Master Educator Competency Program

• The Master Educator Competency Program (MECP) is a statewide initiative for professional development aimed at Wyoming teachers.
  
  
• It offers a wide range of more than 40 Continuing Education courses per year. Course offerings and registration availability varies by semester. 
  
  
• The program supports teacher licensure recertification.

• Teachers in RIDE initiative-participating school districts can access select MECP EDCI 5959 offerings free of charge for Continuing Education credit (cannot be applied to a graduate degree) that may be used for recertification.
  
  
• MECP courses in these districts can be bundled for graduate credit applicable to the University of Wyoming’s Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction.

• Teachers outside of the participating RIDE districts can still take advantage of MECP courses.
  
  
• These teachers have access to EDCI 5959 Continuing Education credits (cannot be applied to a graduate degree) that may be used for recertification. We are also piloting a EDCI 5480 capstone experience to leverage the 5959 experience for graduate credits applicable to the Curriculum and Instruction M.A. program.
  
  
• Tuition and fee waivers are not available for non-RIDE district teachers.

• Provide high quality Continuing Education courses for Wyoming Teachers.
• Develop and enhance eight broad competencies captured in the Wyoming Portrait of an Educator.
  • Model and Cultivate Learner-Centered Mindsets
  • Design and Implement Learner-Centered Assessments
  • Build Learner-Centered Relationships and Cultures
  • Design and Implement Learner-Centered Instruction
  • Sustain and Cultivate Wellness
  • Collaborate, Communicate and Create in a Learner-Centered System
  • Champion Learner-Centered Systems and Communities
  • Design and Support Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments

• Registration for Spring 2025 Block 2 is currently open from March 4-March 14, 2025.
• The following drops are available for registration in Block 2 of Spring 2025:

• • Advanced Literacy Strategies: Text, Fluency, and Vocabulary
  • Cognitive Science: Cognitive Rigor
  • Designing Learner-Centered assessments through Increased Student Agency
  • Engineering Design Principles
  • Literacy and Language for Multilingual Learners
  • Modeling and Cultivating Learner-Centered Mindsets
  • Productive Failure and Growth Mindset
  • Using Systems Thinking to Design Student-Centered Schools

• The following drops will be available for registration in Summer of 2025
  • The "Why" of Learner-Centered Systems
  • Systems and Structures for Transforming Learning
  • Leveraging Learner Profiles to Support Personalized Learning
  • Leveraging Personalized Learning to Support All Learners
  • Evaluating Growth and Outcomes Communication Systems
  • Growth and Outcomes Infrastructure
  • Grading for Equitable Outcomes
  • Designing the Environment to Support Personalized Learning

"Explore Drops" are also available for those who want to sample the materials without paying the $60 enrollment fee for earning credit.