Prepares students to thrive as a professional, and show future employers that they are ready for the next step in starting their career. The Professional Distinction series is designed to help students excel as an early-career educator with a focus on building up their professional identity and cultivating strategies to manage the demands of being a teacher. Students who complete the series are awarded a certificate and signature cord upon graduation, denoting their Professional Distinction status.

The Professional Distinction courses are designed to fit into a student's schedule! Courses are one credit each with in-person, online, and hybrid options available.

The courses may be taken in any order as long as the student completes (and pass) at least three of them by the time of graduation.