School of Lifelong Learning
College of Education and Human Development
The School of Lifelong Learning (SLL) meets the needs of present day workers and adult learners, 25 years of age and older, across the state, region, and nation.
Center For Professional Development
The Center for Professional Development offers non-academic credit courses for professional and personal development. The Center sponsors workshops, seminars, institutes, and conferences.
The Center awards credit in the form of Continuing Education Units (CEUs), Certificates of Completion, and Certificates of Attendance. In collaboration with other units and agencies, the Center offers Social Work Units to licensed social workers, School Executive Management Institute (SEMI) credits to school administrators, and other non-academic credit units sponsored by professional associations.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Center For Professional Development
Renew Yourself and Your Career
The Center for Professional Development provides personal and professional development activities, mini-workshops, and seminars for non-academic credit. All adult can take advantage of the center including teachers, administrators, counselors, parent/teacher organization members, childcare administrators, pre-service educators, students, local, state, and government employees, entrepreneurs, and paraprofessionals.
Be a Part of an Education Revival
The Center for Professional Development is also the home of the Southwest Mississippi Education Consortium’s (SMEC) Regional Education Service Center that currently helps more than 24 school districts in 18 counties meet the professional development needs of their teachers, teaching assistants and administrators. Educators are able to meet their recertification needs, solve problems, and meet program improvement needs through the center’s offerings.
Institute for Educational Renewal
The Institute for Educational Renewal (INFER) is a continuing academic support unit designed to provide university support to public schools as they endeavor to meet the needs of all learners — prenatal through adulthood — and their families. For more information about professional development programs, please contact: Tel: 601-979-8887
SCHOOL OF LIFELONG LEARNING
