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Enjoy discounted 400/500 level tuition on our monthly featured courses. This month's courses are:


EDUCATION: Techniques for Coping with The New Normal

Course No. ED473l, ED573l

Tuition $195 ‑ $280

Quarter Credits 3

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The pandemic has had a significant impact on our educational structure, going from a brick-and-mortar classroom to teach with a drive toward digitization through creating virtual classrooms. Educators were required to adopt a new educational model of teaching and adapt to it quickly, thus creating a new normal, a combination of virtual, hybrid, and brick-and-mortar classrooms. In this exciting course, you will learn from experienced teachers who have developed techniques for coping with the new normal.

TEACHING TIPS: For Educators On The Front Line (Spring 2021)

Course No. ED473k, ED573k

Tuition $95 ‑ $125

Quarter Credits 1

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With 2020 behind us, we are still faced with the issues of how best to connect, engage, and support our students as we continue to deal with the Pandemic.  In this course, we have gathered together teachers on the front line who make a difference.  Join us as we begin another ten (10) valuable 1-hour sessions on Teaching Tips to assist you in your virtual, hybrid, and brick-and-mortar classroom. 

This course is appropriate for teachers K-12.

Course dates and times:
April 5th – 16th, 2021
One Hour Session each weekday (Monday – Friday)
Starting at 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (PST)

TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO FIND THEMSELVES AMID UNSETTLING TIMES

Course No. ED471w, ED571w

Tuition $315 ‑ $415 $315

Quarter Credits 5

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The pandemic and racial injustice are amazing opportunities for teachers. If we are all to rise together to navigate our global crises, the new generation needs us to provide a new kind of learning. Young people need to understand how their behavior affects the behavior of viruses, influences the climate, and how their lives affect others whose life experience is different from their own. They need to know what they stand for and be ready to act for a greater good. These are challenging new capacities. To develop them, our students need a kind of learning that begins with understanding themselves more fully than has been common in school. 

HOOKED ON SUCCESS: Helping Students Discover Passion & Purpose In Life

Course No. HE403a, HE503a

Tuition $195 ‑ $280

Quarter Credits 3

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Without passion and a sense of purpose our youth are finding themselves adrift. Both in life and in school they are falling short of their potential and susceptible to drugs, alcohol and under performance. A proven system, "Natural High," engages grade 4-12 students with what is important. You will review video stories of successful adults. The storytelling is followed by curriculum that guides discussion, provides worksheets and activities that take students deeper into the subject.

IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND LOSS

Course No. ED464z, ED564z

Tuition $380 ‑ $495

Quarter Credits 6

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Trauma and loss are constant companions for many children today. Whether from divorce, death of a loved one, abandonment, abuse, rejection, or another difficult scenario, educators benefit by understanding the impact of these losses. Strategies to help the grieving child and interventions to  assist their academic progress will be provided. Appropriate for P-12 including administrators, counselors, and other support service individuals.

LGBTQ STUDENTS: Creating a Supportive School Environment

Course No. ED463v, ED563v

Tuition $195 ‑ $280

Quarter Credits 3

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Most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) students do not feel safe in school. This course is designed to open up communication lines by sharing techniques and strategies to build safety within effective learning environments for students of all genders and sexual orientations. K-12 students will develop advocacy skills that will be reflected in their confidence and in their ability to thrive at school.

Beyond Divisiveness: Teaching Students to Respectfully Discuss Critical Social Issues

Course No. ED464e, ED564e

Tuition $380 ‑ $495

Quarter Credits 6

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In an era of social polarization and political gridlock grade 6-12 students need the skills to respectfully tackle critical, contemporary issues. Finding common ground forms the foundation of citizenship. Educators taking this course will be encouraged to engage their students on a multitude of issues by examining a subject from varying views. The text grapples with conflicting views of unresolved social issues such as gun control, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter, and immigration.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING & THE TEEN BRAIN

Course No. ED465i, ED565i

Tuition $195 ‑ $280

Quarter Credits 3

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Teenagers are both incredibly delightful and “occasionally” frustrating. While that may not be news to you, why teenagers behave the way they do is, indeed, news to many of us. Recent research has helped create a significant body of study and literature that explains the developmental phases our teens go through. Based on recent research on the teen brain, this course helps you navigate the labyrinth of emotions, developmental differences, and entertainment we often call “the teenage brain.”

MINDSETS IN THE CLASSROOM: Increase Student Achievement

Course No. ED459q, ED559q

Tuition $315 ‑ $415

Quarter Credits 5

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Why do some children succeed while others fail? Have you experienced burnout with certain students and are not sure where to turn? Let’s turn this around. When students believe that dedication and hard work can change their performance in school, they grow to become resilient, successful students. Mindsets in the Classroom provides educators with ideas and strategies to build and maintain a growth mindset culture. The focus is on how persistence, hard work and grit can change students’ school performance. All teachers are looking for tools that will ignite a love of learning while communicating that every student can succeed. Do you want to find out how to capture and identify that mindset? Are you ready to create successful and resilient learners? Are you interested in learning the new research on IQ and brain plasticity in order to motivate and engage all students? Then join me for this exciting and transformative course. I recommend this course to any teacher, student, administrator, parent or professional developer who is looking to up their game.

REACHING STUDENTS WHO HURT: Teaching Kids With Trauma & Loss

Course No. ED456u, ED556u

Tuition $315 ‑ $415

Quarter Credits 5

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Most students experience some form of loss in their lives, and the grief that results can profoundly affect their academic performance, emotional stability, and social interactions. This class will help educators understand and respond to the extraordinary challenges that children may face when dealing with grief and loss. Participants will learn strategies to help students affected by divorce, the death of a parent, relative, friend, or pet; violence; chronic illness, and more. This class will examine grief experiences at different developmental levels and will give you strategies to: 1. Respond appropriately to expressions of grief from children and adolescents 2. Help students handle some of the emotions associated with loss 3. Determine when to refer a child to a specialist 4. Respect cultural attitudes towards grief and loss 5. Understand and identify risk taking behaviors and suicide This course is appropriate for those working in all grades, K-12 including teachers, para-educators, counselors, and other support personnel.

STANDARDS BASED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Course No. PE401x, PE401x

Tuition $315 ‑ $415

Quarter Credits 5

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What does a Standard’s Based Curriculum look like in the physical education classroom? This course was designed to assist K-12 educators to understand, develop and create their standards-based curriculum.

After exploring the definition and purpose of a standards-based curriculum, this course will begin designing a standards-based PE curriculum by developing goals based on sound philosophy and reflecting a teacher’s own beliefs and values.

NATURE JOURNALING IN THE CLASSROOM

Course No. ED447N, ED547N

Tuition $195 ‑ $280

Quarter Credits 3

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When Lewis and Clark began their journey west in 1804, their most valuable possessions were their journals.  Humans may now have explored nearly every inch of our planet, but there is always more to see and describe.  A nature journal is your ticket to a deep exploration of the world around you.  A nature journal is a place to record your encounters with the natural world — from the everyday to the sublime.

QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHERS

Course No. ED430H, ED530H

Tuition $95 ‑ $125

Quarter Credits 1

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This course is based on the required text, "Qualities of Effective Teachers" by James Stronge. Stronge’s work emphasizes that the classroom teacher is a person that makes the biggest difference in studies of effectiveness. Also covered are classroom management, curriculum development, lesson delivery. follow-up checklists and ‘red flags’ of ineffective teaching.