Teacher Professional Development   

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.
 

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.
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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. 

 

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 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 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.

1. Designing IEP Goals Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to trauma in adolescents. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Designing IEP Goals Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to trauma in elementary-aged children. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Understanding & Supporting Students with ADHD Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to students diagnosed with ADHD. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. 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.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Understanding & Supporting Students with Dyslexia Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to students diagnosed with dyslexia. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Understanding Students at Risk of Dropping Out Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to students at risk of dropping out. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. A Look into Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to Universal Design for Learning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Cognitive Thinking and Bloom's Taxonomy
   1. 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.
2. Graphic Organizer Examples that Support Bloom's Taxonomy
   1. 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.
3. Incorporating Graphic Organizers into Lessons
   1. 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.
4. Assessing Graphic Organizers
   1. Learn how to assess your students' use of graphic organizers and how to select the right assessment for your lesson plan and organizer.
5. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own action plan to utilize graphic organizers at the appropriate cognitive level in an upcoming lesson.
6. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. The Components of Behavior
   1. A definition of various forms of student behavior in the classroom
   2. The three components to consider when understanding your students' behaviors
2. Behavior Data Recording
   1. The definition of a functional behavior assessment
   2. The ABC method of collecting student behavior data
   3. Other methods for collecting student data
3. The Functions of Behavior
   1. The four functions of behavior
   2. How to generate a hypothesis about the function of your target behavior
4. Planning and Evaluating Interventions
   1. How to choose replacement behaviors
   2. How to design a function-based intervention
   3. Methods for evaluating interventions
5. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own student support plan to address a specific student's behavior.
6. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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

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.

1. Types of Assessments
   1. 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.
2. Pre-Assessments
   1. You will learn about using pre-assessments with gifted students to help gauge their prior knowledge and guide unit planning effectively.
3. Summative Assessments
   1. 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.
4. Formative Assessments
   1. 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.
5. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, you will build an assessment plan for your gifted students aligned with an upcoming unit of study.
6. Applying What You Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Section 1 – Overview of Effective Learning Objectives
   1. The difference between traditional planning and planning using backwards design
   2. The three stages of planning using backwards design
   3. The difference between a learning objective and a learning goal
   4. The importance of having learning objectives, both for students, as well as teachers
2. Section 2 – The Parts of a Learning Objective
   1. The Behavior
   2. The Condition
   3. The Criterion
3. Section 3 – How to Write a Learning Objective
   1. How to "unpack" the standards
   2. How to write an effective learning objective
4. Section 4 – Using a Taxonomy Table
   1. What is a taxonomy table?
   2. How do we use taxonomy tables when developing learning objectives?
5. Section 5 – Writing Your Own Learning Objectives
   1. The importance of writing effective learning objectives
   2. How to determine if the objective is well written
6. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build a series of objectives for your upcoming lessons.
7. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. ELL Proficiency Levels
   1. About the struggle ELL students have in different content areas, and how writing plays a role in all content areas.
   2. Six simple strategies that can support the writing skills of ELLs across all content areas.
   3. How to best monitor the progress of your ELLs.
2. Support Strategies
   1. Strategies such as buddy writing, daily writing, and interactive writing are great ways to improve writing fluency and confidence of ELLs.
   2. How exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing.
   3. That vocabulary development is a critical part of literacy development for ELLs.
3. Monitoring Progress
   1. The importance of monitoring the progress of your ELLs.
   2. Three strategies for monitoring progress.
4. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your writing support plan for your ELLs for an upcoming lesson.
5. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Grammar and Language Awareness
   1. Introduction
   2. Nouns
   3. Verbs
   4. Verbs that are not Verbs
   5. Adjectives and adverbs
   6. Other parts of speech
   7. Present, past, and future tenses
   8. Conditionals
2. TEFL Methodology
   1. Understanding student and teacher roles
   2. Teaching structures, strategies and methods
   3. Activities in the classroom
   4. Classroom management, correcting errors and giving feedback
   5. Teaching vocabulary and functions
   6. Teaching reading and listening
   7. Introduction to phonology
   8. Teaching young learners
   9. Teaching business English
   10. Teaching one-to-one
   11. A PPP Lesson
   12. Teaching Tips and Resources
3. Video Observation
   1. A PPP Lesson
   2. Functional language
   3. Foreign Language
   4. Skills
   5. Dealing with difficult students
4. Remote Learning
   1. Introduction to remote learning
   2. Lesson types and needs analysis
   3. Structures and strategies
5. Teaching Large Classes
   1. Introduction to teaching large classes
   2. Classroom organization
   3. 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.

