The StrongMind CoursePro Fellowship is a selective 12-week program for K–12 and CTE educators. Design and build a complete, professionally produced online course alongside StrongMind’s learning scientists and creative studio.
No program fee. Your school receives a perpetual, site-wide license to the finished course at no cost.
StrongMind CoursePro is the platform. The Fellowship is the guided experience around it.
During the Fellowship, you’ll use StrongMind CoursePro to move from standards and learning objectives to instruction, practice, and supporting materials in one structured workflow. StrongMind Intelligence accelerates the work while you review, refine, and make the instructional decisions.
Throughout the Fellowship, StrongMind learning scientists guide the design process. Once your course is review-ready, our creative studio develops the graphics, video, interactives, and other instructional assets that bring it to life
The Fellowship is fully online, with roughly 36 hours of instructional time across 12 weeks, plus independent build time. The most intensive work happens during a focused four-week design sprint. From there, StrongMind’s creative studio moves into production with you.
A Complete, Professionally Produced Course
Your school or district receives a perpetual, site-wide license at no cost. StrongMind’s creative studio produces the graphics, video, and interactives that bring the course to life.
Authorship
Your name appears on the course in the StrongMind catalog.
Royalty
Earn a royalty when other schools license the course you built.
Clock-Hour Certificate
Receive a StrongMind certificate documenting your completed Fellowship professional development hours.
Optional University Credit or CEUs
After successfully completing the Fellowship, you may choose to purchase graduate-level universitycredit or continuing education units (CEUs) from ouruniversity partner.
A Community of Practice
Faculty-led design studios, standing office hours, an alumni network with early access to new StrongMind CoursePro capabilities, and a path to becoming a paid CoursePro Certified Presenter.
Faculty led design studios, standing office hours, an alumni network with early access to new StrongMind CoursePro capabilities, and a path to becoming a paid CoursePro Certified Presenter.
Fully online. Live studio workshops run by videoconference, independent design work happens in StrongMind CoursePro, and faculty hold standing office hours throughout. Roughly 36 hours of instructional time across twelve weeks, plus your own build time.
Program expectations, confirmation of your course proposal, and the foundations of the StrongMind design approach: backward design, alignment, coherence, accessibility, and evidence-based practice.
One live studio workshop each week, four to six hours of independent build time, and office hours with faculty. Week by week: standards selection and learning objectives, then assessment-first design, then instructional design, then practice activities, supporting materials, and accessibility review. By the end of week, five you have a complete, review-ready course.
StrongMind’s creative studio and learning media team complete full asset production: graphics, video, and interactives. You review and approve.
You respond to expert review, make final revisions, and write a short design reflection. The cohort closes with a public Capstone Showcase where fellows present their finished courses.
The StrongMind CoursePro Fellowship is built for educators with deep subject expertise, including those in career and
technical education.
You do not need prior StrongMind CoursePro experience. Fellows are selected through a rubric-based application that includes a course proposal and evidence of teaching or industry expertise in the subject area they propose.
When applications open, you can choose from courses StrongMind is looking to commission or propose a course of your own.
K-12 teachers in online, hybrid, blended, and traditional settings
CTE instructors and directors
Curriculum developers and instructional designers
Instructional coaches
Virtual and blended school program leaders
You build the course with our platform, our faculty, and our production budget. Your school uses it free, in perpetuity. StrongMind retains ownership of the course and adds it to our catalog, with your name on it and a royalty to you when it is licensed.
There are no hidden terms. Before applications open, we will make the full participation agreement available so you can review the terms before deciding whether to apply.
The founding cohort of StrongMind Fellows begins summer 2027, running May 31 to August 20. Future cohorts will follow as the program grows.
Each cohort is limited to 25 fellows.
The founding cohort of StrongMind Fellows is forming now. Tell us which cohort you are interested in and we will send you the commission list, the participation agreement, and the application the day it opens.
No obligation. This is an interest list, not an application.
There is no program fee. StrongMind covers the platform, guided instruction, and course production. Optional graduate-level university credit or CEUs are purchased separately from our university partner.
Expect roughly 36 hours of instructional time across 12 weeks, plus independent build time. The heaviest workload falls during the four-week design sprint, with one 90-minute workshop and roughly 4–6 hours of independent work each week.
No. Learning the platform is part of the Fellowship. You bring subject expertise and teaching or industry experience in the discipline you propose.
StrongMind owns the course and adds it to our catalog with your name on it. Your school or district holds a perpetual, site-wide license at no cost, and you earn a royalty when other schools license it. Before applications open, we will make the full participation agreement available so you can review the terms first.
Some districts do. The participation agreement will explain how that is handled, and we will make it available before applications open. Review your district’s policy on outside curriculum work before you apply.
Fellows who successfully complete all program requirements have the option to purchase graduate-level university credit or continuing education units (CEUs) from our university partner. These are two different things. Graduate credit applies toward an advanced degree. CEUs document professional development hours and are what most districts look for on salary lane advancement. Neither is included in the Fellowship, both are purchased separately from the university at its published rate, and acceptance is determined by the receiving organization. You receive your StrongMind clock-hour certificate either way, since it documents your Fellowship hours regardless of what you purchase from the university.
Not necessarily, and it depends on your district. Your StrongMind clock-hour certificate documents your completed Fellowship hours and comes at no charge. CEUs are a separate, university-issued credential you purchase afterward. Some districts require university-issued CEUs specifically for salary lane advancement rather than a vendor certificate, and some accept either. Check with your district before deciding whether to add CEUs.
That depends on your district. Districts set their own rules for salary lane advancement and often require prior approval. Check with your district before you enroll for either CEUs or graduate credit.
Yes. Use the form on this page and let us know you are nominating someone. We will reach out to the person you name.
The founding cohort begins summer 2027. Join the interest list to be notified when applications open.
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