Search Results

• 21st Century Learning Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Collaboration Skills, Organized Classrooms, Flipped Classrooms, Inquiry-based Learning, STEM, Standards-based Instruction. Through this online course package, teachers are introduced to school-wide policy reforms as ways to promote collaboration, along with strategies to accommodate varying learning needs. Acknowledging that the key to “doing it all” and “doing it all well” is organization, this package presents effective ways for teachers to organize their many responsibilities and take practical steps to manage stressful teaching situations.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Accommodating All Students Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Accommodations, Adaptations, Differentiation, IEPs, Cognitive Skills Testing, Training, Documentation, Learning Challenges, Universal Design for Learning and more. In this online course package, teachers are provided with a range of strategies for accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction, to appropriately meet the varied needs of students in the classroom. The frameworks provided build on research findings that show how a learner’s level of recognition, strategic, and affective networks can all be taken into account to determine the best way to teach and reach learners Teachers will be shown effective methods to detect students who may have weak cognitive skills, identify tools to strengthen cognition, and implement a Universal Design of Learning (UDL) within the classroom.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Aligning to Standards Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Alignment to Standards, Lesson Planning, Curriculum Development, Assessments and Evaluation, Technology, Rubrics, Student Portfolios, Math, and Testing. Understanding and breaking down standards can be a challenging process for any teacher. This online PD course has DIY classroom tools, instructional strategies and educator resources to help teachers identify standards relevant to any grade or subject area. Examine curriculum design, consider lesson plans and make activities for classrooms that improve grades. Ideas and simple templates for assessments, rubrics and student portfolios help teachers evaluate and grade student work while meeting standards.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Assessments & Evaluation Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Rubrics, Student Portfolios, Objectives, Goals, Student-centered, Achievement, Standards-based, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment, and more. Strong assessments and continuous evaluation are features of the best curriculum. Teachers get help to create and communicate goals and objectives in lesson planning and understand how to use formative assessments, while exploring a range of test and evaluation strategies that translate to better learning.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Assessments Across Curriculum Package (50 Hours)

  

  Topics: Assessment, Rubrics, Portfolios, Plan Lesson & Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Individual Learning Plans, Best Lesson Plan Ideas, Help with Rubrics, Student Portfolios, Standards in Education and more.

  $300 for 50 Hours
  SAVE $90!
  10 Courses (5 hours each)
• Essential Teaching Package #3 (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Accommodations, Classroom Management, Standards, Reading, Technology in Education, Reaching all Learners, Online Teaching, Behavior Strategies, Flipping Classrooms, and more. The Essential Teaching Package #3 provides a foundation in skills applicable to teachers across the curriculum and grade levels.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Mental Health Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: ADHD, Trauma-informed Teaching, Autism, Emotional Health, Suicide Prevention, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Stress, PTSD, Mental Health Disorders. This online course package, has been designed to provide an extensive coverage of the most common of these situations, and give teachers a strong working understanding of each, as well as practical strategies to deal with the spectrum of challenges within the Mental Health umbrella. Teachers will be presented with a basic understanding of the warning signs of early-onset mental illnesses in children and adolescents, ways to strengthen teacher-parent communications and strategies to teach effectively.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Accommodating All Learners (5 Hours)

  

  Addressing accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction to appropriately meet the needs of teachers and a variety of students. This online course for teachers may meet state requirements to renew a teaching license. Check with your state department of education.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Accommodations through UDL (5 Hours)

  

  Make teaching ALL students a very real possibility with the Universal Design of Learning (UDL) framework. This structure builds on research findings that show how a single teaching approach has very limited results on student learning and highlights the need for a new curricular approach in which a learner’s level of recognition, strategic, and affective networks are all taken into account to determine the best means of teaching.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Assessment Strategies (5 Hours)

  

  Assessment is an essential part of learning. It helps teachers and students determine to what extent education goals are being met. This course familiarizes teachers with the strategies and methods that are available to help make assessments meaningful and useful tools.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Assistive Communication for Every Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  This course also shows teachers how to improve learning using various low-tech and high-tech Assistive Communication devices. It instructs teachers on how to identify and choose suitable devices and how to explore the laws promoting and supporting the use of these devices in the classroom. Teachers will also gain a clear understanding of their role in the evaluation and implementation of Assistive Communication technology in the classroom. The suggestions, ideas and templates provided in the course will help teachers confidently apply these strategies in the classroom.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Building School-wide Initiatives (5 Hours)

  

  Enhance students’ learning experiences by developing strategies and initiatives that benefit entire schools. Teachers will be introduced to a range of successful strategies to collaborate at a wider level to address learning issues faced by schools, and implement corresponding, well-designed interventions.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Bullying: Prevention and Policies for Schools (5 Hours)

  

  The goal of this course is to help teachers understand the different aspects of bullying and to provide recommended strategies and techniques to deal with both victims and bullies.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Classroom Collaboration (5 Hours)