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.

1. TEFL
   1. Grammar and Language Awareness
      1. Introduction
      2. Nouns
      3. Verbs
      4. Verbs that are not Verbs
      5. Adjectives and adverbs
      6. Other parts of speech
      7. Present, past, and future tenses
      8. Conditionals
   2. TEFL Methodology
      1. Understanding student and teacher roles
      2. Teaching structures, strategies and methods
      3. Activities in the classroom
      4. Classroom management, correcting errors and giving feedback
      5. Teaching vocabulary and functions
      6. Teaching reading and listening
      7. Introduction to phonology
      8. Teaching young learners
      9. Teaching business English
      10. Teaching one-to-one
      11. A PPP Lesson
      12. Teaching Tips and Resources
   3. Video Observation
      1. A PPP Lesson
      2. Functional language
      3. Foreign Language
      4. Skills
      5. Dealing with difficult students
   4. Remote Learning
      1. Introduction to remote learning
      2. Lesson types and needs analysis
      3. Structures and strategies
   5. Teaching Large Classes
      1. Introduction to teaching large classes
      2. Classroom organization
      3. Activities and discipline
2. Advanced TEFL Courses
   1. Teaching Young Learners
      1. Introduction to teaching young learners
      2. Child development and teaching young learners
      3. Practical activities to use with young learners
      4. Using the internet with young learners
      5. Teaching very young learners
   2. Teaching Business English
      1. The theory of Business English
      2. Preparing Business English lessons
      3. Delivering Business English
      4. Business communication skills
   3. How to Teach English Online
      1. Introduction to the course
      2. Using technology to teach
      3. Lesson Planning
   4. Set up and Promote your Online Lessons
      1. Building your own website
      2. 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.

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.

1. A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy Course Content
   1. Understand and Implement Bloom's Taxonomy in the classroom
2. Reflect or Discuss
   1. Learn to connect the course content
3. Try This Task
   1. Learn to implement the ideas in the classroom
4. Quiz
5. Implementation Reflection
   1. Discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in future based on what you learned in the course
6. Considerations for Implementation
   1. Reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation
7. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. A Guide to Webb's DOK Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to Webb's DOK. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. AI for Students Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to the student use of AI for learning. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. AI for Teachers Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. 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.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Aligning Homework to Instruction Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. 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.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. An Introduction to Logical Fallacies Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to logical fallacies. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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)

1. Inglés para la Educación de la Primera Infancia
1. Fundamentos de la Educación de la Primera Infancia
2. Comprensión del papel de un educador de la primera infancia y de las competencias necesarias
3. Técnicas y estrategias para fomentar el desarrollo y el aprendizaje del niño
4. Creación de un entorno seguro de comunicación e inclusión para niños y familiares
2. Inglés para la Acreditación CDA
1. Vocabulario clave para la credencial CDA
2. Identificar los pasos que se requieren para obtener una credencial CDA
3. El portafolio profesional CDA, la visita de verificación y el examen
3. Introducción al Cuidado Infantil en inglés
1. Vocabulario básico para una carrera en educación infantil
2. Palabras y expresiones básicas para el cuidado de los niños pequeños
3. Palabras y expresiones básicas para enseñar a los niños pequeños

Asociado de Desarrollo Infantil – Base central (De español a inglés)

1. Introducción
2. ¿Cómo acceder a este Curso?
3. ¿Por qué obtener una Certificación en Desarrollo Infantil?
4. Introducción al Portafolio
5. Principios del Desarrollo y Aprendizaje Infantil
6. Planificación de un Entorno de Aprendizaje Seguro y Saludable
7. Fomentar el Desarrollo Físico e Intelectual de los Niños
8. Apoyar el Desarrollo Social y Emocional de los Niños
9. Establecer Relaciones Productivas con las Familias
10. Administración de un Programa Eficaz
11. Observar y Registrar el Comportamiento de los Niños
12. Lograr un Cuidado de Alta Calidad
13. Revisión final del Portafolio
14. Preparación para el Examen CDA y Presentación del mismo
15. Oportunidades de empleo
16. Exámen Final
17. 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.

