MTSS Professional Learning

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Self-Paced Professional Learning for Educators

Finding time for meaningful professional growth is difficult, and most PD isn't designed around your specific role or MTSS implementation challenges.

With Branching Minds University (BRMU), you can:

Learn at your own pace on your own schedule, with no cohort requirements or fixed PD days
Choose the topics that matter most to your role and MTSS journey
Access courses designed by education experts with decades of classroom and district leader experience
Gain practical strategies you can apply immediately in classrooms and administrative roles
Start learning right away with no district contracts or approval delays required

BRMU is built for educators who need professional learning that is flexible, relevant, and immediately applicable.

Professional Learning for Every Role in Education

Most professional learning gives you a seat in a room. BRMU gives you expertise you can use immediately.

Whether you're leading district initiatives, coaching educators, or supporting students in the classroom, BRMU offers practical, role-specific learning designed to help you strengthen MTSS implementation and improve student outcomes.

District and School Leaders

Instructional Coaches & Specialists

Classroom Teachers

📊 District and School Leaders

Build the knowledge and leadership skills needed to strengthen student support across your district, including:

Aligning improvement initiatives
Leading more effective support systems
Using data to drive decisions
Developing teams that work collaboratively to support students

🏫 Instructional Coaches & Specialists

Strengthen your ability to support educators and drive meaningful student outcomes, including:

Facilitating collaborative problem-solving
Interpreting screening and progress-monitoring data
Supporting intervention planning and implementation
Coaching colleagues through data-based decision making

🍎 Classroom Teachers

Build practical skills you can use in the classroom right away, including:

Strengthening instructional practices
Understanding student behavior more deeply
Supporting students with diverse learning needs
Applying proven strategies with confidence

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Start immediately. Work through each course at whatever pace fits your schedule. Earn your certificate upon completion.

Nope. BRMU courses are available for individual purchase. Browse the catalog, enroll yourself, and get started. No district account, procurement process, or approval required.

Absolutely. Every course is fully self-paced. Start and stop whenever you need to. Come back after a busy week. Work through a course in one sitting if that's your style. You're in control.

Yes — you'll earn a certificate of completion for each course you finish, recognizing your professional growth. Certificates include course length and completion dates.

Yes. BRMU courses are built around the skills and knowledge that support effective student support systems — including behavior screening, data-based decision making, family engagement, early warning indicators, and tiered instruction. Whether or not your school formally uses the term "MTSS," the content is directly applicable to supporting all students in your district.

Most courses are designed to be completed in 1–2 hours. They're built to fit into a planning period, a lunch break, or a quiet evening, not require an entire PD day.

Yes, and we encourage it. Our growing catalog is designed so that courses build on each other. Pathway options, which are structured sequences for specific roles and goals, are coming soon.

Your district already has full access to the Branching Minds MTSS Learning Hub at no additional cost. Explore on-demand tutorials, implementation resources, and professional learning designed to help your team get even more value from Branching Minds.

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MTSS Professional Learning

Self-Paced Professional Learning for Educators

Professional Learning for Every Role in Education

📊 District and School Leaders

🏫 Instructional Coaches & Specialists

🍎 Classroom Teachers

Professional Learning That Drives Action

It Really Is This Simple

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Frequently Asked Questions About BRMU

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