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View Course: ADHD Info & Interventions
Graduate Credit Available! - This online course will help the learner achieve a better understanding of ADD and intervention strategies to facilitate positive student change. Taught by Mick R. Jackson MS/ED, this course covers the history of the disorder, accepted methods to assess and identify students with the disorder, and various methods, medications, and strategies that are currently used to treat it. For situations in which services beyond what can be provided in the classroom are required, the referral process for getting help for the student will be addressed. Reference materials include a list of resources for both teachers and parents who would like more help or information about ADD or ADHD. 30 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Drugs & Alcohol in Schools
Graduate Credit Available! -This online course is designed to help the learner gain a more comprehensive understanding of alcohol, drugs, and their influences in the classroom. It provides a contextual framework for understanding what students may be experiencing either through their own substance use or as a result of the substance use of persons close to them and provides a basic historical perspective of substance use along with the biological, psychological, and social factors that comprise the disease of addiction. Upon course completion, the learner will better understand the complex dynamics that contribute to this biological and social phenomenon. 30 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Early Childhood: Family-Centered Services
Graduate Credit Available! -This online course is designed to give you a new perspective on serving the needs of young children and their families. In this course you will learn what is meant by family-centered services as it applies to diverse systems of care, gain an understanding of family diversity, and explore the major stress factors facing families today. We will discuss the theoretical basis for family-centered services, as well as reflect on current research and best practice. Family-Centered Services will also examine the role of early childhood educators and explore ways to build partnerships with parents and create communities of care—for the benefit of our children, and ultimately society as a whole. 30 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Educational Assessment
Graduate Credit Available! - This online course is designed to further develop the conceptual and technical skills required by teachers to help them identify their educational goals and implement meaningful instructional strategies for effective learning by students with special needs. The focus of the course is on assessment for instructional programming and will outline procedures for designing or selecting, administering, and interpreting a variety of informal assessment measures typically used in schools. The presentation of assessment information in an acceptable format to parents and teachers is also addressed. 30 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Harassment, Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools
Graduate Credit Available! - This online course, Harassment, Bullying & Cyber-Intimidation in Schools, will discuss definitions and the personal, social, and legal ramifications associated with sexual harassment, bullying, and cyber-intimidation. The course will address what we know about these troubling areas. We will then explore preventative strategies as well as how school staff can address these issues when they occur. A clear understanding of what constitutes harassment and the harmful effects of harassment on people and institutions is essential to providing a safe and inclusive school environment for all. 30 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Reading Fundamentals #3
Graduate Credit Available! - This course will focus on learning to read, reading to learn, and an introduction to reading assessment. As part of these two key areas of reading instruction, the five elements of effective reading instruction will be highlighted, including definitions, implications for instruction, and future directions. These five elements include instruction in: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Further, we discuss information on teacher preparation in learning about comprehension strategy instruction and reading instruction, as well as how to integrate computer technology into the classroom 45 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: The Next Generation Science Standards: An Introduction
In The Next Generation Science Standards: An Introduction , you will start with the background and genesis of the standards and conclude with assessment of the three dimensions (3-D) of learning. In between, you will discover the relationship between A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), science learning progressions, 3-D learning and instruction, and engineering practices and design. Through the in-depth readings, video examples, and supplementary resources, you’ll explore ways to begin implementing these standards and this revolutionary new mode of teaching science into your classroom, district, or state.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Self-paced
Listing Price: $120
View Course: Traumatized Child
Graduate Credit Available! This online course is designed to help classroom teachers, school counselors, and other educational personnel gain strategies to reach and teach students who have been affected by stress, trauma, and/or violence. Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of stress and trauma and explore how stress, violence, and trauma affect a student's learning, cognitive brain development, and social-emotional development. The short- and long-term consequences of being exposed to stress, trauma, or violence, as well as the social and family causes, will be reviewed. The dynamics of domestic violence and community violence are also discussed, as is the educator's role in the intervention and prevention of violence.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195
View Course: Why DI: An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction
Graduate Credit Available! - . In this course you will learn what is meant by Differentiated Instruction (DI) and the common myths associated with creating the differentiated classroom. We will discuss the legal, theoretical, and pedagogical foundations in the field of education that support the utilization of differentiated instructional practices and principles. We will reflect on best practices and national trends in the design of the educational setting to meet the needs of a diverse learning population. Why DI?: An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction will also provide connections to a variety of concepts, variables, and resources that will assist practitioners in aligning their own professional practices with those found in the differentiated classroom. 45 Illinois Professional Development Hours approved for this course.
Listing Catalog: Online Professional Learning
Listing Date: Time limit: 60 days
Listing Price: $195