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.

1. Inglés para la Educación de la Primera Infancia
1. Fundamentos de la Educación de la Primera Infancia
2. Comprensión del papel de un educador de la primera infancia y de las competencias necesarias
3. Técnicas y estrategias para fomentar el desarrollo y el aprendizaje del niño
4. Creación de un entorno seguro de comunicación e inclusión para niños y familiares
2. Inglés para la Acreditación CDA
1. Vocabulario clave para la credencial CDA
2. Identificar los pasos que se requieren para obtener una credencial CDA
3. El portafolio profesional CDA, la visita de verificación y el examen
3. Introducción al Cuidado Infantil en inglés
1. Vocabulario básico para una carrera en educación infantil
2. Palabras y expresiones básicas para el cuidado de los niños pequeños
3. 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.

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.

1. Simple Assessment Tools & Ideas to Support Online Learning Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to online assessment tools. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
4. 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.
5. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
6. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Behavior Contract Design Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to the design of behavior contracts. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to student testing behaviors. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. A Review of Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism in the Classroom Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. 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.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Types of Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
2. Narrative Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
3. Creative Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
4. Expository Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
5. Persuasive Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
6. Reading Response Writing Prompts
   1. 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.
7. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the samples provided, build your own writing prompt ready to be implemented in the classroom.
8. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Strategic Grouping
   1. 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.
2. Phonics
   1. 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.
3. Word Work
   1. 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.
4. Sight Words
   1. 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.
5. Reading Fluency
   1. 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.
6. Writing Fluency
   1. 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.
7. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own station activities plan to support reading and writing fluency in your classroom.
8. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Establishing a Math Community
   1. 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.
2. Checking for Understanding
   1. 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.
3. Interventions
   1. Analyze three intervention methods to re-teach class content, then reflect on how you'd re-teach a concept specific to your grade level.
4. Common Math Misconceptions
   1. Review the common misconceptions in elementary math and reflect on misconceptions your own students would experience at your grade level.
5. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build a plan to check for student understanding for an upcoming math lesson.
6. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Getting Started
2. How to Take This Course
3. Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
4. The Portfolio Introduction
5. Principles of Child Development and Learning
6. Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
7. Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
8. Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
9. Building Productive Relationships with Families
10. Managing an Effective Program
11. Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
12. Achieving High-Quality Care
13. Final Portfolio Review
14. CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
15. Employability
16. Final Exam
17. 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.

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.

1. Getting Started
2. How to Take This Course
3. Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
4. The Portfolio Introduction
5. Principles of Child Development and Learning
6. Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
7. Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
8. Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
9. Building Productive Relationships with Families
10. Managing an Effective Program
11. Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
12. Achieving High-Quality Care
13. Final Portfolio Review
14. CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
15. Employability
16. Final Exam
17. 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.

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)

1. Child Development Professional
   1. Getting Started
   2. How to Take This Course
   3. Why Earn a Child Development Certification?
   4. The Portfolio Introduction
   5. Principles of Child Development and Learning
   6. Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
   7. Advancing Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
   8. Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development
   9. Building Productive Relationships with Families
   10. Managing an Effective Program
   11. Observing and Recording Children's Behavior
   12. Achieving High-Quality Care
   13. Final Portfolio Review
   14. CDA Prep and Taking Your Exam
   15. Employability
   16. Final Exam
   17. Resources
2. Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Associate Certification Training
1. Introduction to Microsoft Word
2. Intermediate Microsoft Word
3. Advanced Microsoft Word
4. Microsoft Word Final Exam
5. Introduction to Microsoft Excel
6. Intermediate Microsoft Excel
7. Advanced Microsoft Excel
8. Microsoft Excel Final Exam
9. Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
10. Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint
11. Microsoft PowerPoint Final Exam
12. Introduction to Microsoft Outlook
13. Advanced Microsoft Outlook
14. 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.

