What We Offer
CORA offers online professional development courses
for college educators, administrators , and student support staff.
Our courses focus on building cultural competency through employing
evidence-based teaching practices and equity-mindedness principles.
Each course helps you understand the most common and prevalent
issues students face daily in the education sector and use strategies to
reduce their impact.
Based on real-world experiences
These intensive online programs are best for educators and support staff who wish to improve their preparedness in mitigating the impact of racial microaggressions, unconscious bias in education, and facilitating success for historically underrepresented and underserved students.
CORA Learning is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for our learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.
Please refer to each course page in our catalog for specific CEU details. You can find our full course catalog here.
Mission
To empower educators and organizations with strategies, tools and resources to transform learning spaces into equitable, anti-racist environments and places for healing.
Vision
To foster environments of success and belonging for students, faculty, and staff of color by becoming the largest provider of high-quality, equity-based professional learning in the field of education.
Values
1. Engage with Equity
We believe that every student should be engaged in an equitable manner - where all of their needs are met, starting with giving them basic respect and dignity. Equity involves a commitment to anti-deficit thinking, a commitment to racial justice, an understanding of systems perspectives, and knowledge on how to use strategic coalition building to foster organizational change.
2. Lead with Empathy
We approach every challenge with empathy. We lead with empathy to create change. We demonstrate authentic care by putting love into action.
3. Transform by Building Community
CORA strives to improve the learning experience for every student by giving instructors and organizations the training and tools to create safe and equitable learning spaces. We believe that equity efforts should be student-centered and practitioner-focused.
Why Take Our Course
Extensive Research
Our course can provide you with comprehensive knowledge to deal with the common misconceptions associated with historically underrepresented and underserved students and improve your interactions with them effectively.
By taking our intensive online training program, you can gain insight into the prevalent issues that create barriers to success for our students.
Experienced Faculty
Our professional development Online Courses programs are designed with extensive research based on the experiences and outcomes of historically underrepresented and underserved students.
Our course can provide you with comprehensive knowledge to deal with the common misconceptions associated with historically underrepresented and underserved students and improve your interactions with them effectively.
By taking our intensive online training program, you can gain insight into the prevalent issues that create barriers to success for our students.
Training Materials & Certifications
Our training materials, books, lectures, and live video sessions are the outcome of extensive research on the disparities faced by historically underrepresented and underserved students in the education sector.
Each course is approximately 15 hours and consists of 4 modules and a live video session. After completing our professional development training program, you will receive a certificate. We also offer a Certificate accredited by IACET with 1.5 CEUs for our training programs.
