Upcoming Free Webinars
Webinar: Proof to Practice–Micro-credentials to Showcase Skills • 4/29/26
Dr. John Hendron is joined again by National Implementation Manager, Debbie Weaver Balough, in a deep-dive look into the EdRising micro-credentials. In addition, we’ll feature how several universities have now embraced our micro-credentials which can help students...
Past Webinar Recordings
Showcasing Educators Rising Kentucky
March 26, 2026. Molly Kauffman was joined by Bree Massie, Kentucky's Educators Rising state coordinator along with teacher leader Leah Jefferson and student officer Alyssa Pollard. Viewers will better understand the strong impact Educators Rising is having for students in Kentucky and how districts are investing in creating chapters to help assuage the teacher shortage in their communities. Finally, you'll learn the about the current landscape with students and what optional resources you can source to help stand up your own education and training pathway in your state and locality.
Supporting Student Engagement with Interactive Guidebooks
March 12, 2026. Dr. John Hendron is joined by Debbie Weaver Balough to explore the supplemental resource included with Educators Rising Curriculum to support deeper levels of student engagement: the Interactive Student Guidebooks. We also debut the new Educators Rising Training Center which launches in April 2026.
How well does EdRising Prepare Students for EPPs?
January 21, 2026. John Hendron chats with former national presidents Milan Aranda and Journey Harris about their experiences within Educators Rising and their current roles as students in educator preparation programs.
Supporting Our Teacher Leaders
December 10, 2025. Debbie Weaver Balough joins John Hendron to showcase the supports provided to Educators Rising teacher leaders who implement the Educators Rising curriculum as part of their pre-education pathway program in schools across the nation.
Your Path, Your Way
October 22, 2025. Debbie Weaver Balough joins John Hendron and Lisa Rollins to explore how to customize our curriculum lessons to fit different state frameworks. We look at how Educators Rising standars can be cross-walked with state and CTE standards, and the process for updating content to meet your state and local needs.
Pennsylvania State Showcase
February 19, 2026. Guest Dr. Chris Clayton joins Lisa Rollins for a deep dive into the teacher shortage in Pennsylvania and brings guests from two Pennsylvania schools: Central Westmoreland CTC and Phoenixville Area HS to show how they've leveraged Educators Rising resources to develop and grow their own GYO program to provide students advance experience with teaching and learning about education careers.
How to Leverage Paraprofessional Avenues to Support Grow Your Own
January 16, 2025. Dr. John Hendron provides an overview of Educators Rising's program that provides districts a Grow Your Own solution to ensuring that classrooms are filled with highly qualified teachers. For students in the Educators Rising program, there are benefits to taking the ParaPro Assessment from ETS. Our current partnership with ETS provides the ParaPro at a discount.
Alabama Has 800+ Teacher Vacancies. These Educators Found an Answer.
April 22, 2026. Alabama faces one of the nation's most severe teacher shortages — over 800 vacancies in early childhood and elementary alone. In this webinar, EdRising sits down with Alabama State Coordinator Suzanne Clemons and three standout teacher leaders — Becky Tomaso, Moriah Miller, and Stephanie Cody — to share how Educators Rising is turning today's high school students into tomorrow's educators. Hear how one program grew from 40 students to over 200, how students published their own bilingual children's books, and why the best teacher recruiters in Alabama are the students themselves. Learn more and download the free Grow Your Own Playbook at educatorsrising.org.
Learn by Doing: Work-based Experiences with Educators Rising Pathways
February 25, 2026. Debbie Weaver Balough is our special guest, showcasing the ways two different schools—one middle school and one high school—are implementing practical teaching experiences as part of their education and training pathway program, utilizing resources from Educators Rising.
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Useful Resources:
- Visit our FAQ page to understand the questions others are asking when developing their program.
- Explore the Educators Rising Curriculum, a core foundational resource to support your education & training pathway.
- Check out our Grow Your Own Playbook, which pulls together some of the best practices for improving teacher recruitment and development by leveraging your community and the expertise in our schools and districts.
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