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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Energy
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Energy
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/9/2025 - 6/9/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers, Energy: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the physics or IPC classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the energy TEKS for both courses and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Energy
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Energy
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/16/2025 - 6/16/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers, Energy: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the physics or IPC classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the energy TEKS for both courses and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Force & Motion
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Force & Motion
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/23/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers, Force and Motion: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the physics or IPC classroom. Participants will work through several activities scaled to meet force and motion TEKS for both courses and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Force & Motion
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers: Force & Motion
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/30/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for High School Physics/IPC Teachers, Force and Motion: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the physics or IPC classroom. Participants will work through several activities scaled to meet force and motion TEKS for both courses and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Energy
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Energy
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/9/2025 - 6/9/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers, Energy: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the middle school science classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the Middle School energy TEKS and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Energy
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Energy
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/16/2025 - 6/16/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers, Energy: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the middle school science classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the Middle School energy TEKS and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Force & Motion
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Force & Motion
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/23/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers, Force and Motion: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the middle school science classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the Middle School force and motion TEKS and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Force & Motion
- 3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers: Force & Motion
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/30/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 109
Instructor: Melinda Wurtz
3D Inquiry Lab Solutions for Middle School Science Teachers, Force and Motion: This workshop will focus on effective strategies for integrating specific inquiry-based, 3D explorations into the middle school science classroom. Participants will work though several activities scaled to meet the Middle School force and motion TEKS and leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use explorations, resources, and strategies.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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Hands on Dissection for High School Biology Teachers
- Hands on Dissection for High School Biology Teachers
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Fee: $75.00
Dates: 7/1/2025 - 7/1/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 305
Instructor: Erin Childress
This workshop is designed for Biology teachers who want to increase their skills and confidence in facilitating and prepping dissections for commonly used specimens and organs while maintaining safe laboratory practices in a biology lab. Join us and get your hands dirty while networking with teachers from other districts.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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Lifelong Learning Conference
- Lifelong Learning Conference
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/27/2025 - 6/27/2025
Times: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Days: F
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Early Childhood Research Center
Instructor: Carrie Wright-Davis, Heather Olson-Beal
Calling all K-12 educators!
Do you want to learn about innovative teaching strategies? Need professional development hours? We have speakers lined up and ready to present for the second annual Education Studies Lifelong Learning Conference, designed by educators for educators! This is a great opportunity to connect, collaborate, and inspire right here in Nacogdoches.

✨ Earn CEUs!
✨ Increase your knowledge for the classroom!
✨ $50 for educators
✨ $30 for SFA students
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SAFETY Short Course
- SAFETY Short Course
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Fee: $250.00
Dates: 6/9/2025 - 6/12/2025
Times: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Days: M Tu W Th
Sessions: 4
Location: Todd Agriculture Research Center
Building: Beef Center
Room: Classroom
Instructor: Garrett Hancock
This short course aims to provide school-based agricultural education instructors with a hands-on, interactive foundation in safety awareness and practices specific to agricultural education. It blends practical demonstrations, immersive activities, and discussion-based learning to promote a culture of safety that instructors can carry into their labs, classrooms, and careers.
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Schedule for week:
Monday, June 9: 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 11: 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 12: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Tackling the TEKS using Inquiry-Based Activities for High School Biology Teachers
- Tackling the TEKS using Inquiry-Based Activities for High School Biology Teachers
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/10/2025 - 6/10/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 302
Instructor: Erin Childress
This workshop is designed for Biology teachers investigating new ideas for facilitating and prepping inquiry-based activities. Participants will increase their skills and confidence in leading inquiry-based biology activities while networking with teachers from other districts. Lessons shared will meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and Next Generation Science Standards.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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Tackling the TEKS using Inquiry-Based Activities for High School Biology Teachers
- Tackling the TEKS using Inquiry-Based Activities for High School Biology Teachers
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Fee: $50.00
Dates: 6/17/2025 - 6/17/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Location: SFASU Main Campus
Building: Cole STEM Building
Room: 305
Instructor: Erin Childress
This workshop is designed for Biology teachers investigating new ideas for facilitating and prepping inquiry-based activities. Participants will increase their skills and confidence in leading inquiry-based biology activities while networking with teachers from other districts. Lessons shared will meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and Next Generation Science Standards.
This workshop is facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University's JacksTeach program.
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Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for Grades 6-12
- Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for Grades 6-12
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
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Location:
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This course will teach you how to recognize potential signs of trauma in adolescents and give you specific strategies to help support students within a trauma-informed classroom. This teacher professional development course was created to help you better understand your adolescent students who may have experienced some form of trauma in their life. You will explore examples of students in the 6th-12th grade classroom, analyze acute, chronic, and complex trauma, identify specific experiences of adolescents that can lead to trauma, and evaluate specific strategies for building a trauma-informed classroom. You will learn the fresh START formula for trauma-informed education so that you have specific strategies in mind to support your students throughout your classroom lessons. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a fresh START resource you can use as a reference guide later in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your adolescent students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the 6th-12th grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for Grades 6-12 course, you will explore three types of traumas (acute, chronic, and complex) and learn about the fresh START formula for trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.
- Designing IEP Goals Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of your adolescent students who may have experienced trauma and will provide you with tools and strategies to support them. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to trauma in adolescents. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of trauma-informed education.
What you will learn
- Identify the types and signs of trauma
- Analyze how trauma may manifest in the adolescent years
- Evaluate best practices and strategies for trauma-informed pedagogy
How you will benefit
- You will begin to understand and accept your students more and gain a stronger appreciation and understanding of any negative behaviors you may witness
- Your relationship with your students will improve and grow as you implement trauma-informed classroom strategies that seek to directly support the students that need it most
- Your students who have experienced trauma will be able to thrive in the safe classroom you are building
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your adolescent students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the 6th-12th grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for Grades 6-12 course, you will explore three types of traumas (acute, chronic, and complex) and learn about the fresh START formula for trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.
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Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for PreK-5th Grade
- Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for PreK-5th Grade
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
This course will teach you how to recognize potential signs of trauma in elementary students and give you specific strategies to help support students within a trauma-informed classroom. This teacher professional development course was created to help you better understand your elementary students who may have experienced some form of trauma in their life. You will explore examples of students in the PreK-5th-grade classroom, analyze acute, chronic, and complex trauma, identify specific experiences of elementary children that can lead to trauma, and evaluate specific strategies for building a trauma-informed classroom. You will learn about the four C's (comfort, consistency, compassion, and connection) of trauma-informed education so that you have specific strategies in mind to support your students throughout your classroom lessons. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a four C's resource you can use as a reference guide later in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your elementary students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the PreK-5th-grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for PreK-5th Grade course, you will explore three types of traumas and learn about the four C's (comfort, consistency, compassion, and connection) of trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.
- Designing IEP Goals Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of your elementary students who may have experienced trauma and will provide you with tools and strategies to support them. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to trauma in elementary-aged children. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of trauma-informed education.
What you will learn
- Identify the types and signs of trauma
- Analyze how trauma may manifest in the elementary years
- Evaluate best practices and strategies for trauma-informed pedagogy
How you will benefit
- You will begin to understand and accept your students more and possess a stronger appreciation and understanding of any negative behaviors you may witness
- Your relationship with your students will improve and grow as you implement trauma-informed classroom strategies that support the students who need it most
- Your students who have experienced trauma will be able to thrive in the safe classroom you are building
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with insights into understanding your elementary students who have experienced trauma, offering examples in the PreK-5th-grade classrooms. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During the Trauma-Informed Teaching for PreK-5th Grade course, you will explore three types of traumas and learn about the four C's (comfort, consistency, compassion, and connection) of trauma-informed pedagogy to help you support your students.
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Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD
- Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
This course will help you better understand your students who been diagnosed with ADHD. You will learn about the various types of ADHD, common symptoms, and general classroom strategies you can choose from to foster student success. This teacher professional development course will teach you about your students diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by providing you with the definition and types of ADHD you may see in your students and by allowing you to analyze the signs and symptoms of ADHD in the classroom. You will explore what support for students with ADHD looks like in the classroom and also consider what it looks like when a teacher does not understand ADHD. You will learn about the CALM ( Culture, Accommodations, Learner-Centered, and Mindfulness) approach for students, providing you with numerous ADHD teaching strategies to consider as you work to support the students in your classroom.
The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a CALM approach resource for later reference. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn about the definition of ADHD, types of ADHD, and signs and symptoms of ADHD you may observe in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be provided with various strategies to support your students using the CALM (Culture, Accommodations, Learner-Centered, and Mindfulness) approach in this course.
- Understanding & Supporting Students with ADHD Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of students with ADHD and then provides you specific strategies to choose from to help you support your students. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to students diagnosed with ADHD. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation of strategies for students with ADHD.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of students diagnosed with ADHD.
What you will learn
- Understand the definition and types of ADHD
- Analyze the signs and symptoms of ADHD
- Evaluate ADHD classroom strategies you can choose from to support your students better
How you will benefit
- Your better understanding of your students with ADHD will allow you to look at student behaviors and academic progress in a new light as you consider some root causes of their struggles
- You will be able to better address students who may be struggling in your classroom because of ADHD, and you will feel prepared to support students in a variety of ways
- Your students diagnosed with ADHD will improve academically and behaviorally, and because these strategies can even benefit all students, the rest of your classroom will also improve
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn about the definition of ADHD, types of ADHD, and signs and symptoms of ADHD you may observe in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be provided with various strategies to support your students using the CALM (Culture, Accommodations, Learner-Centered, and Mindfulness) approach in this course.
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Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
- Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
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Instructor:
This course will help you better understand your students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia. You will learn about the common challenges for students with dyslexia, common symptoms you may observe in class, and general classroom strategies you can choose from to foster student success. This teacher professional development course will teach you about your students diagnosed with dyslexia by providing you with the definition and challenges of dyslexia you may see in your students and by allowing you to analyze the signs and symptoms of dyslexia in the classroom. You will explore what support for students with dyslexia looks like in the classroom and consider what it looks like when a teacher does not understand it.
You will learn about the AIM Method, a series of strategies used to work with students diagnosed with dyslexia, in your classroom. The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and an AIM Method resource for later reference—empowering you to teach students with dyslexia with confidence. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will enable you to learn about the definition of dyslexia, common challenges dyslexic students may experience, and signs and symptoms of dyslexia that you may observe in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will be provided with various strategies to support your students using the AIM Method, a series of strategies used to work with students diagnosed with dyslexia, in this course.
- Understanding & Supporting Students with Dyslexia Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of students with dyslexia and then provides you specific strategies to choose from to help you support your students. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to students diagnosed with dyslexia. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of students diagnosed with dyslexia.
What you will learn
- Understand the definition and challenges of dyslexia
- Analyze the signs and symptoms of dyslexia
- Evaluate intervention strategies you can choose from to support your students with dyslexia
How you will benefit
- Your better understanding of your students with dyslexia will allow you to look at student behaviors and academic progress in a new light as you consider some root causes of their struggles
- You will be able to better address students who may be struggling in your classroom because of dyslexia, and you will feel prepared to support students in a variety of ways
- Your students diagnosed with dyslexia will improve academically and behaviorally, and because many of these strategies can even benefit all students, the rest of your classroom can also improve
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will enable you to learn about the definition of dyslexia, common challenges dyslexic students may experience, and signs and symptoms of dyslexia that you may observe in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will be provided with various strategies to support your students using the AIM Method, a series of strategies used to work with students diagnosed with dyslexia, in this course.
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Understanding Students At Risk of Dropping Out
- Understanding Students At Risk of Dropping Out
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
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Location:
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This course will help you better understand your students who may be at risk of dropping out. You will learn about the early warning indicators, their root causes, and strategies you can choose from to foster student success. This teacher professional development course will teach you about your students who may be identified as at risk of dropping out of school either now or in the future. The course will teach you about the common early warning indicators for student dropouts and the potential root causes of those indicators to help you better understand all the students with varying needs who enter your classroom.
You will explore what support looks like for students at risk of dropping out and evaluate what happens when a teacher does not understand them. You will also learn about the REACH OUT Method for students, providing you with numerous strategies to consider as you work to support your students in the classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, quizzes, and videos to help you test your knowledge and a REACH OUT resource for later reference. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, you will learn about the definition of a drop-out, early warning indicators for children at risk of dropping out, and the root causes of those indicators. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be taught various strategies to support your students using the REACH OUT Method, a helpful tool teachers can use to ensure they are providing the right support to their students as a safety net within their classroom and place them on a path to success.
- Understanding Students at Risk of Dropping Out Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of students that may be at risk of dropping out, with strategies to support them while in your class. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to students at risk of dropping out. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of students at risk of dropping out of school.
What you will learn
- Define and understand the term "drop-out" and the most recent drop-out statistics in the U.S.
- Compare three defining indicators of future drop-out status
- Evaluate the early warning signs of at-risk students
- Plan to select specific strategies to support students as they face these struggles
How you will benefit
- Obtain a better understanding of your students at risk of dropping out by reviewing their behaviors and academic progress in a new light to consider some root causes of their struggles
- Successfully address students who may be struggling in your classroom because of their background and feel prepared to support them in a variety of ways
- Your students who may have indicators of dropping out can improve academically and behaviorally with the strategies you learn, resulting in benefits for your entire classroom
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, you will learn about the definition of a drop-out, early warning indicators for children at risk of dropping out, and the root causes of those indicators. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be taught various strategies to support your students using the REACH OUT Method, a helpful tool teachers can use to ensure they are providing the right support to their students as a safety net within their classroom and place them on a path to success.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This quick course provides an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and strategies to help you create inclusive classroom lessons. This teacher professional development course will provide you with a starting point for understanding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how its principles can help impact student learning. Throughout the course, you will analyze the core principles of UDL and how crafting student learning experiences with each idea in mind can benefit your students and provide them with more choices and opportunities to learn in a way that is right for them.
You will learn how engagement, representation, and action and expression can be utilized at both the elementary and the secondary level so that you have a starting point for integrating these ideas into your lesson planning.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning resource for you to utilize as you work to integrate these concepts into your future lessons. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this Universal Design for Learning (UDL) course will help you understand how UDL's three components of engagement, representation, and action and expression are important in providing a differentiated learning environment where student choice and individuality are taken into account. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will acquire knowledge of UDL-aligned strategies and learn examples in various classrooms to help you build engaging UDL lesson plans for your students.
- A Look into Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand and implement the UDL framework into your classroom. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom and craft a UDL lesson plan.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to Universal Design for Learning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your learning of Universal Design for Learning.
What you will learn
- Understand the three guidelines of UDL
- Analyze benefits of a UDL education and how it impacts all learning abilities
- Evaluate examples of UDL in the classroom
How you will benefit
- You will be able to regularly evaluate how the UDL guidelines of engagement, representation, and action and expression are integrated into your own lessons to support your students
- Your lessons will improve, and your relationship with your students will grow as a result of your focus on implementing the UDL framework into your classroom
- Your students will thrive in a classroom environment that supports them as individuals with unique needs
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this Universal Design for Learning (UDL) course will help you understand how UDL's three components of engagement, representation, and action and expression are important in providing a differentiated learning environment where student choice and individuality are taken into account. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will acquire knowledge of UDL-aligned strategies and learn examples in various classrooms to help you build engaging UDL lesson plans for your students.
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Using Graphic Organizers with Bloom's Taxonomy
- Using Graphic Organizers with Bloom's Taxonomy
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will help you apply various graphic organizers to each level of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy to scaffold student thinking and support academic progress. This teacher professional development course teaches you about cognitive thinking by analyzing each level of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. You will explore how to support student cognition through various graphic organizers that can help scaffold student thinking. You will learn about appropriate support methods aligned with the correct cognitive level of your lesson objective. You will be able to better evaluate student thinking through provided or self-generated graphic organizers. By the end of the course, you will have a plan for support in an upcoming lesson and access to downloadable graphic organizers that can support each Bloom's Taxonomy level, ready to be used in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course helps you understand student cognitive thinking by examining the levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to provide students with different graphic organizers for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy to scaffold thinking and support student cognition throughout your lessons.
- Cognitive Thinking and Bloom's Taxonomy
- Learn what cognitive thinking is and how the Revised Bloom's taxonomy describes different levels of learning in your students. Also learn how to scaffold using graphic organizers to help target student thinking.
- Graphic Organizer Examples that Support Bloom's Taxonomy
- The cognitive processes associated with each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and examples of graphic organizers that can be utilized to support cognitive thinking at a specific level of Bloom's.
- Incorporating Graphic Organizers into Lessons
- Learn how to assign the correct cognitive process level to your lesson objective, how to choose an appropriate graphic organizer, and when to utilize graphic organizers in your lesson.
- Assessing Graphic Organizers
- Learn how to assess your students' use of graphic organizers and how to select the right assessment for your lesson plan and organizer.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own action plan to utilize graphic organizers at the appropriate cognitive level in an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature other graphic organizer ideas, and read the research behind student cognition and methods for scaffolding.
What you will learn
- Understand the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of learning and how it relates to cognitive processes
- Evaluate the applications of graphic organizers at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy
- Analyze the process for selecting or developing the correct graphic organizer for your objective, cognitive level, and lesson purpose
- Assess student thinking and learning through the evaluation of graphic organizers
How you will benefit
- Your lessons will be more organized and clearer to your students, with explicit support in helping them develop their cognitive thinking
- You will have a better understanding of how to support student cognition related to each level of Bloom's Taxonomy as you analyze your lesson objectives
- You will be able to monitor and track student cognitive growth more efficiently to ensure students are learning at the highest levels
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course helps you understand student cognitive thinking by examining the levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to provide students with different graphic organizers for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy to scaffold thinking and support student cognition throughout your lessons.
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Using the ABC Method for Appropriate Student Behavior
- Using the ABC Method for Appropriate Student Behavior
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to collect data on student behavior to identify their functions. You will use the information to help you design an effective intervention plan to address inappropriate behaviors. This teacher professional development course prepares you to better understand and support student behaviors using the ABC Method. You will learn how to identify the antecedent to a behavior, the behavior itself, and the consequences of the student exhibiting a particular behavior. You will learn to record data, track and evaluate behaviors, and identify the function of a student's behavior in your classroom. Using the data you have collected and the identified student function, you will generate a hypothesis and an intervention plan to help address and improve your student's behavior.
You will leave the course with an action plan for a particular student that includes a function-based intervention, desired replacement behaviors, and a plan for improvement. You will also leave the course with numerous resources that will help you track behaviors and plan for your intervention using the provided templates. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about the ABC method and how it can be used to identify the antecedent, behavior, and consequences you identify in your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to track behaviors and design a behavioral intervention plan to help improve student behaviors.
- The Components of Behavior
- A definition of various forms of student behavior in the classroom
- The three components to consider when understanding your students' behaviors
- Behavior Data Recording
- The definition of a functional behavior assessment
- The ABC method of collecting student behavior data
- Other methods for collecting student data
- The Functions of Behavior
- The four functions of behavior
- How to generate a hypothesis about the function of your target behavior
- Planning and Evaluating Interventions
- How to choose replacement behaviors
- How to design a function-based intervention
- Methods for evaluating interventions
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own student support plan to address a specific student's behavior.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas on addressing student behavior concerns, and read the research behind this type of support in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the methods for collecting student data and identifying inappropriate student behavior
- Define the four functions of student behavior
- Hypothesize the function of a behavior
- Compare replacement behavior options and evaluate their feasibility
- Design and implement an intervention for managing behavior in the classroom
How you will benefit
- Understand your students and identify the root causes of their behavior and motivations more easily
- Achieve a much clearer understanding of how you can address any unwanted student behaviors and help them improve
- Communicate student behavioral concerns and progress clearly and accurately to student caregivers and any support specialists on campus
- Help students struggling with behavioral issues improve and foster a more peaceful and positive classroom dynamic
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about the ABC method and how it can be used to identify the antecedent, behavior, and consequences you identify in your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to track behaviors and design a behavioral intervention plan to help improve student behaviors.
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Using the Internet in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
- Using the Internet in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Discover how you can use the Internet to make teaching easier for you and more relevant to your students. Harness the power of the Internet to make your textbooks and lessons come alive! Teach your students how to locate and evaluate Internet resources. Improve the caliber and amount of discussion through the use of email and discussion boards. Learn how to safeguard your students and their personal information while they are using the Internet. The Internet can make teaching easier and this course will show you how. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Learn how to use the Internet to make teaching easier for you and more relevant to your students. This course will teach you how to help your students locate valuable resources, improve classroom discussions, and safeguard personal information online. Internet Classrooms, Labs, and Grants
In the first lesson, you'll see firsthand the importance of the Internet to education and then experience some fun Internet activities that you can use in your classroom. You'll also research possible funding methods such as grants for creating an Internet learning lab.
Introducing Your Students to the Internet
This lesson is an introduction to Internet basics. You'll look at its history, how it works, and the top 10 terms you should know when teaching about it. Then, you'll work with directories and search engines. Finally, you'll explore some techniques you can use for introducing your students to the Internet.
Online Textbooks, Online Libraries
Can your textbooks talk? They can now! In this lesson, you'll discover how to use online textbooks and online textbook companions, both of which are great for students of all ages. You'll also visit online libraries and explore the world of free books and resources online. Your classroom bookshelf will grow into a resource library overnight!
Internet Field Trips, Cyberhunts, Web Quests
Do you need help with a lesson plan? Do you need fresh ideas for your classroom? In this lesson, you'll discover how to use the Internet to supplement your lesson plans and instructional handouts. You'll examine methods for creating traditional lesson plans and handouts with an Internet twist. Then, you'll take an Internet field trip. You'll learn how to create cyberhunts (online scavenger hunts) and WebQuests. Hang on to your hats—this lesson is fun and full of great ideas!
Internet Safety, Filters, Permission Forms
Unfortunately, the Internet isn't all fun and games. This lesson will focus on a more serious aspect of using the Internet in the classroom. It will discuss how to keep your students and children safe while they're online. You'll also learn how to increase the security of a computer and protect your family's personal information. By the end of this lesson, you'll have a handy Internet-use permission form to send home with your students if you choose to do so.
Preventing Internet-Assisted Cheating
The Internet is a great tool for students to use when they're doing research for a report, but what about students who are too young to understand that they can't turn in reports they just copied from the Internet? What should you do when you spot passages students lifted? This lesson will discuss the various ways that students use the Internet to cheat and why they do it. You'll learn how to recognize Internet plagiarism and how to prevent it.
Teaching Website Evaluation
Everyone who uses the Internet needs to be able to evaluate the usefulness and truthfulness of websites. In this lesson, you'll find out how to teach younger and older students to do this. You'll get a handout and lots of teaching tips and suggestions.
Classroom Email and Email Etiquette
This lesson will teach you how to use email in the classroom. Email can help you add more hours to your class day so that you can cover all the required material. The lesson will also talk about email etiquette, which is the proper way to use email. Finally, you'll learn how to use email to become a better teacher.
Classroom Communication and Assignments With Email
In this lesson, you'll continue your exploration of using email as a teaching tool. You'll consider when it should be used for extending classroom discussions and how to manage the large volume of email messages you may receive from your students. Then, the lesson will discuss how to prepare your students to use email and what you should expect from the messages they write. Finally, it will talk about activities involving email that you can use in your classroom. After this lesson, your classroom discussions will be better than ever before!
Communicating With Mailing Lists and Newsgroup Bulletin Boards
This lesson will focus on other tools of communication that the online world offers. Two of them are mailing lists and newsgroups. The lesson will talk about what they are and how to use them. You'll then learn how to provide younger and older students with up-to-date resources.
Communicating With Discussion Boards
In this lesson, you'll find out about one more online communication tool for your classroom—free discussion boards. You'll learn how to create, use, and manage one.
Timesaving Techniques, Online Classrooms
The final lesson is devoted to bringing you some time-saving techniques. You'll discover how to use online quizzes, manage grading online, and create certificates for your students and yourself. You'll also find out where to download free educational material. Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Learn how to use the Internet to make teaching easier for you and more relevant to your students. This course will teach you how to help your students locate valuable resources, improve classroom discussions, and safeguard personal information online.
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Varied Assessment Methods for Gifted Students
- Varied Assessment Methods for Gifted Students
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Explore the three main types of assessments—pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment—and learn how to design assessments to measure the growth and progress of your gifted students. You will also learn how to use the data from assessments to inform your instruction and adjust the level of rigor for more effective learning and growth in your classroom. Gifted students have special needs for instruction and benefit from increased rigor in the expectations of their assessments. This assessment models course will teach you about the three types of assessments (pre, formative, and summative) and discuss the importance of differentiating rigor, especially when assessing your gifted students.
You will learn ideas for creating tests and administering varied assessments to your students with a plan for implementation in your classroom. The course comes with 17 templates and samples to guide you in the design of your assessments and support the growth and progress of your gifted students in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you explore the three main types of assessments—pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment—and learn how to differentiate them for gifted students. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
The course covers the importance of different methods of assessment in education, how to use diverse assessment methods to effectively gauge and support the growth of gifted students, and the importance of differentiating the product of instruction in your class. You will also develop a plan for implementing and designing assessments, incorporating these strategies in your classroom, and ensuring that assessments foster higher-order thinking and continuously inform your instruction about your gifted students.
- Types of Assessments
- You will learn about how conducting regular formative assessments is crucial for tracking student progress and informing instruction. You will also learn about gifted students and how their growth and progress should be measured.
- Pre-Assessments
- You will learn about using pre-assessments with gifted students to help gauge their prior knowledge and guide unit planning effectively.
- Summative Assessments
- Backwards planning ensures summative assessments align with learning goals and foster higher-order thinking skills, and you will learn how you can design appropriate summative assessments for your gifted students.
- Formative Assessments
- You will learn about how regular formative assessments help monitor progress and adjust instruction to meet students' learning needs and get ideas on various ways you can assess students in the classroom.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, you will build an assessment plan for your gifted students aligned with an upcoming unit of study.
- Applying What You Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support gifted students and how to assess them, and read the research that supports this evidence-based professional development.
What you will learn
- Understand how gifted students differ from typically developing students
- Evaluate methods to assess the growth and progress of gifted students, aside from standard pencil and paper tests
- Analyze pre-assessments for gifted students
- Review summative assessments and their importance in the backward planning process
- Explore strategies to monitor the progress of your gifted students through formative assessments
How you will benefit
- You will be able to understand your gifted students better
- Your assessments will be better aligned with the aptitude of your gifted students, allowing you to measure their growth and progress more accurately in a variety of ways
- Your classroom will become more dynamic and engaging, utilizing various forms of assessment in your gifted classroom
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you explore the three main types of assessments—pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment—and learn how to differentiate them for gifted students. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
The course covers the importance of different methods of assessment in education, how to use diverse assessment methods to effectively gauge and support the growth of gifted students, and the importance of differentiating the product of instruction in your class. You will also develop a plan for implementing and designing assessments, incorporating these strategies in your classroom, and ensuring that assessments foster higher-order thinking and continuously inform your instruction about your gifted students.
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Writing Effective Learning Objectives
- Writing Effective Learning Objectives
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course teaches you how to analyze your state or district standards to construct effective learning objectives as the first step in the Backwards Design Model of lesson planning. This teacher professional development course will teach you what a well-structured learning objective is and how to create one. You will learn about different types of lesson planning and explore the benefits of the Backward Design Model. You will analyze the behavior, condition, and criterion of a lesson objective and explore how to write objectives using those components. You will build your lesson objectives by analyzing and "unpacking" your state standards so that you can be assured that every lesson plan you create starts with an objective well-aligned with expectations for your content area and grade level.
You will receive planning documents to help you create your objectives and leave the course with a unit plan of objectives you have built for upcoming lessons. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to create well-structured learning objectives, emphasizing the benefits of the Backward Design Model. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It covers the components of objectives and provides tools and planning documents to help you align your objectives with state standards, leaving you with a unit plan of objectives for upcoming lessons.
- Section 1 – Overview of Effective Learning Objectives
- The difference between traditional planning and planning using backwards design
- The three stages of planning using backwards design
- The difference between a learning objective and a learning goal
- The importance of having learning objectives, both for students, as well as teachers
- Section 2 – The Parts of a Learning Objective
- The Behavior
- The Condition
- The Criterion
- Section 3 – How to Write a Learning Objective
- How to "unpack" the standards
- How to write an effective learning objective
- Section 4 – Using a Taxonomy Table
- What is a taxonomy table?
- How do we use taxonomy tables when developing learning objectives?
- Section 5 – Writing Your Own Learning Objectives
- The importance of writing effective learning objectives
- How to determine if the objective is well written
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build a series of objectives for your upcoming lessons.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas in backward lesson planning and lesson objective design, and read the research that supports these course concepts.
What you will learn
- Review the components of an effective learning objective
- Analyze and unpack your state standards
- Construct your own learning objectives for an upcoming unit plan
How you will benefit
- Your students will know the exact expectations that you have for them for each lesson
- Your lessons and activities will be clearly designed to support the expectations you have outlined in your lesson objectives
- Student learning will improve, and your assessments will become more accurate as you start all lessons and assessment design with effective learning objectives
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to create well-structured learning objectives, emphasizing the benefits of the Backward Design Model. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It covers the components of objectives and provides tools and planning documents to help you align your objectives with state standards, leaving you with a unit plan of objectives for upcoming lessons.
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Writing Support for English Language Learners
- Writing Support for English Language Learners
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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You will learn about the importance of writing practice for your English Language Learners (ELL) and analyze six effective strategies you can integrate into any lesson, regardless of content area. This teacher professional development course will teach you about English Language Learner (ELL) proficiency and how you can support it throughout various content areas. You will learn six strategies to support your students: buddy writing, daily writing, interactive writing, using mentor texts, sentence stems, and vocabulary development. You will also learn how to evaluate your ELL's progress over time.
The course comes with many tools, resources, and templates ready to be used in your classroom as you work to teach writing to ELLs and implement the writing plan you developed throughout this course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you about the different levels of English Language Learner (ELL) proficiency and how you can support your students across any content area, regardless of their current proficiency levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn specific strategies and progress monitoring techniques to incorporate into your lessons for ELL support.
- ELL Proficiency Levels
- About the struggle ELL students have in different content areas, and how writing plays a role in all content areas.
- Six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content areas.
- How to best monitor the progress of your ELLs.
- Support Strategies
- Strategies such as buddy writing, daily writing, and interactive writing are great ways to improve writing fluency and confidence of ELLs.
- How exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing.
- That vocabulary development is a critical part of literacy development for ELLs.
- Monitoring Progress
- The importance of monitoring the progress of your ELLs.
- Three strategies for monitoring progress.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your writing support plan for your ELLs for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature additional ELL support ideas, and read the research behind effective methods for supporting your ELLs.
What you will learn
- Understand the struggles that ELLs have in different content areas and how writing can play a role in supporting them
- Evaluate six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content areas
- Analyze the best methods for monitoring the progress of your ELLs
How you will benefit
- You will have various new strategies you can easily implement in support of your ELLs
- You can monitor progress in writing, regardless of the content area you teach
- Your ELLs will begin to grow more rapidly in their language proficiency as you work to support them
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you about the different levels of English Language Learner (ELL) proficiency and how you can support your students across any content area, regardless of their current proficiency levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn specific strategies and progress monitoring techniques to incorporate into your lessons for ELL support.
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120-Hour TEFL Certification
- 120-Hour TEFL Certification
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Fee: $695.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
Learn how to teach English as a foreign language and earn your TEFL Certificate. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 7 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.10 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. With an estimated 1.5 billion English language learners around the world, the demand for TEFL certified teachers is sky high. Earn your internationally recognized TEFL certificate in this online course, so you can teach English online, abroad or wherever the need arises. Once qualified, you will be able to confidently walk into a classroom and deliver a lesson to English language learners.
- Grammar and Language Awareness
- Introduction
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Verbs that are not Verbs
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Other parts of speech
- Present, past, and future tenses
- Conditionals
- TEFL Methodology
- Understanding student and teacher roles
- Teaching structures, strategies and methods
- Activities in the classroom
- Classroom management, correcting errors and giving feedback
- Teaching vocabulary and functions
- Teaching reading and listening
- Introduction to phonology
- Teaching young learners
- Teaching business English
- Teaching one-to-one
- A PPP Lesson
- Teaching Tips and Resources
- Video Observation
- A PPP Lesson
- Functional language
- Foreign Language
- Skills
- Dealing with difficult students
- Remote Learning
- Introduction to remote learning
- Lesson types and needs analysis
- Structures and strategies
- Teaching Large Classes
- Introduction to teaching large classes
- Classroom organization
- Activities and discipline
What you will learn
- How to prepare and deliver a dynamic and interesting lesson plan.
- Classroom management strategies.
- Language skills and how to teach them.
- How to find and design teaching resources.
How you will benefit
- Earn a certificate which allows you to teach English all over the world.
- Gives classroom confidence.
- Find better paid teaching work.
- Opportunity to work/travel.
Alex
Alex has 22 years' experience in TEFL. After gaining my CELTA in Madrid after university (BA Business and Law), he taught in Barcelona for 6 years before returning to the UK. He has worked in various TEFL specialisms over the years, from general English in traditional language schools, to exam preparation, private lessons, online teaching, Business English, young learners, and TEFL publishing, in positions ranging from EFL teacher to DOS. He has been involved in EFL teacher training for the last 10 years, involving face to face and online tutoring as well as writing course materials, and most recently completed a course to become a Linguaskill speaking examiner.
Alex has worked for Tefl.org since very shortly after it began in 2008. He started as a classroom tutor doing the face-to-face 20 and 30-hour courses and has been an online tutor too for around 8 years now. He has also been directly involved in writing online course materials for an accredited TEFL training organization.
Thomas
Thomas is currently the Online & Academic Manager at TEFL Org, where he has worked since 2008.
He has been teaching English for 32 years, and a teacher trainer for 25 years. He has taught in France & Portugal, but most of his teaching has been in Madrid, Spain, where he has been living now for 30 years.
He has taught from general English in traditional language schools, to exam preparation, private lessons, online teaching, Business English, young learners in positions ranging from EFL teacher to Director of Studies. He was also a Cambridge examiner at the British Council for several years. His experience as an online teacher trainer started in 2000.
Over the years, Thomas has also written teaching materials for online and face to face learning. His qualifications include a TEFL certificate, Trinity Diploma in Teaching English as a second/another language, and a master's degree in Education Leadership & Management.
Denise
Denise has been involved in the TEFL world for almost 40 years. She started teaching English locally when she was a young adult to new immigrants. She went to university as a mature student at the ripe old age of 24, where she graduated with a BA (Hons).
In 1992, she completed her CELTA teacher training. In the wake of the Barcelona Olympics, she moved to Spain, where she worked as an English teacher, head of studies, and a school director before opening her language school. Throughout her time in Spain, she was involved in teacher training and professional development courses, as well as communication skills training for high-level business executives in English.
Denise also worked as a coursebook writer and editor for an EFL publishing company. She started writing and working with blended learning courses when they were in their infancy, which led to the advent of 100% online learning in the early 2000s.
She is also an Internal Quality Assessor and has written several TEFL training courses over the last 20 years.
Asif
Asif started academic and professional life in the law; however, he often found himself in situations where he was having to decipher, learn, analyze, or teach aspects of language. As this took-up more and more of his time, the decision to make language his full-time occupation did not take long to make, and he became and remains a secondary-school teacher, the classroom being his favorite place.
Knowing what he does needs a firm understanding of language, to which he credits his academic grounding in applied linguistics and many years in the classroom. Academically, his primary research interest lies in language testing, a field in which he has supervised several research candidates, some at the doctoral level. This affords him an in-depth understanding of the thinking behind the syllabuses and exams you will come across in different parts of the world. It allows him to take a step back and fit exams and the like into a fit-for-purpose context.
He has worked for an accredited TEFL training organization for 10 years as a classroom and online tutor. His qualifications include a master's degree in Applied Linguistics and a master's degree in TESOL. He may be preparing executives for a press conference one weekend; He may be teaching basic English to refugees another, delivering teacher-training courses the weekend after, and marking online assessments too.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
With an estimated 1.5 billion English language learners around the world, the demand for TEFL certified teachers is sky high. Earn your internationally recognized TEFL certificate in this online course, so you can teach English online, abroad or wherever the need arises. Once qualified, you will be able to confidently walk into a classroom and deliver a lesson to English language learners.
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220-Hour Advanced TEFL Certification
- 220-Hour Advanced TEFL Certification
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Fee: $1,295.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
Learn how to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL) and earn your TEFL Certificate. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 7 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.10 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Worldwide, millions of learners work with TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) instructors to learn and better understand the English language. Earn your internationally recognized TEFL certificate in this online course, so you can teach English online, abroad, or wherever the need arises. You will also learn how to teach English to different audiences, including Business English Users and Young Learners. Once you have completed this course, you will be eligible to apply for TEFL teaching posts.
- TEFL
- Grammar and Language Awareness
- Introduction
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Verbs that are not Verbs
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Other parts of speech
- Present, past, and future tenses
- Conditionals
- TEFL Methodology
- Understanding student and teacher roles
- Teaching structures, strategies and methods
- Activities in the classroom
- Classroom management, correcting errors and giving feedback
- Teaching vocabulary and functions
- Teaching reading and listening
- Introduction to phonology
- Teaching young learners
- Teaching business English
- Teaching one-to-one
- A PPP Lesson
- Teaching Tips and Resources
- Video Observation
- A PPP Lesson
- Functional language
- Foreign Language
- Skills
- Dealing with difficult students
- Remote Learning
- Introduction to remote learning
- Lesson types and needs analysis
- Structures and strategies
- Teaching Large Classes
- Introduction to teaching large classes
- Classroom organization
- Activities and discipline
- Advanced TEFL Courses
- Teaching Young Learners
- Introduction to teaching young learners
- Child development and teaching young learners
- Practical activities to use with young learners
- Using the internet with young learners
- Teaching very young learners
- Teaching Business English
- The theory of Business English
- Preparing Business English lessons
- Delivering Business English
- Business communication skills
- How to Teach English Online
- Introduction to the course
- Using technology to teach
- Lesson Planning
- Set up and Promote your Online Lessons
- Building your own website
- Marketing your online services
What you will learn
- How to prepare and deliver a dynamic and interesting lesson plan
- Classroom management strategies
- Language skills and how to teach them
- How to find and design teaching resources
- Specialize in niche areas of English language teaching like Business English
How you will benefit
- Earn a certificate which allows you to teach English all over the world
- Gives classroom confidence
- Find better paid teaching work
- Opportunity to work/travel
- Specializes you in Teaching English Online, teaching Young Learners and Business English
Alex
Alex has 22 years' experience in TEFL. After gaining my CELTA in Madrid after university (BA Business and Law), he taught in Barcelona for 6 years before returning to the UK. He has worked in various TEFL specialisms over the years, from general English in traditional language schools, to exam preparation, private lessons, online teaching, Business English, young learners, and TEFL publishing, in positions ranging from EFL teacher to DOS. He has been involved in EFL teacher training for the last 10 years, involving face to face and online tutoring as well as writing course materials, and most recently completed a course to become a Linguaskill speaking examiner.
Alex has worked for Tefl.org since very shortly after it began in 2008. He started as a classroom tutor doing the face-to-face 20 and 30-hour courses and has been an online tutor too for around 8 years now. He has also been directly involved in writing online course materials for an accredited TEFL training organization.
Thomas
Thomas is currently the Online & Academic Manager at TEFL Org, where he has worked since 2008.
He has been teaching English for 32 years, and a teacher trainer for 25 years. He has taught in France & Portugal, but most of his teaching has been in Madrid, Spain, where he has been living now for 30 years.
He has taught from general English in traditional language schools, to exam preparation, private lessons, online teaching, Business English, young learners in positions ranging from EFL teacher to Director of Studies. He was also a Cambridge examiner at the British Council for several years. His experience as an online teacher trainer started in 2000.
Over the years, Thomas has also written teaching materials for online and face to face learning. His qualifications include a TEFL certificate, Trinity Diploma in Teaching English as a second/another language, and a master's degree in Education Leadership & Management.
Denise
Denise has been involved in the TEFL world for almost 40 years. She started teaching English locally when she was a young adult to new immigrants. She went to university as a mature student at the ripe old age of 24, where she graduated with a BA (Hons).
In 1992, she completed her CELTA teacher training. In the wake of the Barcelona Olympics, she moved to Spain, where she worked as an English teacher, head of studies, and a school director before opening her language school. Throughout her time in Spain, she was involved in teacher training and professional development courses, as well as communication skills training for high-level business executives in English.
Denise also worked as a coursebook writer and editor for an EFL publishing company. She started writing and working with blended learning courses when they were in their infancy, which led to the advent of 100% online learning in the early 2000s.
She is also an Internal Quality Assessor and has written several TEFL training courses over the last 20 years.
Asif
Asif started academic and professional life in the law; however, he often found himself in situations where he was having to decipher, learn, analyze, or teach aspects of language. As this took-up more and more of his time, the decision to make language his full-time occupation did not take long to make, and he became and remains a secondary-school teacher, the classroom being his favorite place.
Knowing what he does needs a firm understanding of language, to which he credits his academic grounding in applied linguistics and many years in the classroom. Academically, his primary research interest lies in language testing, a field in which he has supervised several research candidates, some at the doctoral level. This affords him an in-depth understanding of the thinking behind the syllabuses and exams you will come across in different parts of the world. It allows him to take a step back and fit exams and the like into a fit-for-purpose context.
He has worked for an accredited TEFL training organization for 10 years as a classroom and online tutor. His qualifications include a master's degree in Applied Linguistics and a master's degree in TESOL. He may be preparing executives for a press conference one weekend; He may be teaching basic English to refugees another, delivering teacher-training courses the weekend after, and marking online assessments too.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Worldwide, millions of learners work with TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) instructors to learn and better understand the English language. Earn your internationally recognized TEFL certificate in this online course, so you can teach English online, abroad, or wherever the need arises. You will also learn how to teach English to different audiences, including Business English Users and Young Learners. Once you have completed this course, you will be eligible to apply for TEFL teaching posts.
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A Guide to Blooms Taxonomy and Cognitive Thinking
- A Guide to Blooms Taxonomy and Cognitive Thinking
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
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This course will teach you about Bloom's Taxonomy and provide specific methods you can use to guide students in mastering the essential cognitive skills for your lessons. This concise and rewarding professional development course will provide you with an exploration of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy and its relationship with a student's cognitive thinking process. Throughout the course, you will delve into Bloom's Taxonomy framework and gain insights into how it can be used with your lesson objectives to meet the cognitive requirements of your students.