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.

1. The Importance and Purpose of Assessments
   1. 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.
2. Types of Assessments and Student Feedback
   1. 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.
3. Question Types and Alignment
   1. 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.
4. Assessment Writing & Using a Rubric
   1. 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.
5. The Role of Assessments in the Learning Process
   1. 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.
6. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build an assessment plan aligned with your next unit's objectives.
7. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Introduction to Claim, Evidence, Reasoning & Scientific Argumentation
   1. Learn the meaning of CER, the three components of CER and how to use CER as a writing framework in the science classroom.
2. The Claim
   1. 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.
3. The Evidence
   1. 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.
4. The Reasoning
   1. 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.
5. How to Write an Appropriate Question for CER Responses
   1. 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.
6. Modifications for CER
   1. 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.
7. CER Implementation
   1. 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.
8. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own CER lesson plan to be used in an upcoming scientific investigation.
9. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. Overview of Efficient Classroom Processes
   1. Learn how classroom processes promote student learning, then reflect on your own procedures, routines, and transitions to determine areas of need.
2. Strategies
   1. Strategy 1: Structured Daily Routines
      1. 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.
   2. Strategy 2: Daily Procedures
      1. 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.
   3. Strategy 3: Smooth Transitions
      1. 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.
   4. Strategy 4: Pacing
      1. 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.
   5. Strategy 5: Attention Getters
      1. 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.
   6. Strategy 6: Silent Signals
      1. 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.
3. Building Your Strategy Focus Plan
   1. 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.
4. Putting it All Together
   1. 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.
5. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. ELL Proficiency Levels
   1. The importance of supporting writing in ELLs
   2. Appropriate writing strategies to implement in your classroom to support ELL students through all stages of the writing process
   3. How to monitor and assess ELL student growth in writing
2. Support Strategies Before Writing
   1. About the Before Writing Stage
   2. Considerations for generating appropriate writing prompts for ELL students
   3. Vocabulary strategies to support the vocabulary development of your ELLs
   4. How to use graphic organizers to support your ELL students with the planning process
3. Strategies for During Writing
   1. About the During Writing Stage
   2. Strategies such as buddy writing and interactive writing that are great ways to improve the writing fluency and confidence of ELLs
   3. That exposing students to quality mentor texts and providing them with sentence stems or frames are excellent ways to scaffold the process of writing
4. Strategies for After Writing
   1. About the After Writing Stage
   2. That ELL students need specific instruction in how to revise and edit their work
   3. That self-reflection and peer-revising/editing are two strategies teachers can implement to scaffold their ELL students' post-writing process
   4. That publishing a writing piece can take on many forms, but should always be a source of pride and celebrated for all students
5. Monitoring the Progress of ELLs
   1. How to monitor and assess the progress of your ELLs
   2. That Can Do Checklists, student reflections, writing conferences, and student portfolios are excellent ways to track student progress
   3. That progress can be monitored over time with a detailed progress monitoring documentation tool
6. Choosing Appropriate Strategies
   1. How to choose the most appropriate strategies for your students, based on student needs and your instructional goals
   2. Why it is so important to constantly evaluate your strategy choices
7. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build a writing lesson for your English Language Learners.
8. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. What is Collaborative Learning?
   1. An Overview of Collaborative Learning and the Peer Relationship
   2. Common Elements of Collaborative Learning
   3. How to Build Peer Groups for Collaborative Learning
2. Low Prep Common Collaborative Learning Models
   1. Six Common Collaborative Models Used in the Classroom
   2. Examples of How They Can Promote Student Collaboration
3. Structuring and Assessing Collaboration
   1. What Elements Make Up Strong Collaboration
   2. How to Structure Your Activities and Prompts to Promote Strong Collaboration
   3. How to Hold Students Accountable for Their Learning in Collaborative Groups
   4. How to Assess Collaboration Within Groups
4. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own collaborative learning plan for an upcoming lesson.
5. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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

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.

