Professional Development

Professional Development

Our professional development workshops provide early childhood and elementary educators with inspirational, engaging activities to take back to their classrooms!

Educators explore the museum during professional development just as their students would on a field trip to make connections between classroom lessons and real-world concepts!

MCM Workshops

Workshop Information:

  • Each workshop is 5 hours long, 9 am – 2 pm, with an hour lunch break.
  • Each workshop counts as .5 continuing education units (CEUs) or 5 hours for childcare workers.
  • Each workshop is $30 (plus an additional $10 for CEU credits).
  • We offer professional development workshops on-site at the museum at various times throughout the years. Please refer to this page or email monique@mcm.ms for specific dates and workshop descriptions.
  • All professional development workshops are available for off-site presentations.

Upcoming Workshops

There are currently no professional development workshops available. Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to stay updated about any new offerings!

E-mail Director of Education and Programs, Monique Ealey for more information at monique@mcm.ms.


Computer Science Wonder

Computer Science (CS) Wonder is project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services geared toward training and supporting educators in teaching computer science skills to their students.

MCM has partnered with Mississippi State University’s Department of Cyber Education to offer training in coding, robotics, and digital literacy.


What will CS Wonder do?

  • Encourage connection between educators and tech industry professionals
  • Provide intensive STEAM training for teachers
  • Supply a comprehensive kit of materials along with ongoing support for their use within classrooms
  • Reach students who ordinarily would not have access to these kids of state of the art resources
  • Provide hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences for students to actively practice higher-level technology skills and increase their digital fluency
  • Raise students’ awareness of the possibilities that exist in STEAM fields
  • Provide hands-on lessons and model how to effectively engage students in open-ended exploration

Upcoming CS Wonder Workshops:

Last Fall, teachers from across the state were invited to apply for a spot in our CS Wonder Teacher Cohort. Twenty teachers were selected, and for the next year will be engaging in sessions that will equip and empower them to provide their students with hands-on computer science education in the classroom.

These sessions are exclusively for our cohort but please continue to check our website for other opportunities!

Learning the Basics

Saturday, January 28
9:00am – 4:00pm
MCM-Jackson 

In this session, teachers will be introduced to the basics of computer science. What is it? Why teach it? Learn how to engage students and make it fun to learn! 


Online Learning Platforms

Saturday, March 18
9:00am – 12:00pm
Virtual Workshop

In this virtual session teachers will be engaged in online lessons and platforms that they can use with their students as they begin learning the basics of coding.


Coding and Robotics

Saturday, July 22
9:00am – 4:00pm
MCM-Meridian 

In this session teachers will learn how to code and teach coding using robots that they will take back to their classrooms! They will work on coding lesson plans and leave with prepared lessons for their students. 


Reviewing and Troubleshooting

Saturday, September 23
9:00am – 4:00pm
MCM-Jackson

In this final session teachers will review and troubleshoot any barriers with their robots and lessons, and focus on lessons and techniques that support teaching coding with all other subject areas.


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