Understanding how to align your lesson objectives with the correct cognitive thinking processes required in your lesson activities will help you enhance your lesson planning and ensure that you meet or exceed grade-level expectations.
The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a resource ready for you to use in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. You may be required to download documents.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of Bloom's Taxonomy and its connection to cognitive processes. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore the cognitive abilities linked to each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and discover how they align with your educational objectives or lesson goals. Gaining a thorough grasp of your lesson's standards will enable you to guide students in achieving or surpassing the cognitive thinking skills necessary for your instructional activities.
- A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy Course Content
- Understand and Implement Bloom's Taxonomy in the classroom
- Reflect or Discuss
- Learn to connect the course content
- Try This Task
- Learn to implement the ideas in the classroom
- Quiz
- Implementation Reflection
- Discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in future based on what you learned in the course
- Considerations for Implementation
- Reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content to enhance and expand on Bloom's Taxonomy
What you will learn
- Understand Bloom's Taxonomy of learning and its connection to cognitive processes
- Explore the cognitive processes corresponding to each level of Bloom's Taxonomy
- Establish how each Bloom's Taxonomy level relates to your lesson standard
How you will benefit
- Be able to more deeply understand and monitor student expectations for each standard you set out to teach
- Become more adept at designing lessons that focus on the correct cognition for your lesson standard
- Enhance your students' learning experiences based on your deeper knowledge of Bloom's Taxonomy
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of Bloom's Taxonomy and its connection to cognitive processes. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore the cognitive abilities linked to each level of Bloom's Taxonomy and discover how they align with your educational objectives or lesson goals. Gaining a thorough grasp of your lesson's standards will enable you to guide students in achieving or surpassing the cognitive thinking skills necessary for your instructional activities.
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A Guide to Webb's DOK: Understanding Rigor
- A Guide to Webb's DOK: Understanding Rigor
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
This course will teach you about Webb's DOK (Depth of Knowledge) and provide you with specific methods you can use to guide students in mastering activities at the appropriate cognitive level for your lessons. This concise course will provide you with an exploration of Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) and its relationship with academic rigor in your lessons. Throughout the course, you will delve into the four levels of Webb's DOK and gain insights into how it can be used with your lesson activities to meet the appropriate levels of rigor.
Understanding how to align your lesson objectives with appropriate rigorous activities required in your lessons will help you enhance your lesson planning and ensure that you meet or exceed grade-level expectations.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, course quizzes and videos to expand your learning, and a resource on Webb's DOK levels, ready for you to use as a reference in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with an understanding of Webb's DOK (Depth of Knowledge) and its relevance to academic rigor. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
Your course will provide insights into the various activities corresponding to each DOK level and how each level aligns with educational standards, lesson objectives, assessments, and instructional activities. The course will also help you ensure that the activities that you design for your lessons challenge your students at the appropriate level of rigor.
- A Guide to Webb's DOK Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand and implement Webb's DOK into your classroom. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to Webb's DOK. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your learning of Webb's DOK.
What you will learn
- Understand Webb's DOK and its role in lesson planning
- Analyze activities associated with each DOK level
- Understand how Webb's DOK is related to your standard and lesson's objective
- Evaluate how activities and assessments align to your lesson objectives based on Webb's DOK level
How you will benefit
- You will be able to more clearly articulate what Webb's DOK is and how it is impactful to classroom lessons
- Your activities will be well-aligned with the expectations of your state standards
- Students will be challenged at the appropriate levels of rigor for each lesson objective based on their better understanding of Webb's DOK
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with an understanding of Webb's DOK (Depth of Knowledge) and its relevance to academic rigor. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
Your course will provide insights into the various activities corresponding to each DOK level and how each level aligns with educational standards, lesson objectives, assessments, and instructional activities. The course will also help you ensure that the activities that you design for your lessons challenge your students at the appropriate level of rigor.
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AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use
- AI for Students: Ensuring Appropriate & Effective Use
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
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Instructor:
This teacher professional development course will provide you with an overview of the benefits and limitations of allowing students access to artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom, covering the tools that can be used for enhancing student achievement while addressing issues like academic dishonesty. Unlock the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in your classroom by learning about nine popular AI tools that can be used to enhance student learning. You will learn about the capabilities of AI, how to use AI tools to support student learning, and evaluate ways in which AI can support students in content knowledge, writing skills, creativity, and progress monitoring. You will also receive a planning document to help you implement what you have learned and an AI tool guide featuring the top nine tools you can start using immediately. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course covers the uses of AI for education advancement. You will learn about popular AI tools that can be used to support your students in the classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During this teacher professional development course, you will understand what AI is, how it is rapidly advancing, and learn about various student-focused AI tools that can be used in the classroom. You will consider ways in which to incorporate these AI tools into your specific content area and learn about how it can support students in content knowledge, writing skills, creativity, and assessments.
You will also explore the limitations of AI and how to ensure that students are utilizing technology in appropriate ways. The course will come with a planning document to help you organize what you learned and an AI tool guide that will discuss the features of nine popular AI tools you can use in your classroom now.
- AI for Students Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of AI and its applications for supporting your students in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the student use of AI for learning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of AI tools that support student learning.
What you will learn
- Define what AI is
- Understand the benefits and limitations of students interacting with AI tools
- Evaluate a variety of student-focused AI tools and what they are best used for in the classroom
- Analyze specific methods for introducing and utilizing AI in your classroom and how to prevent unethical use
How you will benefit
- Your lessons will include more technology tools that can support your students in a variety of ways, from embedded tutoring to writing help
- Student learning will be improved as you will be providing them with tools and skills to interact with AI in a way that enhances their content knowledge and skills
- You will become more aware of the capabilities and potential for AI in schools now and in the future
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course covers the uses of AI for education advancement. You will learn about popular AI tools that can be used to support your students in the classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During this teacher professional development course, you will understand what AI is, how it is rapidly advancing, and learn about various student-focused AI tools that can be used in the classroom. You will consider ways in which to incorporate these AI tools into your specific content area and learn about how it can support students in content knowledge, writing skills, creativity, and assessments.
You will also explore the limitations of AI and how to ensure that students are utilizing technology in appropriate ways. The course will come with a planning document to help you organize what you learned and an AI tool guide that will discuss the features of nine popular AI tools you can use in your classroom now.
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AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction
- AI for Teachers: Increase Productivity & Improve Instruction
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
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Instructor:
This course will teach you how to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) in your planning by focusing on concepts like lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication to enhance your instructional efficiency and quality. This course will help you understand how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your instruction and streamline your planning. Throughout this training, you will learn about six AI tools currently available to teachers that will support your lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication with students and parents. This course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning document to help you choose the AI tools that you can use to improve instruction and planning for your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to help improve your instruction and streamline your planning. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Learn about the benefits of using AI for education with this training, which covers six currently available AI tools that can be utilized for lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication with students and parents.
- AI for Teachers Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of AI and its applications for supporting your planning and instruction in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the use of AI in your instruction and planning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of AI tools that can support your instruction and planning.
What you will learn
- Understand the benefits and limitations of using AI in the classroom as a teaching tool
- Analyze a variety of teacher-focused AI tools and learn which tools can be used for specific teaching tasks
- Evaluate AI's uses for planning, differentiation, assessment, student feedback, and parent communication
How you will benefit
- Reduce your planning time by allowing AI to take over the time-consuming portions of your day
- Increase student learning by using AI for planning differentiation, assessments, and more robust lessons
- Become more aware of the capabilities and potential for AI for learning now and in the future
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized to help improve your instruction and streamline your planning. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Learn about the benefits of using AI for education with this training, which covers six currently available AI tools that can be utilized for lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, and communication with students and parents.
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Aligning Homework to Instruction
- Aligning Homework to Instruction
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to design homework assignments that align with classroom instruction to support your students' academic achievement. This teacher professional development course will provide you with an exploration of four purposes for designing and assigning homework. You will analyze how you can design homework that aligns with your curriculum, explore methods to individualize your homework for your students and plan for student feedback after homework is completed.
This course will help you think about homework's usefulness in a tangible way that provides you with practice advice for implementation. The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning resource to help you build strong homework assignments aligned with your lesson content and objectives. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will learn how to create homework that aligns with classroom instruction to promote academic success in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover the four purposes of homework and specific steps for building assignments so that students can successfully learn your classroom content.
- Aligning Homework to Instruction Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to design and implement aligned homework into your classroom. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the principles of designing appropriate homework aligned with your lesson objectives and activities. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of how you might design appropriate homework tasks for your students.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the positive impact that effective homework can have on student success
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of effective and ineffective homework assignments
- Understand the four main purposes of homework
- Design effective homework using the specific steps provided by this course
How you will benefit
- Better support your students in practicing, preparing, studying, or extending the course concepts through the design of effective homework
- Your students will benefit from clear homework expectations that are well-aligned with your course content, ultimately limiting frustration and promoting engagement with course topics
- Your students' understanding of class content will be improved since the homework you can now design will be well-aligned with your lesson goals and have a clear purpose
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will learn how to create homework that aligns with classroom instruction to promote academic success in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover the four purposes of homework and specific steps for building assignments so that students can successfully learn your classroom content.
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An Introduction to Logical Fallacies
- An Introduction to Logical Fallacies
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course provides you with an overview of common logical fallacies that students may encounter in the classroom and in their everyday lives. You will learn examples and techniques to address these fallacies as a natural extension of your classroom instruction. This teacher professional development course will explore the reasoning and common logical fallacies students may encounter in their own thinking or in discourse with others. Throughout the course, you will explore twelve common types of logical fallacies, analyze examples for each, and then reflect on how those fallacies can be addressed within classroom instruction. You will leave the course with a stronger idea of how to support sound logical reasoning in your classroom. You will also explore a simple framework for introducing logical reasoning into the classroom.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a graphic organizer of the twelve common logical fallacies discussed in the course, with a space for students to practice recording their own examples of each fallacy. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course aims to enhance your comprehension of prevalent logical fallacies, also called argument fallacies, you may see within the classroom and help provide ideas to address them in your classroom activities. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore what makes a sound argument and then identify 12 common fallacies students might encounter or use as part of a flawed argument.
- An Introduction to Logical Fallacies Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand 12 common fallacies and examples that can be used to support logical reasoning in the classroom. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to logical fallacies. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your learning of logical reasoning and fallacies in reasoning.
What you will learn
- Analyze the structure of basic logical arguments
- Understand the 12 most common logical fallacies and how you can incorporate them into the classroom
- Evaluate a method for teaching logical fallacies to your students
How you will benefit
- Your students' critical thinking skills will increase, leading to more dynamic classroom interactions, discussions, and arguments
- Your students will begin to draw stronger conclusions and identify weak conclusions in other arguments, strengthening their reasoning skills
- You will grow your own understanding of logical fallacies
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course aims to enhance your comprehension of prevalent logical fallacies, also called argument fallacies, you may see within the classroom and help provide ideas to address them in your classroom activities. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore what makes a sound argument and then identify 12 common fallacies students might encounter or use as part of a flawed argument.
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Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil – Base central (De Español a Inglés)
- Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil – Base central (De Español a Inglés)
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Fee: $2,495.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
Durante este curso, mejorarás tu inglés y aprenderás valiosas habilidades profesionales en la carrera de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil. Aprende los principios del desarrollo infantil desde el nacimiento hasta los cinco años y su relación con las ocho competencias del CDA, así como los estándares profesionales de la Asociación Nacional para la Educación de Niños Pequeños. Requerimientos:
Requisitos de los dispositivos:
Este curso se puede realizar en un dispositivo PC, Mac o Chromebook. EnGen en dispositivo móvil con la descarga de la aplicación de EnGen.
Requerimientos de Software:
- PC: Windows 8 o sistemas operativos posteriores.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 o posteriores.
- Se recomienda la última versión de Google Chrome o Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft Edge y Safari también son compatibles.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- El software debe estar instalado y completamente en funcionamiento antes del inicio del curso.
Otros:
- Capacidades de correo electrónico y acceso a una cuenta de correo personal.
Requisitos de Material Didáctico:
Los materiales didácticos necesarios para este curso están incluidos en la matrícula. En el curso se proporcionarán los siguientes libros electrónicos:
- Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education, 3rd edition, by Ann Gordon, Kathryn Williams Browne (eBook)
- Infants & Toddlers: Caregiving and Responsive Curriculum Development, 10th edition, by Terri Swim (eBook)
Los siguientes libros de texto te serán enviados aproximadamente entre 7 y 10 días laborables después de la inscripción:
- Childhood Development Associate Manual, Infant-Toddler & Preschool Editions
Nota: Recibirás un libro digital si el libro físico está pendiente de entrega. Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil para Estudiantes de Inglés (español)
- Inglés para la Educación de la Primera Infancia
- Fundamentos de la Educación de la Primera Infancia
- Comprensión del papel de un educador de la primera infancia y de las competencias necesarias
- Técnicas y estrategias para fomentar el desarrollo y el aprendizaje del niño
- Creación de un entorno seguro de comunicación e inclusión para niños y familiares
- Inglés para la Acreditación CDA
- Vocabulario clave para la credencial CDA
- Identificar los pasos que se requieren para obtener una credencial CDA
- El portafolio profesional CDA, la visita de verificación y el examen
- Introducción al Cuidado Infantil en inglés
- Vocabulario básico para una carrera en educación infantil
- Palabras y expresiones básicas para el cuidado de los niños pequeños
- Palabras y expresiones básicas para enseñar a los niños pequeños
Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil – Base central (De español a inglés)
- Introducción
- ¿Cómo acceder a este Curso?
- ¿Por qué obtener una Certificación en Desarrollo Infantil?
- Introducción al Portafolio
- Principios del Desarrollo y Aprendizaje Infantil
- Planificación de un Entorno de Aprendizaje Seguro y Saludable
- Fomentar el Desarrollo Físico e Intelectual de los Niños
- Apoyar el Desarrollo Social y Emocional de los Niños
- Establecer Relaciones Productivas con las Familias
- Administración de un Programa Eficaz
- Observar y Registrar el Comportamiento de los Niños
- Lograr un Cuidado de Alta Calidad
- Revisión final del Portafolio
- Preparación para el Examen CDA y Presentación del mismo
- Oportunidades de empleo
- Exámen Final
- Recursos
Lo que aprenderás:
- Vocabulario clave necesario para obtener una credencial de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil (CDA) y prepararte para una carrera en Educación de la Primera Infancia. Cómo evaluar y hacer recomendaciones para modificar las normativas relativas a la salud, la seguridad y los entornos de aprendizaje de los niños
- Cómo identificar las etapas típicas del desarrollo cognitivo, lingüístico, físico, social y emocional
- Elaborar una lista de actividades y materiales apropiados para estimular el desarrollo físico, lingüístico, cognitivo, creativo, social y emocional de los niños desde el nacimiento hasta los cinco años de edad
- Aplicar técnicas de orientación apropiadas para situaciones específicas relacionadas con el comportamiento de los niños
- Demostrar habilidades para la aplicación y puesta en práctica de principios y teorías de desarrollo, técnicas de observación y reconocimiento de patrones de crecimiento y desarrollo, y poner en práctica las competencias adquiridas en el entorno de la primera infancia.
- Prepararte para convertirte en un profesional asociado certificado en desarrollo infantil
Cómo te beneficiará:
- 80% de los estudiantes afirman que mejorar su inglés les ayuda a ahorrar tiempo en el trabajo
- 61% de los estudiantes afirman que ha mejorado su comunicación con sus colegas
- 30% de los estudiantes afirman haber recibido una nueva oferta de trabajo, un ascenso o un aumento de salario
- 90% de los estudiantes afirman haber alcanzado sus objetivos de aprendizaje del inglés en el mundo real
- 42% de los estudiantes afirman estar más comprometidos con su comunidad y ser capaces de ayudar a su familia con las tareas escolares
- Construir un portafolio para tu visita de verificación con la retroalimentación del Especialista en PD
- Saber cómo trabajar en equipo con los padres y tutores para realizar un seguimiento de los logros o identificar retrasos en el desarrollo.
- Desarrollar planes de lecciones apropiados con adaptaciones
- Completar una de las clases principales de CDA
EnGen
Los estudiantes tendrán acceso a un Asesor de EnGen que ayudará a los estudiantes a iniciar su aprendizaje y a prepararse para el éxito. Los estudiantes tienen acceso a un correo electrónico de apoyo para ayudarles con cualquier pregunta que tengan.
El contenido del curso de EnGen está diseñado para que el estudiante aprenda a su propio ritmo y basándose en su nivel de inglés según el PA. Se sugiere a los estudiantes que asistan a una o dos clases grupales en directo por semana. El estudiante puede elegir los temas y la hora de la clase grupal. Las clases grupales de EnGen están disponibles 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana y sólo duran 30 minutos. Las clases grupales de EnGen son impartidas por expertos certificados en enseñanza en línea y de inglés. Además, los estudiantes tendrán acceso a diferentes recursos de autoaprendizaje, sesiones semanales de bienvenida, lecciones cortas, contenido relevante relacionados con las profesiones, un plan de aprendizaje digital para mantenerte enfocado, una guía de gramática en inglés, práctica de vocabulario y otros recursos disponibles dentro de los módulos del curso para apoyar tu desarrollo del aprendizaje del inglés.
Kerri Welch
Kerri Welch tiene más de 20 años de amplia experiencia en el campo de la educación de la primera infancia. Específicamente, con la acreditación CDA, se desempeñó anteriormente como Instructora, Supervisora de campo en el Colegio Comunitario Dutchess en Nueva York y como Especialista en PD para el Concejo CDA. Actualmente imparte clases de desarrollo infantil en el Colegio Comunitario de Houston.
Kerri ha capacitado con éxito a una diversa población de estudiantes ayudándolos a avanzar en sus carreras en el desarrollo de la primera infancia a través de la implementación de un currículo centrado en el niño, apropiado para su desarrollo y que utiliza técnicas de orientación positiva. Ella tiene una Maestría en Ciencias en la Educación de la Primera Infancia con un enfoque en los estudiantes con discapacidad, una Licenciatura en Educación Primaria, y un título de Asociado en la Educación de la Primera Infancia.
Kerri forma parte del Concejo Asesor de Informed Green Solutions, una organización nacional sin fines de lucro pionera en la educación medioambiental sobre productos de limpieza ecológicos para programas de educación infantil. Es una gran apasionada de la salud, la nutrición y la seguridad de los niños, especialmente de los que tienen necesidades especiales.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Durante este curso, mejorarás tu inglés y aprenderás valiosas habilidades profesionales en la carrera de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil. Aprende los principios del desarrollo infantil desde el nacimiento hasta los cinco años y su relación con las ocho competencias del CDA, así como los estándares profesionales de la Asociación Nacional para la Educación de Niños Pequeños.
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Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil para Estudiantes de Inglés (Español)
- Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil para Estudiantes de Inglés (Español)
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Fee: $1,295.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
En este curso en línea, mejorarás tus conocimientos de inglés y aprenderás valiosas habilidades profesionales en la carrera de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil (CDA, por sus siglas en inglés). Requerimientos:
Requisitos de los dispositivos:
Este curso se puede realizar en un dispositivo PC, Mac o Chromebook. EnGen en dispositivo móvil con la descarga de la aplicación de EnGen
Requerimientos de Software:
- PC: Windows 8 o sistemas operativos posteriores.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 o posteriores.
- Se recomienda la última versión de Google Chrome o Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft Edge y Safari también son compatibles.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- El software debe estar instalado y completamente en funcionamiento antes del inicio del curso.
Otros:
- Capacidades de correo electrónico y acceso a una cuenta de correo personal.
Requisitos de Material Didáctico:
Los materiales didácticos necesarios para este curso están incluidos en la matrícula. En este curso CDA en línea, mejorarás tus habilidades de inglés y aprenderás vocabulario académico y conceptos que te prepararán para el entrenamiento y la carrera de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil® (CDA).
Como parte de este curso CDA, tendrás acceso a una biblioteca de contenido para todas las áreas profesionales, además de cursos creados específicamente para la certificación de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil los cuales están acordes con los conocimientos de inglés que necesitarás a medida que avanzas en tu programa de capacitación.
Para comenzar tu programa, deberás tomar la Evaluación de Competencia, también conocida como el PA. El PA es una evaluación de nivelación, y nos ayuda a saber el nivel de inglés que tienes actualmente. Si tu puntuación en el PA fue Beginner, High Beginner, Low Intermediate o Intermediate, empezarás tu programa EnGen trabajando primero en tus habilidades de inglés.
Cuando alcances el nivel High Intermediate, podrás inscribirte en tu curso CDA. Volverás a realizar el PA cada 60 días.
Para que puedas comenzar tu programa de formación de CDA en inglés, necesitarás alcanzar al menos el nivel High Intermediate en la evaluación de competencia dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la inscripción.
- Inglés para la Educación de la Primera Infancia
- Fundamentos de la Educación de la Primera Infancia
- Comprensión del papel de un educador de la primera infancia y de las competencias necesarias
- Técnicas y estrategias para fomentar el desarrollo y el aprendizaje del niño
- Creación de un entorno seguro de comunicación e inclusión para niños y familiares
- Inglés para la Acreditación CDA
- Vocabulario clave para la credencial CDA
- Identificar los pasos que se requieren para obtener una credencial CDA
- El portafolio profesional CDA, la visita de verificación y el examen
- Introducción al Cuidado Infantil en inglés
- Vocabulario básico para una carrera en educación infantil
- Palabras y expresiones básicas para el cuidado de los niños pequeños
- Palabras y expresiones básicas para enseñar a los niños pequeños
Lo que aprenderás:
- Inglés para aprender los fundamentos de la Educación de la Primera Infancia, que te ayudará a prepararte para obtener la certificación para trabajar en una guardería o en un entorno preescolar.
- Vocabulario clave necesario para obtener la credencial de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil (CDA)
- El proceso de acreditación y el portafolio profesional CDA, la visita de verificación y el examen
- Vocabulario básico para prepararte para una carrera en educación infantil
- Lenguaje estándar utilizado cuando se hace referencia a (o se trabaja con) niños pequeños, desde bebés hasta niños de jardín de infancia
Cómo te beneficiará:
- 80% de los estudiantes afirman que mejorar su inglés les ayuda a ahorrar tiempo en el trabajo
- 61% de los estudiantes afirman que ha mejorado su comunicación con sus colegas
- 30% de los estudiantes afirman haber recibido una nueva oferta de trabajo, un ascenso o un aumento de salario
- 90% de los estudiantes afirman haber alcanzado sus objetivos de aprendizaje del inglés en el mundo real
- 42% de los estudiantes afirman estar más comprometidos con su comunidad y ser capaces de ayudar a su familia con las tareas escolares
EnGen
Los estudiantes tendrán acceso a un Asesor de EnGen que ayudará a los estudiantes a iniciar su aprendizaje y a prepararse para el éxito. Los estudiantes tienen acceso a un correo electrónico de apoyo para ayudarles con cualquier pregunta que tengan.
El contenido del curso de EnGen está diseñado para que el estudiante aprenda a su propio ritmo y basándose en su nivel de inglés según el PA. Se sugiere a los estudiantes que asistan a una o dos clases grupales en directo por semana. El estudiante puede elegir los temas y la hora de la clase grupal. Las clases grupales de EnGen están disponibles 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana y sólo duran 30 minutos. Las clases grupales de EnGen son impartidas por expertos certificados en enseñanza en línea y de inglés. Además, los estudiantes tendrán acceso a diferentes recursos de autoaprendizaje, sesiones semanales de bienvenida, lecciones cortas, contenido relevante relacionados con las profesiones, un plan de aprendizaje digital para mantenerte enfocado, una guía de gramática en inglés, práctica de vocabulario y otros recursos disponibles dentro de los módulos del curso para apoyar tu desarrollo del aprendizaje del inglés.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
En este curso CDA en línea, mejorarás tus habilidades de inglés y aprenderás vocabulario académico y conceptos que te prepararán para el entrenamiento y la carrera de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil® (CDA).
Como parte de este curso CDA, tendrás acceso a una biblioteca de contenido para todas las áreas profesionales, además de cursos creados específicamente para la certificación de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil los cuales están acordes con los conocimientos de inglés que necesitarás a medida que avanzas en tu programa de capacitación.
Para comenzar tu programa, deberás tomar la Evaluación de Competencia, también conocida como el PA. El PA es una evaluación de nivelación, y nos ayuda a saber el nivel de inglés que tienes actualmente. Si tu puntuación en el PA fue Beginner, High Beginner, Low Intermediate o Intermediate, empezarás tu programa EnGen trabajando primero en tus habilidades de inglés.
Cuando alcances el nivel High Intermediate, podrás inscribirte en tu curso CDA. Volverás a realizar el PA cada 60 días.
Para que puedas comenzar tu programa de formación de CDA en inglés, necesitarás alcanzar al menos el nivel High Intermediate en la evaluación de competencia dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la inscripción.
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Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning
- Assessment Tools to Support Online Learning
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
This course will introduce you to some specific assessment tools and strategies to support you in evaluating student learning in an online environment. This teacher professional development course teaches you about formative and summative assessments in a virtual learning environment. You will explore a range of online tools to assess your students' progress and evaluate data-tracking methods to provide feedback and plan future lessons. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and an online assessment planning tool to help you prepare to implement the ideas into your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about specific assessments you can provide in an online learning environment. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn methods for evaluating and tracking student progress to provide feedback to your students virtually.
- Simple Assessment Tools & Ideas to Support Online Learning Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with specific ideas for integrating valuable assessment tools into your online learning environment so you can properly measure student progress over time. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to online assessment tools. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of assessments in an online format.
What you will learn
- Define summative and formative assessments, even when in a virtual learning environment
- Analyze a variety of online tools available for assessments
- Evaluate data tracking methods and ways to provide valuable feedback to students in an online setting
How you will benefit
- Possess a clearer understanding of what students know so that you can be sure the online learning they are receiving is relevant
- Your students will learn similarly to a live lesson format because you will be able to accurately assess progress and modify lessons based on the data you collect
- Provide students with more unique opportunities to demonstrate their learning in an online format, improving their engagement in the course
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about specific assessments you can provide in an online learning environment. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn methods for evaluating and tracking student progress to provide feedback to your students virtually.
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Behavior Contract Design
- Behavior Contract Design
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with guidance on how to create a behavior contract for students, including choosing reinforcers, tracking methods, and implementation strategies. This teacher professional development course will provide you with a road map for designing behavior contracts (also called behavior agreements) specifically addressing student behaviors in your classroom. It provides specific techniques for selecting appropriate reinforcers that are aligned with your student's motivations, strategies for tracking and evaluating the behavioral progress of the student, and guidance on designing and integrating behavior contracts into your classroom environment. This course will equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to foster a positive and productive learning atmosphere while providing tailored support to individual students in their behavioral development.
The course comes with quizzes and videos to test and expand your knowledge as you progress through your training, a downloadable PDF of the content, and three behavior contract templates that you can utilize based on the grade level in which you teach. The templates are ready for you to build your behavior plan for each student. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you a step-by-step guide for crafting behavior contracts tailored to the needs of a student in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be introduced to methods for choosing reinforcers, methods for tracking student progress, and strategies for successfully designing and implementing a behavior contract into your classroom.
- Behavior Contract Design Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand student behaviors and how to design a behavior contract to improve behaviors of concern. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the design of behavior contracts. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of student behaviors and methods for improvement.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of using behavior contracts for students
- Analyze components of a single behavior contract
- Evaluate the process for designing and tracking behavior contracts
How you will benefit
- You will be able to accurately identify behavior issues and propose targeted solutions
- You will better understand your students by learning how to track and evaluate student behavior progress
- Your classroom environment will improve, with fewer behavior issues over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you a step-by-step guide for crafting behavior contracts tailored to the needs of a student in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be introduced to methods for choosing reinforcers, methods for tracking student progress, and strategies for successfully designing and implementing a behavior contract into your classroom.
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Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance
- Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with a method for analyzing, supporting, and teaching testing behaviors so that students can perform their best on assessments. This teacher professional development course will provide you with an exploration of common testing behaviors most students should exhibit when appropriately interacting with an assessment. The course will guide you on how to support students who do not exhibit some of these testing behaviors so that you can teach specific behavior management strategies to improve their performance. You will leave the course with a deeper understanding of testing expectations and a clear strategy for support, ready to be implemented in your classroom.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, a testing behaviors tracker, and an answer justification checklist for student use. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this Quick Course will teach you how to analyze common testing behaviors in students. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will then learn methods for tracking and supporting student behaviors and how to teach an answer justification process to assist students in selecting the correct answer choices on assessments.
- Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand some common testing and answering behaviors that students should exhibit during an assessment. It will teach you how you can monitor, support, and teach students so that they can begin to improve their behaviors on a test. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to student testing behaviors. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of student behaviors specific to assessments.
What you will learn
- Understand why strong testing behaviors are important for student success
- Analyze some common testing and answering strategies that could benefit students
- Explore the answer justification process and design e a method for teaching it to students
How you will benefit
- Your students will demonstrate more accurately what they know when they complete an assessment
- You will have more reliable student testing data
- Your students' testing behaviors and test performance will improve over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this Quick Course will teach you how to analyze common testing behaviors in students. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will then learn methods for tracking and supporting student behaviors and how to teach an answer justification process to assist students in selecting the correct answer choices on assessments.
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Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom
- Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with an overview of how to establish boundaries in your classroom, communicate properly with parents, students, and colleagues, and maintain professionalism in the classroom and on campus. Enhance your professional conduct in this short teacher professionalism course, designed to guide you in upholding ethical professional standards, maintaining clear boundaries, and communicating effectively with families, students, and colleagues. You will reflect on your school's or district's educator code of conduct, identifying strengths and areas for improvement in teacher boundaries, teacher professionalism, and teacher communication.
The course includes a downloadable PDF of the content and a self-reflection checklist to help you plan for personal growth. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professionalism-focused course will teach you about the common ethical standards you can uphold to ensure that you are maintaining boundaries, communicating appropriately, and presenting yourself professionally in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will reflect on your own educator code of conduct utilized by your school or district and consider areas of strength and areas for improvement in your daily practices. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, videos, quizzes, and a self-reflection checklist to help you plan for personal improvement.
- A Review of Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an overview of ethical standards to consider for the classroom, including maintaining boundaries, proper communication with families, and professionalism and ethics in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the ethics and professionalism in your instruction and planning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for the use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing it with a colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of boundaries, appropriate communication, and professionalism.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of exhibiting professional behaviors when interacting with colleagues, students, and the families of your students
- Evaluate what professional and productive colleague relationships look like
- Review what appropriate teacher-student boundaries look like in a classroom
- Comprehend what professional communication with families looks like
How you will benefit
- You will better understand and be able to model the ethical expectations set by your school or district
- Your classroom culture and relationship with the families of your students will be improved
- You will become more confident in identifying ethical standards and professionalism in yourself and others
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professionalism-focused course will teach you about the common ethical standards you can uphold to ensure that you are maintaining boundaries, communicating appropriately, and presenting yourself professionally in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will reflect on your own educator code of conduct utilized by your school or district and consider areas of strength and areas for improvement in your daily practices. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, videos, quizzes, and a self-reflection checklist to help you plan for personal improvement.
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Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students
- Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to design five types of writing prompts (narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response) using a structured approach and grade-level-aligned examples. This teacher professional development course will teach you about four essential components of an effective writing prompt, ensuring your students are supported in writing strong essays. You will learn how to generate narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response writing exercises. During your training, you will view examples at each grade level and learn a structured approach for each writing prompt design.
By the end of the course, you will be able to design your own writing prompt for a future lesson in an action plan and will leave the course with 11 tools, templates, and samples ready for use in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Well-written student essays begin with a carefully crafted writing prompt, the first step in providing effective support for each of your students. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you five types of writing prompts you can introduce to your students: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn a structure for developing each writing prompt and be provided examples aligned with expectations across grade levels, from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
- Types of Writing Prompts
- Learn the five types of writing prompts covered in this course, two methods for assessment them, and reflect on a past prompt you created or were assigned.
- Narrative Writing Prompts
- Learn the components of a narrative writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own narrative writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
- Creative Writing Prompts
- Learn the components of a creative writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own creative writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
- Expository Writing Prompts
- Learn the components of an expository writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own expository writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
- Persuasive Writing Prompts
- Learn the components of a persuasive writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own persuasive writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
- Reading Response Writing Prompts
- Learn the components of a reading response writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own reading response writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the samples provided, build your own writing prompt ready to be implemented in the classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support the design of effective writing prompts, and read the research behind effective writing prompts.
What you will learn
- Analyze the five main types of writing prompts for students
- Identify the four components that all strong writing prompts have in common
- Design and implement a specific writing prompt plan using one of the five writing prompts introduced in this course
How you will benefit
- Your students will begin generating better essays because they have the correct guidance and expectations provided by your writing prompt
- You will be able to spend more quality time supporting students in their writing skills, focusing on the content that will help students excel more quickly
- Your lesson planning will be streamlined because you will be able to utilize the structured writing prompt approach using the provided templates found in this course
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Well-written student essays begin with a carefully crafted writing prompt, the first step in providing effective support for each of your students. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you five types of writing prompts you can introduce to your students: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn a structure for developing each writing prompt and be provided examples aligned with expectations across grade levels, from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
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Building Reading and Writing Fluency
- Building Reading and Writing Fluency
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This rewarding course will teach you how to support your students' reading and writing fluency through specific grouping strategies and station activities, focused on key areas of effective literacy instruction. This writing and reading fluency program will teach you how to enhance your student's fluency through targeted activities using a specific grouping approach. You will learn specific station and activity suggestions that focus on phonics, word work, sight words, reading fluency, and writing fluency.
While this reading and writing course is best for most students in the primary and elementary grades, it could also benefit older students still grappling with writing and reading fluency. You will design a plan of action that can be utilized to develop fluency stations in your classroom, and you will leave the course with templates, tools, and graphic organizers ready to be used in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will provide you with station activities and strategies to boost reading and writing fluency for various student levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about various methods to improve fluency, including support for phonics, word work, sight words, reading fluency, and writing fluency. By the end of the course, you will have an activity plan for various stations to support each of your student groups.
- Strategic Grouping
- Learn the five research-based stages of spelling development and how grouping students based on spelling can help support and improve reading and writing fluency, then plan for how you'd group students based on these stages.
- Phonics
- Learn various activities for supporting phonics instruction in literacy stations, then reflect on how you would plan for phonics in a classroom at your grade level.
- Word Work
- Learn various activities for supporting word work, including some printable resources to implement into future stations, then reflect on how you would plan for word work in a classroom at your grade level.
- Sight Words
- Learn sight words activities, including a printable word bump game and a stations planner, then reflect on how you would plan for sight words in a classroom at your grade level.
- Reading Fluency
- Learn reading fluency activities with suggestions for implementation, then reflect on how you would plan for reading fluency in a classroom at your grade level.
- Writing Fluency
- Learn writing fluency activities with suggestions for implementation, then reflect on how you would plan for reading fluency in a classroom at your grade level.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own station activities plan to support reading and writing fluency in your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support reading and writing fluency, and read the research behind effective literacy programs.
What you will learn
- Identify specific grouping strategies to support fluency instruction
- Evaluate phonics, word work, sight words, reading fluency, and writing fluency stations ideas using specific activities.
- Design a fluency plan ready to implement in the classroom
How you will benefit
- Your lesson activities will improve engagement in your classroom and help improve your classroom culture
- You will be able to more deeply understand your student's fluency and evaluate their progress over time
- The knowledge you acquire will boost your lesson planning efficiency since you will have ready-to-go ideas and activities to help you build strong station activities
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will provide you with station activities and strategies to boost reading and writing fluency for various student levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about various methods to improve fluency, including support for phonics, word work, sight words, reading fluency, and writing fluency. By the end of the course, you will have an activity plan for various stations to support each of your student groups.
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Checking for Understanding in Elementary Math
- Checking for Understanding in Elementary Math
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to create a positive classroom culture, check student understanding, and identify and address common math misconceptions for K-6th grade math concepts. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to structure your math classroom to help you best check for student understanding of concepts and identify and address misconceptions. You will consider how you build a productive classroom culture, learn specific strategies to check for student understanding, and evaluate math misconceptions to construct a plan for support in your lessons.
The course's content is tailored to kindergarten through sixth-grade classrooms, making it suitable for aspiring or novice teachers looking to plan effective lessons, and experienced teachers seeking to refine their teaching practices for enhanced learning and classroom culture in math education. You will also design a plan of action that is ready for implementation by using several templates and tools provided within this course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to set up your classroom for success to effectively check for and then correct any student misunderstandings in math concepts from kindergarten through sixth grade. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to foster a positive classroom environment, evaluate student understanding of math concepts, identify math misconceptions, and then design specific instructional strategies to address any student misunderstandings.
- Establishing a Math Community
- Analyze components of classroom culture that help establish a strong classroom community, then reflect on an area of growth you would like to consider for yourself in a future classroom.
- Checking for Understanding
- Learn 12 check for understanding methods and when each are best used in the classroom, then reflect on several methods appropriate for your current or future class and grade level.
- Interventions
- Analyze three intervention methods to re-teach class content, then reflect on how you'd re-teach a concept specific to your grade level.
- Common Math Misconceptions
- Review the common misconceptions in elementary math and reflect on misconceptions your own students would experience at your grade level.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build a plan to check for student understanding for an upcoming math lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that supports the lesson content, and read the research behind math instruction that addresses misconceptions and utilizes specific methods to check for understanding during instruction.
What you will learn
- Evaluate how to establish a strong classroom culture that supports math learning
- Plan for methods to check for understanding and execute an intervention strategy to areas of misunderstanding
- Identify the 12 most common elementary math misconceptions students make and a variety of ways to correct those types of math misconceptions
- Build a lesson plan with class culture, student understanding, and misconceptions in mind
How you will benefit
- Your classroom will be a more engaging and inviting environment for your students
- Your students will excel in math concepts and become more confident in their abilities
- Student progress will improve, and you will find that lesson planning becomes simpler to design as you continuously implement methods to check for understanding throughout your lessons
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to set up your classroom for success to effectively check for and then correct any student misunderstandings in math concepts from kindergarten through sixth grade. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to foster a positive classroom environment, evaluate student understanding of math concepts, identify math misconceptions, and then design specific instructional strategies to address any student misunderstandings.
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Child Development Associate – Center-Based
- Child Development Associate – Center-Based
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Fee: $1,295.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight Child Development Associate® (CDA) competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment:
- Competency Standards for Center-Based Preschool ages 3-5 yrs old
- Infant-Toddler Competency Standards Book
Reading assignments in each lesson will be linked to the following eBook(s) for the designated reading:
- Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education, 3rd edition, by Ann Gordon, Kathryn Williams Browne (eBook)
- Infants & Toddlers: Caregiving and Responsive Curriculum Development, 10th edition, by Terri Swim (eBook)
This exciting course is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of early childhood education and prepare you for the Child Development Associate® (CDA) certification process of the Council for Professional Recognition with content review, assessment practice, and portfolio preparation.
The course will include a thorough introduction to early childhood education. Topics covered include how children learn and grow, safe and healthy environments, physical and cognitive growth, social and emotional development, guidance, relationships with families, creativity and the young child, play, research-based planning of developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculums, and activities, program management, and professionalism. With an integrated approach to child development, students will learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight CDA competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards.
In a guided step-by-step process, you will culminate your learning experience by gathering all your assignments to build a portfolio and receiving instructor feedback from a certified CDA Professional Development (PD) Specialist™ to be well prepared for the CDA Verification Visit. Upon course completion, you will be ready for your early childhood education certification.
Our Child Development Associate course offers a unique opportunity to learn two pathways for the price of one, teaching both infant/toddler and preschool-age topics and techniques. Moreover, within two years of completing this comprehensive online course, you are eligible to receive assistance in preparing for your second pathway certification, including portfolio preparation and exam practice questions. This provides you with greater flexibility and opportunity for your career—all without any additional out-of-pocket expenses.
- Getting Started
- How to Take This Course
- Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
- The Portfolio Introduction
- Principles of Child Development and Learning
- Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
- Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
- Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
- Building Productive Relationships with Families
- Managing an Effective Program
- Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
- Achieving High-Quality Care
- Final Portfolio Review
- CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
- Employability
- Final Exam
- Resources
What you will learn
- Evaluate and make recommendations for modifications of regulations regarding children's health, safety, and learning environments
- Identify typical stages of cognitive, linguistic, physical, social, and emotional development
- Develop a list of developmentally appropriate activities and materials that encourage physical, linguistic, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development in children from birth to age five
- Implement appropriate guidance techniques for specific situations relating to children's behaviors
- Demonstrate skills in practical application of developmental principles and theories, observation techniques, and recognition of growth and development patterns
- Apply the competency statements into practice in an early childhood setting
- Prepare to become a certified child development associate professional
- Communicate qualifications for employability
How you will benefit
- Build a portfolio for your verification visit with PD Specialist feedback
- Know how to team with parents and guardians to track milestones or identify developmental delays
- Develop appropriate lesson plans with accommodations
- Complete one of the leading CDA classes
Kerri Welch
Kerri Welch has over 20 years of extensive experience in the field of early childhood education. More specifically, with the CDA credential, she previously served as an instructor and field supervisor at Dutchess Community College in New York and as a PD Specialist for the CDA Council. She is currently teaching child development classes at Houston Community College.
Kerri has successfully trained a diverse population of students by helping them advance in their careers in early childhood development through implementing a child-centered, developmentally appropriate curriculum that uses positive guidance techniques. She has a Master of Science in early childhood education with a focus on students with disabilities, a bachelor's degree in elementary education, and an associate degree in early childhood education.
Kerri is on the advisory board of Informed Green Solutions, a national non-profit that has pioneered environmental education on green cleaning products for early childhood programs. She is extremely passionate about children's health, nutrition, and safety, especially regarding children with special needs.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
This exciting course is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of early childhood education and prepare you for the Child Development Associate® (CDA) certification process of the Council for Professional Recognition with content review, assessment practice, and portfolio preparation.
The course will include a thorough introduction to early childhood education. Topics covered include how children learn and grow, safe and healthy environments, physical and cognitive growth, social and emotional development, guidance, relationships with families, creativity and the young child, play, research-based planning of developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculums, and activities, program management, and professionalism. With an integrated approach to child development, students will learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight CDA competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards.
In a guided step-by-step process, you will culminate your learning experience by gathering all your assignments to build a portfolio and receiving instructor feedback from a certified CDA Professional Development (PD) Specialist™ to be well prepared for the CDA Verification Visit. Upon course completion, you will be ready for your early childhood education certification.
