dealing with resistance, active listening, relationships with administrators and more. Come ready to share your ideas, experiences, best practices and challenges with peers, and leave with ideas ready to implement at your school. Form a collaborative network focused on common goals.

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Coaching 101 for Leaders

March 5 - 6, 2020 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Frida Nilsen Lounge | Fjelstad Hall
Concordia College | Moorhead, MN

Learn methods to inspire teams and individual contributors to perform at their highest possible level. Adding coaching skills to your toolbox will help you draw out the potential in those around you. Whether you intend to coach in a formal or informal capacity, this introductory course will provide the foundation you need coach with confidence.

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Dare to Lead™

January 30 - 31, 2020 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
April 16 - 17, 2020 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Knutson Campus Center | The Centrum
Concordia College | Moorhead, MN

What does it take to remain calm and engaged in conflict? To find continual meaning and purpose in work, and maintain grounded confidence? We will explore critical moments in leadership and how the stories we create about them influence not only our self-understanding as leaders but also our actions and behaviors. Through self-exploration, large and small group discussion we will learn new patterns of critical awareness and practices that will empower leaders to live and lead authentically with increased courage and connection.

12.0 CEUs for MN and ND social work professionals
This program is valid for 12.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP^® or SHRM-SCP^®

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Upcoming Conferences

2020 Literacy Conference
Igniting a Fire for Literacy in Today's Learners

Submit a Proposal (deadline February 16)

June 18, 2020 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

2020 Spring Conference
Co-occurring Conditions: Current Issues and Treatment for Mental Health and Addiction

Submit a Proposal (deadline January 20)

May 14, 2020 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
May 15, 2020 | 8:30 am - 11:45 am

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