Professional Development
New! Professional Development Webinar Series 2025-2026
Stories That Connect: Using Film & Primary Sources to Build Belonging
Learn how to boost student engagement and equip students with media literacy skills across the curriculum in our new PD webinars!
Explore ways to build classroom belonging and foster learning through teaching with primary sources and project-based approaches. Webinars will include filmmaker, professional artists and education professionals sharing best practices for using films, cultural products and other media in the classroom.
Registration is open. All webinars in this series are free. Learn more about the Journeys in Film PD Webinar Series now.
Educator Professional Development with Journeys in Film
We provide educators with all the tools you need to effectively teach with film. Resources to introduce media into the classroom effectively are scarce, so Journeys in Film has developed workshops to equip educators for success. Participants return from our professional development workshops with teaching tools to better support their students and fellow educators.
Our professional development partners include:
- American Federation of Teachers
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Prem Tinsulanonda International School (Thailand)
- Share My Lesson
We customize our workshops to meet your needs. Here is a sample of what our workshops can cover.
What We Offer Teachers
- Learn how to use film to engage students in active learning.
- Make lessons come alive with film across the curriculum.
- Improve media literacy for learners.
- Provide students with a global perspective.
What We Offer Schools and Districts
- Learn how to incorporate film into subjects such as math, science, social studies, English, and the Arts.
- Discover how to adapt our lessons for after-school and summer programs.
- Unlock administrative strategies for school and district-wide integration.
- Explore team planning for program implementation and project-based learning.
Contact Hershawna Frison at he*******@************lm.org to learn more or to book a professional development workshop with Journeys in Film.