  

  Explore the benefits of using teamwork as a key element in K-12 classrooms, along with successful strategies to involve students in the various aspects of collaborative instruction. Building on a strong research base, this course empowers teachers to understand and implement effective practices of collaboration in their own classrooms.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Differentiation for Gifted Learners in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Better understand gifted and talented education by learning how to identify, instruct and assess these students. Explore related topics, issues, and resources geared towards our gifted population.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Early Reading Skills (5 Hours)

  

  The development of early literary and reading skills are foundation for every student’s education. Gain a comprehensive understanding of challenges that hold potential readers back, including phonological impairments and reading disorders. Adopt best science-research-based reading strategies to tackle these including use of explicit, systematic and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness, and implementing multisensory intervention strategies. An incredibly useful tool for teachers looking to unlock their students’ reading potential, the course is a must-have for teachers.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• English Language Learners in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Create a welcoming environment that ensures English Language Learners thrive educationally through the integration of useful research based strategies that promote student engagement with the lessons and curriculum.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Enhancing Instruction through Standards (5 Hours)

  

  For students graduating from high school to be fully equipped and college and career ready, they must possess high standards of academic and behavioral skills. Learn the scheme of implementing the standards as a successful strategy to address what students are expected to know and be able to do when they have graduated from high school and prepares them for life outside the classroom.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Ethical Conduct in Education (5 Hours)

  

  Ethics may seem like an abstract concept, and yet it’s practical, relevant and a critical part of a teacher’s professional life. Explore how you can grow in ethics in the areas of academic excellence, boundaries and academic integrity. From protocols for social media, reporting abuse, transference and plagiarism, this course explores issues where ethics and education meet. It is full of practical strategies, resources and guidelines for teachers to reflect on and implement in their particular teaching situations.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Flipping Classrooms (5 Hours)

  

  Move students beyond becoming ‘proficient’ in a subject to ‘mastering’ its intricacies. Explore making students’ learning needs the driving force behind classroom instruction. Identify effective tools and strategies, such as video, digital simulations, and computer games to personalize lessons.This approach empowers student ownership over their learning and promotes the classroom as a collaborative educational environment.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Guided Reading (5 Hours)

  

  Develop students’ independent reading skills in the classroom, through the process of guided reading, while also promoting comprehension, critical thinking, problem solving, intellectual skills and interpersonal communication.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• IEPs: Documentation and Implementation for Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  The goal of this course is to help teachers understand the IEP process and build the teachers comfort level in developing, aligning with and carrying out the IEP through rich examples and templates to help teachers understand and practically use the recommended strategies in a classroom setting.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Integrating Standards in Teaching (5 Hours)

  

  Untangle what turns out to be the not-so-mysterious language of today’s teaching and learning and put successful strategies, including the Common Core, into practice.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Internet Safety in a Connected World (5 Hours)

  

  There are multiple ways in which we are responsible for protecting children. Today’s online world magnifies those opportunities as well as complicates them in ways in which we must be aware. The goal of this course is to increase your awareness of how students today are using technology, as well as helping you understand the risks of the online world. Teachers will be equipped with strategies and ideas to talk about internet safety to students in their classrooms.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Introduction to Autism (5 Hours)

  

  Autism impacts a student’s ability to communicate, form social skills, and manage sensory challenges often affecting their academic potential and learning style in the classroom. A person with autism may experience thinking, remembering events, reacting and communicating in a unique way. In this course, educators will find tried and tested strategies, tips, real-life examples and insights to create more inclusive classroom and help students on the autism spectrum thrive.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Language Acquisition (5 Hours)

  

  This course provides an in-depth understanding of the language acquisition process to enable educators to successfully teach English Language Learners.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Mathematics for All Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  Successfully address a range of mathematics learning needs with strategies designed to benefit veteran math teachers, as well as teachers who have ever thought or said, “I’m not good at math.”

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Partnering with Parents (5 Hours)

  

  Bridge communication gaps with useful strategies to employ while facing common challenging situations in working with parents.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Peer Review of Teaching (5 Hours)

  

  Aimed at propelling teachers toward growth and improvement, this course presents peer review as an easy-to-apply model of wholesome teacher evaluation. Teachers will be equipped with practical strategies and tools so they can engage in systematic assessment of teaching performance.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Preparing College and Career Ready Students (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers are the strongest and most influential link between high school and college for every student, and are often the best people to guide students in the endeavor to become college and career ready. This course will examine the details of mastering the current needs of students to be college and career ready.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Preparing for Teacher Evaluations (5 Hours)

  

  This course will take teachers through the process of evaluation, elaborate on its guiding principles and criterion, and include strategies and factual information to clearly link teaching quality with student learning. Further, teachers will be shown how to be “participants” in the process rather than being “subjects”. Tips to deal positively with negative feedback are also provided.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Project Management for Students through Project-based Learning (5 Hours)

