EASC offers professional development opportunities for K-12 educators throughout the academic year. Here you can find our upcoming NCTA short courses and webinars, as well as see courses that have been offered in the past.
EASC's online professional development opportunities are open to all K-12 educators and pre-service teachers.
Webinar Date: November 22, 2025
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm ET
Registration Deadline: November 17, 2025
Instructor: Yunmeng Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, IU School of Education
This webinar, taught by PhD student Yunmeng Zhang, will guide participants through urban life in China with a focus on two major cities, Shanghai and Chengdu. Participants will explore the cultural, economic, and historical distinctions between these two cities to better understand how different urbanization policies and regional identities shape everyday life in China. Through this, educators will be empowered to facilitate discussions on urban Chinese life, policies, and identity in their own classrooms.
This webinar offers teachers 2 professional development hours. For any questions reach out to easc@iu.edu
Start Date: January 04, 2026
End Date: February 14, 2026
Registration Deadline: December 27, 2025
Taught by Cecilia Boyce, this six-week NCTA course will equip teachers with the knowledge and resources needed to incorporate the short fiction of Haruki Murakami into their literature classrooms. Through the exploration of Murakami’s short stories teachers will gain more insight into the cultural and historic subtext of Murakami’s stories while engaging in dialogue with other teachers. This course includes asynchronous work with synchronous online lectures.
This course offers teachers 12 professional development hours. For any questions reach out to easc@iu.edu
Start Date: February 15, 2026
End Date: February 28, 2026
Registration Deadline: February 07, 2026
This two-week, asynchronous NCTA short course will explore South Korean colonial era literature through the lens of femininity. Alongside an introduction to South Korean literature, participants will also be given a brief overview of early 20th century South Korean through the focus on the concept of the “modern woman/new girl” phenomenon that swept across East Asia during this era. Using fictional and historical sources, participants will build an understanding of how these concepts of “modern” femininity were perceived and how they pushed against traditional ideas of womanhood in colonial Korea.
This course offers teachers 3 professional development hours. For any questions reach out to easc@iu.edu
Start Date: April 26, 2026
End Date: May 09, 2026
Registration Deadline: April 18, 2026
This asynchronous NCTA short course will cover Japan's unique culture of fermentation. Participants will explore the agents used, how methods vary based on the size of producers, and the different types of ferments found in Japan. This course will also explore how Japan fits into the larger East Asian region consisting of China, Korea, and Taiwan. Focus will be on how Japan has influenced the surrounding area especially during its pre- and inter-WWII imperialist expansion in the region. Participants will be introduced to the similarities between ferments from different countries and how regional ingredients are adapted to make unique combinations.
This course offers teachers 3 professional development hours. For any questions reach out to easc@iu.edu
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