1. Planning a Classroom Website
2. Getting Started
3. Designing Your Website
4. Organizing Your Website
5. Adding Links and Resources
6. Multimedia Elements
7. WebQuests
8. WebQuests Continued
9. Blogs
10. Student Engagement
11. HTML
12. 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

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.

1. How to Create a Structured and Predictable Environment for Students with Autism Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to autism, routines, and procedures. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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

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.

1. Why Inclusion?
2. The Inclusive Classroom
3. Who Are Your Students?
4. Managing Students in the Classroom
5. Finding Students' Cognitive Strengths
6. Using the Strength-Based Interview
7. Modifying Your Lessons
8. Helping Students Overcome Common Obstacles
9. Recognizing Your Teaching Style
10. Encouraging Collaboration
11. Working With Co-teachers
12. Evaluating Your Effectiveness

Self-Study

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.

1. Creativity in your Gifted Students Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. 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.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Designing a Quality Sub Folder Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to the design of a strong substitute folder. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Designing IEP Goals Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to IEP goals. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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.

1. Diagnostic Assessments Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. You will answer questions related to assessments. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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

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.

1. Educating Diverse Student Populations Course Content
   1. 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.
2. Quiz
   1. 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.
3. Implementation Reflection
   1. 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.
4. Considerations for Implementation
   1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
5. Videos and Further Reading
   1. 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

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

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

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.

1. Common Reading Behaviors
   1. 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.
2. Defining Explicit Instruction
   1. 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.
   2. Learn how to identify a reading behavior or skill you can teach in a future or current lesson and how to appropriately group students.
3. Modeling & Guided Practice
   1. Learn how to model a new skill, then how to design activities to support students through guided practice.
   2. Then, learn how to plan for what guided practice might look like in a lesson of your content area and grade level.
4. Independent Practice
   1. Learn about activities you can create and methods for implementing them into the independent practice portion of your lesson.
   2. Then, reflect on what independent practice might look like in a lesson of your content area and grade level.
5. Assessment
   1. 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.
6. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your explicit instruction lesson plan for an upcoming lesson.
7. Applying What you Have Learned
   1. 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

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.

1. The Writing Process
   1. The Difference Between Expository and Narrative Writing
   2. Five Different Expository Writing Structures
   3. An Overview of the Writing Process
2. The Planning & Drafting Stage
   1. How to introduce and teach each of the five expository writing structures
   2. How to analyze a writing prompt and choose an appropriate structure
   3. Several general tips to encourage your students to begin the drafting stage
3. Writing Mini-Lessons
   1. A Basic Lesson Structure You Can Use For Any Writing Mini-Lesson
   2. Five Sample Lessons You Can Incorporate Immediately Into Your Writing Instruction
4. Conferences
   1. How To Manage Your Time So You Can Conference Privately with Each Student
   2. The Four Key Parts of a Writing Conference
   3. How to Track the Content of Your Conferences
5. Revisions
   1. The ARMS Acronym for Revising
   2. Several Strategies You Can Teach to Help Your Students with Revising
   3. How To Use a Checklist to Encourage Your Students to Peer-Revise
6. Embedded Grammar
   1. Why Grammar is So Important
   2. How Grammar Used to Be taught and Why That Method is Not Effective
   3. A Strategy to Teach Grammar with Mentor Sentences
   4. How to Apply This Strategy in Your Own Classroom
7. Editing
   1. The CUPS Acronym for Editing
   2. Several Strategies You Can Teach to Help Your Students with Editing
   3. How to Use a Checklist to Encourage Your Students to Peer-Edit
8. Assessment
   1. How to Score Expository Writing
   2. How to Use the Data You Collect from Scoring
   3. Three Intervention Strategies to Use with Your Struggling Writers
9. Putting it All Together
   1. Using the sample provided, build your own expository writing lesson plan for an upcoming lesson.
10. Applying What You Have Learned
    1. 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