Our Child Development Associate course offers a unique opportunity to learn two pathways for the price of one, teaching both infant/toddler and preschool-age topics and techniques. Moreover, within two years of completing this comprehensive online course, you are eligible to receive assistance in preparing for your second pathway certification, including portfolio preparation and exam practice questions. This provides you with greater flexibility and opportunity for your career—all without any additional out-of-pocket expenses.
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Child Development Associate – Center-Based (Voucher Included)
- Child Development Associate – Center-Based (Voucher Included)
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Fee: $1,695.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
Learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight Child Development Associate® (CDA) competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment:
- Competency Standards for Center-Based Preschool ages 3-5 yrs old
- Infant-Toddler Competency Standards Book
Reading assignments in each lesson will be linked to the following eBook(s) for the designated reading:
- Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education, 3rd edition, by Ann Gordon, Kathryn Williams Browne (eBook)
- Infants & Toddlers: Caregiving and Responsive Curriculum Development, 10th edition, by Terri Swim (eBook)
This exciting course is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of early childhood education and prepare you for the Child Development Associate® (CDA) certification process of the Council for Professional Recognition with content review, assessment practice, and portfolio preparation.
The course will include a thorough introduction to early childhood education. Topics covered include how children learn and grow, safe and healthy environments, physical and cognitive growth, social and emotional development, guidance, relationships with families, creativity and the young child, play, research-based planning of developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculums, and activities, program management, and professionalism. With an integrated approach to child development, students will learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight CDA competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards.
In a guided step-by-step process, you will culminate your learning experience by gathering all your assignments to build a portfolio and receiving instructor feedback from a certified CDA Professional Development (PD) Specialist™ to be well prepared for the CDA Verification Visit. Upon course completion, you will be ready for your early childhood education certification. This course offers enrollment with or without a voucher. The voucher covers the fee/cost to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.
Our Child Development Associate course offers a unique opportunity to learn two pathways for the price of one, teaching both infant/toddler and preschool-age topics and techniques. Moreover, within two years of completing this comprehensive online course, you are eligible to receive assistance in preparing for your second pathway certification, including portfolio preparation and exam practice questions. This provides you with greater flexibility and opportunity for your career—all without any additional out-of-pocket expenses.
- Getting Started
- How to Take This Course
- Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
- The Portfolio Introduction
- Principles of Child Development and Learning
- Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
- Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
- Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
- Building Productive Relationships with Families
- Managing an Effective Program
- Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
- Achieving High-Quality Care
- Final Portfolio Review
- CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
- Employability
- Final Exam
- Resources
What you will learn
- Evaluate and make recommendations for modifications of regulations regarding children's health, safety, and learning environments
- Identify typical stages of cognitive, linguistic, physical, social, and emotional development
- Develop a list of developmentally appropriate activities and materials that encourage physical, linguistic, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development in children from birth to age five
- Implement appropriate guidance techniques for specific situations relating to children's behaviors
- Demonstrate skills in practical application of developmental principles and theories, observation techniques, and recognition of growth and development patterns
- Apply the competency statements into practice in an early childhood setting
- Prepare to become a certified child development associate professional
- Communicate qualifications for employability
How you will benefit
- Build a portfolio for your verification visit with PD Specialist feedback
- Know how to team with parents and guardians to track milestones or identify developmental delays
- Develop appropriate lesson plans with accommodations
- Complete one of the leading CDA classes
Kerri Welch
Kerri Welch has over 20 years of extensive experience in the field of early childhood education. More specifically, with the CDA credential, she previously served as an instructor and field supervisor at Dutchess Community College in New York and as a PD Specialist for the CDA Council. She is currently teaching child development classes at Houston Community College.
Kerri has successfully trained a diverse population of students by helping them advance in their careers in early childhood development through implementing a child-centered, developmentally appropriate curriculum that uses positive guidance techniques. She has a Master of Science in early childhood education with a focus on students with disabilities, a bachelor's degree in elementary education, and an associate degree in early childhood education.
Kerri is on the advisory board of Informed Green Solutions, a national non-profit that has pioneered environmental education on green cleaning products for early childhood programs. She is extremely passionate about children's health, nutrition, and safety, especially regarding children with special needs.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
This exciting course is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of early childhood education and prepare you for the Child Development Associate® (CDA) certification process of the Council for Professional Recognition with content review, assessment practice, and portfolio preparation.
The course will include a thorough introduction to early childhood education. Topics covered include how children learn and grow, safe and healthy environments, physical and cognitive growth, social and emotional development, guidance, relationships with families, creativity and the young child, play, research-based planning of developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculums, and activities, program management, and professionalism. With an integrated approach to child development, students will learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight CDA competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards.
In a guided step-by-step process, you will culminate your learning experience by gathering all your assignments to build a portfolio and receiving instructor feedback from a certified CDA Professional Development (PD) Specialist™ to be well prepared for the CDA Verification Visit. Upon course completion, you will be ready for your early childhood education certification. This course offers enrollment with or without a voucher. The voucher covers the fee/cost to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.
Our Child Development Associate course offers a unique opportunity to learn two pathways for the price of one, teaching both infant/toddler and preschool-age topics and techniques. Moreover, within two years of completing this comprehensive online course, you are eligible to receive assistance in preparing for your second pathway certification, including portfolio preparation and exam practice questions. This provides you with greater flexibility and opportunity for your career—all without any additional out-of-pocket expenses.
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Child Development Professional (Voucher Included)
- Child Development Professional (Voucher Included)
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Fee: $2,995.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
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Learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight Child Development Associate® (CDA) competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards. The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Associate Certification Training course will prepare you to take the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course must be taken on a PC. Macs and Chromebooks are not compatible.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 2019 or Microsoft Office 365 (not included in enrollment). While Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook 2019 are ideal, you can use the desktop versions of each included with Microsoft 365. Please note: There may be some differences between your version of these programs and what you see in the course.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment:
- Competency Standards for Center-Based Preschool ages 3-5 yrs old
- Infant-Toddler Competency Standards Book
Reading assignments in each lesson will be linked to the following eBook(s) for the designated reading:
- Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education, 3rd edition, by Ann Gordon, Kathryn Williams Browne (eBook)
- Infants & Toddlers: Caregiving and Responsive Curriculum Development, 10th edition, by Terri Swim (eBook)
- Child Development Professional
- Getting Started
- How to Take This Course
- Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
- The Portfolio Introduction
- Principles of Child Development and Learning
- Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
- Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
- Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
- Building Productive Relationships with Families
- Managing an Effective Program
- Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
- Achieving High-Quality Care
- Final Portfolio Review
- CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
- Employability
- Final Exam
- Resources
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Associate Certification Training
- Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Intermediate Microsoft Word
- Advanced Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Word Final Exam
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Excel Final Exam
- Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
- Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft PowerPoint Final Exam
- Introduction to Microsoft Outlook
- Advanced Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Outlook Final Exam
What you will learn
- Evaluate and make recommendations for modifications of regulations regarding children's health, safety, and learning environments
- Identify typical stages of cognitive, linguistic, physical, social, and emotional development
- Develop a list of developmentally appropriate activities and materials that encourage physical, linguistic, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development in children from birth to age five
- Implement appropriate guidance techniques for specific situations relating to children's behaviors
- Demonstrate skills in the practical application of developmental principles and theories, observation techniques, and recognition of growth and development patterns
- Apply the competency statements into practice in an early childhood setting
- Prepare to become a certified child development associate professional
- Communicate qualifications for employability
How you will benefit
- Build a portfolio for your verification visit with PD Specialist feedback
- Know how to team with parents and guardians to track milestones or identify developmental delays
- Develop appropriate lesson plans with accommodation
- Prepare to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Associate certification exams
- Demonstrate your advanced understanding of the most commonly used Microsoft Office products
- Learn the most advanced skills and techniques to best use Microsoft Office programs Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Kerri Welch
Kerri Welch has over 20 years of extensive experience in the field of Early Childhood Education, more specifically with the CDA credential as an Instructor, Field Supervisor at Dutchess Community College, in NY, as a PD Specialist for the CDA Council, and currently teaching Child Development classes at Houston Community College. She has successfully trained a diverse population of students by helping them advance in their careers in early childhood development through implementing a child-centered, developmentally appropriate curriculum that uses positive guidance techniques. She has a Master of Science in Early Childhood Education with a focus on Students with Disabilities, a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, and an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education. Kerri is on the advisory board of Informed Green Solutions, a national non-profit that has pioneered environmental education on green cleaning products for early childhood programs. She is extremely passionate about children's health, nutrition, and safety, especially as it relates to children with special needs.
Tracy Berry
Tracy Berry has been a senior graphic designer/programmer, instructor, and consultant since 1993 and has developed hundreds of logos, marketing materials, websites, and multimedia solutions for customers worldwide. She was also involved in several large corporate software rollouts. She has helped many organizations optimize and streamline data solutions. She teaches both onsite and online courses and has her CTT (Certified Technical Trainer) certification. Tracy specializes in teaching graphics, desktop publishing, web design, and reporting/productivity applications.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Learn the principles of child growth and development from birth through age five and how they align with the eight Child Development Associate® (CDA) competencies and National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) professional standards. The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Associate Certification Training course will prepare you to take the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
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Choosing The Right Assessments For Your Students
- Choosing The Right Assessments For Your Students
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This comprehensive course will teach you about different types of assessments you can administer to your students, how to design assessment items that are well-aligned with your lesson objectives, and how to build a detailed plan to help you measure student progress. This teacher professional development course explores four types of assessments (Diagnostic, Formative, Summative, and Interim/Benchmark). It teaches you effective assessment design and helps you formulate a comprehensive plan well aligned to your lesson objectives. It provides one component of the backward design planning process to ensure that your objectives, assessments, and lesson activities are cohesive and aligned.
You will learn the important role that Bloom's Taxonomy plays in design—aligning each assessment item to your learning objectives. The course teaches you to design a detailed assessment plan for your classroom and comes with multiple templates, guides, and planning tools for use in your planning. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, you will learn how to design effective assessments that are well-aligned with your learning objectives in this comprehensive course. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn to design four different types of assessments, evaluate specific assessment items that can be crafted to check for student learning, and build a detailed assessment plan ready for implementation in your classroom.
- The Importance and Purpose of Assessments
- Learn about why assessments are important, the purpose of providing assessments to students, and how it fits into a backward design model for lesson development. Then, reflect upon your own ideas about assessments, what makes a good assessment, and what purpose assessments should serve.
- Types of Assessments and Student Feedback
- Learn the four main types of assessments discussed in this course- Diagnostic Assessments, Formative Assessments, Summative Assessments, Interim/Benchmark Assessments plus methods for providing student feedback based on each assessment type. Then, reflect on how you'd incorporate these assessment types into a lesson of your content area and grade level.
- Question Types and Alignment
- Learn the important role that Bloom's Taxonomy plays in designing assessments and aligning each assessment item to your learning objectives and learn the main types of questions used in assessments. Then, reflect on how you would select appropriate question types and question content in your assessments for an objective of your content area and grade level.
- Assessment Writing & Using a Rubric
- Learn how to effectively write summative assessments and design rubrics that measure student learning well. Then, reflect on how you'd design a summative assessment and rubric for an objective of your content area and grade level.
- The Role of Assessments in the Learning Process
- Learn why assessments are such a critical piece of the learning process and reflect on past activities you have encountered where assessments were not well aligned to the activity measuring the learning process.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build an assessment plan aligned with your next unit's objectives.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support assessment design, and read the research behind assessments that support this evidence- based professional development.
What you will learn
- Compare and contrast four types of assessments used to measure and increase student learning
- Analyze a method for creating objective-aligned assessments to enhance student learning
- Evaluate the three types of most common assessment items
- Design an assessment plan that meets the needs of all learners
How you will benefit
- You will be more confident in your ability to understand each student's level of understanding with the lesson content
- Your lesson planning process will become more streamlined and efficient as you will already have an assessment plan in place
- Students will naturally begin to improve academically because your clear expectations and testing standards are well-constructed
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, you will learn how to design effective assessments that are well-aligned with your learning objectives in this comprehensive course. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn to design four different types of assessments, evaluate specific assessment items that can be crafted to check for student learning, and build a detailed assessment plan ready for implementation in your classroom.
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Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in the Science Classroom
- Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in the Science Classroom
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Help your students think like scientists by teaching them the claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) writing process. This course will provide you with a step-by-step plan for designing a CER writing lesson specific to your science classes. This claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) course will teach you the CER writing strategy that can be applied to science concepts across the K-12 grade levels. You will learn how to select a strong science activity, plan, and predict student claims, support students in collecting evidence, and provide a structure for students to generate strong scientific conclusions. The course will also help you explore modifications to your CER lessons using a variety of tools so that you can effectively differentiate your CER science writing for all students. You will build a CER lesson plan ready to be implemented in your classroom and leave the course with several tools and templates ready for use. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. The claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) writing strategy is an important concept to teach your budding scientists because it helps students analyze scientific experiments, correctly make a claim, and generate a conclusion.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course provides a comprehensive guide to designing effective CER lessons and includes templates, rubrics, worksheets, and examples to ensure successful implementation into your upcoming science lessons. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
- Introduction to Claim, Evidence, Reasoning & Scientific Argumentation
- Learn the meaning of CER, the three components of CER and how to use CER as a writing framework in the science classroom.
- The Claim
- Learn what makes a solid claim, how to introduce claim writing to your students, and how to create an activity that supports a strong claim. Then, using the CER activity template, reflect on how you could take an activity at your grade level to align to specific claims students can make.
- The Evidence
- Learn what is included in the evidence component of CER, how to identify and define relevant evidence, and how to verify the evidence in labs and activities will support the claim. Then, using the Evidence Reference Guide and the CER Evidence Template resource, reflect on the specific data that could be generated for your chosen activity.
- The Reasoning
- Learn what is included in the reasoning component of CER, how to introduce reasoning to students, and challenges your students may face when writing their reasoning. Then, using the Reasoning Challenges Reference Sheet and Reasoning Template, reflect on the anticipated challenges your students may have when designing reasoning statements.
- How to Write an Appropriate Question for CER Responses
- Learn how to write an effective CER question and how to modify and edit ineffective CER questions so they will lead to strong claim writing. Then, utilize the Question Checklist Tool and the Question Writing template to reflect on how to design well- aligned questions that will produce a strong claim.
- Modifications for CER
- Learn why CER assignments may need to be modified and ways to modify the CER process. Then, refer to the CER Modification Reference Guide and the CER Modification template and reflect on way you can edit your CER lesson to better fit the needs of students in your class.
- CER Implementation
- Learn how to introduce CER into your classroom, some teaching strategies you can use to implement CER, and how to grade and provide feedback on CER responses. Then, reflect on which instructional strategies you can use to best implement CER into a classroom of your grade level.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own CER lesson plan to be used in an upcoming scientific investigation.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that CER process, and read the research behind effective science activities.
What you will learn
- Design rigorous science activities that support the CER process
- Evaluate a step-by-step CER lesson plan that can be used to support scientific inquiry
- Develop strategies for student support using the provided CER rubrics and templates
How you will benefit
- Enhance your science activities to become more engaging and dynamic
- Improve your students' critical reasoning skills and help increase a more detailed and analytic discourse within your students
- Become more accurately able to gauge student understanding of science principles and help increase the rigor of your science lessons when using the CER process
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
The claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) writing strategy is an important concept to teach your budding scientists because it helps students analyze scientific experiments, correctly make a claim, and generate a conclusion.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course provides a comprehensive guide to designing effective CER lessons and includes templates, rubrics, worksheets, and examples to ensure successful implementation into your upcoming science lessons. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
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Classroom Management Processes
- Classroom Management Processes
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
Location:
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This rewarding course will teach you about six efficient classroom processes that you can implement as part of your classroom management plan to help you create a more predictable and positive learning environment. This teacher professional development course provides specific methods for improving your classroom management by offering six strategies that help to reduce student disruptions and promote learning. You will learn how to implement routines, procedures, transitions, pacing, attention-getters, and silent signals.
You will also learn how to analyze areas in your own management plans that may need improvement and then build a plan using the provided course strategies to improve your classroom processes. The action plan you design, and the resources you receive within the classroom will help ensure that you can successfully implement these classroom management strategies to ensure a more efficient classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Creating predictable and consistent systems in your classroom helps to reinforce class expectations and fosters a more positive classroom culture, resulting in more student learning. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides specific strategies over six different processes that can be implemented and established in your classroom as part of your classroom management plan. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to create a more predictable environment that supports you in minimizing distractions and maximizing instructional time.
- Overview of Efficient Classroom Processes
- Learn how classroom processes promote student learning, then reflect on your own procedures, routines, and transitions to determine areas of need.
- Strategies
- Strategy 1: Structured Daily Routines
- Learn strategies for implementing structured daily routines and a rationale behind choosing certain routines for your classroom. Then, reflect on a routine expectation you have experienced and identify areas of the strategy that might have been improved upon.
- Strategy 2: Daily Procedures
- Learn strategies for implementing daily class procedures into activities, classroom expectations, and what classroom procedures to teach your students. Then, reflect on a class procedure expectation you have experienced and identify how or why the strategy broke down.
- Strategy 3: Smooth Transitions
- Learn transitioning activities for students and how strategies supporting smooth transitions can improve your classroom. Then, reflect on a transition strategy expectation you have experienced and identify one that may have broken down upon implementation.
- Strategy 4: Pacing
- Learn how to pace your lesson and activities, including the use of timers and other strategies, then reflect on pacing strategies that have been used in the past and can be improved.
- Strategy 5: Attention Getters
- Analyze strategies to implement attention getters and quickly regain control of the classroom, then reflect on an attention getter strategy that might not have been implemented properly and analyze the cause.
- Strategy 6: Silent Signals
- Various silent signals and strategies for implementation will be presented and then analyzed. Then, you will reflect on usage of silent signals in the past and consider methods for improvement.
- Building Your Strategy Focus Plan
- Review the steps to developing a focus plan targeted on efficient classroom process and the strategies needed to implement it fully into the classroom. Then, reflect on the strategy you feel would need to be implemented into a future or current classroom of your own.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, identify an area of focus and build a plan of action for implementing an efficient classroom process strategy into your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support classroom management ideas, and read the research about these topics as well.
What you will learn
- Understand the components of six classroom strategies used to create a more efficient environment for student learning
- Analyze your own classroom processes to identify areas for improvement
- Implement the course strategies to design a classroom management plan for any classroom
How you will benefit
- Your classroom will become more peaceful, positive, and well- managed
- You will increase your instructional time, providing more opportunities for learning in your classroom
- Your day will become less stressful, more efficient, and well-planned, allowing you more time to focus on improving your instructional craft rather than focusing on a classroom management issue(s)
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Creating predictable and consistent systems in your classroom helps to reinforce class expectations and fosters a more positive classroom culture, resulting in more student learning. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides specific strategies over six different processes that can be implemented and established in your classroom as part of your classroom management plan. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to create a more predictable environment that supports you in minimizing distractions and maximizing instructional time.
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Classroom Technology Suite Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $210.00
Hours: 48
By the end of the course bundle, you will have a plan that will give you the confidence to leverage technology and step out on your own to achieve your dreams!
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Classroom Writing Strategies for ELL Students
- Classroom Writing Strategies for ELL Students
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to support your English Language Learners throughout the pre-writing, drafting, and post-writing process. This teacher professional development course will help you understand the importance of providing explicit writing support for your English Language Learners (ELLs). This course will teach you how to support students through three different phases of the writing process: before, during, and after writing. You will learn explicit strategies to teach your ELL students to help improve their proficiency, and you will review examples of these ELL strategies in action. You will leave the course able to design and implement comprehensive writing lessons that you can administer to your ELLs.
The course also comes with various graphic organizers, student support resources, trackers, and planning documents so that you have everything you need to properly implement the course concepts. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides a detailed look into how you can support your English Language Learners (ELLs) as they work to improve their writing skills. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to teach and support ELL students in each part of the writing process, from pre-writing and drafting to post-writing. You will also learn how to monitor and evaluate writing progress over time, ensuring that all students can be academically successful in your classroom.
- ELL Proficiency Levels
- The importance of supporting writing in ELLs
- Appropriate writing strategies to implement in your classroom to support ELL students through all stages of the writing process
- How to monitor and assess ELL student growth in writing
- Support Strategies Before Writing
- About the Before Writing Stage
- Considerations for generating appropriate writing prompts for ELL students
- Vocabulary strategies to support the vocabulary development of your ELLs
- How to use graphic organizers to support your ELL students with the planning process
- Strategies for During Writing
- About the During Writing Stage
- Strategies such as buddy writing and interactive writing that are great ways to improve the writing fluency and confidence of ELLs
- That exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing
- Strategies for After Writing
- About the After Writing Stage
- That ELL students need specific instruction in how to revise and edit their work
- That self-reflection and peer-revising/editing are two strategies teachers can implement to scaffold their ELL students' post-writing process
- That publishing a writing piece can take on many forms, but should always be a source of pride and celebrated for all students
- Monitoring the Progress of ELLs
- How to monitor and assess the progress of your ELLs
- That Can Do Checklists, student reflections, writing conferences, and student portfolios are excellent ways to track student progress
- That progress can be monitored over time with a detailed progress monitoring documentation tool
- Choosing Appropriate Strategies
- How to choose the most appropriate strategies for your students, based on student needs and your instructional goals
- Why it is so important to constantly evaluate your strategy choices
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build a writing lesson for your English Language Learners.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources about English Language Learners, and read the research behind supporting writing in English Language Learners.
What you will learn
- Understand ELLs and their typical struggles in writing
- Analyze strategies for the "Before Writing," "During Writing," and "After Writing" stages, including vocabulary strategies, writing prompts, and the use of graphic organizers in the planning process
- Evaluate how to assess and monitor the progress of ELLs in writing, including tools such as Can-Do Checklists, student reflections, writing conferences, and student portfolios
- Design a plan of action using the most appropriate strategies for your students based on student needs and your instructional goals
How you will benefit
- Engage with your students more deeply in the course content
- Communicate your students' writing progress more clearly and accurately
- Guide students to more rapidly excel in other content area subjects as they work to improve their proficiency and master writing skills
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides a detailed look into how you can support your English Language Learners (ELLs) as they work to improve their writing skills. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to teach and support ELL students in each part of the writing process, from pre-writing and drafting to post-writing. You will also learn how to monitor and evaluate writing progress over time, ensuring that all students can be academically successful in your classroom.
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Collaborative Learning in the Classroom
- Collaborative Learning in the Classroom
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you six common collaborative learning models that you can implement immediately into your classroom to increase student engagement and discourse. Regular student discourse and engagement through collaborative learning are critical components of a well-rounded lesson cycle. Knowing which collaborative learning model to choose, learning how to support student engagement, and understanding strategies for deep learning are critical to the success of collaborative learning. This course teaches you 6 common models, helps you build a collaborative learning plan ready for implementation, and provides you with student worksheets and resources that can be used immediately to create a collaborative classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course teaches you how to incorporate collaborative learning in the classroom and provides you with guidance and resources for implementation. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn six common collaborative learning models that you can incorporate into various lessons in your classroom. Collaborative learning can be a valuable tool to support engagement and discourse, but proper planning is essential to implement strong lesson activities.
- What is Collaborative Learning?
- An Overview of Collaborative Learning and the Peer Relationship
- Common Elements of Collaborative Learning
- How to Build Peer Groups for Collaborative Learning
- Low Prep Common Collaborative Learning Models
- Six Common Collaborative Models Used in the Classroom
- Examples of How They Can Promote Student Collaboration
- Structuring and Assessing Collaboration
- What Elements Make Up Strong Collaboration
- How to Structure Your Activities and Prompts to Promote Strong Collaboration
- How to Hold Students Accountable for Their Learning in Collaborative Groups
- How to Assess Collaboration Within Groups
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own collaborative learning plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature collaborative learning models, and read the research behind collaboration and student engagement that supports this evidence-based professional development
What you will learn
- Define what collaborative learning is and analyze methods and tools for grouping students
- Evaluate six collaborative learning models that are lower prep options for student discourse
- Design your own collaborative teaching methods for structuring and assessing student collaboration within activities
How you will benefit
- Student discourse and engagement will be targeted and purposeful, closely connecting with your lesson concepts
- Students will be able to interact with your course concepts more deeply in a structured, collaborative setting
- You will likely notice a more positive classroom environment and improved academic performance over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course teaches you how to incorporate collaborative learning in the classroom and provides you with guidance and resources for implementation. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn six common collaborative learning models that you can incorporate into various lessons in your classroom. Collaborative learning can be a valuable tool to support engagement and discourse, but proper planning is essential to implement strong lesson activities.
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Counseling for College Prep Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
While the college-going experience may evolve, it is not going away. In this online course, you will prepare for a vital role where you support students' post-secondary aspirations as we also explore how critical your role is to the evolution of our communities.
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Counseling for College Prep (Self-Guided)
- Counseling for College Prep (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Counseling for College Prep is an insightful course for high school counselors and professionals looking for ways to help students of all backgrounds graduate. It goes beyond graduation to post-secondary planning and tools and resources to support student success. The Counseling for College Prep course will explore various aspects of supporting your students in their post-graduation aspirations. While students' backgrounds, situations, and dreams are all different, this online guidance counselor course will discuss how your role is similar for each. You will explore how becoming a student's host can help them see that life can be different and what it takes to support them to succeed.
You will also explore building a toolbox of resources to use for college counseling to support students' discovery and planning processes—no matter their background. You will learn to assemble a network of other professionals that can help, including at a national and local community level. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. While the college-going experience may evolve, it is not going away. In this online course, you will prepare for a vital role where you support students' post-secondary aspirations as we also explore how critical your role is to the evolution of our communities. Current Trends in College Decisions
In this lesson, you will discuss the culturally driven, overarching concept of the college-going culture. You will explore ongoing trends that help manifest the college-going culture. You will consider fiscally responsible paths for many students and the need for early intervention in this substantial decision-making process. Finally, you will look at current trends in business and industry that may drive different decisions from those our generations made for these young, soon-to-be graduates as they move on into college and other educational paths.
Your Role in Preparing Students for College
Now you will clarify your role as a professional in helping students prepare for selection and admissions processes for post-secondary school. You will solicit community engagement and outreach networks for resources to support your students. You will consider ethical and legal considerations for your role in this process. Finally, you will summarize the key aspects of your role in understanding and explaining financial aid and funding sources to help your students achieve their post-secondary school vision.
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Model
This lesson delves into the American School Counselor Association's position on the role of a school counselor and a model for school counselor programs in schools. It will help you better understand the ASCA model and the role of a school counselor. You will review insights, information, and best practices for establishing a graduation and career-preparation culture. You will discuss the model and create a plan for assessing your school's current graduation and career-preparation culture and identifying gaps between that and the desired future vision. You will finally discuss how to engage internal and external resources to support improvement in graduation and career preparation advocacy.
Supporting Special Student Populations in the College-Going Culture
This lesson expands on the need to build a network and a toolbox to support your students' college aspirations. This process includes connecting with professionals in local educational institutions. In this lesson, we will dig a bit deeper into best practices for navigating a college-going culture. This will include adding to your toolbox with real examples of what your peers are doing to build a college-going culture. You will discuss supporting students from different demographic populations and special populations. Finally, you will learn about military options and resources for your students.
Community Colleges as an Alternative
This lesson will help you understand the origin of the community college. It will also explore reasons for current-day community colleges. It will help you understand what they currently offer for your students so you can have more efficient college-going decision conversations with your students. Finally, it will discuss and help you discuss the financial investment and return of a community college. The goal of this lesson is to help you add to your network and toolbox to help students for whom a community college is a great option.
Exploring College and Alternative Choices
In this lesson, you will learn about college visits and fairs. You likely have some experience or knowledge of these events. However, this lesson will look a bit deeper at the logistics of setting up your fairs and coordinating with local institutions. You will also explore how to use these events to set up financial workshops to help your students and families understand and plan for the economic requirements of college. You will consider how to also partner with local U.S. military recruiters to set up similar events for your students who are interested in that path. Finally, you will assess your toolbox for coordinating these events and add to it as you work through the lesson and assignment.
Connecting Students to School and Community Resources
In this lesson, you will learn about connecting your students with community resources that can help them prepare for college. You will learn about national and local community resources that can help them and you in the process. You will discuss the barriers your students will face in connecting with and gaining support from community resources. You will consider how parent engagement strengthens these connections. Finally, you will explore ways to help your students bridge the gap between where they are now and where they want to be post-graduation.
Post-Secondary Preparation for Students with Developmental Disabilities or Social-Emotional Challenges
In this lesson, you will learn about helping students with disabilities prepare for and transition to post-secondary aspirations. These considerations include life skills, college, and careers. You will look at how the law changes when they leave high school. We will discuss case management and the transition to college or other post-secondary goals. You will consider the student's desired plan and discuss how to help them achieve it. Finally, we will discuss students who are challenged with social-emotional obstacles during high school. Specifically, we will look at those kids that were possibly underrepresented during high school.
Preparing Students for Post-Secondary Success
In this lesson, you will learn to examine the study habits of students who were successful in college or post-secondary education. You will distinguish study techniques used by students preparing to attend trade and apprenticeships that may be similar to or different from those attending a four-year college. Finally, you will consider the academic habits and study methods used by students who successfully navigated a proprietary or licensing institution.
Early Exposure to College and Post-Secondary Programs
In this lesson, you will learn about the early and ongoing exposure of elementary, middle, and high school students to post-secondary planning. We will discuss experiential processes and models to help younger students consider career and college conversations throughout their entire educational experience. Finally, we will explore strategies to help parents or guardians with resources to help with the college-going and career conversations and planning.
Planning for College and Alternative Educational Expenses
In this lesson, you will learn about investment conversations and strategies when determining how to finance a college or post-secondary educational experience. You will consider the financial implications of financial instruments intended to support the college-going experience. You will look at the world of scholarships and ways to help students achieve a college degree without decades of debt. You will compile lists of resources that will help your students and their families when making these often life-changing decisions. This is a time that students and their families need a host—they need you and other professionals to support this journey.
Advocating for Special Populations
In this lesson, you will learn about assessing your post-secondary education planning programs, toolboxes, and networks. You will consider how your current process supports diverse populations of students who will face inclusion and equity issues in the college selection and admissions processes. You will explore how your current programming and toolbox are prepared to support diverse student populations including commuters, in-resident, and distance-learning post-secondary college-going situations. You will look at how effectively your program is set up to support students with disabilities, adult learners, and student-athletes. Finally, you will consider the unique needs of international and transfer students as well as first-generation and dually enrolled students. This lesson will ask you to analyze your current program and commit to improving it in areas that may be deficient. What you will learn
- Apply the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) model to advocate for college readiness for every student in a school setting.
- Analyze current best practices for promoting college readiness.
- Demonstrate how to plan, organize, and deliver college and alternative options to all students.
- Demonstrate advocacy for younger students, in early and ongoing exposure to comprehensive K-12 college and post-secondary program experiences.
- Demonstrate the basics of financial planning counseling for college and alternative post-secondary educational experiences.
How you will benefit
- You will walk away with resources and plans for supporting graduation advocacy for every student.
- This course will provide tools and guidance for improving your school's current graduation and post-secondary planning efforts for every student.
- The assignments will help you carry out improvement initiatives and to build your toolbox for supporting your students and their families, as you complete them.
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
While the college-going experience may evolve, it is not going away. In this online course, you will prepare for a vital role where you support students' post-secondary aspirations as we also explore how critical your role is to the evolution of our communities.
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Creating a Classroom Website Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Get a teaching tool that will help you become a more modern, effective and dynamic teacher. This easy-to-understand course will help build a published classroom website complete with content, images, links, and a blog.
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Creating a Classroom Website (Self-Guided)
- Creating a Classroom Website (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn how to create a classroom website and how having one can make you a more effective and dynamic teacher. Learn how to create a classroom website in this fun, easy-to-understand course for teachers. In no time, you'll build an interactive site with text, images, videos, and more. We will cover how to create an engaging website that visitors will want to come back to again and again. You will see how creating a classroom website will help with the home-school connection every teacher strives for. Finally, you will discover how simple it is to create a classroom website and how having one can make you a more effective and dynamic teacher. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.10 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Get a teaching tool that will help you become a more modern, effective and dynamic teacher. This easy-to-understand course will help build a published classroom website complete with content, images, links, and a blog.
- Planning a Classroom Website
- Getting Started
- Designing Your Website
- Organizing Your Website
- Adding Links and Resources
- Multimedia Elements
- WebQuests
- WebQuests Continued
- Blogs
- Student Engagement
- HTML
- Going Live and Maintaining Your Website
What you will learn
- Design a classroom website that aligns with classroom needs.
- Identify features that support the functional purpose of the classroom website.
- Evaluate features on how they support the functuinal goals of a classroom website.
- Implement an interactive component into a classroom website.
How you will benefit
- Become a more effective and dynamic teacher by creating your own website.
- Learn to keep your students safe when surfing the web.
- Implement a great communication tool in your classroom by creating a blog and teaching your students about blogging.
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Get a teaching tool that will help you become a more modern, effective and dynamic teacher. This easy-to-understand course will help build a published classroom website complete with content, images, links, and a blog.
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Creating a Structured Classroom for Students with Autism
- Creating a Structured Classroom for Students with Autism
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you about the importance of creating a predictable and structured environment for students with Autism and offers strategies to help you reduce their anxiety and improve behavior. This teacher professional development course gives you an overview of strategies to improve the structure and predictability of your classroom environment to fully support your students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). You will learn about areas for improvement within your classroom where you can establish better routines and procedures that work for all students, but especially for your students with autism.
You will evaluate and plan to support a predictable class environment using several strategies. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, quizzes and videos to test your knowledge, and a planning tool to help you in implementation. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course allows you to explore the needs of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to thrive in a structured and predictable environment. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will identify improvements in your classroom and analyze strategies that can support your students.
- How to Create a Structured and Predictable Environment for Students with Autism Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of students with autism and their need for structure and routines. The content will allow you to explore areas of class that can be improved by routines and procedures to provide the structure and support needed for your students with autism. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to autism, routines, and procedures. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of the course concepts.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of structure and routines for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Analyze areas of focus to establish a structured classroom and predictable environment
- Evaluate several strategies to support each area and plan for implementation
How you will benefit
- You will gain the knowledge to enhance behavior management within your classroom and improve students' overall experience
- Your classroom will feel more peaceful and well-managed as students have clear expectations of the day ahead
- Successfully identify issues that need support your students with autism with your newly established routines and procedures in place
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course allows you to explore the needs of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to thrive in a structured and predictable environment. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will identify improvements in your classroom and analyze strategies that can support your students.
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Creating Classroom Centers Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Discover how easy and effective classroom centers can really be. This course introduces a simple system for creating a center schedule and shepherding students through the process. You will see what makes a truly successful center, what pitfalls to avoid, and gain tips for keeping your planning to a minimum. You will also learn strategies for managing students who finish early and discover how a regular center routine can increase your small-group instruction opportunities each day.
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Creating Classroom Centers (Self-Guided)
- Creating Classroom Centers (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn how to create engaging, easy-to-maintain classroom center activities that boost independent learning while increasing small-group instruction time. In this course, you will learn how to create and implement center activities that boost independent learning in the classroom. You will start out by learning what a center is, what benefits it offers, and how to make the most of it. Next, you will explore some very common mistakes teachers make with centers and gain tips for keeping your planning time to a minimum. You will receive step-by-step instructions for creating a center schedule that students at every reading level can use independently.
Short on classroom space? You will get great ideas for storing your center and explore some alternatives to having a permanent spot for every center. You will master an easy, effective process for introducing centers and their materials to your students and develop strategies for what to do when things don't go quite as planned. The insights you will gain will show you how to adjust your centers routine for both your fastest learners and those who need more time.
Think centers can only be used for reading and language arts? Think again. You will discover effective ways to use centers to support math, science, and social studies instruction. You will also see how you can use technology - such as virtual bulletin boards, apps, and interactive white boards - in your center activities to help keep your students engaged. By the time you finish, you will have a wealth of resources and center ideas you can try out in your classroom immediately. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Learn how to create engaging, easy-to-maintain classroom center activities that boost independent learning while increasing small-group instruction time. Getting Started With Centers
In your first lesson, you will gain a clear understanding of what centers are by looking into three components that will make your centers effective and beneficial for you and your students. You will discover the reasons center activities are a valuable part of your daily routine—from increased success with core concepts for your students to additional small group instruction time for you.
Mistakes People Make
In this lesson, you will learn about some of the common mistakes that teachers make when creating centers and discover some ideas for centers that will help you avoid these pitfalls. You will also examine the importance of consistency and some benefits of creating durable and open-ended centers.
Planning for Centers
This lesson teaches you how to pare down your center planning and keep it that way, even as you add more centers for your students to complete each week. You will examine your daily schedule to determine the number of centers you will need and how long your centers session should last each day.
Helping Students Manage Centers
Wouldn't it be great to have a simple way to set up a centers schedule that all of your students could follow independently? That's what you will gain in this lesson. You will discover center grouping strategy and how to rotate your students to ensure that every child visits every center every week.
Managing the Papers, Places, and Materials
When you're planning your centers, you can save time storing the materials you will need as you go. In this lesson, you will learn a great method for doing this. You will also discover an effective way to track student progress, give feedback, and put students in charge of their work for the week.
Practice Makes Permanent
This lesson navigates the ins and outs of center introductions. You will learn the different parts of an introduction. You will also learn how strategies for achieving great results when helping your students use the schedule board and centers materials independently.
Launching the First Week of Centers
There are always last-minute, not-to-be-forgotten details that you need to have in place when you're getting ready to have your students start center activities. In this lesson, you will learn about your role in the first week of centers: watching and adjusting.
Moving Forward With Centers
This lesson will walk through the simple but purposeful process of changing centers each week. You will examine how "every-weekers" are important for keeping planning under control. Finally, you will see how you can use the data about your students' progress to create new centers.
Small-Group Instruction
One of the biggest benefits of doing centers is that it buys you time for small-group instruction. In this lesson, you will explore different grouping strategies for three types of small-group instruction using data. You will also see examples of questions, conversations, and activities from each type.
Taking Choice Activities Outside of Centers
Did you know that you can use the choice activities introduced as part of the centers' routine? In this lesson, you will learn how choice activities in other subject areas are the same and different from those used at center time.
Bringing Variety to Your Centers
In this lesson, you will branch out from more traditional literacy and math centers to include centers that revolve around different subject areas. You will explore center possibilities in science and social studies that include art, literature, and vocabulary practice.
Center Ideas to Take and Try
Do you feel like you need some more center ideas to get your brain juicing? Well, this is the lesson for you. You will explore center ideas for literacy and math centers that will boost your students' bottom line and discover some new ideas and activities to supplement your "every-weekers". Self-Study
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Learn how to create engaging, easy-to-maintain classroom center activities that boost independent learning while increasing small-group instruction time.
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Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Understand how to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day with strategies that turn diversity into opportunity. This course provides creative, low-budget strategies for making your inclusive classroom a nurturing, supportive learning environment that helps every student.
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Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success (Self-Guided)
- Creating the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Success (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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In this professional development course for teachers, you'll get the training you need to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day by learning proven strategies that turn diversity into opportunity. Get the training you need to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day. You will learn proven strategies for inclusion that turn diversity into opportunity. With a mix of students who have learning disabilities, neuro-biological disorders, and physical challenges, the modern classroom requires an efficient and effective teacher who can prioritize under tight deadlines and be creative on demand.
In this course, you will discover how students with special needs can become a part of the mainstream. You will learn to see the inclusive classroom as a home for these students, exploring how all students can benefit from an adaptive learning environment. You will examine how each child learns and what you can do to help them develop new strengths. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities offered by inclusion and how to build collaborative partnerships with the special educator and classroom aides. Above all, you'll discover creative, low-budget strategies for turning your inclusive classroom into a nurturing, supportive learning environment that helps every student! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In this professional development course for teachers, you'll get the training you need to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day by learning proven strategies that turn diversity into opportunity.
- Why Inclusion?
- The Inclusive Classroom
- Who Are Your Students?
- Managing Students in the Classroom
- Finding Students' Cognitive Strengths
- Using the Strength-Based Interview
- Modifying Your Lessons
- Helping Students Overcome Common Obstacles
- Recognizing Your Teaching Style
- Encouraging Collaboration
- Working With Co-teachers
- Evaluating Your Effectiveness
Self-Study
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In this professional development course for teachers, you'll get the training you need to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day by learning proven strategies that turn diversity into opportunity.
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Creativity in your Gifted Students
- Creativity in your Gifted Students
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you about the characteristics of giftedness and how fostering creativity should be an important component in your classroom. It will also help you acquire simple activities you can incorporate into your lessons to support creativity in your gifted students. This creative classroom course will deepen your understanding of giftedness and its connection to creativity. It will also provide practical strategies like brainstorming activities, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) challenges, and passion projects to foster creativity in your classroom. You will learn how to establish a learning environment that encourages creativity and supports gifted students who may struggle in this area.
The course also includes a downloadable PDF and a strategy plan template to help you implement and evaluate creative activities tailored to your student's needs. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will guide you in understanding the characteristics of giftedness and the importance of fostering creativity in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn creative strategies like brainstorming, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) challenges, and passion projects.
You will also learn how to establish a classroom environment that promotes creative activities for students. The course comes with a PDF of the content and a strategy plan template to help you prepare for implementing creativity into your classroom activities.
- Creativity in your Gifted Students Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with specific, simple strategies that you can incorporate into your classroom so that your gifted students can engage in creative activities. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to creativity and giftedness in your instruction and planning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for the use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing it with a colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of giftedness and creative activities.
What you will learn
- Understand how giftedness is defined and why gifted students sometimes struggle with creativity
- Plan a classroom environment that encourages creativity
- Evaluate simple ideas to encourage creativity in gifted students
How you will benefit
- Your gifted students will become more engaged through the creativity-related activities you present
- Your classroom will become more dynamic and stimulating as your gifted students learn strategies for enhancing their creativity
- Your gifted students will show greater critical thinking and problem-solving, leading to higher performance within your classroom
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will guide you in understanding the characteristics of giftedness and the importance of fostering creativity in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn creative strategies like brainstorming, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) challenges, and passion projects.
You will also learn how to establish a classroom environment that promotes creative activities for students. The course comes with a PDF of the content and a strategy plan template to help you prepare for implementing creativity into your classroom activities.
