NHLI | New Hampshire Learning Initiative
All Students Deserve a Quality Education
Our professional development programs in leadership and structural support, instruction, and feedback tools help deepen assessment practices and integrate student-centered learning into your district, schools, and classrooms.
Our professional development programs in leadership and structural support, instruction, and feedback tools help deepen assessment practices and integrate student-centered learning into your district, schools, and classrooms.
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Note: Any PD program for individuals (listed below) can be customized to run within a district
Three virtual sessions on Fridays designed for building leadership and teachers to move toward a competency-based learning environment.
Sessions address (1) Shifting to a CBL System? Where Do We Start? (2) How Do We Lead the Work? (3) How Did We Do and Where Do We Go From Here?
The cost is $5oo/per person. Includes a copy of Unpacking the Competency-Based Classroom
OGAP Trainings -2026-2027
NHLI will organize seventeen (17) in-person trainings throughout New Hampshire during the summer of 2026, fall of 2026 and spring of 2027.
CLICK HERE to view the OGAP Summer Schedule and links to registration.
Each OGAP training costs $850/participant.
NHLI and SNHU are offering the opportunity to earn 6 graduate credits for your full participation in any one of the trainings. Note: this is a separate cost and is in addition to the cost of the OGAP training.
OGAP is an evidence-based formative assessment system that includes professional development, resources, and routines for teachers and leaders to continually adjust instruction to meet the diverse needs of students in grades K-8 mathematics. Four, consecutive, in-person, full days equip teachers with the knowledge and instructional practices to bring to their classrooms. Three follow-up virtual sessions during the school year to review student work and discuss the mathematics progressions, reinforcing their learning. OGAP is compatible with all math programs.
Four different trainings will be offered.
K-2 Additive Reasoning
3-6 Multiplicative
6-8 Proportional
3-5 Fractions
Teachers in a variety of roles and content areas want skills that build a foundation for leading and supporting innovative practices in their schools. This five Saturday session will present the skills to assist a district in moving forward in its competency-based education and equity goals. A stipend is available to full participants in the program. Email NHLI if you wish to enroll yourself or any of your teachers in this program.
Work Study Practices are four critical competencies students need for success in their career, college and life: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Self-direction. This program integrates these critical competencies into curriculum and instruction, allowing students to build the metacognitive practices necessary for success in whatever pathway they choose.
The POL is a collaborative process to define a vision (a north star) for student success after High School by identifying competencies valued by the entire community. Partners in this process include representatives from the district, the school(s), family, business and industry, and community members. NHLI believes this process needs to be developed over time and cannot begin in high school but is part of system thinking K-12. And that using data from all constituencies informs the process and keeps the Portrait sustainable. NHLI will conduct and guide the POL process from data gathering, to portrait development, to community reveal. Email NHLI if you are interested in developing or enhancing a POL.
This 3-part, in-person workshop is designed for new teachers, alternative certification teachers, and experienced teachers looking to deepen their understanding of competency-based learning. The workshop is based on the Aurora Institute’s definition of Competency-Based Learning and will cover student agency, performance assessment, systems of support, feedback cycles, active learning strategies, and equity.
Research and practice have shown that competency-based teaching and learning works well for students who learn differently, leading to lower anxiety and higher achievement. The goal of this workshop series is to provide resources and strategies to help teachers and leaders support all learners in a competency-based system.
This three-day, in-person workshop on Project-Based Learning (PBL) or project-based instruction is a student-centered teaching method that encourages learning through engaging, real-world, curriculum-related questions or challenges.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
June 29-30 and July 1, 2026
9 am – 3 pm
NH Audubon McLane Center
Concord, NH
$595/participant
Click Here for More Information
Click Here to Register for Engaging Students Through Project-Based Learning
NHLI and SNHU are offering the opportunity to earn 3 graduate credits for your full participation in this workshop.
This two-day, in-person design workshop for science teachers supports the design of a student-centered, competency-based, instructional model aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.
Teachers Grades K-12
Thursday and Friday, November 5-6, 2026
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
NH Audubon McLane Center – Concord, NH
Three SNHU graduate credits are an option for full participation in NGSS, Phenomena, and Sense-Making in Science at a discounted rate of $740.
Click here to learn more about the workshop.
Click here to register for the workshop
Elevate your project-based learning (PBL) experience! This three-part, virtual, PBL Fine-Tuning Lab delves into the art of refining and perfecting your PBL unit. NHLI designed the workshop for educators and learners alike who want to enhance the depth, clarity, and impact of their unit.
Three virtual workshops designed to help schools develop grading practices and policies that support competency-based learning.
Empowered Learning: From Vision to Evidence
A two-day conference for educators ready to design learning that centers on students and meaningful evidence of learning. Join New Hampshire teachers and leaders who are doing the work—alongside NHLI’s competency-based education (CBE) experts—to share practical tools, classroom-tested strategies, and performance assessment practices that strengthen instruction, improve learner engagement, and address the systems and structures needed to implement CBE with clarity and consistency—along with leadership training that supports sustainable implementation across schools and districts.
Monday and Tuesday, July 20 & 21, 2026
8:00 am – 2:30 pm
Grappone Conference Center
Concord, NH
Two-Day Registration: $450
One-Day Registration: $275
Current NH PLACE members attend the conference at no cost.
NHLI and SNHU are offering the opportunity to earn 3 graduate credits for your full participation in the two-day conference.
Click Here to View the Conference Sessions and Keynotes
Click Here to Register for the Conference
The NHLI conference this summer was so worthwhile! I found so many connections between presenters, but also, with what we’ve been learning about in our PD. I am excited to jump back into the CBL work in my district and look forward to bringing many of the resources I gathered from these expert presenters. So much of it is relevant to my work in the district.