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Learn about and put into practice a proven effective instructional approach for preparing our students not just to face the real world, but to make it better! Project-Based Learning: Connecting Classrooms to the Real World offers teachers a convincing argument for implementing project-based learning (PBL) in their classrooms to promote success in academia, in future professions, and in life. Teachers will be equipped with practical tools and resources to take steps toward, or even fully dive into, a research-proven more satisfying and effective way to teach. -
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Participants will develop an increased awareness of the need both nationally and locally to meet the need of ESL students, based on data and research. They will examine ESL standards in their particular state, as well as instructional shifts from traditional approaches to alternative approaches, particularly through the use of technology. They will learn to foster academic interactions, specifically academic conversation skills. They will practice technology usage and create definite plans to incorporate specific tools into ESL lessons to create and increase authentic opportunities for students to interact in meaningful ways.
Key deliverables include: written responses reflecting participants’ analysis of ESL demographic data, current ESL state standards, and instructional practices; practice of, and reflection about, constructive academic conversations and technology tools in the classroom, specifically to promote ESL mastery; creating a lesson plan that incorporates learning into classroom practices; course summary with practical application and reflection. Key activities include reading, watching videos, researching, reflecting, analyzing, and planning. -
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This class is based on sound research that has been done by researchers throughout the nation, to show tangible ways to promote the academic achievement of African American and Latino boys and girls.
This class will equip teachers with practical, in classroom methodologies that have shown to advance the academic performance of students of color. Based on the work of researchers such as Claude Steele, Tyrone Howard, Pedro Noguera, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Johnnie McKinely, Gary Howard and Baruti Kafele, this class takes a constructivist and research based approach toward helping educators recognize and combat the negative affect of implicit stereotype thinking and master skills needed to remove barriers to K-12 student learning. As the number of students of color increase in the school districts across the nation, teachers are looking for methods that “move the needle” for advancing the academic performance of African American and Latino students. Teachers will learn how to build counter narratives to inferiority complexes that students harbor and see examples of teachers and schools that are closing the achievement gap through in-classroom practices that work. Although the class focuses much of the material on African American students, the class is structured to provide conceptual frameworks and practices that work across cultures. Each lesson gives clarification for how to apply certain principles to Latino and other students of color. Educators will also learn key facts such as: a) You don’t have to be black to teach black students; b) Holding students to high standards is one of the best ways to break down stereotypes and improve academic performance and c) many other principles and methods that have scientifically been shown to help students learn and perform at high levels. Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. Syllabus -
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Equipped with an understanding of music and its role in cognitive and social development, participants will explore and articulate strategies for using music to enhance classroom learning. They will create lesson plans, write reflective and critical responses, share ideas and experiences, and become familiar with technological resources for integrating music.
Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. Syllabus -
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This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDKU 9156 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. -
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Understand the nature of stress and learn to foster healthy relationships in order to improve teacher effectiveness and student learning in the classroom.
Learn foundational principles related to the brain’s structure, functioning, and development, especially related to relationships and stress, in order to better create, through definite actions, a conducive learning environment.View Syllabus
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This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDCU9560 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. -
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Unlock student creativity and self-expression to enhance learning across all disciplines by nurturing a love of creative writing that incorporates technology and digital media.
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This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDLU 9135 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. -
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What are the causes and consequences of gaps in education opportunities, achievement, and outcomes among the students we serve as well as ways to reverse and close these gaps?
This course explores and informs upon the impermissible gaps our students face based on linguistic backgrounds, socio-economic levels, gender, race, and other factors. Gain a renewed conviction as well as an enriched repertoire of strategies that will increase equity in and through education.
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(syllabus sample is for the NYC school district) This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDKU 9140 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. -
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Want to improve health, mood, behavior, and performance in your classroom?
Learn the value of movement and exercise with the benefits it provides to learning, health (including physical, mental and social health), behavior, and classroom management in the classroom. Even discover how it can enhance your ability as an educator to thrive in the teaching profession!
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(syllabus sample is for the NYC school district)
This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDDU 9837 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected]. -
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View Syllabus (syllabus sample is for the NYC school district)
This course provides the following types of credit: (Massachusetts) 45 PDPs. Approved by Mass Department of ESE for PDPs. Note: PDPs are determined by the number of clock hours. The number of PDPs may vary according to participant, up to a maximum of 45 PDPs. Participants must document their clock hours in order to receive credit. (General) 3 graduate-level PDUs. University credit processing fees are not included. Upon completion of coursework, participant can request and pay $90 per credit. University credits are provided by Brandman University. Brandman University course number: EDDU 9779 Please check with your school district or local authority on whether the kind of credit this course provides can be used towards meeting your professional development, salary differential, or credential renewal needs. For questions, email [email protected].