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Designing a Quality Sub Folder
- Designing a Quality Sub Folder
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This important course will assist you in designing a robust substitute teacher folder for effective lesson delivery during your absence, with a checklist tool to ensure that all the important components of your substitute folder are available. This quick teacher professional development course will help you plan for the design of a STRONG subject-specific, time-specific, resources, outline of the lesson, needs assessment, general information, and substitute teacher folder. This will enable you to be sure that your students are still engaging in appropriate lesson activities when you are absent. During your training, STRONG substitute folder components are defined so that you have the correct guidance for planning the instructional day in your absences. In addition to the planning of your lesson activities, you will also learn about other critical components of a substitute folder that provides your substitute teacher with a road map for a successful day. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course has been designed to provide you with the necessary tools and strategies to create a well-rounded substitute teacher folder. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. In the event of your absence, the substitute folder you create will serve as a seamless transition for your students so that learning is uninterrupted and your substitute teacher can successfully guide your students.
- Designing a Quality Sub Folder Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required for designing your own sub folder that contains all the necessary assignments, materials, and instructions for your substitute teacher. It will teach you the requirements for high lessons standards in your absence and provide you with a checklist of tasks and items that must be addressed for your sub folder. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to the design of a strong substitute folder. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance help you identify and plan for the necessary components of a robust substitute teacher plan in your classroom.
What you will learn
- Define what a substitute folder is
- Analyze arguments for why a substitute folder should be used
- Evaluate the components of a STRONG substitute folder
How you will benefit
- Your students will experience continued learning even in your absence
- You will develop a stronger classroom culture by showing your students that your classroom expectations are maintained in your absence
- You will develop an effective relationship with your substitute teacher(s) as they recognize your effort in providing a robust substitute folder
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course has been designed to provide you with the necessary tools and strategies to create a well-rounded substitute teacher folder. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. In the event of your absence, the substitute folder you create will serve as a seamless transition for your students so that learning is uninterrupted and your substitute teacher can successfully guide your students.
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Designing IEP Goals
- Designing IEP Goals
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This brief course offers guidance in both understanding and designing effective IEP (Individualized Education Plan) goals for your students with special needs. The course covers key components of effective IEP goals and provides insights into implementing these ideas in your classroom. This teacher professional development course will provide you with details on the main component of a student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP), also known as an Individualized Education Program, and discuss your role in supporting student progress as you follow the plan. The course curriculum provides you with insights into the effectiveness of IEP goals and teaches you an explicit strategy for generating goals using the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goal approach. In generating specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound goals, you can ensure the growth and success of every student you support and build your IEP goal bank. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a graphic organizer that supports you in generating your SMART goals for your students. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides you with insights into Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and their importance in generating clear and explicit goals for your students to ensure their academic and behavioral growth. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about the main components of an IEP and then analyze what makes effective goals. You will also learn the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goal process for generating clear goals for your students that are measurable over time.
- Designing IEP Goals Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of the components of an IEP, the main requirements for strong IEP goals, and a structure approach for designing IEP goals. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to IEP goals. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of Individualized Education Plans and their goals.
What you will learn
- Define an IEP
- Evaluate the components of an IEP
- Design IEP goals based on the SMART goals framework
How you will benefit
- This course will help you identify specific needs for your students
- You will be able to better monitor and track student progress based on the clear IEP goals that you build
- You will establish a stronger relationship with your students and their parents based on your improved understanding of their IEP objectives and needs
- You will have more productive progress meetings and stronger planning sessions
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course provides you with insights into Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and their importance in generating clear and explicit goals for your students to ensure their academic and behavioral growth. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about the main components of an IEP and then analyze what makes effective goals. You will also learn the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goal process for generating clear goals for your students that are measurable over time.
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Diagnostic Assessments: An Overview
- Diagnostic Assessments: An Overview
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This quick course will teach you why diagnostic assessments are important and how you can utilize them in your classroom to improve student performance. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to generate diagnostic assessments and utilize them to support our classroom instruction. Diagnostic assessments are an important part of lesson planning because they help you understand what your students know and do not know in an upcoming lesson. The course will help you understand the important components of a diagnostic assessment and allow you to analyze diverse types of assessments you can use in your classroom. You will plan for implementation for an upcoming lesson based on what you have learned.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a graphic organizer that supports you in planning for and then tracking the results of diagnostic assessments that you will use in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course will help you understand the common diagnostic assessments you can provide to your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about the components that make up a strong diagnostic assessment and then receive guidance on what you can do with the results. The course will help you purposefully plan for how you will utilize diagnostic assessments in your classroom.
- Diagnostic Assessments Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of diagnostic assessments and how they can be used in your classroom, it will help you analyze four types of diagnostic assessments, evaluate their main components, and then plan for using diagnostic assessments in your classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to assessments. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of diagnostic assessments.
What you will learn
- Define diagnostic assessments and their purpose
- Analyze the three common types of diagnostic assessments (running record, performance task, and writing prompt)
- Evaluate the four main components of a diagnostic assessment (focused, specific, quick, and comprehensive)
- Plan for the use of diagnostic assessments in an upcoming lesson
How you will benefit
- You will be able to identify what topics you must teach to students for an upcoming unit
- You will be able to track student progress over time, using your diagnostic assessment data as a comparison for student growth
- Your lessons will become more efficient and targeted, and your classroom dynamic will improve
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course will help you understand the common diagnostic assessments you can provide to your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about the components that make up a strong diagnostic assessment and then receive guidance on what you can do with the results. The course will help you purposefully plan for how you will utilize diagnostic assessments in your classroom.
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Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Discover 10 practical Differentiated Instruction strategies, including interest centers, and flexible grouping that will meet the needs of the diverse learners in your class. This course packs real-world examples into every lesson that will help you immediately put these strategies to use in your own classroom.
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Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
- Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Improve your ability to teach diverse learners with real-world examples from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. This course explores 10 practical Differentiated Instruction integration strategies. Each strategy is accompanied by at least three sample lessons, as well as tips for applying them to best improve learning outcomes for your students.
In this course you will discover Differentiated Instruction strategies including interest centers, flexible grouping, cubing, and tiering. Every lesson is packed with real-world examples that will help you put these strategies to use in your own classroom. You will take a look at integration across different subjects, grade levels, and learning profiles as you gain helpful knowledge on bringing Differentiated Instruction to your classroom.
This course is a must for today's teachers who often have to differentiate quickly and with minimal resources. Differentiated Instruction is an excellent launch pad for ramping up your creative classroom, and with the tips in these lessons, you will be meeting the needs of your diverse learners in no time. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Improve your ability to teach diverse learners with real-world examples from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Differentiated Instruction 101
This first lesson covers what Differentiated Instruction is, the different avenues for implementing it in the classroom, and the basics of Differentiated Instruction assessment.
Multiple Intelligences: Get Smart
In this lesson, you will discover the power of teaching to multiple intelligences in your classroom as you learn tried-and-true techniques to customize your lesson plans.
Scaffolding and Guided Practice
You may already be adept at providing scaffolding and guided practice in your classroom, but in this lesson, you will learn how to ramp it up a notch with some smart tips on integrating and extending the Differentiated Instruction strategy.
Flexible Grouping
Flexible grouping is already a mainstay in your classroom, but this lesson is packed with great integration strategies that will help you extend its power across different grade levels and academic subjects.
Creating Interest Centers
This lesson covers the basics of creating interest centers in your classroom. By grouping students into centers based on topics, subjects, or types of activities, you can focus like-minded learners on specific tasks, enabling you to offer unique learning opportunities for each student in your class.
Cubing in Your Class
Cubing is a writing activity that lets students explore topics from six distinct points of view. In this lesson, you will explore the power of the cube in your Differentiated Instruction classroom.
WebQuests: Online Sleuthing
WebQuests have been a powerful classroom tool for some years now. In this lesson you will discover why they're so useful in the Differentiated Instruction classroom. You will examine the components of successful WebQuests and learn the best ways to find quality ones on the web.
I-Search, You Search
An I-Search allows students to pick a topic that interests them and do a combination of traditional and out-in-the-world research to learn more. The products of I-Searches are often amazing, and in this lesson, you will learn how your students can have fun learning more about topics that matter to them.
RAFTS for Writing
In this lesson, you will discover another great writing strategy for your Differentiated Instruction classroom: RAFTS. RAFTS is a strategy where students assume different roles to approach reading and writing and then create unique products. You will have fun exploring this strategy with your writers!
Tiering Student Assignments
Tiering is a Differentiated Instruction strategy where you assign students paralleled tasks at different levels of complexity depending on where they are on the learning curve. This lesson will teach you how to employ this strategy with confidence as you customize assignments.
Anchoring Activities
Curriculum compacting is a Differentiated Instruction strategy that will help you give different work to your advanced learners so that they aren't bored by average or remedial instruction. You will find out everything you need to know in this lesson.
Utilizing Anchoring Activities in the Classroom
Your final lesson explores anchoring activities that will help you direct students on further productive activities when they're finished with regular classroom work. You will learn how to bring these activities alive with a little creativity and a lot of Differentiated Instruction. Self-Study
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Improve your ability to teach diverse learners with real-world examples from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
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Differentiating K-12 Assessments Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn effective strategies for differentiating assessments and empowering every student in your class to feel success. This course explores strategies and real-life examples of how differentiated assessment provides direction for improvement, promotes confidence, and motivates your learners to do their best.
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Educating Diverse Populations in Your Classroom
- Educating Diverse Populations in Your Classroom
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will define the term diverse student populations and focus on the categories of educationally disadvantaged students and at-risk students. You will learn specific strategies and a method for planning to support their diverse needs in your classroom. This teacher professional development course will teach you about the varied needs of educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students in your classroom. Your students come to you with a diverse set of needs, and you will need to implement strategies that help support each student's success in your classroom. You will analyze Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, consider the needs of your own students, and then work to evaluate and implement strategies for support in your classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, a student needs checklist, and various strategy plans you can utilize for implementation in your classroom so you will be empowered to work with at-risk youth. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this one-hour course will teach you about diverse student populations, including educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how understanding Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs will assist you in providing the right support strategies to students who need it most.
- Educating Diverse Student Populations Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of diverse student populations. You will learn about educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students. You will consider their varied needs and plan for specific strategies to support all students in your classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to supporting a diverse set of students in your classroom. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of Educationally Disadvantaged and At-Risk students in your classroom.
What you will learn
- Define diverse student populations through the lens of at-risk and educationally disadvantaged student needs
- Evaluate the struggles and needs of diverse populations
- Analyze, select, and implement strategies for support
How you will benefit
- All students in your class will feel supported and will receive the care they require for their unique needs
- Your relationship with your students and their families will improve
- You will learn varied ways of helping all students, utilizing multiple strategies to support any child who needs it
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this one-hour course will teach you about diverse student populations, including educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how understanding Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs will assist you in providing the right support strategies to students who need it most.
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Educator's Fundamentals Series Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $350.00
Hours: 72
Whether you're a new teacher or seasoned veteran, these fundamental courses will help you gain control of your classroom and more effectively teach all learner types.
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Empowering Students With Disabilities Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Discover the tools you need to help any student who comes through your door. This course provides tips for fostering the reading, writing, and math skills of students with special needs and techniques for helping these learners behave appropriately and make friends in your classroom.
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Empowering Students With Disabilities (Self-Guided)
- Empowering Students With Disabilities (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Explore common disabilities you will encounter in the classroom and master techniques for promoting academic, behavioral, and social skills in students with special needs. Teaching students with disabilities is a rewarding challenge, and this course gives you the tools you will need to succeed. No matter what grade you teach—from preschool through high school—you will learn powerful strategies you can put to work immediately in your classroom. In addition, you will gain the knowledge you need to understand and cope with the most common disabilities you will encounter.
You will start by putting yourself in the shoes of students with special needs as you explore a wide variety of disabilities ranging from autism spectrum disorder to cerebral palsy. Simulations and real-life stories will give you a firsthand look at what it's like to be a learner with special needs, and you will see how common disabilities affect classroom behavior and learning.
Then comes the best part: solutions! In each lesson, you will find dozens of tips for fostering the reading, writing, and math skills of students with special needs. In addition, you will master techniques for helping these learners behave appropriately and make friends in your classroom. You will also get the inside story on Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and transition plans, and you will learn the most effective ways to collaborate with parents and professionals.
By the end of this course, you will feel confident in your ability to help any student who comes through your door. You will also discover that while the challenges can be big when you're teaching students with disabilities, the victories are big as well. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Explore common disabilities you will encounter in the classroom and master techniques for promoting academic, behavioral, and social skills in students with special needs. What Are Special Needs?
Danny has a seeing-eye dog. Carmela needs extra help with math. Yoshi has autism. And they're all in your class this year! This first lesson will look at the growing numbers of children with special needs and talk about how you can welcome them to your classroom and set the stage for successful learning.
The Special Education Process and the IEP
How do children get placed in special education? As you will discover, it's not a snap decision. This lesson will trace a student's path through every stage of the placement process and look at the role a teacher plays from start to finish.
Meet Your Support Team
It takes a whole team to help a child with special needs succeed. This lesson will address the roles of the support team, with a focus on collaboration between special education teachers and support staff. You will explore the roles of paraprofessionals, guidance counselors, nurses, social workers, and the specialists who support you.
Learning Disabilities
This lesson addresses reading, writing, and math disabilities—the most common learning disabilities (LDs) you will see in the classroom. First, you will get a chance to see how it feels to have an LD. Then, you will learn about how memory problems affect students with LDs in the classroom.
Speech and Language Disorders
Imagine how frustrating it would be if you couldn't speak clearly, understand other people, or express your thoughts and feelings well. This is what life is like for children with speech or language disorders, the subject of this lesson.
ADHD and the Other Health Impaired Category
This lesson addresses conditions categorized as "Other Health Impaired" (OHI), with a special focus on ADHD. First, you will learn what daily life is like for children with ADHD. Then, you will explore ways to address the attention and organizational problems that these children struggle with.
Intellectual Disabilities
Students can shine in many ways, and this lesson will examine how students with intellectual disabilities can be stars in your classroom. You will learn what life is like for students with intellectual disabilities and discover ways to help these students focus on both academic and adaptive skills.
Behavior Disorders
Children with behavior disorders often present the biggest challenge to teachers. This lesson will examine the roots of behavioral problems. You will also learn three essential tools for handling behavior problems: behavior contracts, functional behavioral assessments, and behavior intervention plans.
Autism
Children with autism will give your teaching skills a workout with their unique combination of strengths and impairments. This lesson explores three areas in which these children need help: communication skills, social skills, and the ability to handle transitions.
Other Disabilities
This lesson will introduce you to children with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, hearing or vision impairments, developmental delays, and a host of other challenges. Then, you will take a closer look at the assistive technology—both high-tech and low-tech—that can help kids with these disabilities triumph academically.
Best Teaching Practices
This lesson addresses "best practices" for teaching children with special needs. And here's good news: Many of these ideas will work for your entire class! First, you will explore how to balance students' IEP requirements with your curriculum standards and investigate a great technique for helping students grasp difficult material: directed instruction.
Dealing with Transitions
While transitions can be scary for anybody, they're especially intimidating for students with disabilities. In this lesson you will look at ways to smooth three big transitions that students make: the moves from elementary to middle school, from middle school to high school, and from high school to real life. Self-Study
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Explore common disabilities you will encounter in the classroom and master techniques for promoting academic, behavioral, and social skills in students with special needs.
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Enhancing Language Development in Childhood Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Help your children become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course provides ways to stimulate your child's continued speech, brain, and language development in enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural ways.
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Enhancing Language Development in Childhood (Self-Guided)
- Enhancing Language Development in Childhood (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Enrich the lives of your children by learning fun and natural ways to help them become proficient speakers and thinkers. Follow your child's lead and have fun while enhancing language development. In this fun and user-friendly course for parents, teachers, and caregivers, you will discover how children learn to process language and how they become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course will help you enrich your child's life by stimulating their continued speech, brain, and language development in an enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural way. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Help your children become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course provides ways to stimulate your child's continued speech, brain, and language development in enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural ways. Introduction
How do children learn language? Play! And not with flash cards, or anything else that you can buy. Children are born with a complete package of language-learning tools. The only accessory they need is you, helping them unlock their natural instincts for language. After reading this first section, you'll be using play and instinct to communicate soundlessly with a newborn, to help him fill his language-building toolbox, and to create a stimulating environment for language development.
First Play: Sounds and Signs
Imagine a database of sounds in your child's brain. Where do these sounds come from? How do they file, sort, and choose to use these sounds to communicate? In this lesson, you'll look at why their mind is made for these remarkable tasks and learn straightforward ways you can lend a hand (even in the form of sign language!). This lesson also includes a fascinating overview of brain and mouth anatomy.
"Mama" and Other First Real Words
You say, "Shelly just said, 'ball'!" But your friend says, "Nah, that was just babbling." Who's right? Does something count as a real word if it isn't pronounced perfectly? In this lesson, you'll explore what makes a word real and learn how to interpret your child's patterns of simplifying early language. You'll also start using a journal to uncover the rich potential in your child's one- and two-word phrases.
Understanding Before Speaking
Once you understand the mechanics of hearing and understanding, your role in encouraging language can be powerful, simple, and fun! Many caregivers ask at this stage when they should start to worry about language delays. This lesson will soothe your concerns by discussing what to watch for, when to seek assistance (and from which type of specialist), and when to stop worrying and keep playing! You'll look through a list of typical first words that you can use to trace your child's communication explosion.
Watching and Playing
Can you guess when a baby's brain grows the most? How do you facilitate this growth? Again, the answer is play! In this lesson, you'll match favorite infant-caregiver games to the neurological functions they stimulate. You'll also learn how language affects the development of thinking skills, just as the function of thinking affects language development. You'll then explore how to keep this circle of growth cycling.
Adding Pieces to Phrases
Your kiddo is talking, but you're not done yet! Although two-word phrases, such as "get ball" certainly communicate an idea, your child will keep refining their sentences as they grow. In this lesson, you'll find out how to help them progress to past tense, contractions, pronouns, and conjunctions. You'll also learn about the fascinating thought processes behind questions. Don't forget your journal!
Be a Natural Model
Now that you have listening, speaking, sounds, words, and sentences, what more is there? Lots! Is it still fun? Do they still need you? Of course! In this lesson, you'll continue with a few more do's and don'ts for caregivers, emphasizing a popular learning tool: games!
Making the Tongue Take Off
Expanding on the anatomy lesson, this lesson will show you how sounds depend on strong, agile mouth muscles. Before you start thinking about tongue push-ups, remember that it's best to maximize the opportunities within natural interactions. A discussion of feeding—including your choices of bottles, cups, and straws—is key. The lesson will answer complex and controversial questions about pacifiers, sippy cups, and thumb sucking, and provide some great tips for easing necessary transitions.
Playing With Sounds
Some sounds sound fun (like boing!), and some sounds feel fun (like zzzzzz). What does this kind of fun teach if it doesn't use precise words? In this lesson, you'll find out what you're teaching when you encourage your little one to play with sounds. You'll also learn which speech games will help you make the connection from speech to reading.
Talking More
Speech, language, and communication are different but related topics. In this lesson, you'll learn how to help your talker become a conversationalist! Using your knowledge of how sounds make language, you'll learn how language is used to communicate and connect with others, which is called the social use of language.
Appreciating Differences
While children follow similar development processes, no two walk the same path. As more is discovered about learning, the lines between different, delayed, and disability grow foggier. Demystifying these terms is easier when you learn about different learning styles, and when you understand the styles used by you and your child. Although you can't eavesdrop on your child's thoughts, what you learn in this lesson will help you help them connect their learning style and their use of language.
A Word About Literature
Teaching a child the alphabet tends to be a common first step toward reading, but is it where literacy begins? While this skill can be gratifying for adults to see, literacy begins in the brain and is nurtured with fun and games. As you've learned about language skills, literacy doesn't come in a box from the store. When you understand instincts and use them in fun and play, they come from you. Self-Study
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Help your children become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course provides ways to stimulate your child's continued speech, brain, and language development in enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural ways.
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Explicit Instruction in Elementary Reading
- Explicit Instruction in Elementary Reading
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course teaches you the process for explicit instruction in elementary reading, including choosing the skills to focus on, selecting a goal, choosing appropriate strategies, and planning for implementation. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to implement the model of explicit instruction into your classroom, for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. In this course, you will learn about the explicit instruction model and how this research-backed method can improve reading in your students. You will learn what reading behaviors and skills to focus on in your lessons and how to build a plan that aligns with your students' goals.
You will also discover effective ways to measure student progress using various assessments. Using a variety of tools provided in this course, you will be able to build an explicit teaching strategy for immediate implementation in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to implement the model of explicit instruction in your classroom for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your training, you will learn how to utilize the explicit instruction model in your classroom by planning for a skill and goal to focus on within your lesson and using support strategies to improve reading in your student groups.
- Common Reading Behaviors
- Receive an overview of reading assessments and progression of basic reading skills, then analyze the common reading behaviors you can expect to see at each elementary grade level.
- Defining Explicit Instruction
- Learn the meaning of explicit instruction, how you can utilize this method to teach reading skills, and what explicit instruction lessons can look like in an elementary classroom.
- Learn how to identify a reading behavior or skill you can teach in a future or current lesson and how to appropriately group students.
- Modeling & Guided Practice
- Learn how to model a new skill, then how to design activities to support students through guided practice.
- Then, learn how to plan for what guided practice might look like in a lesson of your content area and grade level.
- Independent Practice
- Learn about activities you can create and methods for implementing them into the independent practice portion of your lesson.
- Then, reflect on what independent practice might look like in a lesson of your content area and grade level.
- Assessment
- Analyze various assessments that can be utilized during and after explicit instruction to ensure instructional goals are met. Then reflect on how to select an appropriate assessment for a lesson of your content area and grade level.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your explicit instruction lesson plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that provide explicit instruction ideas and strategies, and read the research behind explicit instruction that supports this evidence- based professional development
What you will learn
- Understand how to choose reading behaviors and skills to focus on within your explicit reading instruction
- Evaluate the structure of explicit reading instruction and compare it to classroom scenarios
- Create a plan for explicit instruction in your classroom
- Build a plan for assessing student reading progress
How you will benefit
- You will more accurate and be able to deeply understand an individual student's reading needs and progress over time
- Your students will accelerate their reading fluency, comprehension, and other behaviors as a direct result of explicit instruction
- You will be able to communicate with students and their families more easily on reading progress within your classroom
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to implement the model of explicit instruction in your classroom for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your training, you will learn how to utilize the explicit instruction model in your classroom by planning for a skill and goal to focus on within your lesson and using support strategies to improve reading in your student groups.
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Expository Writing & Embedded Grammar Instruction
- Expository Writing & Embedded Grammar Instruction
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn the entire expository writing process to teach and support your 4th- 8th-grade classroom successfully. The course offers a structure for teaching writing, strategies to support learning, and guidance on lesson planning. This teacher professional development course teaches you the entire writing process as you support your 4th-8th grade students in expository writing. You will explore the fundamentals of the writing process before diving into how you will teach students to plan for and draft their essays. Later, you will learn about creating mini-lessons, scheduling student conferences, and teaching revising and editing strategies to your students. Lastly, you will learn about how to assess student progress in writing. You will leave the course with an expository writing lesson plan ready to implement and multiple resources that support your planning and your student's writing. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course guides you through the entire expository writing process, covering topics like expository vs. narrative writing, planning, drafting, grammar, editing, and assessment. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It will equip you with all the knowledge and strategies to effectively teach writing skills to your 4th-8th-grade students.
- The Writing Process
- The Difference Between Expository and Narrative Writing
- Five Different Expository Writing Structures
- An Overview of the Writing Process
- The Planning & Drafting Stage
- How to introduce and teach each of the five expository writing structures
- How to analyze a writing prompt and choose an appropriate structure
- Several general tips to encourage your students to begin the drafting stage
- Writing Mini-Lessons
- A Basic Lesson Structure You Can Use For Any Writing Mini-Lesson
- Five Sample Lessons You Can Incorporate Immediately Into Your Writing Instruction
- Conferences
- How To Manage Your Time So You Can Conference Privately with Each Student
- The Four Key Parts of a Writing Conference
- How to Track the Content of Your Conferences
- Revisions
- The ARMS Acronym for Revising
- Several Strategies You Can Teach to Help Your Students with Revising
- How To Use a Checklist to Encourage Your Students to Peer-Revise
- Embedded Grammar
- Why Grammar is So Important
- How Grammar Used to Be taught and Why That Method is Not Effective
- A Strategy to Teach Grammar with Mentor Sentences
- How to Apply This Strategy in Your Own Classroom
- Editing
- The CUPS Acronym for Editing
- Several Strategies You Can Teach to Help Your Students with Editing
- How to Use a Checklist to Encourage Your Students to Peer-Edit
- Assessment
- How to Score Expository Writing
- How to Use the Data You Collect from Scoring
- Three Intervention Strategies to Use with Your Struggling Writers
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own expository writing lesson plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What You Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that provide additional strategies for expository writing, and read the research behind collaboration and student engagement that supports this evidence-based professional development.
What you will learn
- Analyze five different expository essay formats
- Build a plan for a successful expository writing lesson
- Explore assessment methods for expository essays to help you drive your instruction
How you will benefit
- Your classroom expectations will become clearer and your students will be able to find success more easily when writing their essays
- Acquire lesson planning strategies for expository writing lessons that will become more targeted and simpler to implement
- Learn to successfully monitor student progress, address areas of concern, and measure student growth more easily
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course guides you through the entire expository writing process, covering topics like expository vs. narrative writing, planning, drafting, grammar, editing, and assessment. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It will equip you with all the knowledge and strategies to effectively teach writing skills to your 4th-8th-grade students.
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Flipped Learning in the Classroom
- Flipped Learning in the Classroom
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you how to design lesson plans that combine at-home online learning with in-class activities that will enhance student learning and progress. Discover the benefits of flipped learning with this teacher professional development course, which will provide you with a clear structure for implementing Flipped Learning in your classroom. With your new knowledge, you will be able to build an effective at-home online learning experience and rigorous in-class activities. You will analyze a content standard and then plan for how to break it down into components that will be best utilized using a Flipped Learning model.
You will leave the course with a ready-to-go plan that allows you to make the most of your in-class time while providing the correct learning at home. The course comes with several ready-to-use planning documents to ensure your success in implementing Flipped education in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with the guidance and structure to implement effective Flipped Learning lessons into your classroom by teaching you how to provide at-home online learning and in-class rigorous activities to students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Utilizing Flipped Learning can be an effective approach to promoting deeper thinking and rigor during your in-class activities.
- Defining Flipped Learning
- What Flipped Learning is and how it differs from a Flipped Classroom
- The components of a flipped lesson, including:
- Content standards
- The out-of-class lesson delivery
- Methods to check for student engagement and understanding
- Engaging in-class activities & Support
- Assessment & Intervention
- What Flipped Learning looks like in and out of the classroom
- Analyzing Content Standards
- How to determine the knowledge and skills embedded in a content standard to prepare for Flipped Learning lesson planning
- How to determine what should be learned out-of-class, and what would be best done at school with teacher interaction
- How to use your understanding of Webb's Depth of Knowledge to make these decisions
- The Out-of-Class Lesson Delivery
- 7 common methods of lesson delivery out of the classroom
- How to check for student understanding
- Some common obstacles to Flipped Learning and how to overcome them
- Engaging In-Class Activities and Support
- The types of activities that can occur during the classroom portion of Flipped Learning
- How to provide more valuable teacher interactions and more depth and rigor to the curriculum
- About the teacher's support roles as a facilitator in a Flipped Learning environment
- Assessment and Intervention
- How to include assessment in your Flipped Learning lesson plan
- How to use that data to drive your instruction and plan for any necessary interventions
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own Flipped Learning lesson for an upcoming objective.
- Applying What You Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support Flipped Learning, and read more about Flipped Learning, technology, and how to incorporate it into the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand the foundations of and define Flipped Learning
- Analyze a content standard for areas that can be supported by at-home online instruction and in-class activities
- Evaluate how to effectively deliver content electronically to ensure your students are engaged and learning
- Plan for how to make the most of in-class time through cooperative learning and hands-on application tasks
How you will benefit
- Possess more classroom time to devote to higher-order thinking and more rigorous and complex lesson activities
- Your classroom will naturally become more engaging for students and support more learning
- Become able to check for student understanding of specific concepts more easily and monitor their progress using both online technology and in-person assessments
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with the guidance and structure to implement effective Flipped Learning lessons into your classroom by teaching you how to provide at-home online learning and in-class rigorous activities to students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Utilizing Flipped Learning can be an effective approach to promoting deeper thinking and rigor during your in-class activities.
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Fostering Divergent Thinking for Student Creativity
- Fostering Divergent Thinking for Student Creativity
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will help you explore divergent thinking's role in creativity and provide ready-to-use activities and resources to help you foster creativity in your students. This quick teacher professional development course teaches you about divergent thinking, also known as divergent reasoning, and its role in creativity. You will explore what divergent thinking is and then learn specific activities that can help you foster and support creativity in the classroom. You will also be provided guidance on how to give feedback and support to your students to improve creativity over time.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and multiple graphic organizers and resources ready to support your students in building their creative thinking. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course highlights the importance of divergent thinking and how it relates to creativity. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to support creativity through divergent thinking using the strategies, activities, and resources provided within this course.
- Fostering Divergent Thinking Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of divergent thinking and how to foster creativity within your classroom using specific strategies and techniques. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to creativity and divergent thinking. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of divergent thinking.
What you will learn
- Understand and define divergent thinking and its role in creativity
- Analyze strategies and activities to support divergent thinking in the classroom
- Evaluate a method of feedback to help support and improve creativity and divergent thinking in your students
How you will benefit
- You will think about your lessons differently and consider methods to help support and foster creativity within your classroom regularly
- Your students will become more thoughtful and creative over time if you implement these strategies regularly
- Student progress will improve significantly in creative subjects like experiment design in science or essay writing in English Language Arts (ELA) classes with regular divergent thinking practice
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course highlights the importance of divergent thinking and how it relates to creativity. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to support creativity through divergent thinking using the strategies, activities, and resources provided within this course.
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Grouping English Language Learners
- Grouping English Language Learners
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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In this course, you will learn about English Language Learners (ELLs) and their proficiency levels to explore how to properly group students using flexible grouping methods. This teacher professional development course will teach you about English Language Learners (ELLs) and provide you with an overview of their proficiency levels. With that information, you will learn how to group your ELLs based on your goals for your lessons. The course discusses flexible grouping and provides you with different methods for supporting your ELLs within their groups. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, grouping planners, and other resources to help you build flexible groups within your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with an understanding of English Language Learners (ELLs) by evaluating their proficiency levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will use that information to help you understand flexible grouping methods that you can utilize with your students to support them in your lessons.
- Understanding & Grouping English Language Learners Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of English Language Learners and methods to group them so you can better support them in the classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to ELLs and their proficiency levels. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of English Language Learners and flexible grouping.
What you will learn
- Define English Language Learners (ELLs)
- Analyze English Language Learner levels and proficiency
- Compare different methods for ELL grouping
- Evaluate considerations for flexible grouping
How you will benefit
- Obtain a better understanding of each student's proficiency level and needs so that you can better design support methods for them
- The flexible grouping that you have built in your classroom will allow students to engage better with each other and with the content that you are providing to them
- Both English proficiency and academic knowledge will improve based on your purposeful grouping and support of your students
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with an understanding of English Language Learners (ELLs) by evaluating their proficiency levels. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will use that information to help you understand flexible grouping methods that you can utilize with your students to support them in your lessons.
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Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom
- Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you the benefits of having a growth mindset and how important it is to teach your Gifted and Talented students. The course will provide you with the tools and resources to support your students in developing and enhancing a growth mindset outlook. Gifted and Talented (GT) students encounter challenging academic tasks that can often require a level of determination and persistence that can become stressful. While students are regularly supported in mastering challenging academic tasks, many students, especially GT students, also need methods for coping with the challenges that come their way.
Teaching a growth mindset is one way of supporting students through challenging tasks, and this course provides you with the tools and resources to be able to establish a growth mindset in the classroom. By the end of this teacher professional development course, you will have built a Growth Mindset action plan and leave with many resources that you can provide to your students to help support their growth mindset. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. A growth mindset is an important characteristic when attempting to pursue and tackle challenging tasks. For your Gifted and Talented (GT) students, having a growth mindset can set them up for success in your class and the future. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this GT course will teach you how to implement a growth mindset and support your students throughout your lesson activities. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
- Introduction to Growth Mindset
- Learn what Growth Mindset (GM) is, how it can be applied to the Gifted and Talented Classroom, and then reflect on the four components of GM and consider how you could apply them to an upcoming objective or lesson for your grade level and content area.
- Growth Mindset Snapshot
- Review GM in action in a Gifted classroom to analyze how the course's components work together to support student learning. Then, reflect on what strategies in this section might work well for your teaching style or for students you teach or are planning to teach in the future.
- Teacher- Student Communication
- Learn how to best support GM through the methods you communicate to students within your classroom then reflect on which strategies presented might fit well into your own classroom.
- Student- Student Communication
- Learn how to best support GM through the ways you plan for your students to interact with each other, then reflect on which strategies presented might fit well into your own classroom.
- Student- Self Communication
- Learn how to teach students growth mindset strategies as a reflective component of learning, then reflect on which strategies presented might fit well into your own classroom.
- Assignment Modifications in Growth Mindset
- Learn what it means to modify assignments to fit GM principles, and plan for methods to enhance assessment using GM strategies. Then, reflect on what concepts you can apply to your own or figure classroom.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own growth mindset plan for your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature growth mindset, and read the research behind teaching growth mindset in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand what a growth mindset is and how it can be applied to the gifted classroom
- Analyze how to align your classroom communication specific to three target areas of strategies
- Evaluate assignments, projects, and assessments for opportunities to teach a growth mindset
How you will benefit
- Your students will be more likely to welcome increasingly challenging classroom tasks
- Your students will tackle tough activities in a more positive and productive way, leaning on the growth mindset skills they are developing
- Your classroom environment and culture will improve as all students work at encountering life through a growth mindset lens
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
A growth mindset is an important characteristic when attempting to pursue and tackle challenging tasks. For your Gifted and Talented (GT) students, having a growth mindset can set them up for success in your class and the future. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this GT course will teach you how to implement a growth mindset and support your students throughout your lesson activities. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
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Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Gain a classroom full of students who can negotiate increasingly challenging texts with unprecedented fluency. This class provides differentiated instruction tactics to better understand how your students learn and how to apply those tactics within the guided reading framework.
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Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement (Self-Guided)
- Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy. Around 30% of students in sixth grade already have trouble with basic reading and writing. These literacy problems affect performance across subject areas, and they often leave teachers wondering how to help. In this course, you will examine the reasons reading and writing are so difficult for students. Then you will encounter the total literacy framework and see what it does to mitigate literacy problems. Since this framework is based on guided reading lessons that flow naturally into writing challenges, you will learn to successfully transition from guided readings to writing lessons.
Once you have encountered the basic framework, you will investigate a number of ways to modify this basic recipe for a variety of K-12 circumstances, wrapping up with a look at good writing habits and the traits of a productive writing conference. If you're looking for the right way to get students excited about the power of literacy, this is the course for you! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy. Why Is It So Hard to Read and Write?
Have you ever wondered why so many of your students struggle to read and write? You're not alone! This introductory lesson will discuss why these two subjects are so hard for students and how you can make their lives a little easier.
The Total Literacy Framework
To really help struggling readers and writers, you need a framework. The total literacy framework is just the thing: Guided reading, writing, engagement, and assessment are the components that make it so effective. This lesson will discuss guided reading, writing, and engagement.
Where Does Assessment Fit In?
Assessment is the part of the total literacy framework that drives instruction. After all, you need to know where students are academically and where they need to go before you can effectively teach them. In this lesson you will look at fun and simple ways to assess students' reading and writing skills.
Recipe for a Guided Reading and Writing Lesson
The recipe you will learn about in this lesson is one that you can easily modify for any K-12 setting, and it's dotted with examples from real classrooms where guided reading and writing are changing lives.
Writing Stories
Have you ever read a great story only to think, "I could write something better than that"? Well, guess what? Your students think the exact same thing. This lesson will teach you the basics of leading a successful story writing activity.
Composing Nonfiction
Nonfiction is often less popular in the classroom. However, with a little imagination, you can make nonfiction come alive for your students. In this lesson, you will learn how you can make nonfiction more appealing to students.
Writing Poetry
Some students absolutely hate reading and writing poetry, but they won't after you introduce the techniques taught in this lesson! Additionally, you will take a tour of the different kinds of poetry that inspire students.
Developing Papers
Writing papers is never going to be the most exciting part of school, but it's always going to be necessary. This lesson will discuss how to teach students to read research material and use it as a launch pad for papers that are clear and thought-provoking the first time around.
Crafting Ideas Across the Content Areas
One of the neat things about employing the total literacy framework is that you can extend it across the content areas. In This lesson, you will learn how to use guided reading and writing to your advantage whether you're teaching math, social studies, or science.
Reinforcing Good Writing Habits
Have you ever written something that was a little hard to understand? This lesson will cover ways to teach students to craft their own style, hone their organization, and check for proper mechanics before they turn in any assignments.
Holding Writing Conferences
Writing conferences are a great chance to make sure students are successful as they turn reading into writing and writing into ideas. This lesson will discuss the power of conferences and how to make the most of them.
Turning Small Successes into Big Rewards
It's important to take time to encourage and inspire students by turning their small successes into big rewards. If you're looking for new strategies to motivate students and make reading and writing fun, you won't want to miss all the tips and tricks in this final lesson! Self-Study
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Get the professional development training you need to improve student literacy.
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Guided Reading in Small Group Instruction
- Guided Reading in Small Group Instruction
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you how to deliver a guided reading lesson by helping you understand various reading levels, implement strategies to support students at their appropriate level, and assess progress using a variety of tools. Guided reading is a reading instructional model that helps support students in mastering reading skills. This teacher professional development course will help you understand reading skills at various levels and identify strategies you can use to support your student groups at their appropriate guided reading level. You will also learn how to assess student progress over time using various tools.
This course provides you with many student resources and planning documents you can use in your guided reading groups to support your guided reading plan that you will build throughout this course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to effectively group students based on their reading levels. It provides you with specific strategies for various reading levels and guides you on how to collect and analyze reading assessment data. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will help you create a personalized guided reading plan for your student or group of students in an upcoming lesson.
- Guided Reading Structure
- In this section, you will learn about the background and importance of guided reading as a literacy strategy. We will also review what a typical guided reading lesson looks like, and provide a detailed example of a full, multi-day guided reading lesson.
- Understanding Reading Levels
- In this section you will become familiar with foundational reading skills, and how they build upon one another to enhance a reader's comprehension. You will also learn the difference between reading levels and Lexile levels, and when each type is appropriate to use.
- Guided Reading Strategies for Emergent & Early Readers
- Section 3 focuses on emergent and early readers and explains specific strategies that can be used in guided reading groups with these readers.
- Guided Reading Strategies for Transitional & Fluent Readers
- Section 4 focuses on transitional and fluent readers and explains specific strategies that can be used in guided reading groups with these readers.
- Using Assessments
- Section 5 of this course discusses the difference between formative and summative assessments, as well as what types of assessment are most appropriate for guided reading groups.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own guided reading plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature strategies for guided reading, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand reading levels to help you group your students
- Discover the difference between reading levels and Lexile levels, and how you can use these levels to group students
- Analyze reading comprehension strategies for emergent, early, transitional, and fluent readers
- Review assessment data and use the information you collect to help you guide your instruction
- Build a specific guided reading plan for one or a group of students using the tools, graphic organizers, strategies, and templates provided in this course
How you will benefit
- You will be able to accurately identify each student's reading level and build a goal plan for student growth
- Your students' reading fluency and comprehension skills will dramatically improve over time
- Your classroom will become more engaging and dynamic as you regularly implement these guided reading grouping strategies
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to effectively group students based on their reading levels. It provides you with specific strategies for various reading levels and guides you on how to collect and analyze reading assessment data. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will help you create a personalized guided reading plan for your student or group of students in an upcoming lesson.
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Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Lead your students through new creative ways of approaching increasingly challenging texts. This course will help you discover how to build a balanced literary framework that gets results with even the most challenged learners.
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Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom (Self-Guided)
- Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom. Mixed in the right proportion, differentiated instruction will help you build a balanced literary framework that gets results with even the most challenged learners.
In this course, you will learn differentiated instruction tactics that will help you understand how your students learn. When you apply those tactics within the guided reading framework, which helps you lead students through new ways of approaching text, great things start to happen. The result is a classroom full of students who can negotiate increasingly challenging texts with unprecedented fluency.
This course is critical for modern educators, who often must teach on the run with limited resources and unlimited demands on their time. Get ready to reach your readers with ease in no time flat! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom. Building a Balanced Literary Framework
If you have you ever wished you had a good way to reach your struggling readers, you're ready to transform reading instruction with differentiated instruction and guided reading. In this lesson, you will discover how blending these techniques will help you build a balanced literary framework.
Getting to Know Your Readers
The first step in helping your students is getting to know who they are and how their minds work. In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate your students' readiness, interests, learning profiles, and social elements.
Planning Assessments
Assessment is at the heart of differentiated instruction. In this lesson, learn how to plan quality pre-, ongoing, and summative assessments that will give you a clear picture of student learning. The best part of assessing students at multiple intervals is that you can tell what is working and what isn't.
Grouping Students
In this lesson, you will discuss flexible groups. These are a mainstay in the differentiated classroom because they allow you to combine students for different reasons on different days. Sometimes you will combine students based on interests and other times based on readiness or learning profile.
Selecting Texts
There are thousands of options when it comes to selecting the texts you will teach. This lesson will teach you how narrow down your options by understanding the criteria of good fiction and nonfiction texts.
Framing Your Prereading
Did you know that a lot of the learning process hinges on what you do to prepare students before they start reading? It's easy to just introduce a text and let students have at it, but if you plan the time before reading with activities that build anticipation, you will be amazed by the results.
Reading the Text
How students read a text is a highly personal matter, but in the classroom, you must direct their reading to get the greatest results. In this lesson, you will learn how to teach students the right way to read, to comprehend what they've just read, and to make inferences.
Navigating the After Reading Framework
This lesson covers the after-reading framework, where you will teach students to turn information into ideas as they go beyond the text and into the world.
Tiering with Ease
If you think of your classroom as a ladder, you will realize that you have a lot of students on a lot of different rungs. In this lesson you will explore tiering, which helps you separate students based on their readiness, interests, or learning profiles.
Anchoring Your Students to Extra Learning
What do you do with those extra 10 or 15 minutes at the end of a lesson or a school day? An increasingly popular strategy is to anchor your students to the material they've learned by extending learning in new avenues.
