Professional Learning Opportunities
Educators know that keeping their professional credentials current is a professional and personal responsibility.
AEA is a leader in providing its members free professional learning opportunities through its statewide conferences and regional professional learning events. These opportunities include session offerings to earn credits toward Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and/or to begin working on professional studies to earn Professional Learning Units (PLUs).
The Alabama State Department of Education requires that educators who hold Professional Leadership Certification earn Professional Learning Units (PLUs) to maintain their certification and that educators who hold Professional Educator Certification earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs). AEA is recognized by the SDE as a state-approved professional development provider of these units.
The Education Policy and Professional Practice (EPPP) Department designs and offers professional studies to begin working on PLUs at state and regional professional learning events across Alabama. These opportunities are free to AEA members. The fee for non-members is $250 for CEUs and $500 per professional study for a PLU.
To learn more about AEA’s professional development opportunities, visit the Professional Learning page or email Dr. Pamela Fossett.
CEU Opportunities
Summer Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers
Where: Auburn University Montgomery Campus
When: July 23, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
What: The Department of History and World Culture at AUM is hosting a workshop for middle- and high-school teachers. The workshop will feature topics such as the two-party system, global geography, and the civil rights movement. All sessions have been designed to address points within the Alabama Course of Study. Participants will receive a $50 stipend to offset travel costs.
