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Professional Development Sessions

OBSA for All offers a variety of professional development opportunities, open to all MPS staff, regardless of their role. Sessions meet the Cultural Competency relicensure requirement, and participants will receive clock hours for their MPS staff transcript.

Please be sure to pre-register below if you plan to attend. Email OBSA with any questions at blackstudents@mpls.k12.mn.us.

  • Sessions can be counted toward CEUs for licensed staff. 
  • Click the dates below to learn more about and register for each class in SuccessFactors.
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  • Please continue to check back for added sessions and dates.
  • If you see a session you are interested in experiencing, but we are not currently offering, please reach out. 

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Defining Safe and Supportive Spaces for Black Girls (A Series)

Join us on 2 Thursdays in January

  • Session 1: Jan. 15, 2026: 5:30 -7:00 PM
  • Session 2: Jan 29, 2026: 5:30-7:00 PM

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Deconstructing the Layers of Socialization (A Series)

Join us on 2 Tuesdays in February

  • Session 1: Feb. 10, 2026: 5-6:30 PM
  • Session 2: Feb. 24, 2025 5-6:30 PM

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Supporting Black Student Identity: Reducing Stereotype Threat in Schools 

  • March 11, 2026: 5-6:30 PM

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Shades of Bias: Exploring how Colorism Impacts Black Students 

  • April 14, 2026: 5:00-6:30 PM

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Other Sessions Facilitated by OBSA Staff

OBSA has a rich history of Professional Development Offerings. The sessions below have been offered in the past, by former team members, and continue to inspire and inform our work. While our current team does not facilitate these sessions, we are proud to share them as part of our collective legacy. 

  • Black Student Intellect
  • Critical Black Studies (BlackCrit) 101
  • Stolen Legacy: The Theft of Black Genius, Then and Now
  • How Racial Storylines Impact Learning for Black Students
  • Centering Racial Equity in an Inequitable System
  • Adultification Bias and the Impact on Black Girls in Public Schools

Contact

With questions, email OBSA at blackstudents@mpls.k12.mn.us.