Crafting Independent Reading Projects
The ultimate goal of the balanced literary framework is to create independent readers. In this lesson, you will learn the basics of curriculum compacting, learning contracts, and individual projects, strategies to help your students transition to independence.
Putting the Puzzle Together
This lesson wraps up the course by reviewing the foundation that you build for classroom learning. Your attitude is everything. Beyond that, you need to be able to encourage struggling readers and help parents extend the learning at home. Self-Study
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Learn creative ways to bring differentiated instruction and guided reading to life in your classroom.
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Homeschool With Success Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
Discover how to homeschool your children in a way that ensures they get what they need both academically and socially. This course offers a lot of information and guidance to plot your homeschooling course for years to come.
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Homeschool With Success (Self-Guided)
- Homeschool With Success (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Discover how to homeschool your children in a way that ensures they get what they need both academically and socially. Homeschooling can be a bit of a mystery if you're new to the topic. In this course, you'll start at the beginning, delving into the history of homeschooling and examining its status today in all 50 states. You'll learn how to find the laws and regulations that govern your community and might be surprised to learn that homeschooling is legal and growing all around you. As you discover what you need to know to homeschool your children, you'll also become familiar with the terminology the homeschool community uses.
You'll see how homeschooling gives you the opportunity to socialize your children as well as build long-lasting and productive relationships with peers and adults. You'll also find out how homeschooling gives you unique opportunities to teach valuable life skills. From manners to money management, you can be sure your children master subjects that don't make it into most textbooks. You'll also learn about full-time homeschooling for travelers and how it can fit into their adventurous lives. When you finish this course, you'll have lots of information and guidance to plot your homeschooling course for years to come! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Discover how to homeschool your children in a way that ensures they get what they need both academically and socially. This course offers a lot of information and guidance to plot your homeschooling course for years to come. Is It Legal to Homeschool?
Have you made the decision to homeschool, but you don't know where to start? Or maybe you're still keeping your options open and just want to know more about it? Homeschooling can be a bit of mystery if you're new to the topic, so this lesson will start off with the history of homeschooling and its status in all 50 states. You'll find that homeschooling is legal and growing all around you, and you'll see how to find the laws and regulations that govern homeschooling in your community. You'll also become familiar with some terminology used in the homeschool community and discover why people choose to homeschool.
Introducing Homeschooling
Maybe you've noticed that your child does things a little differently than you do. In fact, maybe it seems like your child even learns differently than you! This lesson will discuss various learning styles and how they make a difference as you create your homeschool. You'll find out how to take your children out of school and make the transition to homeschooling both fun and effective. The lesson will also talk about children that need extra attention, both special needs and gifted, and a variety of types of homeschooling so you can choose the one that fits your family's lifestyle.
Choosing Curriculum
When it comes to curriculum, there are so many options! You'll discover ways to narrow down the choices and sort through curriculum with your specific needs in mind. Whether you choose to create your own curriculum, join an alternative school, or something in between, there's a good choice for each of your children. With the tools in this lesson, you'll make up a shopping list and discover where to go to find what you need.
High School Homeschool
People often ask homeschoolers when they'll send their kids back to school, implying that kids might "outgrow" homeschooling like a pair of sneakers. But with the fabulous opportunities for homeschooled high schoolers, most families are happy to homeschool right through to graduation! In this lesson, you'll see how to devise a graduation plan, prepare for college admission, and open the world to your homeschooled teenager.
Time Management
With so many activities and learning experiences awaiting your children, it's easy to get a bit overwhelmed and lost in the process. So to get you on the right track, this lesson will talk about how to manage your day, organize your homeschool, and work with different ages all at once. Homeschoolers have the advantage of using the whole year to educate their children, so your schedule may differ from a traditional school schedule, both in how you manage each day as well as how you plan out the year. You'll see how timelines can be a great help!
The "S" Word: Socialization
This lesson will talk about the dreaded "S" word . . . socialization! Many people worry about homeschool children lacking social experiences and skills, but seasoned homeschoolers are far too busy socializing and expanding their children's awareness to be concerned! In this lesson, you'll see how homeschooling gives you the opportunity to socialize your children as well as build long-lasting and productive relationships with peers and adults. You'll also learn some ways to address the issue with concerned family and friends.
Report Cards and Grades
At some point, your children will certainly ask you who will be grading their papers—and the answer is you! In this lesson, you'll look at the option to grade or not—yes, you do have a choice! You'll also learn how to create fair tests and prepare your children for anxiety-free testing. The lesson will also discuss report cards, transcripts, and standardized testing for homeschoolers as well.
Help and Resources
Although homeschooling centers on your family, there will be times when you'll find a little help a welcome addition. This lesson will discuss the vast resources available to homeschoolers and where to look to find tutors, mentors, and outside classes for your students. You'll learn about the difference between classes and co-ops, and the great opportunities a homeschool conference provides for you and your children. You'll learn about the Internet's wide array of resources, too!
Support Groups
In addition to resources for teaching your children, you'll be pleased to know that homeschool support groups provide friends, emotional support, and lots of fun activities with like-minded families. With over 2 million children homeschooling in the United States, it's not surprising that homeschool groups are thriving across the country. Whether it's an email loop or a group that meets in your neighborhood, you'll see how to explore the options, join an existing group, or start your own.
Teaching Life Skills
As you continue your study of homeschooling, you'll take some time to explore the many life skills you have the opportunity to teach your children. From manners to money management, you can be sure your family is well educated in subjects that don't make it into most textbooks. In this lesson, you'll find lists of life skills that are age appropriate and practical ways to actually teach these important concepts to your children. Homeschool students excel in more areas than academics!
Traveling Homeschoolers
Homeschoolers don't always stay home, but when they're on the road, the learning continues. This lesson will discuss ways to take your lessons with you, learn from the journey itself, and expand the awareness of your whole family. You'll see how to keep your children busy and interested while you're traveling and how to explore new places with an open mind and curious spirit. You'll also learn about full-time travelers who homeschool and their adventurous lives!
Making Ends Meet
The last lesson brings you more information on an important concept: making ends meet when one parent is at home educating the children. Homeschoolers are famous for their creativity, not only in the classroom, but also at home. Cutting costs, finding alternative ways to work, and building a family business all go hand in hand to make homeschooling a successful lifestyle. As the class comes to a close, you'll have lots of information to plot your course for the years to come! Self-Study
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Discover how to homeschool your children in a way that ensures they get what they need both academically and socially. This course offers a lot of information and guidance to plot your homeschooling course for years to come.
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Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning
- Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you how to support students in developing critical thinking skills through a specific inquiry-based lesson structure that increases the rigor of your lesson activities. This teacher professional development course will teach you about inquiry-based learning, also known as inquiry-driven learning, and how you can use it to transform your lessons using more dynamic and rigorous activities. You will learn how to generate questions to enhance inquiry in your classroom and ensure that all your activities increase rigor and critical thinking. You will analyze what inquiry looks like in the classroom and then develop a plan ready for implementation. The course also comes with several resources to support you in your inquiry-based lesson planning. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about inquiry-based learning, how it can be used in the classroom, and how to plan for rigorous lessons. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn the roles of the teacher and the student in a true inquiry-based classroom and then plan for rigorous questions and lesson activities to support inquiry.
- What Is Inquiry?
- The meaning of inquiry-based instructional strategy
- The rationale behind using the inquiry-based strategy in the classroom
- Teacher & Student Roles
- The role of the teacher in an inquiry-based classroom
- The role of the student in an inquiry-based classroom
- A Classroom Snapshot of Inquiry-Based Learning
- What an inquiry-based lesson looks like in an actual elementary school classroom
- Developing a Lesson Plan
- Learn the components of an inquiry-based lesson
- Develop an inquiry-based lesson outline
- Developing Rigorous Questions
- Review the six levels of questions on Bloom's Taxonomy
- Use Bloom's Taxonomy to create questions at various cognitive thinking skill levels for your lesson
- Developing Guiding Activities
- Review the four levels of activities from Webb's Depth of Knowledge
- Use Webb's Depth of Knowledge to design activities at various levels of complexity for your lesson
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own inquiry-based learning plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature inquiry-based instruction ideas, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand the benefits and key components of building an inquiry-based lesson plan
- Evaluate effective inquiry-based education using classroom examples
- Design inquiry-based learning strategies following an explicit approach you will learn in this course
How you will benefit
- Your lessons will become more substantial, relevant, and rigorous as you plan with inquiry in mind
- Your classroom dynamic will become more energized and engaging as students get used to the inquiry process to have meaningful discourse in your classroom
- Help students engage with the content more, which can lead to increased and improved learning outcomes
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about inquiry-based learning, how it can be used in the classroom, and how to plan for rigorous lessons. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn the roles of the teacher and the student in a true inquiry-based classroom and then plan for rigorous questions and lesson activities to support inquiry.
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Inspire Family Engagement with Positive Communication
- Inspire Family Engagement with Positive Communication
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to foster home-to-school connections with your students' families by offering various insights, tools, and strategies for parent engagement. Foster family involvement in education with this teacher professional development course that teaches you how to support your students academically and their social-emotional wellbeing by building strong home-to-school connections. You will learn specific strategies for building connections with students' families and keeping your students and their parents engaged in their child's learning path. The course will focus on providing you with explicit examples of support strategies that you can implement to strengthen the classroom community and your relationship with each child's family. The course will help you build a plan for student engagement that is ready to be implemented in the classroom by providing you with action plans, strategy guides, and other resources ready for use. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you explore how to build a strong home-to-school connection using both social-emotional and academic strategies to connect with your students' families. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to clearly, frequently, and positively communicate with families and navigate potential challenges.
- The Importance of Family Engagement
- The definitions of family engagement and communication
- About the positive relationship between student achievement and family engagement
- Several different strategies you can implement to encourage family engagement
- Clear Communication
- Strategies for maintaining clear lines of communication
- How to phrase both positive and constructive feedback about a student's behavioral and academic progress
- That communication is two-way and that families are a valuable source of information
- Family Education
- About the value of family education
- That family education can cover child/teen development, safety issues, and targeted education about a child's learning process and progress
- Strategies to teach families how they can be an active partner in their child's education at home
- Special Events
- Several ideas for fun events that can be easily planned to encourage family engagement
- Several ideas for volunteer opportunities that will allow families to share their special gifts with the students
- School Governance
- The importance of involving families in issues of school governance, decision-making, and policy change
- Specific strategies to implement to encourage that type of involvement
- Overcoming Barriers
- About potential barriers to parent engagement such as cultural differences, language barriers, and economic status that may impact a family's level of engagement
- Ways to address those issues so they do not impede genuine family engagement
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own family engagement plan for your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature family engagement strategies, and read the research behind engagement that supports this evidence- based professional development
What you will learn
- Understand the value of building a strong home–to–school connections
- Evaluate strategies for engaging families in their child's education and strategies for positive communication
- Analyze challenges in family engagement and methods for addressing those challenges
- Build a plan for implementing a robust family engagement plan into your classroom
How you will benefit
- Your relationship between your students and their families will be improved
- Your classroom culture and dynamic will become a more positive place for students to flourish socially and academically
- With the increased engagement from families, your students will be able to engage with your lessons and improve academically
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you explore how to build a strong home-to-school connection using both social-emotional and academic strategies to connect with your students' families. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to clearly, frequently, and positively communicate with families and navigate potential challenges.
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Instructional Strategies and Learning Activities
- Instructional Strategies and Learning Activities
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Fee: $119.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you about five different methods you can choose for your classroom based on your planned objectives and assessments for your content standards. This is a comprehensive teacher professional development course that will teach you about specific instructional strategies and learning activities that you can select for an upcoming unit planned, well-aligned with your chosen assessments and lesson objectives. You will learn five instructional strategies and how to choose the best one based on the lesson content, your student's needs, and available resources. Next, you will delve into the difference between active and passive learning and evaluate areas for improvement in your own lesson activities. Lastly, you will complete the course with a ready-to-implement unit plan you have created and use that alongside the various resources provided to you in this class to enable success in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this comprehensive course covers specific instructional strategies and learning activities, guiding you to select the most suitable ones for your unit, aligning with your assessments and objectives. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your course, you will learn five instructional strategies and explore active versus passive learning to build a unit plan for your classroom.
- An Overview of Instructional Strategies & Learning Activities
- The Differences Between Traditional Planning & Planning Using Backwards Design
- The Three Stages of Planning Using Backwards Design
- What's Involved in Planning Instruction
- The Importance of Having a Learning Plan
- The Instructional Strategies – Advantages & Disadvantages of Each Instructional Strategy and How to Implement in the Classroom
- Direct Instruction
- Demonstration
- Cooperative Learning
- Discover or Inquiry-Based Learning
- Project-Based Learning
- Choosing an Instructional Strategy
- Instructional Strategies Are Flexible and Dynamic, and Multiple Strategies Can be Used in One Lesson
- How to Choose an Appropriate Instructional Strategy
- How to Take into Consideration the Lesson Content, the Needs of Your Students, Your Own Personal Experience, and the Time and Resources Available
- Active Learning vs. Passive Learning
- The Meaning of and Differences Between Active Learning and Passive Learning
- When Each Type of Learning is Appropriate
- The Three Main Components of Any Active Learning Activity
- Different Learning Styles
- The Importance of Aligning Your Activities with Your Objectives
- About Different Learner Types Including Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Global, and Analytic
- Examples of Appropriate Instructional Activities for Each Type
- What You Need to Consider as You Choose Instructional Activities
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your unit plan, selecting from the various instructional strategies discussed in this course.
- Applying What You Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support strategies for instruction, and research behind different instructional models.
What you will learn
- Evaluate how to align your instructional activities with your learning objectives and plans for assessment
- Analyze five main instructional strategies to determine which is the most appropriate one for an upcoming unit
- Explore the difference between active and passive learning activities
- Plan for a learning activity sequence for future lessons
How you will benefit
- Your content expectations, assessment plan, and instructional activities will be tightly aligned, ensuring maximized student learning
- You will ensure that your lessons are engaging and active so that all students interact with the content at the highest levels
- Your student grades will improve because of your strong lesson planning and content well-aligned with your planned assessments
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this comprehensive course covers specific instructional strategies and learning activities, guiding you to select the most suitable ones for your unit, aligning with your assessments and objectives. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your course, you will learn five instructional strategies and explore active versus passive learning to build a unit plan for your classroom.
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Instructionally-Aligned Field Trips
- Instructionally-Aligned Field Trips
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you components of the planning process, methods for content integration, and ideas for engagement when designing and planning for an impactful field trip. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to design an impactful field trip for your students that is purposeful and well-aligned with specific classroom concepts. You will learn about the essential components required to plan a field trip and how to ensure you provide meaningful activities for your students. The course provides practical examples and ideas across grade levels, and you will leave with a field trip planning template to assist you in building an excellent, rigorous, and instructionally appropriate field trip experience. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you the four components of planning for an effective field trip, the methods to ensure your content standards are integrated into the field trip, and ideas for engagement through the experience. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will know exactly what you need to do before, during, and after the field trip to ensure it is effective, impactful, and aligned with your class lessons.
- Instructionally Aligned Field Trips Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with a rationale for how you can structure field trips to match your classroom instruction. You will learn the four components of the field trip planning process and the three strong qualities of an effective field trip. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to instructionally aligned field trips. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of instructionally aligned field trips.
What you will learn
- Analyze ideas across grade levels for effective field trip experiences
- Evaluate the planning process for effective field trips
- Design activities for before, during, and after a field trip that will also support student learning
How you will benefit
- Your students will more deeply learn the classroom concepts that are tied to your field trip lessons
- Your students will express more value and gratitude in the field trip experience as they learn to connect with the field trip activities on a deeper level
- Your field trip experiences will be more targeted and purposeful, leading to better student engagement during the field trip
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you the four components of planning for an effective field trip, the methods to ensure your content standards are integrated into the field trip, and ideas for engagement through the experience. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will know exactly what you need to do before, during, and after the field trip to ensure it is effective, impactful, and aligned with your class lessons.
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Integrating Technology in the Classroom Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Discover simple ways to integrate technology in your classroom to enhance the material and meet Common Core standards and other course goals. This course provides ways to integrate technology across the curriculum with tools that will engage auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners.
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Integrating Technology in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
- Integrating Technology in the Classroom (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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In this professional development course for teachers, you will learn about technology integration in the classroom and gain the skills needed to use tools like apps, assistive technology, and blogs effectively. In this teacher professional development course, you will learn the secrets of technology integration in the classroom, gaining the skills educators need to use tools such as wikis, podcasts, and blogs effectively. You will discover simple ways to integrate technology to enhance your subject material and meet your Common Core standards and other course goals.
You will learn how to design presentations for auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles, how to teach keyboarding and word processing, how to develop standards-based lesson plans, and more. Whether you're new to the integration process or already use technology in classroom, learning about emerging educational technologies is vital to your students' success. By the time you finish this online teacher training course, you will know how to integrate technology across the curriculum. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
In this professional development course for teachers, you will learn about technology integration in the classroom and gain the skills needed to use tools like apps, assistive technology, and blogs effectively. Get Connected to Technology
Are you ready to unleash the power of technology in your classroom? Today's teachers are faced with decisions, and one of the most important to integrate new technology into the traditional classroom. Your first lesson explores the differences between a traditional classroom and a technology-friendly one.
Learning Styles and Technology
It's time to set up the technology that benefits all learners - auditory, visual, and kinesthetic -in your classroom. This lesson will introduce ways to improve student learning using assistive technology, such as tablets, mind mapping tools, document cameras, SMART Boards, and much more.
Internet Technology Integration
Do you know the safest way for your students to surf the web? This lesson explores student-friendly Internet search engines and directories that you can use to safeguard your students' online experience. You will also look at the power of the bookmark and bookmark management tools like Sqworl.
Integrating Keyboarding and Word Processing
This lesson introduces the basics: integrating keyboarding and word processing. You will follow a simple timeline for integrating these two skills. You will also learn how to choose between a laptop and a tablet for typing.
Blogs and Reading Technology Integration
This lesson explores using blogs and reading technology integration in the classroom. Trying new reading sites and the activities is a great way to capitalize on your students' interest in reading. You will also learn different ways to pair new reading technology with Common Core and traditional ELA standards.
Wikis and Writing Technology Integration
It's time for wikis and writing technology integration. In this lesson, you will learn how to locate the best apps, websites, and activities to help your students fall in love with writing. You will also explore ways to integrate technology into your writing curriculum using at Common Core and NCTE standards.
Podcasting and Science Technology Integration
Are you ready to learn about podcasting and science technology integration? This lesson is packed full of tips that you can use to get your students excited about science. You will explore national, state, and Next Generation science standards and look ways to meet them by integrating technology.
Word, Excel, and Math Technology Integration
This lesson focuses on using Word and Excel to integrate technology into math lessons. It's never been easier to use technology to meet NCTM standards, Common Core math standards, or state math standards and bring your math lessons to life with fun websites, apps, and computer activities.
PowerPoint, Desktop Publishing, and Social Studies Technology Integration
In this lesson, you will learn how to use PowerPoint, Google Slides, websites, apps, and technology integration in the social studies classroom. Technology makes teaching social studies even easier, and with the wealth of information, you will soon be meeting the NCSS standards.
Online Museums, Music Downloads, and Art Technology Integration
Get ready to explore online museums, music downloads, and art and music technology integration. This lesson covers the importance of music and art, ways to use technology to meet national standards, fun activities, and great websites that you can use in your classroom.
WebQuests and Technology for Diverse Learners
It's time to discover using WebQuests and technology with diverse learners. This lesson focuses on meeting the needs of special needs, GATE, and English language learners with technology. You will learn about customized WebQuests that engage each group of students through differentiated instruction.
Online Safety and Technology Integration Strategies
In your last lesson, you will learn how to keep your students safe online. Finally, you will take technology to the next level with technology integration strategies, including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the flipped classroom. Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In this professional development course for teachers, you will learn about technology integration in the classroom and gain the skills needed to use tools like apps, assistive technology, and blogs effectively.
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Integrating Technology with Blended Learning
- Integrating Technology with Blended Learning
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to select from the five main blended learning models so that you can build a structured lesson that integrates technology into your classroom through a blended learning approach. Authentic integration of technology into classroom lessons can help enhance the effectiveness of content delivery when designed appropriately. This teacher professional development course will introduce you to five blended learning models and guide you on how to design the correct blended learning lesson to maximize learning in your classroom. You will be able to view the use of technology in the classroom as an integral component of lesson planning rather than an add-on you consider later.
The course will teach you to design a structured lesson using thoughtful technology resources and is an ideal course for individuals considering how they might support differentiated learning in the classroom. The course curriculum also covers how to design a plan of action for your classroom and comes with nine templates/resources to support you in creating a blended classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Integrating technology in the classroom is valuable but can also be challenging as you plan your lessons. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you five blended learning models that support a broad audience of teachers, from novices to experienced educators. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your training, you will learn how to effectively design a lesson with purposeful technology integration in mind so that you can improve content delivery and student learning in your classroom.
- Introduction to Blended Learning: Integrating Technology into the Classroom
- Learn what Blended Learning is and reflect on which of the five models work best for you
- Analyze the 5 blended learning models in detail and consider scenarios of technology integration in action
- The Blended Learning Classroom
- Learn how to structure your classroom to best support blended learning, and reflect on which blended learning model would support your idea classroom structure best
- Planning a Lesson
- Work through each step in designing a blended learning lesson, and reflect upon the activities and online resources that you can utilize to support a blended lesson
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own idea for a blended learning lesson for your current or future classroom and receive feedback on your plans
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support blended learning, and read the research behind blended learning that supports this evidence- based professional development
What you will learn
- Define blended learning and what it looks like in the classroom
- Analyze the main components of a blended learning lesson
- Plan and create a blended learning lesson plan and be on your way to a smart classroom
How you will benefit
- You will be able to leverage technology as a tool for deeper learning in your classroom
- Your students will be able to demonstrate their learning in a variety of additional methods
- Your lessons will become more robust, focusing on personalized learning and impacting a deeper connection with the content
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Integrating technology in the classroom is valuable but can also be challenging as you plan your lessons. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you five blended learning models that support a broad audience of teachers, from novices to experienced educators. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During your training, you will learn how to effectively design a lesson with purposeful technology integration in mind so that you can improve content delivery and student learning in your classroom.
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Intro to Active Monitoring and Data Collection
- Intro to Active Monitoring and Data Collection
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Fee: $68.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with an introduction into how to actively monitor your students during instruction, and how you can collect and analyze data to inform you about student progress for future lessons. This introductory teacher professional development course will equip you with the skills and strategies you need to actively monitor your students' academic progress, analyze the data you collect, and use that data to enhance student support. You will learn the purpose of monitoring students, analyze several data collection methods and data trends, and then consider how you can regroup students and support them in any areas of concern. You will build an active monitoring plan at the end of the course and leave with several tracking documents and resources ready to be implemented in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Monitoring your students regularly can help you track student progress and address misunderstandings. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to monitor students, utilize data trackers during instruction, and analyze data to support your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
- An Introduction to Active Monitoring
- Learn the process of active monitoring and how to look for objective evidence of student mastery of concepts, then learn how to identify an activity in your content area and grade-level where you could implement active monitoring.
- Data Collection
- Learn about and analyze multiple data collection tracking documents and a data collection planning guide to help you select the data collection method appropriate for you.
- Addressing Misconceptions
- Learn how to analyze your data for trends and identify areas for improvement in the lesson so you can appropriately address student misunderstandings. Then, learn how to plan for new student grouping and re-teaching based on data trends.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own active monitoring plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas on data collection and tracking, and read the research behind this type of monitoring in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Identify methods for roaming and actively monitoring your classroom during instruction
- Evaluate several methods for data collecting
- Design a data collection and analysis plan for implementation in your classroom
How you will benefit
- You will more easily be able to check for student understanding and progress in the classroom
- You will have more reliable student data to make instructional decisions
- Your students will improve academically over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Monitoring your students regularly can help you track student progress and address misunderstandings. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to monitor students, utilize data trackers during instruction, and analyze data to support your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
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Intro to Classroom Documentation
- Intro to Classroom Documentation
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Fee: $68.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This introductory course will teach you simple methods for documenting academic and social behaviors in your classroom to set up a plan for student success. This teacher professional development course introduces you to simple methods for documenting academic and social behaviors and explains why it is so important. You will be guided on how to create a documentation system for your classroom, analyze tracking methods for documentation, and learn about how the data you collect can be used to facilitate better communication with student families to help support your students. You will leave the class with a documentation plan and resources ready to use in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will learn some introductory methods to document student social and academic behaviors in the classroom and why documentation is important to student success. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will analyze documentation methods and then select from multiple provided templates to build your documentation plan.
- Section 1 – An Introduction to Documentation
- What is documentation
- Why documentation is important
- How documentation is used
- When documentation should be created
- Section 2 – Student Files
- The importance of creating student files
- How to create student files
- What to include and how often to add information to student's files
- Section 3 – Documentation Templates
- Multiple documentation templates
- Different ways to share information with school personnel
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own documentation plan for your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature documentation methods, and read the research behind documentation in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand what effective documentation looks like to support classroom instruction
- Analyze methods for recording student information, managing records, and sharing information with colleagues and parents
- Plan, using step-by-step instructions, a method for setting up student files and documenting student academic and behavioral issues
How you will benefit
- You will be able to better monitor and understand student academic and social behaviors
- You will more easily be able to communicate areas of concern or strength with your student's family
- Your classroom management will improve because of your documentation and data-collection method
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will learn some introductory methods to document student social and academic behaviors in the classroom and why documentation is important to student success. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will analyze documentation methods and then select from multiple provided templates to build your documentation plan.
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Intro to Online Learning
- Intro to Online Learning
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This introductory course will teach you how to transition your lessons to online instruction, covering lesson planning, security, community, communication, equity, and choosing suitable online platforms. This teacher professional development course will teach you the basics of building online lessons for your class. You will learn about creating a secure online community for student collaboration and teacher feedback, fostering clear communication among all stakeholders, and delivering engaging digital lessons for independent and peer practice. The course will guide you in selecting suitable online instructional tools and help you design a plan that can be implemented for your students. The course also comes with templates and resources ready for you to use for your online learning planning. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you the basics of building online lessons for your class, including how to build your online community, support collaboration and feedback, and communicate with your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will teach you about the tools you may need and the structure you should consider building effective online lessons.
- What is Online Learning?
- What online/virtual learning is and how it differs from blended learning
- Advantages and disadvantages of remote learning
- What online learning can look like for different learning purposes
- Communication & Community
- The importance of clear online communication
- Why it is critical to build a solid sense of community when teaching online, including the need to make sure parents are involved
- How to promote student safety in the online environment
- How to develop a plan to build a strong online community
- The Logistics of Online Learning
- About the logistics of online learning, including how to ensure that each lesson includes the most critical components
- The advantages and disadvantages of real-time lessons versus pre-recorded content
- About the issue of online learning and equity
- Content Delivery Methods
- About the types of content delivery platforms and tools
- How to choose the most appropriate tool, dependent on various factors
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own online learning plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of resources that help you implement online learning, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Analyze the characteristics of an effective e-learning program
- Evaluate what makes an online community safe and collaborative
- Build a plan to establish clear communication between teachers, students, and parents
- Review online tools that will work specifically to your classroom needs
- Develop a plan for digitally teaching an engaging online lesson
How you will benefit
- Your students will learn content similarly to how they would learn in a live classroom
- You will be able to easily monitor student progress and collaboration online
- You will develop an online classroom culture that connects you with your students
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you the basics of building online lessons for your class, including how to build your online community, support collaboration and feedback, and communicate with your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will teach you about the tools you may need and the structure you should consider building effective online lessons.
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Introduction to Response to Intervention (RTI)
- Introduction to Response to Intervention (RTI)
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Fee: $68.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course provides you with an introductory look at how to structure a successful response to intervention (RTI) to support your students academically. It also offers an overview of how classroom instruction can support RTI, delving into the process, its benefits for academic performance, and the role of differentiated instruction. This teacher professional development course provides you with an introduction to the Response to Intervention (RTI) model. You will learn about the three RTI tiers and analyze examples of each tier in the academic areas of math and ELA. The course will cover how you might set up an RTI model for academic support, the core components of RTI, and how to collect data and evaluate that data for monitoring student progress. You will receive an intervention guide that contains examples you can use as a resource in your planning, and you will build an RTI education plan ready for implementation in your class. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course offers an overview of how classroom instruction can support response to intervention, delving into the process of building your Response to Intervention (RTI) tiers and providing insight into progress monitoring as you implement the RTI model into your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will leave this course better able to plan academic interventions and improve your students' academic performance through the use of regular progress monitoring.
- RTI Fundamentals
- The Core Components of an RTI System
- The Laws Regarding RTI
- How to Create a Successful RTI Team
- Tiered Instruction
- The Purpose of Tiered Instruction
- How to Utilize the Tiered Structure Effectively
- Intervention Strategies for Each Tier
- Data
- How to Make Data-Driven Decisions Through:
- Screening & Identification of At-Risk Students
- Progress Monitoring
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own response to intervention plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the RTI process into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas for response to intervention, and read the research behind this type of support in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand each of the three RTI tiers
- Analyze the core components of the RTI model
- Evaluate methods for collecting meaningful data and using that data for progress monitoring and reporting
How you will benefit
- You will more deeply understand individual student needs
- Your students will be able to more easily grow academically
- You will be able to more easily set goals and measure student progress with the RTI model in mind
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course offers an overview of how classroom instruction can support response to intervention, delving into the process of building your Response to Intervention (RTI) tiers and providing insight into progress monitoring as you implement the RTI model into your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will leave this course better able to plan academic interventions and improve your students' academic performance through the use of regular progress monitoring.
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Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade
- Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Location:
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This course will teach you everything you need to know to get started implementing literacy stations in your classroom. You will learn methods for grouping students, ideas for activities to include in each station, and actionable steps for assessment in this course. This course will provide you with specific steps to implement effective literacy stations, otherwise known as reading stations and literacy centers, in your classroom. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to establish appropriate expectations and behaviors for station work, group students, select the correct activities for each station, and assess and collect data for progress monitoring. You will learn about the importance of providing differentiated activities to your student groups and build a plan for the successful implementation of station activities.
Throughout your course, you will build a literacy station implementation plan for an upcoming area of focus. This course also comes with a comprehensive set of resources, including ready-to-go printable activities you can use to get started on your stations immediately. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn how to begin utilizing literacy stations in your classroom, covering all aspects of implementation, like establishing expectations, grouping students, selecting appropriate activities, assessing progress, and providing differentiated tasks to each of your student groups. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
As you progress through this course, the curriculum guides you in creating a literacy station action plan and provides a set of ready-to-use printable activities for immediate station implementation.
- Literacy Stations: What, Why, & How
- What literacy stations Are
- Why and when stations are beneficial to students when we differentiate for student groups
- An overview of the steps that should be taken to implement literacy stations
- What effective literacy stations look and sound like in the primary grades
- Grouping Students
- When to use whole group instruction and when to use small group instruction
- Different options for grouping students
- Common practices and recommendations for grouping students
- Effective ways to assess students' literacy skills
- Literacy Stations Planning Activities & Implementation
- How to choose and plan literacy station activities based on grade levels
- How to differentiate stations activities to meet the needs of learners
- How to use the provided resources effectively
- How to implement literacy stations into the classroom by following a sequence of steps
- Expectations & Behaviors
- How and why to establish age-appropriate expectations for independent work time
- The importance of modeling expected behaviors
- How to choose a behavior management plan that works effectively for you and your students
- Collecting Data
- Why collecting data during small group time is important
- Different ways data can be collected during your literacy stations
- How to develop a strategy for keeping students accountable while working independently in literacy stations
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own literacy stations plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas and activities for reading stations, and read the research behind reading stations as a method of reading support.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the specific steps you can implement to build a literacy stations plan in your classroom
- Review and understand ready-to-use literacy station activities for specific reading skills at your grade level
- Analyze grouping and assessment methods to help you track student growth in literacy
How you will benefit
- You will create a more efficient classroom and utilize less planning time by following the literacy station implementation plan and using the resources for your activities stations that are associated with this course
- Your students will be engaged in your chosen activities and excited to work on their literacy skills when you begin to implement stations
- You will have a clear plan to track student progress, which will lead to improved student performance over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn how to begin utilizing literacy stations in your classroom, covering all aspects of implementation, like establishing expectations, grouping students, selecting appropriate activities, assessing progress, and providing differentiated tasks to each of your student groups. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
As you progress through this course, the curriculum guides you in creating a literacy station action plan and provides a set of ready-to-use printable activities for immediate station implementation.
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Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus
- Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
Location:
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This course will introduce you to eight components of professionalism in teaching and guide you in self-reflection on your areas of strength and areas for improvement so you can work to enhance professionalism and teaching performance in your classroom. This teacher professional development course will teach you eight components of professionalism and provide examples of how that translates to professionalism in education. You will evaluate the benefits of modeling professionalism in your classroom and on campus and then be guided through a self-assessment to help identify an action plan for improvement. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, quizzes and videos to enhance your understanding of course material, and a planning document to help reflect on your own professionalism. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will introduce you to eight components of professionalism that you can analyze to help prepare you to improve in areas of professionalism. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be able to evaluate the benefits of modeling professionalism on campus and be guided through a self-assessment to help you identify an action plan for improvement.
- Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of what professionalism looks like on campus and gives you methods for self-analyzing areas of strength and opportunities for growth. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to professionalism. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of professionalism for teachers.
What you will learn
- Analyze the qualities of a professional educator
- Evaluate the benefits of modeling professionalism through several examples in the course
- Analyze your own level of professionalism
- Design a plan for improving one characteristic you identified about yourself in the course
How you will benefit
- Your relationship with your colleagues, your students, and your student's families will improve
- You will be more energized to look for areas to improve in your daily teaching practice and excited to celebrate your accomplishments
- Your mindset will shift towards a growth mindset, and you will focus more on continuous areas of improvement to constantly grow as an educator
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will introduce you to eight components of professionalism that you can analyze to help prepare you to improve in areas of professionalism. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be able to evaluate the benefits of modeling professionalism on campus and be guided through a self-assessment to help you identify an action plan for improvement.
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Maintaining Appropriate Teacher–Student Boundaries
- Maintaining Appropriate Teacher–Student Boundaries
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
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This course stresses the importance of maintaining professional boundaries with students, providing key insights for fostering healthy teacher-student relationships. This course will teach you how to maintain appropriate and healthy boundaries between yourself and your students. You will learn about four different kinds of boundaries: emotional and relationship, power, physical, and communication boundaries, and you will learn insights into how to maintain the boundaries you already have in place as well as analyze areas you could improve upon. The course will allow you to plan specific methods to foster professional and healthy relationships between yourself and your students.
The course teaches you how to design a plan of action for your classroom and offers you resources and templates ready to support you in implementation. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course emphasizes the significance of upholding professional boundaries with your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will learn about four different types of boundaries and plan for specific ways that you can always maintain professional boundaries in the classroom.
- Defining Ethics and Boundaries
- The definitions of ethics and boundaries
- About real-life cases of boundaries that were inappropriately crossed
- The four types of boundaries covered in this course: emotional/relational, power, communication, and physical boundaries
- Emotional and Relationship Boundaries
- About emotional/ relationship boundaries
- Some examples of healthy and unhealthy emotional and relationship boundaries
- Some opportunities to analyze boundary examples
- Power Boundaries
- About the 5 types of power that teachers have
- Examples of healthy and unhealthy power boundaries
- Some boundary examples to analyze
- Communication Boundaries
- About verbal and written communication
- Examples of healthy and unhealthy communication boundaries
- Some boundary examples to analyze
- Physical Boundaries
- About the four areas of physical boundaries
- Examples of healthy and unhealthy physical boundaries
- Some boundary examples to analyze
- Review and Reflection of Student Boundaries
- Participate in a review the four types of boundaries
- Analyze examples of each boundary type
- Reflect on your own practices in relation to each boundary
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build a plan to improve or maintain positive and healthy boundaries in your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support blended learning, and read the research behind setting appropriate boundaries.
What you will learn
- Define the four types of boundaries between a student and teacher
- Evaluate cases of individuals crossing boundaries, as well as examples of appropriate boundary-setting
- Analyze methods you can implement to ensure that you maintain health and appropriate boundaries
- Create a plan of action for your classroom to support you in maintaining boundaries between your students
How you will benefit
- You will become more confident in identifying appropriate ethics and boundaries not only in yourself but in others as well
- Your classroom will become more predictable and structured as you model healthy boundaries in a variety of ways to your students
- Your classroom dynamic will improve, and your relationship with your students and their families will become more positive
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course emphasizes the significance of upholding professional boundaries with your students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
You will learn about four different types of boundaries and plan for specific ways that you can always maintain professional boundaries in the classroom.
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Making the Most of your Limited Planning Time
- Making the Most of your Limited Planning Time
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
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This course will provide you with specific strategies to effectively streamline your daily tasks and optimize your planning time. In this course, you will learn about all the diverse responsibilities you are required to complete during your planning time and how to analyze areas for improvement and efficiency. You will learn specific time management strategies for teachers and implement tools that can help you streamline your planning. You will learn about team collaboration and how to streamline meetings as well. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning organizer to help you ensure your efficient planning time. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will review with you the varied responsibilities you have as a teacher and provide strategies for improving efficiency to tackle those tasks during your planning time. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about time-saving tools and effective team collaboration methods, among other important strategies you can implement. Productive Planning Processes Course Content
The video and article will provide you with insights and strategies to streamline your planning time so that you can tackle extra tasks efficiently. You will learn several time-saving strategies you can begin to utilize and will also plan for how to make the most of any collaboration time during your planning periods. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom. What you will learn
- Identify the wide variety of tasks you are responsible for during your planning time
- Analyze several time-saving tips and tools for parent emails, grading, meetings, and other tasks
- Evaluate how to plan for productive team collaboration time
How you will benefit
- You will be less stressed and overwhelmed with all your daily tasks
- Your planning time will become more streamlined, and you will have more time in the day to devote to more important aspects of your teaching
- Your students will benefit because you can prioritize instructionally focused tasks once you have streamlined most of your other responsibilities
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will review with you the varied responsibilities you have as a teacher and provide strategies for improving efficiency to tackle those tasks during your planning time. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about time-saving tools and effective team collaboration methods, among other important strategies you can implement.
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Math Stations for PreK – 2nd Grade
- Math Stations for PreK – 2nd Grade
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Fee: $83.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Days:
Sessions: 0
Location:
Building:
Room:
Instructor:
This course will teach you everything you need to know to get started implementing math stations in your classroom. You will learn methods for grouping students, ideas for activities to include in each station, and actionable steps for assessment in this course. This course will provide you with specific steps you can follow to implement effective math stations into your classroom. The course will teach you about establishing the correct expectations and behaviors for your station work, how to group students, how to select the correct activities for each station, and how to assess and collect data for progress monitoring. You will learn about the importance of providing activities for stations.
Throughout the course, you will build a math stations implementation plan for an upcoming area of focus. This course also comes with a comprehensive set of resources, including ready-to-go printable activities and math stations ideas you can use to get started on your stations immediately. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn how to begin utilizing math stations in your classroom, covering all aspects of implementation, like establishing expectations, grouping students, selecting appropriate activities, assessing progress, and providing differentiated tasks to each of your student groups. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course guides you in creating a math stations action plan and provides a set of ready-to-use printable activities for immediate station implementation.
- Math Stations: What, Why, & How
- What math stations Are
- Why and when stations are beneficial to students when we differentiate for student groups
- An overview of the steps that should be taken to implement math stations
- What effective math stations look and sound like in the primary grades
- Grouping Students
- When to use whole group instruction and when to use small group instruction
- Different options for grouping students
- Common practices and recommendations for grouping students
- Effective ways to assess students' skills
- Math Stations Planning Activities & Implementation
- How to choose and plan math station activities based on grade level
- How to differentiate stations activities to meet the needs of learners
- How to use the provided resources effectively
- How to implement stations into the classroom by following a sequence of steps
- Expectations & Behaviors
- How and why to establish age-appropriate expectations for independent work time
- The importance of modeling expected behaviors
- How to choose a behavior management plan that works effectively for you and your students
- Collecting Data
- Why collecting data during small group time is important
- Different ways data can be collected
- How to develop a strategy for keeping students accountable while working independently
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own math stations plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature information on math stations and activity ideas, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the specific steps you can implement to build a math stations plan in your classroom
- Evaluate ready-to-use literacy math activities for specific math skills at your grade level
- Analyze grouping and assessment methods to help you track student growth in math progress
How you will benefit
- You will create a more efficient classroom with less planning time by following the math station implementation plan and using the resources provided in this course
- Your students will be engaged in your chosen activities and excited to work on their math skills when you begin to implement stations because they will view math as fun and approachable
- You will have a clear plan to track student progress, which will lead to improved student performance over time
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn how to begin utilizing math stations in your classroom, covering all aspects of implementation, like establishing expectations, grouping students, selecting appropriate activities, assessing progress, and providing differentiated tasks to each of your student groups. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course guides you in creating a math stations action plan and provides a set of ready-to-use printable activities for immediate station implementation.
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Measuring Growth in Writing Using Rubrics
- Measuring Growth in Writing Using Rubrics
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you about typical writing expectations for your K-3students, introduce common writing tasks, and teach you how to design holistic and analytic rubrics to track student progress over time. This teacher professional development course provides you with a specific guide to measure your student's writing growth using analytic and holistic rubrics. You will learn about what typical writing looks like from kindergarten through third grade, understand the use of holistic and analytic rubrics, and then learn how to create rubrics for your lessons. Explore each rubric type during your course and analyze ways to use them to monitor student writing skill growth. You will also consider how these rubric types can be applied across content areas. You will leave the course with a rubric plan in place, as well as several downloadable resources to support you in utilizing rubrics in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course guides you in measuring students' writing growth through holistic and analytic rubrics so that you can effectively monitor student growth in a standardized manner. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore writing expectations for each grade level, from K-3, and learn how to create your own holistic and analytic rubrics that match your expectations of your student's writing.
- Writing in the Primary Grades
- What typical writing looks like for each grade level, kindergarten through third grade
- The purpose of, and how to use, holistic and analytic rubrics to assess writing
- How to create both holistic and analytic rubrics
- Understanding Rubrics
- The differences between analytic and holistic rubrics and the benefits of each type
- How to create both holistic and analytic rubrics
- Analytic rubrics based on the six traits of writing
- Customized analytic rubrics
- Holistic rubrics
- Assessing Student Growth with Rubrics
- How to use rubrics to monitor student growth in writing skills
- How to use rubrics to collect data to be used in setting student goals
- How to use rubrics to guide your writing instruction
- Rubrics for Cross-Curricular Connections
- The value of using rubrics to assess writing in other subject areas (Science, Math,Social Studies, & Reading)
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own rubric for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature additional rubrics and ideas for measuring writing progress, and read the research behind the content covered in this course.
