Training & Professional Learning Opportunities

MTA Training & Professional Learning Opportunities

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SEAM Fall Trainings: Doodling and Visual Storytelling for Educators

Professional Development Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://www.mobilize.us/massteacher/event/838405/. Monday, November 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

2025 MTA Fall Regional Presidents' Meetings: CENTRAL Region

Union Skills & Leadership For more information email MTAGovernance@massteacher.org. Location: MTA Central Office. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

Solidarity School: Know Your Rights & Reentry in Uncertain Times: Navigating the Classroom & U.S. Immigration for Returning Faculty

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Treasurer's Training: Membership Types

Union Skills & Leadership Choosing the right MTA and NEA membership codes. What to do when a member goes on leave. How to read the dues table. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://web.cvent.com/event/7802f26f-7508-470c-b0db-21035d74e77e/summary. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

Solidarity School: Civil Disobedience & Nonviolent Direct Action

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: MTA Central Office. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Solidarity School: Teaching in the Fire: The History of Educator and Union Resistance in Repressive Times

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Monday, November 17, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

SEAM Fall Trainings: Classroom Scenarios and Rights Training

Professional Development Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://www.mobilize.us/massteacher/event/838405/. Monday, November 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

2025 MTA Fall Regional Presidents' Meetings: SOUTHEAST Region

Union Skills & Leadership For more information email MTAGovernance@massteacher.org. Location: MTA Raynham Office. Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM.

2025 MTA Fall Regional Presidents' Meetings: NORTHEAST Region

Union Skills & Leadership For more information email MTAGovernance@massteacher.org. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM. MTA Middleton Office 35 Village Rd. Suite 602 Middleton, MA 01949.

Solidarity School: Safe to Learn: Defending LGBTQ+ Students in Uncertain Ti mes

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Solidarity School: Standing Strong: Allyship in Action for Detained Immigrants

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

Solidarity School: Standing Strong: Allyship in Action for Detained Immigrants

Union Skills & Leadership A dynamic series of trainings and popular education workshops designed to meet the urgency of our political moment with clarity, courage and collective action. Rooted in a commitment to justice and liberation, these sessions equip educators with the tools, analysis and strategies to challenge oppressive systems and build power in their schools, campuses, and communities. We aim to strengthen solidarity across movements through political education, skill-building and community dialogue. Solidarity School is a space to learn, unlearn and take collective action for a more just and liberated world. Solidarity School trainings and workshops aim to build a fall cohort who will reconvene in person to share experiences of moving learning into action. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=61uWWiYlBEG2gBMeVZPHUeArPAgVEDBHgqZOiB0upU1UOVdOUUtCWlQ1RlU2UE1LVzRIMk5JVzQ1MS4u&route=shorturl. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

MTA Retired First Wednesday Speaker Series: Federal Attacks on Public Education and the Dismantling of the Department of Education

Professional Development Discussion will include the ramifications of federal actions, including the withholding of federal grants and the impact on international students and higher education. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://web.cvent.com/event/65e13861-402b-4885-8c0f-e6ab4023cff9/summary. Audience: Retired. Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.

Treasurer's Training: Intro to NEA360

Union Skills & Leadership Learn the basics of viewing, editing and reporting on membership data for your local union. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://web.cvent.com/event/7802f26f-7508-470c-b0db-21035d74e77e/summary. Thursday, December 4, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

EMAC Conference

MTA Annual Conferences & Events Friday, December 5, 2025, 5:00 PM – Saturday, December 6, 2025, 4:00 PM. Sheraton Framingham.

Treasurer's Training: Local Office Support (LOS)

Union Skills & Leadership Discussing new LOS policy and procedures. Location: Virtual. Online Registration Link: https://web.cvent.com/event/7802f26f-7508-470c-b0db-21035d74e77e/summary. Thursday, December 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.