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  • Many Fronts: Veterans and Community Voices - a composite image featuring a photo of man at the Memorial Garden the Minnesota State Capitol grounds and the event title.

    St. Paul – Many Fronts: Poetry and Memorials at the Capitol Mall

    Veterans Service Building 20 West 12th St, St. Paul, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours for attending. Many Fronts: Poetry and Memorials at the Capitol Mall provides participants an opportunity to reflect on the experiences and perspectives of service members, Veterans, and civilians in how we understand the nature of military conflicts, and how the public remembers and interprets the experience of war and service through memorials, monuments, and ekphrastic poetry.

    Free

  • St. Paul – Spring Metro Indian Education Gathering

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join us for the Spring Metro American Indian Education Gathering hosted at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Anyone connected to American Indian Education and/or American Indian students are welcome to attend.

    Free

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    Canceled Marshall – The Power of Poetry: A Social Studies Bundling Workshop

    Southwest West Central Service Cooperative 1420 East College Drive, Marshall, MN, United States

    K-12 Educators will receive 4 clock hours. Are you interested in teaching poetry to your students? Would you like to learn more about aligning poetry to academic standards and benchmarks? If so, this workshop is for you!

    Free
  • Learning from Place: Bdote

    St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote

    Fort Snelling State Park 101 Snelling Lake Road, St. Paul, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 5 clock hours. Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive experience that brings participants to sites of great significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Participants will learn from Dakota community members through stories and histories that have often been left out of our state’s history.

    $75

  • The Watt Munisotaram Buddhist Temple near Hampton, Minnesota.

    Hampton – Learning from Place: Watt Munisotaram (Cambodian Temple)

    Watt Munisotaram 2925 220th St E, Hampton, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 3 clock hours Join us for an immersive cultural learning experience at Watt Munisotaram, the largest Cambodian Buddhist temple in the United States, located in the serene countryside of Hampton, Minnesota.

    Free
  • Teachers gather around a table examining colorful pieces of paper as part of a group learning exercise.

    Staples – K-8 Social Studies Standards Workshop

    Sourcewell 202 12th Street NE, Staples, MN, United States

    We invite K-8 social studies educators to a workshop that will provide an overview of the new 2021 Minnesota social studies standards. This workshop includes time for teachers to work together to bundle benchmarks into cohesive, interdisciplinary instructional units. Participants will also have work time to start aligning these units with existing resources and primary sources.

    $60

  • Learning for Sovereign Futures: Native Education for All Place-Based Professional Learning Institute - August 4-8, 2025.

    St. Paul – Learning for Sovereign Futures: Native Education for All Institute

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) is excited to share an upcoming professional learning opportunity in collaboration with the Tribal Nations Education Committee, Minnesota Department of Education's Office of American Indian Education, and the Minnesota Humanities Center.

    Free
  • MACAE - Support Adult Education: Learning is Lifelong

    St. Paul – History Fest

    Minnesota History Center 345 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN, United States

    Get ready for the 2025-2026 school year with a choice of educator-led sessions focusing on state, national and world history, as well as assessments, primary sources, and more. Connect with your history peers from around the state!

    $50

  • Educators engage in a group exercise at professional development offering held at the Minnesota Humanities Center.

    Online Content Session – Era One: Indigenous Histories

    Online
    Virtual Event

    Explore the histories of America’s first peoples before European contact and connect them to the lived experiences of Indigenous communities today. Led by Dr. Brenda Child and moderated by Dr. Katharine Gerbner, this session will provide deep historical context, source analysis, and thematic framing.

    Free
  • Learning from Place: Bdote

    St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote

    Fort Snelling State Park 101 Snelling Lake Road, St. Paul, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 5 clock hours. Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive experience that brings participants to sites of great significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Participants will learn from Dakota community members through stories and histories that have often been left out of our state’s history.

    $75