What you will learn
- Evaluate what typical writing looks like for each grade level, from kindergarten through third grade
- Analyze components of holistic and analytic rubrics to understand their purpose in assessing writing
- Create your own analytic and holistic rubrics that can be used in your classroom
How you will benefit
- Your students will have clearer expectations of what they need to do when completing writing tasks
- You will have a straightforward method for assessing student progress and growth
- Your students will improve their writing skills because you can track progress using clear expectations and your designed rubrics for writing assignments
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course guides you in measuring students' writing growth through holistic and analytic rubrics so that you can effectively monitor student growth in a standardized manner. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will explore writing expectations for each grade level, from K-3, and learn how to create your own holistic and analytic rubrics that match your expectations of your student's writing.
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Memorization Using the Memory Palace Technique
- Memorization Using the Memory Palace Technique
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This quick course teaches you the memory palace technique for memorizing details and facts. You will learn a method for teaching this strategy to your students as they learn to master the Memory Palace technique. The memory palace, also called the memory mansion, mental palace, or mind palace method, is a mnemonic tool that you can use to enhance your memorization of ideas. It assists you in creating vivid imagery in your mind as you work to memorize increasingly long and complex concepts. In this teacher professional development course, you will learn more about how spatial memory works and how the memory palace can support memorization. Then, you will learn a method for teaching this strategy to your students to enhance their memories while studying concepts for your classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a graphic organizer that supports you in teaching this memorization technique to your students. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explores the memory palace mnemonic tool and how it can assist you in memorizing complex topics using vivid imagery. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about how to implement this idea in your classroom and support your students in improving their memorization strategies.
- Memorizing Using the Memory Palace Technique Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of the memory palace and how it can be used as a technique to memorize a significant amount of content. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to learning and memory. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of memorization strategies.
What you will learn
- Define spatial memory
- Analyze the process of learning and utilizing the memory palace
- Build a plan for implementing the memory palace into your classroom
How you will benefit
- You will keep your students engaged by teaching them a more unique way of studying concepts in class
- Your students will be able to memorize increasingly complex ideas as they practice and improve their technique
- Your students' confidence will improve, and their grades will increase
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explores the memory palace mnemonic tool and how it can assist you in memorizing complex topics using vivid imagery. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about how to implement this idea in your classroom and support your students in improving their memorization strategies.
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Merrill Ream Speed Reading Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
This course will teach you how to save time by reading faster and with better comprehension.
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Merrill Ream Speed Reading (Self-Guided)
- Merrill Ream Speed Reading (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Acclaimed speed reading expert teaches you how to save yourself time by reading faster with better comprehension. Are you struggling to keep up with a flood of email, articles, reports, and books? Save yourself hours of time and increase your productivity by learning to read faster and with better comprehension. This course is a complete speed-reading experience. Topics are presented in a logical progression with plenty of time to help you master the skills and techniques you will need for lasting proficiency as a speed-reader. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Save yourself hours of time and increase your productivity by learning to read faster and with better comprehension. This course will help you master the skills and techniques to quickly read through the daily flood of emails, articles and reports by becoming a proficient speed-reader. Introduction
On this first day of class, you'll read a story to evaluate your present reading rate. You'll learn how many words per minute you read now, and then you'll compare that number to what percent of the reading material you're really comprehending. You'll also get an opportunity to check out some speed reading accomplishments. Then, you'll complete an eye-span exercise to start you on the path toward becoming a speed reader!
Reading Against Time
In this lesson, you'll practice some basic reading eye movements and learn how they're important to the speed reading process. Then, you'll take a reading rate and comprehension test. Your results will give you a baseline that you can use to chart your speed reading progress in this course, lesson-by-lesson. From there, you can set goals to increase your reading rate while maintaining a good reading comprehension.
Speed Reading Activities
By now, you might feel that the activities you're using to master your speed reading skills are becoming routine and repetitive. For that reason, this lesson will talk about how and why you should continue doing the Regulated Reading, Timed Reading, and Assignment exercises to gain increased reading rates with good reading comprehension. Finally, you'll read some stories that are formatted to help you improve your speed.
Setting Goals
In this lesson, you'll examine the retinal image phenomena and how it relates to a speed reader's eye movements. Speed reading is a skill that's best achieved by doing repetitive practice, so you'll continue working on those exercises that are helping you to improve your speed.
Overcoming Poor Reading Habits
You'll probably find it helpful to work on lesson activities in the same comfortable and familiar surroundings. This lesson will talk about eight bad reading habits that contribute to slow reading, then you'll explore how to overcome them. Finally, you'll review some terminology that's unique to speed reading.
Sixteen Good Speed Reading Practices
In this lesson, you'll look at 16 good speed reading practices you can apply to the course exercises and any other reading you do outside of class. You're at the midpoint in the course, so this is also a good time to compare your reading rate and comprehension scores with those of the former students you read about earlier. From there, you'll set goals for you to meet in the remaining lessons.
Skimming Techniques
You'll probably be reading pretty quickly by the time you reach this lesson, but how can you make sure your comprehension scores are keeping up? In this lesson, you'll look at the skills you'll need to work on to improve your comprehension. You'll find out what keys and identified parts are unique to all stories, and knowing those will help you to improve your comprehension. You'll be glad to learn that you already know a few speed reading skills and techniques as you continue to apply them to the course activities.
Measuring Reading Rates
In this lesson, you'll practice speed reading skills and techniques in real-world reading materials outside of class. You'll learn a method you can use to measure your speed reading rates when you're reading such materials. At this point, you'll be eager to read outside materials, not just for their content, but to further develop your speed reading skills and techniques.
Speed Reading Styles
You're now ready to analyze your personal speed reading style. You'll once again compare your speed reading rate and comprehension scores with those of former students to see how you stack up against others. You'll also compare your current scores with the scores you recorded at the beginning of the course to see how far you've come!
Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills
In this lesson, you'll look at eight word recognition vocabulary skills that you can work into your personal speed reading style. You'll learn how context clues and literal and inferential meanings in stories influence comprehension. All are part of the English language and fit right in with speed reading.
Assessing Your Progress
In this lesson, you'll see if you can figure out which of your behavior patterns are most useful in your own speed reading style. First and foremost, you need flexibility to focus on improving your reading speed, then you need an experimental attitude to get rid of poor reading habits. You'll study how the time you put in and the effort you expend affect your speed reading progress.
Wrapping Up
In the last lesson, you'll look at your personal speed reading accomplishments, as well as your speed reading future. From here on out, you're in the real world of reading, but you'll go into it with a lifelong speed reading skill. You'll learn how to adjust your personal speed reading style to any materials you read, because now you are a speed reader! Self-Study
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Save yourself hours of time and increase your productivity by learning to read faster and with better comprehension. This course will help you master the skills and techniques to quickly read through the daily flood of emails, articles and reports by becoming a proficient speed-reader.
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Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom
- Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn about the benefits of incorporating movement into your classroom lessons to support student learning and management. You will explore the benefits that physical activity can have on your students' academic and emotional well-being and acquire specific ideas for incorporating movement into your lessons. In this course, you will explore the importance of movement in the classroom and the impact it can have not just on a student's physical health but on mental well-being and academic performance as well. You will learn about specific ways to incorporate movement into your specific content area by analyzing various physical activities across a variety of categories.
You will be provided with a guide for planning and implementing these physical activities into upcoming lessons using our GETUP guide. This guide provides activity ideas for games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Regardless of the content area that you teach, you will walk away with practical ideas to implement into an upcoming lesson. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Incorporating physical activity into the classroom has been shown to improve academics, reduce stress, and improve mood, among other positive characteristics.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will teach you specific ideas for incorporating movement into your classroom by choosing from activities in the provided GETUP guide: games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. This course also includes a downloadable PDF of the course content and the GETUP guide of activities and ideas to choose from for your upcoming lesson implementation.
- Move to Learn Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with specific ideas for incorporating movement into your lesson activities. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to physical activity and its impact on student learning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of movement in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Understand why physical activity in a lesson can be beneficial to student learning
- Analyze specific ideas for movement strategies in your lessons
- Evaluate considerations for implementing movement into your lesson planning
How you will benefit
- You will experience improved classroom behaviors when students have a structured way of experiencing physical activity throughout the class day
- Your students will become more engaged in the lesson content you teach
- Your lessons will become more dynamic and innovative as you think more creatively about how to combine your lesson activities with movement
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Incorporating physical activity into the classroom has been shown to improve academics, reduce stress, and improve mood, among other positive characteristics.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will teach you specific ideas for incorporating movement into your classroom by choosing from activities in the provided GETUP guide: games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. This course also includes a downloadable PDF of the course content and the GETUP guide of activities and ideas to choose from for your upcoming lesson implementation.
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Peer Tutoring for English Language Learners
- Peer Tutoring for English Language Learners
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you everything you need to know to implement peer tutoring as a strategy to support your English Language Learners. This course provides you with a comprehensive plan for implementing a peer tutoring program into your classroom. You will learn about what peer tutoring is and its benefits, particularly for English Language Learners (ELLs). You will plan how to select your student participants/student tutors, strategies for training your students, and guidance for monitoring and rewarding progress. You will learn specific strategies you can teach peer tutors to support in reading fluency, writing skills, and math proficiency.
By the end of the course, you will have built a complete peer tutoring plan ready for implementation, using the many resources and templates provided and ready for use in an upcoming peer tutoring session. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you the advantages of implementing peer tutoring strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs) in various subjects, focusing on literacy and math skills to address academic challenges and promote peer support. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn the step-by-step process of how to design a peer tutoring program and how to implement it in your classroom or on campus.
- Peer Tutoring and its Benefits
- The definition of peer tutoring
- The academic and socio-emotional benefits of peer tutoring, particularly for your ELLs
- The Logistics of Peer Tutoring
- When to use peer tutoring
- How to select students to participate
- How to train and reward tutors
- Peer Tutoring Strategies
- Two strategies that can improve reading fluency and comprehension
- Two strategies for improving writing skills
- Two strategies to support math skills
- Monitoring Your Peer Tutoring Program
- How to monitor and support your peer tutors
- How to track the progress of your ELLs
- How to determine the overall effectiveness of peer tutoring
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own peer tutoring plan for a group of students.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature peer tutoring ideas, and read the research behind this type of support in the classroom
What you will learn
- Understand the purpose and benefits of peer tutoring for academic and socio-emotional support
- Evaluate the best situation to utilize peer tutoring as you plan to select, train, and incentivize your peer tutors
- Analyze multiple peer tutoring strategies to assist you in improving fluency, comprehension, writing, or math achievement
- Review methods to monitor and track performance over time
How you will benefit
- With peer tutors supporting students in a structured program, you will be free to improve your planning, work with other student groups, or focus on other aspects of support
- Relationships between students will improve and create a positive community in your classroom
- Your English Language Learners will improve academically
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you the advantages of implementing peer tutoring strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs) in various subjects, focusing on literacy and math skills to address academic challenges and promote peer support. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn the step-by-step process of how to design a peer tutoring program and how to implement it in your classroom or on campus.
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Planning for Differentiation in Every Classroom
- Planning for Differentiation in Every Classroom
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you effective methods of differentiation by analyzing your grade-level expectations, applying Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to ensure rigor, and using various assessment methods as a tool in your lesson planning. This teacher professional development course provides you with a comprehensive overview of differentiation in education and how to implement differentiated instruction into your classroom. You will learn how to analyze your content standards using Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) for the correct cognitive thinking and rigor. Furthermore, throughout your training, you will understand how to differentiate lessons using content, process, and products and how to assess and document student progress.
In addition, you will learn about each of these differentiated learning concepts by planning for instruction step-by-step throughout the course. You will leave the course with many resources ready to be used in your classroom and a differentiation plan that you will have created for an upcoming lesson. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with a step-by-step plan of how to differentiate instruction in your classroom, covering the analysis of content standards, differentiation strategies, and methods for assessing and documenting student progress. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a customized differentiation plan and valuable classroom resources at your disposal.
- What is Differentiation?
- The meaning of differentiation and 3 methods of differentiation
- What differentiation can look like in a classroom setting
- How to reflect on your current differentiation practices
- Analyzing the Standard for Knowledge & Skills
- Why it is important to identify the knowledge and skills in a content standard
- How to analyze a standard to determine the knowledge and skill components
- The importance of vertical alignment and how it can impact your planning process
- Frameworks for Differentiation: Bloom's Taxonomy & Webb's Depth of Knowledge
- The six levels of cognitive thinking of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
- The four levels of rigor from Webb's Depth of Knowledge
- Frameworks for Differentiation: Analyzing the Standard for Bloom's & Webb's
- Assessing the Bloom's Cognitive Level and Webb's DOK of your standard
- How Bloom's and Webb's can help you in the planning process for differentiating your instruction to meet the needs of all learners
- Differentiating Content, Process, & Product
- How to choose what to differentiate and form appropriate groups based on student needs
- How to differentiate the content within a lesson
- How to differentiate the process through which students learn
- How to differentiate the product that students complete to demonstrate their knowledge
- The Importance of Assessment & Documentation
- Three times when differentiation can occur in a lesson, and three methods for differentiating
- The importance of regular assessments in order to track student progress
- The importance of keeping accurate records of assessment and modification data
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own differentiation plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support ideas for differentiation, and read the research behind this type of support in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Define differentiated instruction and what it looks like in the classroom
- Analyze Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's DOK to plan lessons that meet appropriate levels of cognitive thinking and rigor
- Evaluate methods to track student progress during differentiated lesson
- Plan for documenting modifications
- Build a lesson plan using differentiated instruction strategies for future classroom use
How you will benefit
- Your students will each receive the support that they need through your differentiated lessons
- Learning will accelerate and improve as each student is supported at appropriate levels
- Your lesson planning will improve, and the culture of your class will improve as students receive the correct support in your classroom
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will provide you with a step-by-step plan of how to differentiate instruction in your classroom, covering the analysis of content standards, differentiation strategies, and methods for assessing and documenting student progress. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a customized differentiation plan and valuable classroom resources at your disposal.
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Planning for Lab Investigations in the Science Classroom
- Planning for Lab Investigations in the Science Classroom
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with a close look at the scientific investigation process as you work to plan for lab activities in your classroom. You will learn how to construct pre- and post-lab activities that align well with a lab experiment that follows the scientific method. Lab investigations offer students a chance to learn science content through a problem-based approach that encourages higher-order thinking. For effective student engagement, you should carefully consider how your formal and informal investigation fits into your overall lesson cycle.
This lab skills course will teach you how to choose content goals and design a question for your students to investigate further, following the scientific method. You will learn how to design the right pre- and post-lab activities that support student learning in their lab and then help ensure they are learning the scientific skills within your planned content goals.
Your training focuses on teaching the scientific method and will guide you in designing a comprehensive scientific investigation, from creating big questions aligned with your goals to planning and executing each step of the process. You will leave the course with a full scientific investigation plan and 25 templates, samples, and student resources ready to be implemented into your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Scientific investigations allow students to more deeply connect with science concepts in a lab setting. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to design a question aligned with your content goals, select and modify lab activities, and design pre- and post-lab activities to reinforce learning. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to plan for student and teacher actions within each activity and design a lab that follows the scientific method.
- Introduction to Scientific Investigations
- Learn about the 3 components of the scientific investigation framework.
- Creating a Big Question Aligned with Your Content Goals
- Plan your content goals for a new scientific investigation and design an appropriate big question, structured as a problem your students can later seek to solve.
- Choosing the Right Scientific Investigation
- Learn how to choose your scientific investigation and methods for modifying lab activities to accommodate more advanced levels of investigation.
- The Pre-Lab
- Evaluate the purpose of pre-lab activities, then design them and plan for the student and teacher actions within them.
- The Lab
- Evaluate the components of the scientific method to help your students engage in the lab activity and consider the teacher and student's actions to ensure scientific investigation throughout the lab activity.
- The Post-Lab
- Evaluate the purpose of post-lab activities, then design them and plan for the student and teacher actions within them.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own idea for a scientific investigation for your current or future classroom and receive feedback on your plans.
- Applying What You Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support the course topics, and read the research behind scientific inquiry in the classroom that supports this evidence-based professional development.
What you will learn
- Build a big question for students to answer in their scientific investigation
- Construct appropriately rigorous lab activities
- Develop components of the pre-lab
- Create a lab activity that follows the steps of the scientific method
- Develop components of the post-lab
How you will benefit
- Your lab activities will be more tightly aligned with your curriculum goals
- Student engagement will increase as they will be able to easily connect scientific principles with the real world through a variety of lab activities
- Your students will become more scientifically literate, interacting with science concepts in a manner that follows the scientific method
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Scientific investigations allow students to more deeply connect with science concepts in a lab setting. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to design a question aligned with your content goals, select and modify lab activities, and design pre- and post-lab activities to reinforce learning. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to plan for student and teacher actions within each activity and design a lab that follows the scientific method.
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Practical Action Research in the Classroom
- Practical Action Research in the Classroom
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course teaches you about the cyclical action research process that you can implement within your classroom, outlining the steps for empowering you to confidently apply these ideas for continuous instructional improvement. This teacher professional development course will provide you with a plan for implementing action research into your classroom. You will learn about the purpose of action research in education and evaluate the six-step process to utilizing it for your own classroom. You will identify a problem in your classroom and craft a research question. Then, you will learn how to select appropriate sources and conduct a literature review.
As you consider how to implement your action plan, you will learn about evaluating its effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative research methods and explore data collection and analysis techniques. Finally, you will learn how to form a conclusion and identify next steps, which you can share with others on your campus.
The course provides you with all the planning resources you will need to get started and supports you in designing an action research project ready to be implemented in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course equips you with a plan for implementing action research in your classroom through a six-step process. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn to identify classroom problems, craft research questions, conduct literature reviews, and employ qualitative and quantitative research methods for data collection and analysis, concluding with how to share results and future steps.
- Section 1 – An Introduction to Action Research
- The definition of action research
- The six action research steps
- How action research can be applied to any aspect of teaching
- Section 2 – Identifying a Problem and Posing a Research Question
- Example problems and questions for action research areas of interest
- The characteristics of a strong research question
- Section 3 – Literature Review
- The purpose of a literature review
- How to select appropriate resources for a literature review
- How to conduct a literature review
- Section 4 – Choosing a Solution
- How to choose one solution to implement in your action research
- How to change your research question if necessary
- Section 5- Collecting Data
- The difference between qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Examples of data that can be collected for each method
- Considerations for collecting reliable and valid data
- Section 6- Analyzing Data
- How to analyze qualitative and quantitative data
- The importance of data validity and reliability
- Considerations for forming a conclusion from the data you have collected
- Section 7- Communicate the Results
- Considerations for choosing an audience with whom to share your research
- How to create a presentation for sharing your results
- Your next steps after completing your first cycle of action research
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own action research plan.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that teach you about action research and evaluate the research behind its effectiveness.
What you will learn
- Define action research and its purpose and importance for us in the classroom
- Evaluate how to choose an appropriate action research question
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data
- Build a plan to propose and implement a solution
- Plan for sharing your research with others and determining next steps
How you will benefit
- You will continuously grow as an educator as you seek to find ways to constantly improve your classroom
- Your class environment will improve, and your students will benefit academically from your action research
- You will better understand how research translates into instructional practice and be able to identify ways to measure the success of ideas being implemented
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course equips you with a plan for implementing action research in your classroom through a six-step process. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn to identify classroom problems, craft research questions, conduct literature reviews, and employ qualitative and quantitative research methods for data collection and analysis, concluding with how to share results and future steps.
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Productive Methods of Struggle for Students
- Productive Methods of Struggle for Students
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will focus on the benefits of productive struggle and teach you some methods for designing effective activities to support students through challenging tasks. In this teacher professional development course, you will learn about the importance of allowing your students to engage in productive methods of struggle so that they can learn skills and strategies to overcome challenging tasks. You will be provided with activities and strategies to support your students and help foster productive struggle.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a reference guide that helps you eliminate unnecessary hurdles in your challenging activities so that you can set your students up for success. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to design activities that foster productive struggle in students. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will also learn about specific strategies you can use to help students overcome challenges and practice their skills for success.
- Productive Struggle Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of productive struggle, teaching you strategies to support students throughout challenging tasks. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to productive struggle. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of productive struggle.
What you will learn
- Define and learn about struggle and why it is important
- Build a plan for designing activities that promote and foster struggle
- Evaluate simple strategies you can use to support students during productive struggle
How you will benefit
- You will be able to allow your students the freedom to work through challenging tasks on their own after they begin utilizing the strategies you teach
- Your classroom dynamic will improve because you can offer increasingly challenging yet interesting, activities for students to grapple with
- These activities will allow students to work on increasingly complex cognitive skills, ultimately elevating your classroom and improving your student's academic performance
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you how to design activities that foster productive struggle in students. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will also learn about specific strategies you can use to help students overcome challenges and practice their skills for success.
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Professionalism Through Positive Personality
- Professionalism Through Positive Personality
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This quick course will teach you how specific personality traits contribute to aspects of your professionalism and provide you with a personality reflection and SWOT analysis for personal and professional growth. This course will help you understand teacher professionalism through an analysis of your personality characteristics. Seven personality traits will be explored in terms of their positive and negative personality features and how they might be applicable to professionalism in the classroom. You will be guided through a personality self-analysis and have the opportunity to complete a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis based on your personal reflection. Finally, you will explore methods for shifting any perceived negative behaviors into more positive, professional strengths.
This teacher professional development course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and the self-reflection and SWOT analysis for you to utilize in your growth as an educator. Videos and quizzes, amongst other course content resources will help guide you on your path to success throughout your training. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will support you in assessing your professionalism by examining seven personality traits. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be guided through a self-analysis to help you identify areas for improvement and work on specific strategies to improve your professionalism in an area of identified need.
- Professionalism Through Positive Personality Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of various personality traits and how those traits can impact professionalism. You will self-reflect on your own personality and identify areas for improvement. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to professionalism and personality. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of professionalism and personality.
What you will learn
- Evaluate seven common personality traits and how they may be perceived by others
- Analyze positive and negative perceptions of your personality
- Plan for shifting any perceived negative behaviors into positive, professional strengths
How you will benefit
- You will begin to understand your co-workers better as you reflect more on each personality type
- Your relationship with your co-workers, as well as your students, will improve as you work to grow in your professionalism
- You will learn more about yourself and your own personality characteristics and be able to more easily reflect on areas of improvement
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will support you in assessing your professionalism by examining seven personality traits. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be guided through a self-analysis to help you identify areas for improvement and work on specific strategies to improve your professionalism in an area of identified need.
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Project-Based Learning
- Project-Based Learning
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with a thorough understanding of how to implement a full Project-Based Learning (PBL) cycle into your classroom, from selecting your standards and project ideas to supporting and scaffolding student work. This teacher professional development course provides you with a step-by-step guide to Project-Based Learning (PBL), also known as project-based teaching and project-based education. You will understand what PBL is, and the common misconceptions people have about it. The course will guide you through a complete PBL cycle, covering critical steps, including aligning content standards, developing a big idea, identifying content area standards, setting student performance goals, choosing a final product, planning for community involvement, selecting assessments, scaffolding student work, preparing for the final presentation, and incorporating reflections after the project has been completed.
Throughout the course, you will gain practical knowledge and tools for effective PBL implementation in their classrooms. You will design a PBL cycle plan ready for implementation by the end of the course and leave with templates and resources ready to be used in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course is a step-by-step guide to Project-Based Learning (PBL) that covers its definition, common misconceptions, and critical steps in designing a PBL cycle. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a PBL cycle plan ready for implementation, along with valuable templates and resources for use in your classroom.
- An Introduction to Project Based Learning (PBL)
- The definition of Project Based Learning (PBL)
- The components of effective PBL
- Common Misunderstandings about PBL
- A Sample Project Based Learning Cycle
- What a full PBL cycle looks like in a classroom setting
- Aligning Content Standards on a Calendar
- Learn the 10 steps to planning a successful PBL cycle
- Learn how to align your content standards on a cross-curricular calendar (Step 1)
- Developing a Big Idea Based on Content Standards
- Learn how to develop your big idea in the form of a driving question or problem posed (Step 2)
- Identifying Content Area Standards
- How to identify the knowledge and skills embedded within a standard
- How to identify content area lessons (Step 3)
- Identifying Student Performance Goals
- How to identify student performance goals based on rigorous questions from Bloom's Taxonomy and rigorous questions from Webb's Depth of Knowledge (Step 4)
- Section 7 – Choosing a Final Product
- Learn how to choose a final product (Step 5)
- Learn about the different roles students can hold in a small group
- Planning for Community Involvement
- Learn how to plan for community involvement in your Project Based Learning lesson (Step 6)
- Identifying Assessments
- The two types of checkpoints
- The difference between formative, summative, and informal assessments
- How to choose appropriate assessments and checkpoints (Step 7)
- Scaffolding Student Work
- How to support student work through purposeful scaffolding (Step 8)
- The Final Presentation
- The purpose of having a presentation
- How to plan for a presentation with an appropriate audience (Step 9)
- Reflections
- The difference between personal and work-related reflections
- How to utilize reflection questions (Step 10)
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own project-based learning cycle for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that PBL ideas, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Define project-based learning and understand the key components of a successful PBL cycle
- Analyze misconceptions teachers often have about PBL
- Evaluate a PBL cycle in the classroom
- Plan, using a ten-step process, an effective PBL cycle
How you will benefit
- You will be able to collaborate with other content area teachers at your school
- Students will be able to connect with ideas across content areas and will show a deeper understanding of those concepts
- Student engagement with the content topics will increase as they learn how it applies to real problems
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course is a step-by-step guide to Project-Based Learning (PBL) that covers its definition, common misconceptions, and critical steps in designing a PBL cycle. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a PBL cycle plan ready for implementation, along with valuable templates and resources for use in your classroom.
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Providing Actionable Feedback to Students
- Providing Actionable Feedback to Students
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn how to deliver structured, specific, and actionable feedback to your students. Understand how to design criteria for observing and collecting evidence, write positive feedback, write feedback for improvement, and when to provide feedback to your students via formal or informal conferencing methods. Student feedback is a specific written or verbal response to a student's academic or behavioral performance, helping them recognize what they did well and what needs improvement. In this course, you will learn a specific, structured method for giving feedback to students that can help improve student performance while praising their strengths.
This course will guide you in completing a full feedback plan for your students, starting with identifying specific behaviors for the student to focus on, praising strengths, and offering constructive and actionable feedback for a specific area of improvement. You will be aided in providing this feedback to students in the future using 23 templates and samples ready to be implemented into the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course provides a formula for giving positive and improvement feedback derived from specific evidence observed in the classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During this student feedback course, you will practice collecting evidence aligned with specific performance criteria, generating feedback, and planning student conferences to help your students improve their performance over time in your classroom.
- Criteria for Feedback
- Learn about the purpose of providing detailed student feedback, and why the criterion for your feedback is important to consider.
- The Evidence
- This section teaches you what evidence is and why it is important. You will evaluate the four rules of collecting evidence and learn how to generate it.
- Providing Positive Feedback to Your Students
- You will learn the purpose of providing positive feedback, how to identify student strengths, and how to provide feedback to your students.
- Providing Feedback on Areas of Improvement
- You will learn the purpose of providing improvement feedback, how to identify areas for student improvement, and how to provide improvement feedback to your students.
- Implementing Feedback in Your Classroom
- You will analyze the process for choosing feedback and plan for your frequency of observations and feedback in your classroom.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, you will build an improvement feedback plan as practice for providing this feedback regularly in your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support the course topics, and read the research providing feedback that supports this evidence- based professional development.
What you will learn
- Construct specific evidence aligned with chosen behavioral or academic criteria
- Design positive feedback after identifying student strengths
- Design improvement feedback focused on four main components of effective feedback
- Evaluate implementation strategies for providing effective student feedback
How you will benefit
- You will build stronger relationships with your students by more effectively communicating with them about their strengths and weaknesses
- Student performance will increase, and frustrations will decrease as your students learn what they do well and receive actionable, specific ideas for improving areas of weakness
- Over time, your students will be able to more clearly articulate their own needs for support as they become used to targeted discussions aligned with specific behavioral and academic expectations that you set for your classroom
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course provides a formula for giving positive and improvement feedback derived from specific evidence observed in the classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. During this student feedback course, you will practice collecting evidence aligned with specific performance criteria, generating feedback, and planning student conferences to help your students improve their performance over time in your classroom.
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Reading Strategies Suite Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $455.00
Hours: 96
Learn creative ways to improve student literacy, turn guided reading strategies into opportunities, and bring differentiated instruction to life in your classroom.
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Ready, Set, Read! Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
Learn how a child becomes literate from the moment of birth. This course allows you to explore the development of reading and writing from infancy to early school years as you discover what problems to look for and how to assist struggling young readers.
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Ready, Set, Read! (Self-Guided)
- Ready, Set, Read! (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn how to support reading and writing skills in young learners. Take this opportunity to find out how children really learn to read and write. Explore current research that cuts through the media messages about reading wars and the right way to teach children. Learn by reading stories about children, doing interactive assignments, and exploring the latest in parent and childcare information.
In this course, you will learn how a child becomes literate from the moment of birth. First, you will investigate the many things a child's growing mind must do to make sense of the written word and create writing. From there, you will explore the development of reading and writing from infancy to the early school years. You will know what problems to look for and how to assist a struggling reader. You will see how you can boost literacy growth during daily routines and child's play. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn how to support reading and writing skills in young learners. Introduction to Literacy
Your first lesson introduces the course philosophy and objectives. Then, you will review examples and anecdotes to show you some of the many ways you interact with reading in your daily lives. You will also explore the history of reading instruction, so you better understand where research has taken us.
Language Development
Just as a child communicates with us before using words, young children initiate many literacy-related activities before they actually read and write. This lesson introduces language skills that have the greatest impact on a child becoming a successful reader and writer. You will end this lesson with a new understanding of the complexities of language development.
Sounds and Symbols
We all get excited when children learn their ABCs. But what role does this skill play in becoming a reader and writer? And what does it really mean to know your ABCs? This lesson uncovers the differences between rote memory, knowledge of sounds and symbols, phonemic awareness, and how all these things come together for the early reader.
Attention and Literacy
While attention and literacy may seem like big words for little people, the way a child's brain is attending to print in his world has a huge impact on reading, writing, and learning. In this lesson, you will learn about different types of attention and the importance of having an organized thinking system in order to learn about print.
Memory and Literacy
This lesson introduces what's happening when a child works to store information in memory. By the end of this lesson, you will realize how important it is to store information in some sort of order, and also how to get things out of memory again once they're put away. You will then be able to watch a young reader with a new awareness of how this skill impacts her success.
Comprehension and Literacy
You will understand what understanding is all about in this lesson. How does a child make sense of what you read to him or what he reads to himself? You will explore the many skills a child needs to understand text. Just because a child can say a word doesn't mean he knows the word when reading it.
Birth Through Age Two
While you would never want or expect a child under two to read, much pre-literacy work goes on during the early years before a child is really even talking. In this lesson, you will learn how infants grow to become readers and explore the literacy processes that occur during the first two years of life.
Ages Three and Four
This lesson explores the sequence of skills that brings toddlers and preschoolers to the threshold of becoming true readers and writers. You will learn why you should read that favorite story one more time, with enthusiasm. In fact, once you understand how much this repetition is helping your child's literacy, you will want to read it a dozen more times.
Kindergarten and Beyond
Research shows that humans learn literacy skills in the same order. This lesson explains that order and why it's okay if your child doesn't meet these milestones by a specific age. This lesson will guide you through the evolution of reading and writing letters, words, sentences, and complex ideas.
Becoming a Fluent Reader
How do all of these pieces come together to produce an able reader? By the end of this lesson, you will know what fluency looks like when a young child is successfully reading. Literacy skills continue to develop so a child can be successful with literacy activities throughout school and life.
Becoming a Fluent Writer
Now that you know all about the mental processes and learning sequences that lead to becoming a writer, you will learn new activities that demonstrate how the complex skill of writing emerges. You will learn what to watch for and how to assist a child who's becoming a successful scribe.
A Word About Disabilities
What's going on when a child isn't reading or writing when you expect him to? By the end of this lesson, you will know how to assist a child who struggles with literacy learning and how to locate resources for assistance. You will also understand the concept of "learning differences," which can help you focus on the strengths of a child who masters reading and writing slower than their peers. Self-Study
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Learn how to support reading and writing skills in young learners.
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Recitation Through Rote Memorization of Text
- Recitation Through Rote Memorization of Text
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you about the significance of rote memorization and recitation in your classroom and provide you with specific tools to implement it. This teacher professional development course will teach you about rote memorization, a subset of rote learning, and how it can be a valuable addition to a well-rounded educational experience for your students. You will learn how to teach students to recite texts and how recitation can help with close reading and support deeper learning of content. You will also learn how to assess and support an oral presentation. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, a graphic organizer to support students in text recitation, and an oral presentation checklist. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course emphasizes the value that rote memorization can play in a well-rounded education. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to teach the rote memorization strategy, support students in recitation, and monitor the progress of your students' oral presentations.
- Recitation through Rote Memorization of Text Course Content
- The video and article will help you understand the role that rote memorization can have in the classroom to promote recitation of texts, promote confidence, and improve public speaking skills. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to recitation. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of recitation and how it can be an added benefit to your classroom.
What you will learn
- Define recitation and understand how rote memorization can be a benefit in some classroom settings
- Evaluate a plan for teaching memorization and recitation in the classroom
- Review the components of the oral presentation
How you will benefit
- Your students will have a new memorization technique they can use to apply to other content areas that may support them in lengthy recall
- You can watch your students grow in confidence as they improve their public speaking skills through rote memorization
- You will be able to accurately measure their progress in oral presentations and provide the feedback and support that they need to be able to improve
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course emphasizes the value that rote memorization can play in a well-rounded education. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to teach the rote memorization strategy, support students in recitation, and monitor the progress of your students' oral presentations.
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Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
Discover reading strategies that work without the need for special pull-outs or extra attention. This course will introduce you to some creative tools that will help your struggling readers make steady progress throughout the school year.
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Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work (Self-Guided)
- Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need. Whether you're working with struggling readers in kindergarten or 12th grade, you will find that these strategies work with a full 80% of students, without the need for special pull-outs or extra IEP intervention. Why? Because RTI gets to the root of the problem—quickly. If you're eager to learn the right ways to help your struggling readers make steady progress throughout the year, you will find that this course gives you the power to teach flexibly and creatively, without the need for extra training in literacy or fluency. As an added bonus, there's nothing quite like helping students discover the pleasures of reading.
You will discover tools like Elkonin Boxes, alphabetic arcs, Bloom's Taxonomy, and new and exciting graphic organizers. Whether you're working with struggling readers in kindergarten or 12th grade, you will find that these strategies work with a full 80% of students, without the need for special pull-outs or extra IEP intervention. Why? Because RTI gets to the root of the problem—quickly.
If you're eager to learn the right ways to help your struggling readers make steady progress throughout the year, you will find that this course gives you the power to teach flexibly and creatively, without the need for extra training in literacy or fluency. As an added bonus, there's nothing quite like helping students discover the pleasures of reading. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need. What Is Response to Intervention?
Have you been searching for ways to help your struggling readers? Well, wonder no more. Response to intervention is here to help. Your first lesson explores how response to intervention uses research-based and tiered strategies to help students overcome roadblocks to literacy. You will discover how these strategies will help you meet your adequate yearly progress goals.
RTI's Problem-Solving Model
Response to intervention is based on a problem-solving model, which means that you get to be a scientist while you're teaching reading. You will begin by giving students a universal screening, deciding which intervention tier will be most helpful, trying several strategies, and then tweaking as necessary. Of course, you're also constantly evaluating how well your plan is working and whether students could benefit from more or less support.
Phonemic Awareness Strategies
Did you know that most adults aren't sure just what phonemic awareness is? You definitely won't be one of them after this fun lesson on the smallest units of sound a word can be divided into. First, you will learn about how to identify phonemes (/c/a/t/), and then take a look at how Elkonin Boxes and alphabetic arcs help students build phonemic awareness for simple and complex words.
Phonics Strategies
Phonemic awareness is the key to phonics instruction, so this lesson continues your journey by building a bridge between the two. When you teach students phonics, you're helping them understand the relationship between the word's sounds and the letters that represent them. Soon you will be able to teach your students to parse words into their individual sounds and letters and then put them back together to spell new words.
Fluency Strategies
When many readers read, they don't need to pause to decode what they are seeing on the page. While you might take this for granted, it's an experience that's completely foreign to most struggling readers. So, in this lesson, you will explore the ways you can help struggling readers build fluency with direct and indirect approaches. This will help them learn to read with more automaticity.
Vocabulary-Building Strategies
Have you ever sat down to read a thermodynamics text just for fun? Probably not. Many readers prefer to read text with words they know. But for many of your students, that means only a handful of texts will fit the bill. What's the solution? Helping students build three tiers of vocabulary, from the common sight words on up to complicated words with prefixes and suffixes. You will learn how to do that in this lesson.
Comprehension Strategies
This lesson tackles comprehension by engaging students where they are so they can build a bridge to where they're going. You will learn about several powerful comprehension strategies, like Making Connections and Bloom's Taxonomy. With a little practice and a lot of coaching, your struggling readers will be making meaning in no time.
Content-Area Strategies
Get ready to meet a powerful strategy to help students who are struggling with content area reading. Have you heard of SQ3R? With such a complicated name, it looks like it belongs in science fiction, but it can actually help students decode ordinary math, science, social studies, and language arts text. In this lesson, you will discover how to survey, question, read, recite, and review.
Writing Strategies
Do any of your students suffer from Blank Page Syndrome when it's time to write? In this lesson, you will learn how to counter this difficult problem with some creative and fun ways to take the monotony out of putting ideas on paper. Get ready for Doodles to Details, brainstorming, quick writes, and more.
Differentiating Strategies
Perhaps you have already found a strategy you love, but you want to tweak it a little bit to better meet your students' needs. Well, that's what differentiation is all about—adding some extra spice to the classroom. This lesson covers how to tailor powerful response to intervention strategies to different students' learning styles, multiplying the choices you can offer your students.
Enhancing Teamwork
Are you eager to turn your school into a professional learning community? Great. This lesson delves into effective collaborate by exploring how you can use teamwork to build a more cohesive classroom and create more meaningful learning experiences. If you've been wondering just what goes into a strong team and how to get one started at your school, don't worry — you will soon have all the answers.
Cementing RTI Interventions
While you can perform literacy miracles at school if given enough time, ultimately, you need to involve parents if you want your efforts to last. In this final lesson, you will explore some smart strategies for getting parents onboard including the best ways to communicate, share, and answer any questions that come up in the process. Self-Study
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Learn response to intervention (RTI) strategies that ensure the struggling readers in your classroom get the help and education they need.
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Retrieval Practice for Understanding Math
- Retrieval Practice for Understanding Math
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will highlight the significance of retrieval practice in the math classroom and guide you in a specific format for teaching retrieval techniques to your students. This teacher professional development course teaches you what retrieval practice is and how it can be important to support math learning in the classroom. You will learn about how to implement the retrieval practice study method and then learn three modifications that can be used to best support the retrieval of content: spacing, interleaving, and feedback. You will then learn specific activities that can help students practice math retrieval.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the course content and a retrieval practice planning document to support you in the implementation of the course concepts. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explains retrieval practice and its relevance in math education. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to implement retrieval practice, add on modifications to retrieval practice, and structure specific activities to support retrieval practice in your math classroom.
- Utilizing Retrieval Practice Strategies in Math Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of what retrieval practice is, how it is beneficial in the math classroom, and how to teach it to students and implement it in your class. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to retrieval practice and memory. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of retrieval practice.
What you will learn
- Understand what retrieval practice is
- Evaluate its importance in the learning process and its place in the math classroom
- Analyze specific implementation strategies for incorporating retrieval practice in your math instruction
How you will benefit
- You will be able to easily guide your students on a simple studying strategy that will support them in their foundational math skills
- By strengthening math skills in your students using retrieval practice, concepts will become easier to master over time
- Your students' academic performance and confidence will improve, elevating your classroom environment
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explains retrieval practice and its relevance in math education. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to implement retrieval practice, add on modifications to retrieval practice, and structure specific activities to support retrieval practice in your math classroom.
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Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies
- Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course provides you with straightforward strategies you can provide in your regular classroom instruction to aid English Language Learner (ELL) students in improving their vocabulary skills at Tier 1, 2, and 3 levels. This course will introduce the challenges that English Language Learners (ELLs) encounter with unfamiliar vocabulary and will help you grasp the distinctions between tier 1, 2, and 3 vocabulary words. You will learn different vocabulary strategies, how to support your students at each vocabulary tier, and explore both implicit and explicit vocabulary teaching methods. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, videos, quizzes, and a variety of vocabulary templates ready to be used in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will address the challenges English Language Learners (ELLs) face with unfamiliar vocabulary and offer methods for support in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn a variety of vocabulary strategies that can be implemented immediately in your classroom using the provided vocabulary templates in this course.
- Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of the vocabulary support needs of English Language and explain how you can support vocabulary development at the tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 vocabulary levels. Strategies for support will be offered for each level, along with support documents you can download and use in your classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to tiered vocabulary levels and English Language Learners. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of ELL vocabulary needs.
What you will learn
- Understand the challenges that ELLs face when they encounter unfamiliar vocabulary
- Analyze the differences between tier 1, 2, and 3, vocabulary words
- Analyze implicit versus explicit vocabulary teaching methods
- Evaluate the right vocabulary strategies for your ELLs for teaching vocabulary and word meaning
How you will benefit
- You will be able to easily support your ELLs without much additional planning time as you build in some simple support strategies to help them with vocabulary understanding
- Your ELLs will improve more rapidly both in their proficiency as well as academically in your content area because of your targeted focus
- The class dynamic will improve, and your classroom will become more engaging as your ELLs are able to communicate more effectively in the class discourse
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will address the challenges English Language Learners (ELLs) face with unfamiliar vocabulary and offer methods for support in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn a variety of vocabulary strategies that can be implemented immediately in your classroom using the provided vocabulary templates in this course.
