Professional Learning Catalog
Competency-aligned professional development. Register for courses to earn verified Michigan SCECH credits and dynamic, portable Open Badges.
Designed for Future MDE SCECH Sponsor Readiness
Positive Light Learning Network is building a professional learning and micro-credential system designed for future Michigan SCECH sponsor readiness. Completion certificates and micro-credentials are not the same as awarded SCECH credit unless processed through an approved SCECH sponsor and MOECS.
Featured Active Courses
AI Literacy Level 1: Foundations for Educators
Introduction to generative artificial intelligence, LLM prompt engineering, and ethical integration in standard K-12 classrooms.
Prompt Engineering for Educators
Structured prompt workflows, zero-shot templates, and lesson generation techniques designed to save hours of administrative labor.
AI Ethics and FERPA
Comprehensive guidance securing educator records, student privacy boundaries, COPPA rules, and responsible LLM classroom integration guidelines.
Statewide Open Badges 2.0 Dynamic Framework
Positive Light micro-credentials comply with IMS Global Open Badges 2.0 standards. Earners can push verified SVG assertions directly to digital backpacks.
AI Literacy Level 1
Artificial Intelligence
- Recall core generative AI structures (transformers, context windows).
- Contrast traditional search workflows with modern generative synthesis.
Completion of Level 1 exit evaluation and curriculum integration checklist.
Prompt Engineering for Educators
Artificial Intelligence
- Structure multi-shot lesson plan generating instructions.
- Establish secure student privacy parameters blocking model telemetry.
Three functional lesson builder prompts and exemplary rubric scorecard.
AI Assessment Design
Assessment Tech
- Design AI-resistant conceptual evaluation matrices.
- Synthesize diagnostic rubric generators targeting specific curriculum strands.
Complete diagnostic unit rubric and pupil classroom validation log.
AI Ethics and FERPA
Digital Citizenship
- Evaluate LLM vendor policies for FERPA, COPPA, and state data rules compliance.
- Implement rigorous student record redaction workflows.
Case study evaluation score of 90% or higher and district policy template.
AI for School Leaders
Administration
- Draft systemic AI integration guidelines for school districts.
- Orchestrate professional learning sequences scaling AI-literacy safely.
Approved board authorization draft resolution and school policy handbook.