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  • Learning Focused Instruction Inservice Series (formerly Micro-Credentials)
  • Blog – Issues in Lutheran Education
  • OpenLearning@MLC – NEW! 2025 Session Recordings added

Blog – Issues In Lutheran Education

Uniquely focused on educational issues as they occur within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), the purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for a professional conversation around issues that are important in Lutheran education. These issues and discussions also apply more broadly to Lutheran education in other church bodies and to Christian education in general. Click here to view

OpenLearning@MLC

A FREE virtual conference brought to you by MLC’s Office of Continuing Education.


Please Note: You may earn clock hours on the sessions until September 2, 2025. 

  • 2025 Vocabulary Instruction

    Tune in for ideas to engage students while developing vocabulary skills and strategies to support and improve reading comprehension. Applicable for all grade levels.

  • 2025 The Phones

    Tune in and learn more about instructional ideas for these critical elements of foundational instruction: Phonological AwarenessPhonemic Awareness, and Phonics. Applicable for all grades, but mainly focused on the primary grade levels.

  • 2025 Whole and Small Group Instruction

    Tune in and learn how both whole group and small group instruction are crucial in structured literacy instruction as they provide different but complementary benefits. Applicable for all grade levels.

  • 2025 The Wellness Wheel: A Reflective Tool for Holistic Wellbeing

    Let’s face it, “well-being” can feel like a broad, even nebulous target. In reality, it’s a multifaceted set of values often overlooked in the busy life of an educator. This interactive session introduces the Wellness Wheel, a tool to help participants prioritize eight key areas of wellbeing: physical, emotional, social, professional, environmental, financial, recreational, and spiritual.

  • 2025 Teacher Wellness

    This session will introduce strategies for long-term teacher wellness (in physical and mental domains). This is currently an age of many challenges facing teachers, from book banning and political mandates to addressing a variety of student needs, including pandemic learning loss and subsequent changes in social behavior. Without proper wellness strategies, teachers will quickly burn out.

  • 2025 Are You Pouring from a Full Cup

    This webinar offers an overview of current practices in literacy instruction in light of recent changes to reading standards. The basics of Structured Literacy, including meeting the needs of multilingual learners and students with dyslexic characteristics, will be addressed.

  • 2024 November AI Power Hour: Boost Your Productivity with Creative Tools

    This session will introduce teachers to cutting-edge AI applications that streamline tasks, enhance creativity, and save valuable time. This session will equip you with practical strategies to integrate AI tools into your daily workflow, helping you work smarter, not harder. Explore how artificial intelligence can unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation in both academic and professional environments.

  • 2022 Ministering in an Age of Diversity

    • Do you want to welcome more culturally diverse students into your school?
    • Do you want to grow in your own understanding of cultural diversity?
    • Are you not sure what to believe about critical race theory?
    • Are there social studies and history curriculum questions that you’re not sure how to address?
  • 2021 Serving in Times of Crisis

    • Do you want to hit the resent on classroom management?
    • How do you best serve your families in crisis?
    • How to lead in times of crisis?
    • How do you meet the social-emotional needs of your students?