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Simple Ideas to Promote Student Engagement
- Simple Ideas to Promote Student Engagement
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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In this course you will learn about some strategies you can implement to foster three types of student engagement (behavioral, cognitive, and emotional) at various levels. This teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of the five levels of student engagement so that you know how to move students toward the higher level. You will learn about behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement and review some simple strategies that can begin to address and support engagement in your classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a student engagement planning resource to help you implement the ideas into your classroom immediately. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explains the five levels of student engagement and offers strategies for promoting higher-level behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
The comprehensive course package includes a downloadable PDF, quizzes and videos to test your knowledge, and a student engagement planning resource for immediate classroom implementation.
- Student Engagement in the Classroom Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of three types of student engagement and how you can implement specific strategies to support each one. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to student engagement. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of student engagement.
What you will learn
- Understand the three types of student engagement (behavioral, cognitive, and emotional)
- Analyze the five levels of engagement
- Plan specific strategies to increase student engagement to support engagement types at various levels
How you will benefit
- You will have a more dynamic classroom where students work together well on your chosen lesson activities
- Your work in improving student engagement will decrease behavioral problems as you implement strategies to move students toward higher levels of engagement
- Students will be able to work on increasingly complex tasks as they work to engage well with each other, allowing you to teach them content at high levels
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course explains the five levels of student engagement and offers strategies for promoting higher-level behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources.
The comprehensive course package includes a downloadable PDF, quizzes and videos to test your knowledge, and a student engagement planning resource for immediate classroom implementation.
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Social-Emotional Support for Gifted Students
- Social-Emotional Support for Gifted Students
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you about characteristics of your gifted students and provide you with simple social-emotional strategies you can use to support your students in your classroom. This teacher professional development course teaches you common character traits of gifted students and areas of struggle your gifted students may experience. You will delve into the social-emotional development of gifted students and areas that may be necessary for you to support. You will leave the course with specific social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies you can implement immediately to support your students.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a planning template to help you map out the support you will provide to your gifted students. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you examine some common characteristics of gifted students—and how those traits can influence social-emotional development. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn specific strategies you can easily implement into your classroom to help support your gifted student.
- A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with the content required to understand and implement strategies for support of gifted students and their social-emotional needs. It also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to gifted students and their needs. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your learning of social-emotional support for teaching gifted students.
What you will learn
- Define social-emotional characteristics of gifted students
- Evaluate areas of need when supporting your gifted students' social emotional development
- Analyze specific social-emotional strategies to implement in the classroom
- Understand Bloom's Taxonomy and its connection to cognitive processes
How you will benefit
- More deeply understand your gifted students and some of their common character traits
- Become more supportive of your gifted students' social and emotional well-being
- Enhance and improve your classroom culture by the implementation of social-emotional support strategies
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you examine some common characteristics of gifted students—and how those traits can influence social-emotional development. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn specific strategies you can easily implement into your classroom to help support your gifted student.
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Solving Classroom Discipline Problems Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Enjoy a more peaceful, orderly classroom that is free of common discipline problems. This course provides a step-by-step approach to effective, positive classroom discipline, and it's continually rated by teachers as one of the most valuable they've ever taken.
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Solving Classroom Discipline Problems (Self-Guided)
- Solving Classroom Discipline Problems (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn the step-by-step approach to an orderly classroom in this course designed by a veteran teacher. Why do some teachers enjoy peaceful, orderly classrooms while other teachers face daily discipline battles? The answer is that many teachers have not been taught the secrets to solving discipline problems. This course reveals those secrets and presents a step-by-step approach to effective, positive classroom discipline. Teachers continually rate this course one of the most valuable they have ever taken. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn the step-by-step approach to an orderly classroom in this course designed by a veteran teacher. I've Got a Secret!
In your first lesson, you will learn a very important secret about children and discipline. Once you know the secret, you will be empowered to solve all classroom discipline problems, whether minor or severe. Armed with your new knowledge, you will be on your way to a more peaceful and productive classroom.
Children Need to Behave
This lesson explores what motivates student behavior. We come into the world with a set of needs, and for the rest of our lives, we struggle to learn how to best meet those needs. In this lesson, you will examine students' needs and learn how to teach to them to meet those needs responsibly.
Now You're Going to Get It
You may know what approaches don't work with students, but this lesson will explain why they don't work. You will learn about the brain's three control centers and how they affect your students' behavior. You will also learn how to avoid ineffective responses that can only make problems worse.
And the Winner Is . . .
When discipline is practiced correctly, there are no losers, only winners. This lesson focuses on correct discipline practices. Teachers win because they are able to have their needs met without imposing authority. Students get their needs met because they get a say in the process.
You've Got to Have a Plan
If you just react as situations present themselves, you are going to continually have problems. In this lesson, you will create your game plan for effective classroom discipline. With this plan, you and your students can agree on which behaviors are acceptable and which are not in your classroom.
What to Do When
Now that you have a plan, what do you do when students choose to misbehave? What do you do when they behave responsibly? This lesson introduces actions you can take when students choose to ignore boundaries.
Problems and Maturity
Now that you're halfway through the course, it's time to put your new knowledge into action. In the remaining lessons, you learn how to apply what you have learned to discipline problems that occur in any classroom.
Problems with Others
This lesson focuses on solving problems that involve how students relate to and interact with each other. You will learn steps that you can take that will both stop the inappropriate behavior and teach appropriate, responsible behavior.
Problems and Defiance
In this lesson, you will learn active listening and other techniques that you can use to defuse emotional situations. You will learn how to effectively deal with students who continually behave in ways that push your emotional buttons and try your patience.
Problems and Schoolwork
Behavior problems often result in poor academic performance, either directly or indirectly. This lesson gives you a practical approach to helping students who have chosen to not work to their full potential.
Problems and Independence
Problems and Independence - In this lesson, you will examine discipline problems that arise out of students' need for freedom and independence. These problems occur more frequently in the preteen and teenage years, but independence can be an issue at any age.
Let's Try Again Tomorrow
What do you do if you try these new approaches, but they don't work? That's the subject of this last lesson. You will learn additional strategies you can use to solve severe or recurring problems. Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Learn the step-by-step approach to an orderly classroom in this course designed by a veteran teacher.
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Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Gain the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students make more responsible choices. This course offers a step-by-step approach to discipline and numerous real-life examples clearly showing you how to put the ideas into action.
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Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II (Self-Guided)
- Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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In this professional development course, you'll get the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students you're teaching make more responsible choices. In this professional development course, you'll get the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students you're teaching make more responsible choices. You'll discover how to use a new research-based six-step approach to solve severe and chronic discipline problems, including bullying, fighting, using abusive language, stealing, and refusing to work.
You'll gain a new understanding of what motivates severe and chronic misbehavior and, more important, what actions will help you effectively find solutions. You'll look at numerous real-life examples set in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms so you can see how to put the ideas into action in your own teaching situation. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In this professional development course, you'll get the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students you're teaching make more responsible choices.
- What Makes Some Problems So Difficult?
- Dealing With Difficult Problems
- An Effective Discipline Plan
- Teaching Time-Outs
- Class Meetings
- High School Problems
- Middle School Problems
- Upper Elementary School Problems
- Lower Elementary School Problems
- Dealing With Violent Situations
- How to Handle Special Problems
- Preventing Severe and Chronic Problems
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In this professional development course, you'll get the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students you're teaching make more responsible choices.
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Strategies and Tools for Co-Teaching
- Strategies and Tools for Co-Teaching
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Fee: $98.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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You will learn about six co-teaching instructional models and build a specific plan for implementing co-teaching into your classroom, including utilizing curriculum planning, goal setting, assessment, and self-reflection strategies. This teacher professional development course will teach you exactly how to choose a co-teaching model and implement it in the classroom. You will learn about the six instructional models of co-teaching, along with the eight components of successful co-teaching. The course will lead you through planning for each component of co-teaching, including communication, physical classroom arrangement, curriculum design, instructional goals, assessment, and more.
The course ends with a final action plan that you will complete consisting of a co-teaching lesson you plan to implement. You will receive several planning resources and other documents to support you in a successful co-teaching implementation between you and your co-teacher. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course equips you with the knowledge to select and apply co-teaching models effectively in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover the six instructional models of co-teaching and the eight components of successful co-teaching. Your learning journey will guide you through comprehensive planning, culminating in an action plan for a co-teaching lesson supported by valuable planning resources.
- An Overview of Co-Teaching
- What Co-Teaching is and What it Isn't
- The Six Instructional Models of Co-Teaching
- The Eight Components of Successful Co-Teaching
- The Benefits of co-teaching and Potential Challenges for Both Students and Teachers
- Instructional Presentation
- The Six Most Commons Models of Co-Teaching
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Model
- How Classrooms Are Set-Up for Each Model and When They Are Most Effective
- Interpersonal Communication
- About the Importance of Interpersonal Communication
- The Impact of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
- How Your Personality Traits Impact Working Relationships
- How to Address Conflicts When They Arise
- Physical Arrangement
- Different Ways the Co-Teaching Space Can be Physically Arranged
- What Elements Make Up the Physical Space Other Than Desk Arrangements
- Classroom Management
- The Importance of Setting Up Structures and Routines With Students
- The Importance of Building a Strong Classroom Community Through Relationships
- Familiarity with Curriculum
- Why Both Co-teachers Need to be Equally Familiar With the Curriculum
- How to Increase Your Curriculum Knowledge
- When it Might be Appropriate for Teachers to Have Different Levels of Knowledge of the Curriculum
- Curriculum Goals and Modifications
- How to Set Instructional Goals
- The Difference Between Accommodations and Modifications
- How to Make Appropriate Modifications
- Instructional Planning
- The Different Types of Instructional Planning and When They Should be Done
- The Benefits of Regular, Intentional Planning
- How to Plan Effectively
- Assessment
- About the Different Types of Assessments That Can be Used
- How to Adjust Instruction Based on the Results of Those Assessments
- Self-Reflection
- How to Self-Reflect on Your Co-Teaching Practices to Determine Your Effectiveness
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own co-teaching plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature co-teaching resources, and read the research behind this type of instructional model in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Define co-teaching and its six instructional models
- Evaluate when to utilize each of the six co-teaching models in the classroom
- Create co-teaching strategies using the eight components of co-teaching for successful implementation
How you will benefit
- You will have a stronger relationship with your co-teacher
- Your lessons will become more efficient and streamlined
- Your students' progress will be maximized, and students or groups will receive the differentiated support they need when co-teaching is implemented accurately
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course equips you with the knowledge to select and apply co-teaching models effectively in your classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover the six instructional models of co-teaching and the eight components of successful co-teaching. Your learning journey will guide you through comprehensive planning, culminating in an action plan for a co-teaching lesson supported by valuable planning resources.
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Strategies to Check for Understanding
- Strategies to Check for Understanding
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course teaches you how to check for student understanding before, during, and after a lesson. You will encounter a variety of strategies that you can choose from during all parts of your lessons. This teacher professional development course will provide you with an understanding of how to incorporate checks for understanding (CFUs) throughout your lessons. It will guide you through the effective use of CFUs before, during, and after instruction. The course also emphasizes a data-driven approach to your lessons so that you can effectively monitor student progress over time. By the end of the course, you will have an action plan for checking students' understanding throughout your lesson. You will also have access to a strategy guide and various tracking templates ready for you to use in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you the importance of regular checks for understanding (CFUs) throughout your lesson. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about verbal, written, and demonstration CFUs and specific strategies you can choose from throughout the day.
- An Introduction to Checking for Understanding
- What "Checking for Understanding" (CFU) is and why it is used
- Three general strategies to use when checking for understanding
- How to create CFU activities with assessments and data in mind
- CFU Before Instruction
- The purpose of CFUs before instruction
- How to develop aligned and impactful checks for understanding before instruction
- Using data to inform instruction
- CFU During Instruction
- The purpose of CFUs during instruction
- How to develop aligned and impactful checks for understanding during instruction
- The importance of using data to correct misconceptions as soon as they occur
- CFU After Instruction
- The importance of CFUs after instruction
- How to develop aligned and impactful checks for understanding to use after instruction
- The importance of using data to ensure student content mastery
- CFU in Action
- Analyze the components of a lesson that uses multiple methods to check for student understanding
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own plan to check for understanding for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature various strategies to help you check student understanding, and read the research behind formative assessments.
What you will learn
- Understand formative assessments and how CFU strategies should be incorporated before, during, and at the end of the lesson
- Analyze CFU activities in verbal, written, and demonstration formats
- Review closed and open strategies to check for understanding
- Evaluate methods of data collection and progress monitoring
How you will benefit
- You will understand what each child knows at each point of your lesson
- You will be able to check for the depth of knowledge in the content you are teaching
- Your lesson planning will become more streamlined and targeted as you collect accurate data daily from your students
- Academic achievement will increase since you will be able to immediately address any misconceptions and structure lessons based on your daily data collection methods
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you the importance of regular checks for understanding (CFUs) throughout your lesson. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn about verbal, written, and demonstration CFUs and specific strategies you can choose from throughout the day.
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Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Learning
- Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Learning
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will provide you with an overview of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and teach you specific tools and strategies to integrate SEL best practices into any classroom. This teacher professional development course will teach you the five components of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and how to support students using a variety of social-emotional learning activities and strategies. You will learn about self-connections within SEL and how to teach self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making. You will also learn about how to teach students to make connections with others. You will end the course with a completed SEL plan you created and utilize the graphic organizers and various resources provided to support your students in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will enable you to explore the five components of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and gain insights into how to support your students with various strategies. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a personalized SEL plan and access to resources ready to be used in your classroom.
- Defining Social-Emotional Learning
- What Social-Emotional Learning is and Why it is Important for Students
- The Five Main Components of Social-Emotional Learning
- Self-Connections within SEL
- How to Teach Self-Awareness and Self-Management Skills
- How to Teach Students Responsible Decision-Making Skills
- Connections to Others Within SEL
- How to Teach Social Awareness
- How to Teach Relationship Skills
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own social-emotional learning plan for your classroom.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that introduce various SEL strategies, and read the research behind supporting students' SEL in the classroom
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in academic success and emotional intelligence
- Analyze the SEL framework and how SEL is implemented into any classroom regardless of grade level or subject areas
- Compare student self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making skills as ways to improve a student's well-being
- Evaluate various SEL strategies that can be implemented on top of your existing lessons
- Build a successful SEL plan ready for implementation
How you will benefit
- Your classroom management will improve by providing students with tools and strategies to manage their emotions and social skills, resulting in a decrease in negative behaviors
- Academically, students will improve in your classroom as they practice their SEL skills
- Your classroom dynamic will be happier and more functional, and your students will be more engaged with one another and with you
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will enable you to explore the five components of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and gain insights into how to support your students with various strategies. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. By the end of the course, you will have a personalized SEL plan and access to resources ready to be used in your classroom.
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Student-Led Classroom Management
- Student-Led Classroom Management
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you specific strategies for managing student behaviors through a student-led approach by implementing ideas like natural consequences and clear expectations. This teacher professional development course will teach you about various aspects of classroom management by considering individual students and their needs in a student-led approach. You will learn about designing classroom expectations and aligning natural consequences, building action plans, tracking student behaviors, and implementing strategies to hold students accountable. You will also explore how to communicate behaviors and progress to parents and campus specialists.
During your course, you will build a classroom management plan that is ready to be implemented in the classroom and gain access to many resources and planning documents provided within the course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you classroom management through a student-led approach by addressing the designing of expectations and natural consequences in your classroom. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will also learn how to track behaviors, hold students accountable, and communicate behavioral issues and progress to families and campus specialists.
- Introduction to Student-Led Classroom Management
- Understanding and defining student-led classroom management
- Expectations & Accountability
- Part 1 – Communication
- Part 2 – Recording Misbehavior
- Behavior Interventions
- Part 1 – Techniques
- Part 2 – Managing Students
- Communicating to Others (Administration, Specialists, & Parents)
- Strategies to communicate behaviors to others
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own classroom management plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature classroom management strategies, and read the research behind this type of support in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the steps for creating appropriate classroom expectations
- Analyze methods for aligning consequences and action plans with your expectations
- Plan methods for tracking individual student behaviors
- Review strategies to manage and hold students accountable for their behaviors
- Prepare for how to communicate student behaviors and expectations to parents and specialists
How you will benefit
- Students will more easily meet your expectations for your classroom because you will have clear rules, procedures, and consequences set
- Help decrease student behavioral issues and become better able to track improvements in behaviors
- Partner with your students' families and campus specialists who work to support and improve the child's behaviors
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you classroom management through a student-led approach by addressing the designing of expectations and natural consequences in your classroom. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will also learn how to track behaviors, hold students accountable, and communicate behavioral issues and progress to families and campus specialists.
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Supporting Reading for Middle School Learners
- Supporting Reading for Middle School Learners
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will introduce you to practical tools and strategies for supporting reading instruction for your middle school students. You will learn about reading behaviors, how to build mini-lessons, and various classroom activities to support your students. This teacher professional development course provides you with an understanding of your middle school students' reading behaviors and teaches you how to assess their reading levels and recognize specific behaviors related to reading progression. You will learn practice strategies for teaching both "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors using the many activities, mini-lessons, and resources provided within this course. You will build a reading support plan by the end of the course to implement alongside your resources in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you understand your middle school students' reading behaviors and how to assess their reading levels and progress. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It will provide you with practical strategies and activities to teach "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
- Understanding Reading Behaviors
- This section explains the methods required to help determine your middle school students' reading level, then discusses the general reading behaviors students at each middle school grade level should exhibit.
- Reading Behavior Progression & Choosing a Focus Behavior
- You will learn how skills progress in students as reading levels increase. You will also learn how to pinpoint the behaviors your student needs to master to progress to the next reading level.
- Reading Behaviors Within the Text
- You will explore mini lessons, activities, anchor charts, and graphic organizers to help teach "within the text" reading behaviors. You will also learn the function of a variety of resources that will help you plan and organize your reading lessons.
- Reading Behaviors Beyond the Text
- You will explore mini lessons, activities, anchor charts, and graphic organizers designed to help you teach "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own reading support plan for your middle school students
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature reading strategies, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Analyze a variety of methods to determine a student's reading level
- Compare different reading behaviors and choose a focus for your instruction
- Evaluate a variety of strategies, including mini-lessons, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and group activities to support your reading instruction
- Build a reading plan for support in your classroom
How you will benefit
- More accurately pinpoint your students' reading levels and the behaviors they can exhibit during reading instruction
- Help students grow in reading more rapidly with a systematic and structured approach to reading support
- Your students' reading levels will improve, their confidence will increase, and you will be able to engage more deeply with texts as you work with your students
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you understand your middle school students' reading behaviors and how to assess their reading levels and progress. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. It will provide you with practical strategies and activities to teach "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
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Supporting Reading Instruction for K-5 Students
- Supporting Reading Instruction for K-5 Students
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will introduce you to practical tools and strategies for supporting reading instruction for your elementary learners. You will learn about reading behaviors, how to build mini-lessons, and various classroom activities to help your students. This teacher professional development course provides you with an understanding of your elementary students' reading behaviors and teaches you how you can assess their reading levels and recognize specific behaviors related to reading progression. You will learn practice strategies for teaching both "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors using the many activities, mini-lessons, and resources provided within this course. You will build a reading support plan by the end of the course to implement alongside your resources in the classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you understand your elementary students' reading behaviors and how to assess their reading levels and progress. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will provide you with practical strategies and activities to teach "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
- Understanding Reading Behaviors
- This section explains the methods required to help determine your elementary students' reading level, then discusses the general reading behaviors students at each elementary grade level should exhibit.
- Reading Behavior Progression & Choosing a Focus Behavior
- You will learn how skills progress in students as reading levels increase. You will also learn how to pinpoint the behaviors your student needs to master to progress to the next reading level.
- Reading Behaviors Within the Text
- You will explore mini lessons, activities, anchor charts, and graphic organizers to help teach "within the text" reading behaviors. You will also learn the function of a variety of resources that will help you plan and organize your reading lessons.
- Reading Behaviors Beyond the Text
- You will explore mini lessons, activities, anchor charts, and graphic organizers designed to help you teach "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own reading support plan for your elementary students
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature reading strategies, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Analyze a variety of methods to determine a student's reading level
- Compare different reading behaviors and choose a focus for your instruction
- Evaluate a variety of teaching reading strategies, including mini-lessons, graphic organizers, anchor charts, and group activities to support your reading instruction
- Build a reading plan for support in your classroom
How you will benefit
- More accurately pinpoint each students' reading levels and the behaviors they can exhibit during reading instruction
- Help students grow in reading more rapidly with a systematic and structured approach to reading support
- Your students' reading levels will improve, their confidence will grow, and you can engage more deeply with texts as you work with them
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you understand your elementary students' reading behaviors and how to assess their reading levels and progress. Model Teaching's mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will provide you with practical strategies and activities to teach "within the text" and "beyond the text" reading behaviors.
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Survival Kit for New Teachers Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn the keys to success from an experienced educator so you can thrive as a classroom teacher. This course is designed to help teachers build motivational classrooms, reach diverse learners, write engaging lesson plans, communicate clearly, and keep stress at bay.
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Survival Kit for New Teachers (Self-Guided)
- Survival Kit for New Teachers (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Learn the secrets for success in your first years of teaching. Feel a little trepidation before entering your classroom? You're not alone! Whether you're already teaching, a newly credentialed graduate, or a substitute looking to transition to full-time, this course will provide you with proven tools, tips, and tricks to make your early years in the classroom a breeze.
Teaching is a balancing act, and it requires a blend of subject expertise and classroom skills to reach all of your diverse learners. In this informational and interactive course, you'll learn the particulars of running a motivational classroom that will feel like home to your students. You will discover how to write winning lesson plans, reach diverse learners through differentiated instruction, communicate clearly, plan memorable events, and keep stress at bay so you can feel good about going to work every morning. You will reap the benefits gained through many years of firsthand classroom experience! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Learn the keys to success from an experienced educator so you can thrive as a classroom teacher. This course is designed to help teachers build motivational classrooms, reach diverse learners, write engaging lesson plans, communicate clearly, and keep stress at bay. Welcome to Your Classroom
Do you ever stop to think about what inspired you to teach? Whether you're a brand new teacher looking for your first job, or a teacher with a year or two behind you, you'll take a look at the inspiration behind teachers of excellence. In the first lesson, you'll learn to draw on your inspiration as you face the academic (and not so academic) challenges ahead.
Plan Your Dream Classroom
Preparing your first classroom can be daunting if you don't have an action plan. From color theory to desk arrangement and bulletin boards, do you know how you want to stimulate your students visually? In this lesson, you'll find out the best ways to bring that touch of home and warmth to your classroom.
Make Your Lesson Plans
If you've ever wondered exactly how to fill those six hours you'll spend teaching, look no further than creative, engaging lesson plans. In this lesson, you'll discover the differences between full and condensed sets of lesson plans and learn how to build student excitement with a strong anticipatory set.
Differentiate Instruction
You may not know it yet, but differentiated instruction is probably second nature to you. It's all about modifying your curricular objectives to meet diverse student needs. In this lesson, you'll find out how to use interest centers, cubing, and tiering as easy methods of differentiating instruction in your class.
Reach Special Needs Students
Not so long ago, special needs students were relegated to different classrooms with their own teachers. These days, it's becoming more and more popular to include them in the regular classroom. This brings a host of new learning challenges and opportunities. In this lesson, you'll explore common special needs, IEPs, and smart ways to incorporate diverse learning objectives into your teaching routine.
Get Organized
Did you know that you shouldn't have more than five classroom rules? Are you prepared in the event of a fire drill? If you've been searching for the right rules, routines, and organization tips to make your classroom flow smoothly, look no further. This lesson will show you a bunch of time-saving tips that will help you add order to your classroom.
Build Lasting Relationships at School
The key to teaching is building strong relationships between school and home. This starts with your students and ideally extends across the campus, into the home, and out to the community. In this lesson, you'll learn tactics to win students, engage parents, and impress the school as you set an example as a strong communicator.
Negotiate Discipline and Rewards
One of the biggest classroom dilemmas is how to handle discipline and rewards—striking that balance between overreaction and fair play can be tricky. Luckily, you can use your communication skills to bridge conflict and turn classroom problems into teaching opportunities. In this lesson, you'll learn how to do just that.
Write Effective Assignments and Tests
Writing assignments and tests is never a thrill, even when you know exactly what learning you want to measure and how you want to do it. In this lesson, you'll discover the power of rubrics, tests that account for a wide range of student diversity, and creative assignments that bring out the best in all your learners.
Plan Exciting Classroom Events
Does the thought of public speaking make you cringe? It's natural for new teachers to be nervous about milestone events like Back to School Night, parent-teacher conferences, and field trips into the community. However, with planning, organization, and a little bit of homework on your part, you'll be able to pull off smooth events that look like they were planned by a pro.
Manage Stress
It's common for teachers to reach a burn-out point some time in those first few years. In this lesson, you'll learn to build balance in your life so that the job will never overwhelm you too much. From classroom strategies to make your life less hectic to after-hours relaxation tips that help veteran teachers let loose, you'll learn the best ways to keep stress at bay.
Nail Interviews to Advance Your Career
When you're ready to advance your career to the next level, you'll need to showcase not just what you've done, but what you're ready to do in a new classroom. It has to do with how you package your skills. In the final lesson, you'll discover what administrators are looking for and how to wow them with your creativity. Self-Study
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Learn the keys to success from an experienced educator so you can thrive as a classroom teacher. This course is designed to help teachers build motivational classrooms, reach diverse learners, write engaging lesson plans, communicate clearly, and keep stress at bay.
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Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork
- Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn to empower your students and boost classroom productivity! This course will teach you what brain breaks are, the various types of brain breaks, and strategies for implementing them into your classroom. Discover the power of brain breaks in this course, designed to help you re-energize your students and enhance their focus with intentional, short pauses during lessons. You will learn about various brain break activities and techniques and how to implement them effectively in your classroom. This course includes a downloadable PDF of the content, including examples of brain break ideas, and a planning template that will guide you in implementing these breaks as part of your daily lessons. This training also comes with a BOOST planning template that helps you plan for implementation by keeping in mind the break activity type, your course objective, optimal scheduling, set-up and support, and time. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Brain breaks are intentional, short pauses from academic content when a mental break may be needed. Brain breaks can be effective for re-engaging students in the lesson content and provide a momentary mental respite from complex tasks.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about the different types of brain breaks you can introduce to your students and help you build an implementation plan for brain breaks in classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Our teacher professional development course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a BOOST planning template that helps you plan for implementation by keeping in mind the break activity type, your course objective, optimal scheduling, set-up and support, and time.
- Brain Breaks Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with examples of brain breaks and ideas for implementing them throughout your lessons. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to brain breaks in your classroom activities. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of brain breaks, when they should be used, and how they can be incorporated into your regular lesson activities.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of brain breaks
- Analyze what brain breaks can look like in the classroom
- Evaluate ideas for planning and implementing brain breaks into your lessons
How you will benefit
- Empower your students to become more engaged with challenging lesson topics
- Improve your classroom culture and relationship with your students
- Create a more orderly and focused classroom as students learn a structured way to renew their energy by taking a mental break
Self-Study
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Brain breaks are intentional, short pauses from academic content when a mental break may be needed. Brain breaks can be effective for re-engaging students in the lesson content and provide a momentary mental respite from complex tasks.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about the different types of brain breaks you can introduce to your students and help you build an implementation plan for brain breaks in classroom. Model Teaching's Mission is to Improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Our teacher professional development course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a BOOST planning template that helps you plan for implementation by keeping in mind the break activity type, your course objective, optimal scheduling, set-up and support, and time.
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Teacher's Aide with ParaPro Prep
- Teacher's Aide with ParaPro Prep
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Fee: $1,695.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Train to become a paraprofessional educator. This course will prepare you for the ETS ParaPro Assessment, a Praxis exam needed to work as a teacher's aide. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this program are included in enrollment. The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment:
- Teaching in Today's Inclusive Classrooms: A Universal Design for Learning Approach, Fourth Edition, by Richard M. Gargiulo and Debbie Metcalf
- Methods and Strategies for Teaching Students with High Incidence Disabilities: A Case-Based Approach, Second edition, by Joseph Boyle and David Scanlon
- Praxis ParaProfessional Study Guide
Please note: You will receive a digital book if the physical book is on backorder.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive the ParaPro Interactive Practice Test to help prepare for the exam. Schools need paraprofessionals! This course will prepare you for the ETS ParaPro Assessment exam, so you can work as a teacher's aide. You'll learn how these paraprofessional educators assist with classroom instruction and build a foundation in educational principles like classroom management. Most importantly, you'll develop strategies to support students of different learning abilities in reading, writing, and math.
- Teacher's Aide Foundations
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Communication and Classroom Management
- Supporting Students in the General Education Setting
- Students with Exceptionalities
- Midterm Exam
- Supporting the Reading Process
- Supporting the Writing Process
- Supporting Mathematics
- Preparing for the ETS ParaPro Assessment
- Career Roadmap: The Job Search and Future Opportunities (Optional Lesson)
- Final Exam
What you will learn
- What paraprofessional educators do and how they work in the education system
- Roles and responsibilities of a teacher's aide in various settings
- Benchmarks of development for children and adolescents
- Classroom management strategies, instructional control, and positive behavior supports
- Characteristics and intervention strategies for students with various disabilities
- ParaPro Assessment exam preparation strategies
How you will benefit
- Develop a career roadmap for becoming a teacher's aide
- Pass the Para Pro Praxis assessment and enhance your professional profile
- Develop strategies to support students of different learning abilities
Kt (Katie) Paxton
Kt (Katie) Paxton is a certified teacher with a Master's Degree in Education focusing on Learning and Technology. She has more than 20 years of classroom experience and has been an online instructor since 2003. She also owned and managed a home daycare for five years and is the author of More Adventures With Kids in San Diego. Furthermore, Kt has trained and placed tutors with at-risk students in over 100 schools in addition to working with the students herself.
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Schools need paraprofessionals! This course will prepare you for the ETS ParaPro Assessment exam, so you can work as a teacher's aide. You'll learn how these paraprofessional educators assist with classroom instruction and build a foundation in educational principles like classroom management. Most importantly, you'll develop strategies to support students of different learning abilities in reading, writing, and math.
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Teaching Adult Learners Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn the most powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners. This course will teach you the latest and greatest educational methods to create the perfect student-centered classroom.
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Teaching Adult Learners (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Adult Learners (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners in today's student-centered classroom. If you're excited about the challenge of reaching and teaching adult learners, you're in the right place! In this course, you will discover how to use the newest educational methods to create a student-centered classroom that's perfectly suited for adult learners.
First, you will be introduced to the unique needs and motivations of adult students and find out just what they expect from your class. After that, you will examine your students' different learning styles and multiple intelligences and look at how you can teach to each learner's strengths.
Next, you will delve into a host of innovative teaching techniques that will turn your students into active learners and set them up for success. You will discover high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech educational tools you can use to capture and hold your students' attention.
Following that is a challenging topic: how to organize your material effectively and design strong lesson plans. In addition, you will learn how to create effective tests and how to teach your students good study skills. You will also discover out a wide range of assessments to help you grade. Finally, you will learn how to make your classroom accessible and enjoyable for students with disabilities. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners in today's student-centered classroom. Keys to Success in Your Teaching Career
A great classroom starts with a great teacher—and that's you! This lesson introduces how you can grow in your job as an adult educator by enhancing your professionalism and managing your time effectively. In addition, you will learn how to boost your confidence and establish your authority in the classroom.
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Adult students are different than kids and understanding those differences can help you reach and teach them. This lesson explores what makes adult learners tick and how you can best meet their needs. In addition, you will learn about preparing for that big first day by getting your paperwork in order.
Understanding Learning Styles
Jill loves testing the rules. Germaine is a shy bookworm. Claire is an artist. All of these adults have different learning styles and intelligences. This lesson explores two different models of learning styles and introduces eight intelligences you will want to factor into your lesson plans.
Managing, Supervising, and Counseling Your Students
"Zzzzzzz" This is the sound of Darren snoozing in the corner as you're trying to lecture. Meanwhile, Emily and Sherelle are busy gossiping about their weekend. Does this sound like your classroom? If so, you will enjoy this lesson, which introduces many techniques to get misbehaving students back on track.
Basic Teaching Methods
Remember the old days, when teachers lectured for hours while students took notes or dozed? Those days are gone! This lesson introduces a host of innovative techniques, from window paning and role-playing to mnemonics and visualization, that work like magic in a student-centered classroom.
Planning Your Course
"Proper prior planning" may be a cliché, but it's also an excellent idea. This lesson looks at the up-front work that can set you up for success in the classroom. To do so, you will discover the 12 steps for creating a dynamite course outline.
Educational Aids and Classroom Technology
Just as an interior decorator accents a room with bright colors and great fabrics, you can accent your classroom presentations with the right audiovisual aids. This lesson looks at high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech educational aids and technology you can use to capture and keep your students' attention.
Creating Effective Presentations
What motivates your students to learn? This lesson introduces 10 needs and desires that bring learners to your classroom—and you will discover how to tap into those motivators during your presentations. You will also learn how to create powerful presentation openings, content, and closings.
Grading and Advising Your Students
This lesson explores the A-B-C's of grading and the ways to write top-notch test questions. In addition, you will discover great tools for assessing any type of skill, from cake-baking to hairdressing. You will also find out how to avoid the most common mistakes teachers make when they assess students.
Teaching Students Who Have Special Needs
This lesson focus on making your class accessible and enjoyable for students with disabilities. You will learn about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), how to comply with this law, and common learning disabilities — dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in particular.
Teaching Study Skills and Test-Taking Techniques
Even if you create great lessons, your students will succeed only if they have great study habits and efficient test-taking skills. This lesson explores ways to beef up your students' study skills and look at strategies for test-taking.
Starting a Career as an Adult Educator
Enough about your students—this lesson is all about you! Whether you're a brand-new teacher or an experienced educator looking for new classroom opportunities, you will find tips here on how to power up your job search. Self-Study
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Learn powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners in today's student-centered classroom.
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Teaching Effective Problem-Based Lab Reports
- Teaching Effective Problem-Based Lab Reports
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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In this course, you will analyze problem-based learning (PBL) science activities and how you can support students in creating a lab report that follows a scientific method. The lab report structure you learn will guide and enhance scientific investigations in your lessons while improving your students' scientific thinking. This teacher professional development course will teach you how problem-based learning (PBL), also called problem-based education, can be used as the basis for engaging lab experiments in your science classroom. Through a standardized lab report format, you can plan for lab activities that teach a scientific method to your students and assist them in developing their critical thinking skills. The course will equip you with the necessary tools to utilize structured scientific investigations to support student learning through a lab report template that you will use in upcoming lessons.
The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the course content and a "walk through the lab report" resource, and a lab report template with a sample that you can provide to students for science investigations. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will analyze problem-based learning (PBL) science activities and how you can support students in creating a lab report that follows a scientific method. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The lab report structure you help your students follow will help guide and enhance scientific investigations in your lessons and will improve scientific thinking in your students.
- Effective Lab Reports Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of problem-based learning in science, how lab activities should be structured to follow a scientific method, and components of the lab report that allows students to fully interact with science investigations. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to lab reports and a scientific method. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of problem-based science activities.
What you will learn
- Analyze components of a problem-based science activity in the classroom
- Evaluate how to use a lab report template to support problem-based experiments
- Review each component of a lab report and compare how it aligns with a scientific method
- Build a plan for an upcoming science investigation using the lab report structure from this course
How you will benefit
- Your planned science and lab activities will become more engaging and relevant to your students
- Your students will interact with your lesson activities through more complex science investigations, discourse among students, and analysis of data that can be used to draw conclusions
- Your students will understand content better from you consistently using the lab report template during science investigations, leading to improved assessment results
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, in this course, you will analyze problem-based learning (PBL) science activities and how you can support students in creating a lab report that follows a scientific method. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The lab report structure you help your students follow will help guide and enhance scientific investigations in your lessons and will improve scientific thinking in your students.
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Teaching High School Students Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn the latest teaching strategies and techniques for helping secondary students achieve their dreams. This course will teach you how to differentiate instruction, manage a classroom, develop assessment strategies, gain parental support, and teach social-emotional skills that will help your students succeed in school and in life.
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Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6. This course will show you how to get the students in your classroom excited about math through hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections.
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Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom. Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom. Whether you're a new teacher or a seasoned pro, this course will help you get your students excited about math! You will turn your students into problem-solving detectives and discover lots of fun and practical ways to extend your students' learning into everyday life.
This course will show you the best ways to walk students through the complexities of elementary school math. This course will give you strategies for teaching complicated vocabulary and problem-solving. You will learn how to use clever geometry manipulatives, handmade fraction bars, math journals, and Family Math nights to excite your students at little or no cost to you. So if you have been looking for a way to jumpstart your math instruction without adding a lot of work, this is the course for you. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom.
- Meet Your Math Students
- Talk the Talk
- Have a Little Number Sense
- Multiply the Fun
- Scale the Divide
- Halve the Work With Fractions
- Ready, Set, Solve!
- Hop a Plane With Geometry
- Get in Groups
- Read and Write About Math
- Test It Out
- Plan Family Math Night
Self-Study
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Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom.
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Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems
- Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will provide you with two specific word problem techniques that you can teach your students depending on their level, and a variety of ideas and challenges to consider as students tackle word problems in your classroom. This teacher professional development course will teach you about the challenges students often encounter when solving word problems and present varied solutions for teaching problem-solving skills to your students. You will be provided with a detailed plan for teaching two different problem-solving strategies in your classroom, depending on your students' needs: the GUESS method and the CUBES method for word problems. The course also comes with a downloadable PDF of the course content, graphic organizers, and supporting student resources. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course focuses on addressing challenges students encounter in math and offers solutions through two different methods for solving word problems. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Participants will receive a downloadable PDF of the content, along with valuable graphic organizers and student resources to support implementation in the classroom.
- Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems in Mathematics Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with two specific methods for solving word problems and ideas for teaching your students these skills. You will learn about common strategies required for solving word problems and challenges that arise so you can help correct and support your students. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to strategies for solving word problems. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of supporting students in word probably analysis.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the common challenges students face when solving word problems
- Analyze solutions teachers can consider when teaching word problem-solving
- Compare the CUBES method and the GUESS method to determine which is the best method to teach your students
How you will benefit
- More easily determine where a student struggles in solving a word problem by identifying the step they begin to struggle with
- Effectively communicate a clear path to completing word problems and give confidence to students who may feel that word problems present a daunting task
- Students will be able to apply their learning more easily to various word problems once they have mastered the strategies you teach
- Provide students with increasingly complex word problems as they begin to master strategies to solve them
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course focuses on addressing challenges students encounter in math and offers solutions through two different methods for solving word problems. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. Participants will receive a downloadable PDF of the content, along with valuable graphic organizers and student resources to support implementation in the classroom.
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Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to develop creative and balanced preschool lesson plans for every month of the school year. This course will equip you with a solid lesson plan template, plus over 100 engaging and interchangeable activities for circle-discussion, art, literacy, motor skills, science, and music.
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Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Preschool: A Year of Inspiring Lessons (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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In this course on teaching preschoolers, you will learn how to come up with creative and balanced preschool lesson plans for every month of the school year. If you teach preschoolers, crafting original and inspiring lesson plans may have been a daunting task, but not for much longer. In this course, you will get equipped with a solid lesson plan template and lots of interchangeable activities to choose from—plenty of inspiration to take you and your students from September to May.
You will learn over 100 circle-discussion, art, literacy, fine and large motor skill, science, and music activities that you can take into your classroom right away. Then you can adopt the ideas just as they are or tweak them slightly to fit a variety of themes. Either way, you will have ample material for crafting memorable, balanced, and engaging lesson plans.
Whether you're already teaching or you're just investigating a career as an early childhood educator, you're sure to find the right mix of inspiration, motivation, and practical tips in this short yet comprehensive course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
In this course on teaching preschoolers, you will learn how to come up with creative and balanced preschool lesson plans for every month of the school year. Engaging Our Students
Have you ever thought about teaching children aged 2 to 5? Or maybe you already are and just want some fun, creative ideas to help you reach these students on their level. Either way, you're going to discover new techniques for teaching preschool and the skills needed for success in the classroom.
Developing Compelling Lessons, Part I
Many people mistake think preschool teaching for art projects and snack time. Nothing could be further from the truth—the best preschool classrooms are structured around balanced lesson plans. In this lesson, you will learn the first four components of a trusty lesson plan template—themes, circle discussions, literacy activities, and songs and fingerplays.
Developing Compelling Lessons, Part II
Now that you know the first four components of your lesson plan template, are you ready to meet the rest? A balanced lesson plan also includes art projects, number sense activities, large and fine motor skill activities, dramatic play, and science and discovery time.
September: Starting School
There's something about going back to school in September. For teachers, it's an exciting time of year because you get to meet your new students. But students often have a lot of anxiety about going back to school. In this lesson, you will discover smart strategies to make the classroom transition easy on them.
October: Having a Scary Good Time
October is a month of spooks and scares, but that doesn't mean that your lesson plans need to be in horrifying shape. That's what you will learn about in this lesson—everything from the books to the art projects and dramatic play that complement Halloween.
November: Being Thankful for Learning
November is the month to teach students to consider all that they have and how grateful they are for wonderful things in their life. And in this lesson, you will build a week's worth of lesson plans around the Thanksgiving theme.
December: Celebrating Around the World
If November is a month for being thankful, December is a month for grand-scale celebration. In this lesson, you will craft lesson plans around the theme of Celebrations Around the World—including books, circle discussions, and art projects that celebrate diversity and cultural exploration.
January: Making the Most of Winter
In this lesson, you will plan a week's worth of lessons around the winter theme. You will be able to build your own winter wonderland at school with lesson plan ideas that incorporate number sense, discovery, games, and art projects. No passport necessary!
February: Loving the Classroom
It's always great to get a valentine, and Valentine's Day is a fantastic time to incorporate some heart into the preschool classroom. In this lesson, you will create a week's worth of Valentine's themed lesson plans.
March: Making Our Own Weather Report
March is often when we notice the sunshine and puffy clouds in the sky. That makes March the perfect time to plan a weather-themed week. In this lesson, you will do just that—craft literacy, number sense, science, and motor skill activities around the weather.
April: Going Down to the Farm
Since spring is a time that brings birth and renewal in the natural world, what better time to teach students about animals and outdoor life? In this lesson, you will craft a variety of farm and animal-themed lesson plans that include art projects, science and discovery time, and circle discussions.
May: Celebrating Mom
May is the perfect time to pay tribute to some of your favorite people: the moms who love us. In this lesson, you will develop a week's worth of lesson plans around Mother's Day crafts, activities, games, books, and art projects that help your students appreciate Mom. Self-Study
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In this course on teaching preschoolers, you will learn how to come up with creative and balanced preschool lesson plans for every month of the school year.
