Online Courses

Designed by educators for educators, Pine Crest neXt online courses support teachers and administrators with professional development while providing in-service hours for recertification.

Bring the knowledge and expertise of Pine Crest School educators to your faculty and staff through the Pine Crest neXt online courses.

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STEM and PBL course fostering creativity and real-world problem-solving. 

$210

  •  Module 1: Why STEM Education?

  • Module 2: Why Project-based Learning?

  • Module 3: Creating a Student-Centered Classroom

  • Module 4: Facilitating STEM Project-based Learning

  • Module 5: Create a Plan to Integrate STEM-PBL into the Curriculum

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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AI course combining practice with ethics and innovation.

$210

  • Module 1: Why AI Matters in Today's Classroom

  • Module 2: Spotting and Understanding AI in your School

  • Module 3: Working with AI Chatbots in Education

  • Module 4: Using AI Safely, Ethically and Responsibly

  • Module 5: Building AI Literacy for Future-Ready Classrooms

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Design thinking course fostering creativity and collaboration.

$210

  • Module 1: Introduction to Design Thinking

  • Module 2: Building Empathy

  • Module 3: Ideation to Generate Solutions

  • Module 4: Prototyping to Communicate Ideas

  • Module 5: Incorporate Design Thinking into Your Classroom

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Science integration course connecting learning to the real world.

$210

  • Module 1: The Power of Real-World Science in Education

  • Module 2: Connecting Science to Students’ Daily Lives

  • Module 3: Exploring Environmental Science and Conservation

  • Module 4: Engaging Students Through Scientific Storytelling

  • Module 5: Assessment and Reflection in Real-World Science Education

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Course empowering educators to nurture autonomy and purpose. 

$210

  • Module 1: Understanding Motivation and Self-Determination Theory (SDT)

  • Module 2: Motivation in the Classroom

  • Module 3: Designing for Autonomy

  • Module 4: Building Competence and Relatedness

  • Module 5: Advancing and Sustaining Autonomy- Supportive Practices

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Lower school science course building creative, effective instruction.

$210

  • Module 1: Effective Science Instruction

  • Module 2: Addressing Misconceptions in Lower School Science

  • Module 3: Incorporating Literacy & Numeracy

  • Module 4: Experiential Learning in Lower School Science

  • Module 5: Assessments in Lower School Science

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Course enhancing learning through executive function insights.

$210

  • Module 1: Welcome and Introduction

  • Module 2: What are Executive Functions?

  • Module 3: Self-Monitoring

  • Module 4: Planning and Prioritizing

  • Module 5: Organization

  • Module 6: Task Initiation

  • Module 7: Working Memory

  • Module 8: Flexible Thinking

  • Module 9: Emotional Regulation

  • Module 10: Final Assignment and Course Evaluation for Micro-credentialing & Inservice Points

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AI integration course builds skills in Gemini and Google Workspace.

$210

  • Module 1: Getting Oriented with Gemini and Prompt Engineering

  • Module 2: Gemini for Communication: Email and Chat

  • Module 3: Gemini for Organization: Docs, Drive and Keep

  • Module 4: Gemini for Creation: Forms, Sheets, Slides and Vids

  • Module 5: Practical Integration, Finding your Flow

  • Course Evaluation & Micro-credentialing

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Teacher language course promoting positive, growth-oriented classrooms. 

$210

  • Module 1: Why is teacher language so important?

  • Module 2: What are the different ways teachers use language in the classroom?

  • Module 3: In what other classroom situations does teacher language have an impact?

  • Module 4: What is the best way to respond to misbehavior?

  • Module 5: Why is it important to communicate with families?

  • Course Evaluation, Micro-credential and Inservice Points

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Course guiding educators to deepen mathematical understanding.

$210

  • Module 1: Questioning to Build Mathematical Thinking

  • Module 2: Math Talks: Students Do the Thinking, Solving and Sharing

  • Module 3: Math Tasks

  • Module 4: Games and Manipulatives

  • Module 5: Assessment

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