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Teaching Proper Text Annotations & Evidence
- Teaching Proper Text Annotations & Evidence
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Fee: $74.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course focuses on instructing you in teaching text annotation, context clue usage, and fostering purposeful reading across grade levels. You will also learn how to assess student understanding through well-crafted writing prompts and assessment questions. This teacher professional development course emphasizes the significance of teaching students of various grade levels the skill of effective text annotation and explains its importance in helping them interact more deeply with the text. Participants will understand how to guide students in using context clues and text annotation to enhance their comprehension of reading assignments. Furthermore, the course provides insights into how students can employ annotation to answer assessment questions.
By the end of the course, you will have planned for the strategies and skills you will be teaching your students and will be ready to implement the ideas into your classroom using the provided resources, templates, and plans in this course. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn about the importance of teaching students text annotation strategies to assist them in a variety of ways- from close reading and text analysis to answering questions for assessments. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be provided with strategies, tools, and resources to support your students in improving their annotation skills to better interact with texts. What you will learn
- Understand the importance of teaching students at multiple grade levels to use text annotation
- Learn how students can use text annotation and context clues to gain a deep understanding of their reading assignments
- Discover how students can use annotation to help them respond to assessment questions
How you will benefit
- Your students will be able to engage more deeply with texts, allowing you to be able to explore more detailed texts with your students
- Your students will develop the strategies and skills required to analyze texts on their own, which will serve them in your class and others
- You will see an increase in engagement, discourse, and interest in the texts you read as students learn how to understand more deeply what they are reading and connect it to their lives
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will help you learn about the importance of teaching students text annotation strategies to assist them in a variety of ways- from close reading and text analysis to answering questions for assessments. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will be provided with strategies, tools, and resources to support your students in improving their annotation skills to better interact with texts.
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Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades. This course will equip you with engaging experiments, practical worksheets, winning lesson plans, and direct instruction methods you can use immediately in your own classroom.
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Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for children in fourth through sixth grades. Want to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades? Come learn about the nature and history of science as well as how to help students in this age group grasp the scientific method. You'll receive lots of worksheets and specific examples of some great experiments you can use in your own classroom. You will discover the principles of direct instruction and many different learning and organizational tools that will benefit your students. You'll even learn how you can use science class to improve the emotional climate in your classroom!
All through the course, you will discover worksheets and checklists you and your students can put to immediate use. You'll see how helpful they are in the lessons on the scientific method, writing a research paper, and producing a science fair. You will cover foundational content in both physical science and life science. You will learn how to use a study of the earth's atmosphere to teach students how to make and interpret a variety of graphs—an important skill for standardized testing. You will learn about some of the best websites available. By the end of this course, you will have many new skills that will benefit both you and your students. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
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- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Learn how to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades. This course will equip you with engaging experiments, practical worksheets, winning lesson plans, and direct instruction methods you can use immediately in your own classroom. An Introduction to Science Instruction
In this first lesson, you'll go over the challenges and joys of teaching science to this age group. You'll learn why this subject can be so difficult to teach and some specific ways to overcome those difficulties. The lesson will also discuss how you can help your students use their textbooks most effectively and teach you some great tricks to help your students improve their memories.
The Scientific Method
You'll begin this lesson with a short history lesson. You'll learn about some of the wrong beliefs scientists held just a few centuries ago and how some courageous scientists challenged those beliefs. There will then be a discussion about different types of scientific research where you'll learn the distinctions between correlational studies, demonstrations, and experiments. You'll next focus on using the scientific method to design great experiments and become an expert at identifying control and experimental groups, and control, independent, and dependent variables. Most importantly, you'll be able to convey that knowledge to your students!
The Nature of Science
For most of human history, people believed that the sun and other planets orbited the earth. To help you gain a firm understanding of the nature of science, this lesson will discuss the lives of four scientists who challenged that conventional theory about the solar system. You'll see how humanity's understanding of the solar system changed over time, an important illustration of the development of scientific thought. After you learn about the differences between models, theories, and laws, the lesson will walk you through a lesson plan that will help your students understand the nature of science, and give you some suggestions for special projects your students might enjoy.
Principles of Direct Instruction
Research shows that using direct instruction increases achievement in the science classroom. This lesson will explain exactly what direct instruction involves and show you how it lays a strong foundation for higher-level thinking skills. You'll learn about a valuable concept called the Zone of Proximal Development, freeing you to meet the needs of the individual children in your classroom. The lesson will also discuss scaffolding, a great technique related to this concept. To demonstrate these principles, you'll go through a lesson plan step-by-step that you can use as a model.
Learning and Organizational Tools
This lesson will continue to discuss different teaching methods. First, though, you'll examine the steps that successful students follow when they learn new information. You'll see how excellent instruction helps students go through these steps and how you can meet four distinct objectives when teaching new material. You'll then move on to using outlines, charts, and concept maps. You'll view an example of an assignment checklist that you can give your students to help them stay organized. The lesson will also include a teacher's checklist to help you plan your chapter and unit studies.
Writing a Research Paper
Students must write research papers throughout their educational careers. Now is a great time to help them acquire great writing skills through direct instruction. To help your students succeed, you'll take a look at a guide that was developed to help them, which includes pages to help them organize their notes, a set of questions they should answer, a way to record the references they used, and templates for their bibliographies. For further assistance, you can give them a checklist to keep them on track. The lesson will also talk about why you should reduce your support during subsequent papers so that your students will become more independent.
The Emotional Environment in the Classroom
You know those teachers who seem to possess a special magic? Their students love them, yet they aren't pushovers. Successful teachers understand the importance of a positive emotional climate in the classroom. They know it fosters learning, encourages students' efforts, and builds great relationships. This lesson will discuss specific ways you can be one of those teachers. It will even address the special needs of this age group, since many will begin puberty during this time.
Essential Concepts in Physical Science
In this lesson, you'll concentrate on the driving force that exists in both chemistry and physics—the drive for equilibrium. You'll start by reviewing some basic principles of chemistry, including the structure and behavior of atoms, ions, and molecules. Then, the lesson will cover the states of matter and the differences between their shape, volume, structure, molecular movement, and energy level. By the end of the lesson, you'll have a good understanding of thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibrium and you'll know how to teach those concepts to your students. As a bonus, the lesson will also include some fun activities you can share with your students that they'll really enjoy.
Essential Concepts in Life Science, Part I
Amazingly, all living creatures, no matter how different, share some common characteristics. Once your students understand these characteristics, they'll have a greater appreciation for all living organisms. This lesson will go over these characteristics and talk about the way all living creatures are organized. You'll learn more about the different roles of the organ systems and about modern cell theory. Throughout the lesson, you'll receive some ideas for activities you can use to teach these concepts to your students.
Essential Concepts in Life Science, Part II
Everything that happens inside living organisms, and much of their behavior, is driven by the need to maintain homeostasis. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment, no matter what's happening in the environment. It's an essential concept for both you and your students to understand, so you'll spend some time on it in this lesson. You'll then move on to a discussion about equilibrium in ecosystems. You'll also look at a unit study that your students will love—the development of an environmental notebook.
Earth Science and Science Process Skills
As you probably know, school districts put a big emphasis on standardized tests. Students are expected to master the ability to read and interpret several different types of graphs. This lesson will use a topic in earth science, the atmosphere, to show you ways to help your students master this skill. You'll learn how to construct graphs one step at a time so that you can pass that skill on to your students. When students can construct their own graphs, they're more likely to accurately interpret those that others have made. The lesson will also cover pie charts, single- and multiple-bar charts, single- and multiple-line charts, and scatter plots.
Science Fair
If your school puts on a science fair, you know that it's something teachers, parents, and students often greet with a mixture of fear and dread. It doesn't have to be that way. This lesson will give you worksheets and checklists to guide you and your students every step of the way, making the process more manageable. You'll also receive a guide on oral presentations and a sample judging sheet. You'll soon come to see the value of science fairs after you finish with this lesson! Self-Study
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Learn how to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades. This course will equip you with engaging experiments, practical worksheets, winning lesson plans, and direct instruction methods you can use immediately in your own classroom.
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Teaching Smarter With SMART Boards Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn the unique and varied teaching applications of SMART technology. This course will help you master the use of SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology to create powerful, interactive lessons.
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Teaching Smarter With SMART Boards (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Smarter With SMART Boards (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Master the use of SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology so you can create powerful interactive lessons that capture your students' attention. Having SMART Boards in the classroom and knowing how to use them to provide quality instruction are two different things! If you have a SMART Board in your classroom, but have little training in using it, you may be wondering, "what on earth do I do with it?"
In this course, you will discover how to create outstanding presentations with SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology. You will explore the basics of using these tools and discover how to create your own SMART board lessons blending text, videos, and graphics. You will also go beyond the bells and whistles and look at specific ways to use SMART technology to broaden your content and make your lessons accessible to all students. Finally, you will get some simple trouble-shooting tips that will come in handy if your SMART board isn't acting as smart as it should.
By the time you're done with this course, you will be an expert at using your new high-tech tools to plan SMART board lessons that provide engaging, thought-provoking, and easy-to-update material for today's media-savvy learners. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
SMART Software Technical Requirements (Windows) (not included in enrollment):
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor or better
- 2 GB of RAM (4 GB of RAM for 4K/UHD displays)
- Free hard disk space: 4.7 GB
- Windows 8 or later.
- Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5.1 for SMART Notebook software and SMART Ink
- Microsoft Visual Studio® Tools 2010 for Office for SMART Ink
- DirectX® technology 10 or later for SMART Notebook software
- Internet Explorer® Internet browser 8 or later
- Internet access to download Gallery content and Language Packs
- DirectX 10 compatible graphics hardware for SMART Notebook software
- Windows 8 or newer (Platform Update KB2670838)
- Windows Update KB3033929
Note: You will receive instructions on how to download the SMART software. If you will be using the 30-day free trial offer, please do not download it ahead of time.
Note: This course was written for the Windows Operating System. There is similar SMART software available for macOS. If you take this course and are using a Mac, please be advised there are noticeable differences between the Windows version and the Mac version. Master the use of SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology so you can create powerful interactive lessons that capture your students' attention. SMART Boards: More Than a Giant Whiteboard
This first lesson takes a close look at exactly what a SMART Board is. Often, teacher inherits a SMART Board in their classroom, but don't know what to do with it. As far as they can tell, it's not much more than a whiteboard. By the end of the lesson, you will know more the SMART Board's interactivity potential and its myriad possibilities.
Learners Today
When you look at today's learners, you have to look at the whole picture, including where they are with current technology. This lesson explores recent learning theories and how technology fits in with them. You will also learn the different about learning types, multiple intelligences, constructivism, and more.
Getting Started
The goal for this lesson is to download the SMART Notebook software and install it on your computer. Once you have done this, you will learn about the equipment needed to start. By the end of this lesson, you will be prepared to begin working with your SMART Board and the SMART Notebook software.
How to Insert Words and Objects Onto Your SMART Board
This lesson focuses on how to write on the SMART Board, starting with how to type on it. Then you will discover how to write using the collection of pens, how to make shapes, and how to use the eraser.
Capture Tools and Tables
This lesson focuses on ways to use documents you already have. There are many terrific tools to help you do just that. For instance, the SMART Notebook Table tool makes creating and manipulating tables easy. Learning how to use these tools will take you another step closer to SMART Board mastery.
The Gallery
This lesson focuses on the SMART Board Gallery. In the Gallery, you will find manipulatives, clip art, images, and more. You will also explore two valuable components of the Gallery: Gallery Essentials and My Content, these tools used to create highly visual and interactive lessons.
Lesson Activity Toolkit
This lesson digs into the Lesson Activity Toolkit. With a simple drag and type, you can introduce, review, or enrich learning. You will also learn about the Page Sorter, Attachments tab, and Activity Builder tab. The Page Sorter is instrumental in helping you see where you are in your SMART Notebook file.
Finding Classroom-Ready Lessons
Knowing how the SMART Notebook software works and what the various tools do is not the most important thing when using your SMART Board. In this lesson, you will learn how to find effective lessons—ones that are already created—to meet your curriculum requirements.
Creating Notebook Lessons
Even when we use the Gallery and the Lesson Activity Toolkit, sometimes we still come up short. So, this lesson focuses on making your own SMART notebook lessons. You will learn how to create reveal and drag-and-drop experiences and how to add preview, chunk, and scaffold learning to any lesson.
Animation, Videos, and Sound
Students learn in different ways. This lesson will teach you how to make your SMART Notebook lessons even more visual and interactive. You will also learn how to reach more learners by animating objects, adding your own images, and adding video and sound.
Recording Lessons and Making Your Own Videos
Since video has become a part of our daily experience, it only makes sense to use them in the classroom. SMART Notebook includes several multimedia functions to help make learning interactive. This lesson introduces SMART Notebook's Page Recorder, the SMART Recorder, and the SMART Video Player.
Troubleshooting
Do you know what disrupts your SMART Board lessons the most? When something doesn't work correctly. This lesson introduces troubleshooting tips for some of the most common technical problems teachers run into when working with their SMART Boards. Self-Study
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Master the use of SMART Board and SMART Notebook technology so you can create powerful interactive lessons that capture your students' attention.
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Teaching Students With ADHD Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn the simple and practical steps you can take to help children with ADHD thrive in their school environment. This course will teach you how classroom space, structure, rules, and expectations can be adapted to suit the needs of students with ADHD and help them manage their own behavior.
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Teaching Students With ADHD (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Students With ADHD (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn practical strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in school. In this course, you will discover practical ways to help children with ADHD control their behavior and succeed in school. You'll do this by learning from the real experts: the children themselves. You will find out how Kristi controls her behavior and how Wanda handles boredom. You will see how Adam jump-starts his thought processes, how Harry satisfies his need to move without bothering his teacher, and how Darren aces his homework.
In addition, you will hear from parents and teachers about the amazing benefits of simple adaptations in space, structure, rules, and expectations. You will also explore myths and facts about ADHD and see how this condition affects motivation, activity level, attention, and memory. By the time you're done, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to help students with ADHD achieve their full potential. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
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- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn practical strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in school. Understanding Students With ADHD
Teaching students with ADHD presents challenges and opportunities. This lesson introduces ADHD and how it impacts children and their ability to learn in a classroom environment. You will learn the reasons for many behaviors associated with ADHD, some myths about ADHD, and how ADHD impacts skills.
The Diagnostic Process
This lesson explores the diagnostic process. A teacher takes many steps to document a student's behavior, consult with school personnel, and communicate with a student's parents or guardian. You will learn these steps, as well as how a pediatrician and a clinical psychologist evaluate a student.
Are They Putting in the Effort?
Students with ADHD are often accused of being lazy, or simply not trying. This lesson focuses on the issue of effort, and how students' perception of effort may be different from what others observe. You will learn how effort problems impact school performance, and how brain chemistry relates to effort.
ADHD and Brain Activation
Students with ADHD often have trouble activating their brain. This lesson introduces three activation problems: overarousal, underarousal, and impulsivity. You will learn about the relationships between activation, motivation, and brain chemistry, as well as strategies to help students with these problems.
ADHD and Activity Level
Sometimes, students with high activity levels can't seem to keep still in the classroom, and this can be extremely taxing on a teacher. This lesson explores why some students need to move and how movement is helpful to them. You will also learn how to help these students manage their movements.
Attention and ADHD
Students with ADHD struggle with attention. Often, their mind wanders and they can't control this the same way an average student does. This lesson explores attention, how it needs to be regulated, and strategies that can help your students successfully control internal and external attention.
The Emotional Impact of ADHD
This lesson focuses on ADHD's impact on emotions. You will learn why this occurs neurologically, three common emotional patterns in students with ADHD, and specific interventions. You will also meet three students who are dealing with some significant emotional challenges as a result of their ADHD.
Memory
Want to better understand the memory process? This lesson explores why memory is so important, how memory works, and what happens when memory breaks down. You will also learn about the three types of memory: working memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.
Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Now that you understand how ADHD affects activation, attention, impulsivity, and memory, you can focus in on how ADHD impacts school performance. In this lesson, you will learn more about this issue, and explore a strength-based problem-solving model that you can use across the curriculum.
Classroom Beliefs and Rules
How do you incorporate learning strategies for students with ADHD while still addressing the other students' needs in the classroom? This is what this lesson focuses on. You will learn how to create an inclusive classroom that accommodates all student's needs, and how to treat all students fairly.
Preplanning and Facilitating an ADHD-Friendly Classroom
This lesson focuses on specific materials teachers can develop prior to the opening of school, to prepare for the effective inclusion of students with ADHD. Then there are the teaching tools to use during lessons, to help students with ADHD stay engaged and on task.
Student Self-Reliance
In your final lesson, you will learn how students can take all of the tools you teach them and use them to their advantage. You will also meet a high school junior, who will share how he improves his self-knowledge, how he compensates for his ADHD, and the strategies he uses to succeed in school. Self-Study
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Learn practical strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in school.
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Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to help your students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome unlock their full learning potential. This course will help you develop the knowledge and strategies you will need to ensure your students with autism succeed in the classroom and beyond.
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Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Help your students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome unlock their potential in the classroom. If you've ever had a student who blurted out in class, screamed when someone patted their shoulder, or rocked back and forth in the chair, you will appreciate the lessons ahead. In this course, you will discover the neurobiology behind these disorders and the way it affects students' behavior, learning, and thinking. Most important, you will learn creative, easy, low-budget strategies to help your students with Autism succeed in the classroom and beyond.
Develop the skills to counter these students' social discomfort, sensory sensitivities, meltdowns, problems with homework completion, language reciprocity issues, and violent fixations. Even if you don't have a student with high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome in your class this year, these strategies will equip you to deal with any student who exhibits these characteristics on a regular basis. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Help your students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome unlock their potential in the classroom. Meet Your Students With Autism
You may have already taught students with high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome (HFA/AS), but have you taken the time to get to know them? In this lesson, you will discover how their brains are wired differently, the ways they behave, and smart strategies to make when teaching them.
Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
This lesson focuses on understanding common HFA/AS characteristics displayed in the classroom. From trouble handling change to difficulty with social interaction and language processing, you will discover how these characteristics shape students' worldview and ability to perform in academic settings.
Discover How Your Students Think
Did you know that most students with HFA/AS are visual thinkers? This lesson will help you determine how your students process information, so you can tailor your lesson plans to their preferred learning and thinking styles.
Nurture Students' Social Skills
This lesson explores why and how students with HFA/AS struggle socially. You will learn about the extent of the problem, some of the causes, and its impact. You will also learn some nonverbal and verbal exercises that you can do to lessen these students' social anxiety.
Encourage Language Reciprocity
This lesson explores how students with HFA/AS converse and why it's so incredibly hard for them to keep conversations going. You will learn about a graphic organizer that is very helpful when students need to translate between their thoughts and ours.
Work With Sensory Sensitivities
In this lesson, you will learn why students with HFA/AS have such delicate sensory sensitivities. You will also learn two strategies for helping them reclaim control over daily experiences that once seemed quite intimidating.
Nurture Special Interests
Students with HFA/AS are often known as "little professors," with highly specialized interests and fixations. But how do you direct these gifts into appropriate academic channels? This lesson answers that question – you will learn strategies to help students link their interests to the broader world.
Encourage Homework Completion
This may just be your favorite lesson in the course! Nearly every teacher is looking for new and exciting strategies to get students to do their homework. This lesson will teach you how to engage students with HFA/AS in their studies and link their interests to meaningful learning.
Counter Runaway Emotions and Meltdowns
If you had an emotional meltdown every day, would you be excited to get out of bed and do it all over again? Probably not. Many students with HFA/AS are prone emotional outbursts that derail their focus In this lesson, you will learn how to turn these charged encounters into positive learning experiences.
Redirect Violent Fixations
No one likes to be teased! Sadly, many students with HFA/AS are bullied or made fun of on. Often, this makes them fearful and frustrated, so they often fixate on objects of power or violence. This lesson delves into how to help your students channel frustrations into more appropriate feelings.
Foster Attentiveness
Imagine what it would be like if your mind raced all the time, darting from thought to thought at warp speed. It would be pretty hard to pay attention to anything, wouldn't it? This lesson looks at ways to help students with HFA/AS focus on classroom activities, so they can learn in their own way.
Plan for the Future
Your final lesson explores the ways to prepare students for life beyond the classroom's four walls. It's never too early to start thinking about ways to encourage students to reach their highest potential in future classes, jobs, and social roles. Isn't that why we chose to be teachers in the first place? Self-Study
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Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities in your classroom through easy, practical, and creative strategies developed by an experienced special educator. This course explores the total special education process and help you understand and empower your special needs students.
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Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn how to successfully meet the diverse needs of students with learning disabilities in your classroom. This course will teach you how to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities in your classroom. With lessons developed by an experienced special educator, you will explore the special education process, from working with individualized education programs (IEPs) to helping students struggling with reading comprehension, math skills, and writing. In this course, you will discover easy, practical, and creative strategies that will help your struggling students find their light bulb moments.
You will also discover fun games you can incorporate, tips for modifying your classroom, and many tested methods for bringing out the best behavior in your students. Whether you are in the classroom, studying for the Praxis Special Education exam, or preparing to work with students in a variety of settings, this course will help you to understand and empower your students with learning disabilities. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn how to successfully meet the diverse needs of students with learning disabilities in your classroom. Understanding Learning Disabilities
One in seven Americans has a learning disability. That means that in your class of 28 students, four could have significant trouble keeping up with the basics. Your first lesson investigates what learning disabilities (LDs) are and defines some common types that you may often see in the classroom.
Identifying Students with LDs
Is Tamara having trouble with reading because it's not her favorite subject, or is something else going on? The process of identifying students with LDs is a long and sometimes tedious one, which is what you will learn about in this lesson.
Making Sense of the IEP
This lesson explores individualized education programs (IEPs), which are road maps that guide the learning curve of every child with LDs. Once you know how to decode the language and the sections, it's easy to start using IEPs as the helpful tools they are meant to be.
Understanding Service Locations
This lesson focuses on common service locations that help students with LDs meet educational goals. Students with LDs receive IEP-mandated services in a number of ways. Whether learn in their classroom or the special education room, they will learn a bit differently than other students.
Learning the Right Teaching Strategies
In this lesson, you will learn about teaching strategies that make learning memorable for students with LDs. The right teaching strategies spell out the difference between a creative, engaging classroom and one that stagnates without reaching most of its students.
Helping Students With Word Identification Problems
Word identification problems can make "cat" look like "can" or "pan." Imagine how hard it would be to read all the wrong words in all the right places. In this lesson, you will discover smart strategies to help student find their words.
Helping Students With Reading Comprehension Problems
For students who have trouble reading, it's hard enough to just get the words right. But to pair those words with their meaning is a seemingly insurmountable task. In this lesson, you will learn how to chunk information, so students can understand what they're reading and fall in love with texts.
Helping Students With Written Expression Problems
Writing poses quite a few challenges for students with LDs — some may have trouble holding their pencils, and others find it difficult to communicate. This lesson takes a tour of strategies that bring writing to life for students who often don't even realize all the neat things they have to say.
Helping Students With Math Reasoning and Calculation Problems
Many students with LDs dread math because math requires various skills to come together seamlessly: reasoning, logic, number sense, writing, and computation are all key. In this lesson, you will learn how to make all those numbers a little easier for students with LDs to manipulate.
Modifying Your Classroom
Even though the IEP gives you a general idea of how to help your students with LDs, you will still need to explore new, innovative ideas to modify your classroom, assignments, and tests. In this lesson, you will learn modifications that may spell success for students with LDs who need a push in the right direction.
Managing Student Behavior
We've all had days when going to school was a drag. Students with LDs are no different. Because school forces them to tackle big challenges head on, it's often their least favorite thing to do. This can lead to behavior problems that you will have to defuse creatively, which is what this lesson covers.
Linking Home and School
The connection between home and school is a powerful predictor of classroom success for students with LDs. Your final lesson focuses on the best ways to conduct meaningful parent-teacher conferences that help everyone unite behind a child with LDs in need. Self-Study
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Teaching the Notecard System
- Teaching the Notecard System
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will teach you how to integrate some simple study skills into your lesson using a method called the notecard system. This teacher professional development course will teach you about the significance of incorporating study skills into your regular lessons. You will learn how to create an effective notecard system consisting of daily questions students must study, and you will learn how to teach students to practice their study skills and maintain their study system.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content and a graphic organizer that supports you in generating your SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goals for your students. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to integrate some simple study skills into your lesson using a method called the notecard system. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to create objective-aligned questions that can be organized into a set of notecards for students to study. You will also learn some support strategies to help students practice their studying skills.
- The Notecard System Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with an understanding of the Notecard System as a study tool that can be taught to your students. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might teach study skills in your classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to study skills. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in teaching study habits.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of study skills implementation.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of study skills as a method to reinforce content and increase content retention
- Compare how daily questions can be aligned with your lesson objective and assessments
- Evaluate study skill strategies you can teach to your students so they can maintain their system as a continuous study method
How you will benefit
- Students will come to class well-prepared for the day's lessons
- Students will be able to engage with you in content discussions throughout the school year as they continuously study and review their content
- Student learning will improve, and you will be able to delve into increasingly complex tasks as students master their study skills
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you how to integrate some simple study skills into your lesson using a method called the notecard system. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to create objective-aligned questions that can be organized into a set of notecards for students to study. You will also learn some support strategies to help students practice their studying skills.
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Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to motivate and facilitate developing writers from an experienced educator. This course provides an overview of the writing basics and demonstrate how to organize materials and lessons to establish an inviting and supportive writing environment for middle grade students.
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Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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In this teacher-training course, you'll learn from an experienced educator how to motivate and assist developing writers. In this teacher-training course, you will learn from an experienced educator how to motivate and assist developing writers. You will get an overview of the writing basics, focusing on the importance of the task, audience, and purpose. You will also discover how to organize your materials to create an inviting writing environment.
This course will discuss each step of teaching writing and the strategies you can use with your students. You will also learn how to strengthen your students' writing using technology. Along the way, you'll develop engaging lessons for literary response, narrative writing, expository writing, and persuasive writing. You will discover the secrets of effective writing assessment as you learn about evaluation tools like portfolios and rubrics. The approaches you learn in this course will enable you to put everything you know about teaching writing into an applicable, workable format. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In this teacher-training course, you'll learn from an experienced educator how to motivate and assist developing writers.
- Getting Started: Writing Basics
- The Writing Process: Part 1
- The Writing Process: Part 2
- Ways to Strengthen Writing
- Enhancing Writing Instruction With Trade Books
- Narrative Writing
- Expository Writing
- Persuasive Writing
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- A Trait-Based Approach to Writing
- Writer's Workshop
- Writing Assessments
Self-Study
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In this teacher-training course, you'll learn from an experienced educator how to motivate and assist developing writers.
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Teaching Writing: Grades K-3 Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to nurture student writers in the early elementary classroom and teach them skills that will be useful for a lifetime. This course examines the developmental stages of writing and show you how to foster your students' skills and growth as young authors.
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Teaching Writing: Grades K-3 (Self-Guided)
- Teaching Writing: Grades K-3 (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Learn how to nurture student writers in the early elementary classroom. From the time that a young child picks up a crayon and makes marks on a paper to when an older child puts the finishing sentence on an autobiography or a poem, a young author is developing the skills that will be used for a lifetime. In this course, you will examine the developmental stages of writing, from scribbling to the standard spelling stage, so that you can foster your students' skills and gently nudge them to grow as authors. This course is full of practical ideas that you can use to motivate students in your classroom.
You will look at tools such as the writer's workshop, the six traits of writing, and genre studies for ways to teach students about writing. You will see how each of these tools can be used by teachers to encourage early elementary writers. As your students become better writers, they will become better readers, and you will see how well reading and writing instruction work together to support each other.
The course also covers ways to support the writers who struggle, whether due to a lack of motivation, fine motor skills, or ideas. You will explore techniques for getting parents involved so that they can help with writing at home. By the end of the course, you will have a new enthusiasm for teaching that will ignite your students' love of writing. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Learn how to nurture student writers in the early elementary classroom. Growing Young Writers
What makes teaching writing so important for our K-3 students? Your first lesson introduces the relevance of writing instruction in early elementary school. You will learn some practical ways to grow writers in our classrooms and talk about providing role models and celebration and meeting students at their developmental and skill levels.
Growing Talkers
This lesson delves into the connections between oral language and writing. You will learn how varying literacy experiences at home affects young children's work when they first enter elementary school. You will also examine strategies for helping students move from oral language to writing.
Growing Scribblers
This lesson explores the developmental stages of writing, starting with the scribbling stage and moving on to the letter-like symbols stage. Then you will visit a kindergarten classroom and a resource room to get some great tips for working with these young writers.
Growing Explorers
This lesson focuses on the strings of letter stage and the beginning sounds stage. And as you did in the last lesson, you will visit a kindergarten class and resource room to see how our teachers work with students in these two stages.
Growing Risk-takers
When it comes to writing, our young risk-takers are ready to make bold choices when they put their pens to the paper. This lesson introduces two developmental stages: consonants represent words and initial, middle, and final sounds. You will also learn strategies help your students achieve success.
Growing Butterflies
This lesson explores the final two stages of developmental writing: transitional and standard spelling. The standard spelling stage is our goal for all students, although they'll always be works in progress as they move toward this goal.
Writer's Workshop
There are many ways to hold successful writer's workshops. And this will be the focus in this lesson: examining the writer's workshop as a tool to meet your students' diverse needs. You will also learn the three components of a successful writer's workshop: the mini-lesson, writing time, and sharing time.
The Six Traits of Writing
What does great writing look like? There's no easy answer to this question, of course. And that's just what this lesson focuses on — defining and teaching great writing traits. You will learn the six traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
Conferencing With Students
This lesson focuses on writing conferences. You will be introduced to the different conferences types and how to effectively conduct your own conferences with students at varying developmental levels. You will also learn about rubrics and how to use them to assess student writing.
Navigating Roadblocks
How do you help students who struggle with some of the physical aspects of writing? In this lesson, you will learn how to navigate roadblocks such as trouble with fine motor skills, posture, and stamina. You will also explore specific tactics for reversing letter reversals.
Getting Into Genres
This lesson is all about genres: narrative, expository, procedural, persuasive, and transactional. You will learn how genre study motivates students and increases writing and reading comprehension skills. You will also examine the components of each genre and incorporate them into their classroom instruction.
Teamwork Gets It "Write": Building the Home-School Connection
The final lesson focuses on working with parents to support their young writers at home. You will learn how to have productive conferences with parents about their children's writing. You will also examine answers to some common (and often tough.) parent questions. Self-Study
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Learn how to nurture student writers in the early elementary classroom.
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The Creative Classroom Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to use creativity as a powerful engagement tool in the classroom, regardless of what subject you teach. This course provides new approaches to field trips, learning labs, exercises, and evaluation methods that will challenge and motivate your students to become creative thinkers.
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The Creative Classroom (Self-Guided)
- The Creative Classroom (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $129.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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Enrich your teaching talents and encourage your students' creative thinking as you learn to turn your classroom into a creative classroom. Creativity will abound in your classroom as you tap your students' hidden talents. Learn how to use creativity to teach reading, writing, visual arts, performing arts, social studies, science, mathematics, and physical and health education. Develop creative new approaches to field trips, learning labs, activities, exercises, assignments, and evaluation methods. Think beyond the textbook and challenge your students by making your classroom a creative classroom! Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. Enrich your teaching talents and encourage your students' creative thinking as you learn to turn your classroom into a creative classroom.
- Creative Teachers
- Creative Students
- Creative Classrooms
- Creative Learning Labs
- Creative Reading
- Creating Writing
- Creative Visual Arts
- Creative Performing Arts
- Creative Science
- Creative Social Studies
- Creative Mathematics
- Creative P.E. and Health
Self-Study
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Enrich your teaching talents and encourage your students' creative thinking as you learn to turn your classroom into a creative classroom.
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The Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to combine two powerful educational approaches so you can enable every student in your classroom to succeed. This course shows you how to use Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention in your day-to-day classroom teaching and lesson planning.
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The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
- The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
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This course will provide you with insights into the gradual release model of instruction and teach you strategies for instruction as you work towards supporting collaborative and independent student activities. In the introductory teacher professional development course, you will be introduced to the Gradual Release of Responsibility teaching model as an instructional method you can implement into your classroom. You will evaluate the step-by-step progression of instruction from direct instruction to collaboration to independent learning. You will also analyze the roles of the teacher versus the student in each component of your lesson. You will create a gradual release lesson plan by the end of the course, ready for implementation in your classroom. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, his course will help you become more familiar with the Gradual Release of Responsibility—an instructional model that gradually moves the responsibility of learning from the teacher to the student. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will analyze each component of this model and explore the roles of the teacher and the students in interacting with the lesson content.
- Creating Student ownership
- This introductory lesson provides an overview of the Gradual Release of Responsibility teaching model, the principle behind the method, basics of implementation, and its value as an instructional strategy.
- Supporting Student Learning
- This lesson discusses the benefits of implementing the Gradual Release of Responsibility model in the classroom and how the model supports and enhances student learning. We also delve deeper into the different steps along the gradual release pathway, including the roles of both the teacher and student.
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own gradual release plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas for different components of the gradual release process, and read the research behind this content.
What you will learn
- Evaluate the three parts of the Gradual Release Model of Responsibility
- Analyze how this model improves student performance
- Build a plan to implement the Gradual Release of Responsibility instructional framework into your classroom
How you will benefit
- You will spend more time supporting students in collaboration and independent work rather than in direct instruction
- Your students will be more engaged and invested in the content you are teaching
- You will have more opportunities to monitor students and check their understanding of the class material
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, his course will help you become more familiar with the Gradual Release of Responsibility—an instructional model that gradually moves the responsibility of learning from the teacher to the student. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will analyze each component of this model and explore the roles of the teacher and the students in interacting with the lesson content.
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The Science Poster For the GT Student
- The Science Poster For the GT Student
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Fee: $44.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This quick course will teach you how to utilize poster presentations in your gifted and talented science classroom to support critical reasoning. This concise teacher professional development course will teach you how to incorporate poster presentations into your gifted and talented science classroom to foster critical thinking. You will learn how to design lab activities that facilitate good experimental design and data collection and how to effectively teach students data analysis. Using their data, students will build a poster presentation and participate in a gallery walk to engage in collaborative learning.
The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, a planning document to support you in your experiment design, and a poster presentation plan. There is also a poster template you can provide to students, ensuring their presentations will be targeted and thorough. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course will teach you how to utilize poster presentations in your gifted and talented science classroom to support critical reasoning. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to construct your lab activities to guide students toward data collection, how to teach data analysis, and how to construct gallery walk presentations of individual student groups' scientific conclusions.
The course also comes with a poster template and planning guide to provide to your students as resources in this activity.
- The Science Poster for the GT Student Course Content
- The video and article will provide you with guidance on how to integrate poster presentations into your GT science classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
- Quiz
- You will answer questions related to science labs and poster presentations. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
- Implementation Reflection
- The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
- Considerations for Implementation
- This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
- Videos and Further Reading
- Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of GT students and interactions in science.
What you will learn
- Understand features of science labs that can support gifted and talented students
- Analyze the components of an effective poster presentation
- Plan the steps for structuring poster presentations in your classroom
How you will benefit
- You will create more engaging science investigations to challenge your students
- Your students will excel academically in their science content knowledge, analytical skills, and oral presentation skills
- Your poster presentations will contribute to a more engaging and dynamic classroom culture
Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this quick course will teach you how to utilize poster presentations in your gifted and talented science classroom to support critical reasoning. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how to construct your lab activities to guide students toward data collection, how to teach data analysis, and how to construct gallery walk presentations of individual student groups' scientific conclusions.
The course also comes with a poster template and planning guide to provide to your students as resources in this activity.
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Transforming Traditional Lessons to Online Learning
- Transforming Traditional Lessons to Online Learning
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Fee: $89.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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This course will teach you how to adapt your traditional lessons to an online learning format, focusing on the SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) to enhance your instruction to incorporate online components in a meaningful way. This teacher professional development course will teach you how to transition your traditional teaching methods into an online learning environment. You may feel that you only need to adapt a few lessons using a blended learning model, or you may wish to explore how to shift your entire classroom into a virtual learning environment. The course will help guide you on what components of your classroom you can shift online, from considering your lessons and assessments, evaluating how to differentiate, or planning how to make your administrative tasks more streamlined.
You will learn about the SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition), also called the SAMR framework, as a continuum of technology integration to help you decide how to authentically build more technology into your teaching practices. By the end of the course, you will have a technology plan ready for your classroom and will bring with you many planning documents, resources, and ideas that you can begin implementing. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will assist you in a plan for transitioning traditional teaching to an online format, whether for a few lessons in a blended learning approach or within a complete shift to virtual instruction. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover lesson and assessment adaptation, differentiation, and administrative streamlining by introducing the SAMR model for effective technology integration.
- Introducing the SAMR Model
- About the movement from traditional to online teaching
- About the SAMR model of technology integration
- How to reflect on what you want to change in your instructional methods
- Section 2 – Substitution (S)
- About the substitution level of the SAMR model
- A wide variety of online tools available to use as substitutes for traditional teaching methods
- Augmentation (A)
- About the augmentation level of the SAMR model
- A wide variety of online tools available to use at the augmentation level of the SAMR model
- Modification (M)
- About the modification level of the SAMR model
- A variety of online tools available to use at the modification level of the SAMR model
- Redefinition (R)
- About the redefinition level of the SAMR model
- A wide variety of online tools available to use at the redefinition level of the SAMR model
- Differentiation & Scaffolding
- How to differentiate online instruction
- A variety of techniques to scaffold your students' online learning
- Administrative Tasks
- How to handle professional tasks online such as planning lessons, keeping records, and holding conferences and meetings
- How to use online tools to communicate effectively with parents
- How to manage student behavior and build a sense of classroom community with online tools
- Choosing Resources
- How to determine what you need to change in your traditional instruction
- How to choose appropriate resources for your online instruction
- Putting it All Together
- Using the sample provided, build your own virtual plan for an upcoming lesson.
- Applying What you Have Learned
- Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that feature ideas around the SAMR model, and read the research behind this type of learning in the classroom.
What you will learn
- Evaluate methods to intentionally integrate technology into parts of your instruction or modify your lessons into a fully virtual model
- Analyze each component of the SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) to determine the level of transition your classroom lessons will need
- Explore a variety of tools and resources to help you integrate your classroom lessons virtually
- Build an online learning plan for your classroom by identifying specific components of your lesson that you will modify virtually
How you will benefit
- Discover ways to use technology to help streamline your lessons and make them more impactful in a virtual environment
- Become empowered by your technology use through course content that will teach you how to choose the level of integration you can currently handle and how to implement it
- Help your lessons become more dynamic and targeted as you purposefully plan for technology integration in your classroom
Self-Study
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In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will assist you in a plan for transitioning traditional teaching to an online format, whether for a few lessons in a blended learning approach or within a complete shift to virtual instruction. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. The course will cover lesson and assessment adaptation, differentiation, and administrative streamlining by introducing the SAMR model for effective technology integration.
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Understanding Adolescents Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $125.00
Hours: 24
Uncover the secrets of the adolescent mind. This course provides valuable information on how adolescents feel, how their identities develop, and how you can best meet their needs.
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Understanding Adolescents (Self-Guided)
- Understanding Adolescents (Self-Guided)
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Fee: $125.00
Dates: 4/1/2025 - 6/30/2025
Times: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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Uncover the secrets of the adolescent mind. This course helps you gain valuable information on how adolescents feel, how their identities develop, and how you can best meet their needs. Parents, family members, teachers and related support staff, child and youth workers, counselors, nurses and the like will all benefit from the information shared in this course.
You will learn about the many physical, emotional, and cognitive changes that affect the teens in your life, and you will understand the significance of these changes both for you and the adolescent. You will look into relationships both inside and outside the home and the development of a teen's identity. You will explore personality, moral development and the role of faith.
By the time you finish this course, you should be very well-prepared to understand, appreciate, and meet the needs of the teens in your life. Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
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- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Uncover the secrets of the adolescent mind. This course helps you gain valuable information on how adolescents feel, how their identities develop, and how you can best meet their needs. Introduction
Your first lesson explains the term adolescent development and familiarize you with some terminology. You will also learn the three main stages of adolescence to help you become familiar with the tasks and milestones inherent in each stage.
Biological Development
Adolescence is a time of change. These changes occur on the outside as well as on the inside. This lesson focuses on some external changes, including puberty and the impact it can have on the adolescent. You will also learn how these changes can affect how you treat an adolescent.
Cognitive Development
This lesson focuses on internal changes kids experience during adolescence. As children's bodies take huge leaps forward, so do their brains as they learn and discover new ways of thinking and reasoning.
Social Development I
The dreaded peer group. In this lesson, you will take a close look at socialization, peers and peer groups, friends, intimacy, and social changes in your adolescent's behavior.
Social Development II
One of the things that changes most during adolescence is a child's family relationships and how family members interact with each other. This lesson focuses on some of those changes and the impact this may have on both the adolescent and the family.
Emotional Development
Emotional development is one of the internal changes that evolves during adolescence. This lesson explores some aspects of emotions and their development, and the significance this may have for adolescent development.
Identity and Self-Concept
This is the "Who Am I?" lesson. This lesson delves into how people think about themselves, how their identity develops, what might influence their identity, and their self-concept.
Moral Development and Faith
This lesson is all about moral development and how the changes to the adolescent play a role in their moral development. You will become familiar with the overall thoughts, ideas and processes that seem common to adolescent moral development.
Stress
This lesson takes a close look at stress, anxiety, frustration, and defense mechanisms. You will also explore how these things affect all of us and how some of this is demonstrated during adolescence.
Influences on Development
This lesson looks at four separate things: nature versus nurture, temperament, personality, and resiliency. The main thread carried throughout this lesson is how a better understanding of yourself can help you to better understand others.
Adolescent Needs
This lesson review some of the adolescent needs and looks at how this affects LBTQ+ youth. You will learn about the issues these individuals may be faced with.
When Something Goes Wrong
Your final lesson shifts from the normal to the abnormal part of adolescent development. The focus of this lesson will be a brief overview of disorders or conditions that are consistently viewed within the Self-Study
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Uncover the secrets of the adolescent mind. This course helps you gain valuable information on how adolescents feel, how their identities develop, and how you can best meet their needs.
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Using the Internet in the Classroom Offered in partnership with ed2go
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Fee: $129.00
Hours: 24
Learn how to use the Internet to make teaching easier for you and more relevant to your students. This course will teach you how to help your students locate valuable resources, improve classroom discussions, and safeguard personal information online.
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