  

  For students to be truly equipped to succeed in the 21st century college scenario or workplace, they must possess a level of mastery in essential project management skills. This course presents project-based learning as a successful strategy to promote project management skill development in students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Public Speaking for Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  Examine how to manage fears and perfect your public speaking skills. Identify and work on specific problem areas and consequently improve your communication skills. Learn to structure your speeches and harness technology to deliver effective speeches.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reading in Content Areas (5 Hours)

  

  This course explores the latest research to help students develop strong reading comprehension skills. It is full of strategies, illustrations, examples and practical tools that teachers can use in the classroom. Learn about ways to introduce students to new vocabulary, analyze content, develop perspectives and use graphic organizers. Teach students to question, draw inferences, visualize and make predictions. Teachers can use these in a range of subjects including language arts, science, geography, history, arts and music

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reading through Technology in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Transform teaching practice, and enhance students’ reading levels, by incorporating technology into classroom reading activities. This approach enables teachers to successfully assess available technology, employ it successfully, and help students read with higher accuracy and better comprehension.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Recognition of Early-onset Mental Health Illness in Children & Adolescents (5 Ho…

  

  Provides a basic understanding of warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents as well as ideas and strategies that help teachers work with students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Reflective Teaching Practice (5 Hours)

  

  Embark on a sustainable professional development journey by integrating successful reflective practices into your teaching. Strategies build on research findings to present reflective teaching as a crucial component in professional development, empowering teachers to make informed decisions about their own learning and every day instruction.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Research-based Instructional Strategies (5 Hours)

  

  To help students improve in academic achievement, develop an attitude of learning and acquire the skills needed for the demands of the work place and real life situations, educators must continually review, reflect on and work to improve their instructional skills.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Spanish for Educators (5 Hours)

  

  Build essential communication skills by learning general vocabulary and phrases that assist teachers with understanding Spanish in the classroom and school environment. Through this ‘primer’ for non-Spanish speaking teachers, educators develop the ability to communicate with students and families who speak Spanish as a first language.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Student-centered Learning (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers committed to real development in their students look forward to lively, stimulating and effective learning environments where their students are self-motivated, able to build on what they already know and equipped for the real-world.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Suicide Prevention (5 Hours)

  

  Teachers will learn to identify possible early signs of suicide and be introduced to tools that may be helpful to students. Creative activities and strategies can help promote safe classroom environments. The course also encourages teachers to work together with their school in initiating and implementing school-wide policies and programs on suicide prevention.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Tackling Tough Text (5 Hours)

  

  Help students to tackle difficult text and understand it better. The strategies in this course help improve learning comprehension and are applicable to all subjects.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Teacher Coaching (5 Hours)

  

  Information and skills essential to the process of Cognitive/Peer Coaching in their school. Learn about the process of Cognitive Coaching, the roles and responsibilities of the coach and the coachee and how to implement this process in your school, reaping multiple benefits for the school, teachers and students.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Teaching Students with Special Needs (5 Hours)

  

  Create nurturing, safe and diverse learning environments that enable every child to thrive. Special needs encompass a range of conditions and challenges that affect a child’s academic performance. Students with special needs may need assistance in learning, movement, and/or communication. Support all students’ varying capacities and capabilities regardless of their unique requirements or obstacles.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Thrifty Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Through the resources, research-validated strategies and suggestions presented in this course, teachers will be equipped to handle tight budgets, and be frugal in their classrooms by turning to alternative resources. Further, teachers will be provided practical tips that will allow them to adopt methods to make the most of what they already have, end up saving money and still have the needed supplies to provide a quality education.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Transformative Classroom Management (5 Hours)

  

  Smart teachers struggle with classroom management. Skilled teachers elect to use strategies that create more problems than they solve. This course focuses on proven ideas that when used, work.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Trauma Sensitive Teaching (5 Hours)

  

  Educators will learn about the ways in which trauma impacts learning behaviors, and the strategies they can adopt to help students regulate their emotions, build resilience, and thrive both within and beyond the classroom. Packed with innumerable tips, strategies, and real-life examples for teachers who wish to master the art of trauma sensitive teaching, this course is an incredible resource for teachers everywhere.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Understanding ADHD (5 Hours)

  

  Gain confidence in not only accommodating students with ADHD, but also other students who are energetic, hyperactive or have difficulty paying attention.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Writing and Dyslexia: Overcoming Challenges (5 Hours)

  

  Reading and writing are crucial aspects of student learning and critical life skills. Teaching students to read and write can be layered and challenging, especially since individual learners require teachers to adapt a range of teaching methodologies and approaches.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access
• Substitute Teaching 101 (15 Hours)

  

  Designed to train and introduce new substitute teachers to a range of topics and skills generally required for teaching in the classroom. Topic area sections covered include overviews of the following: Professionalism: Conduct, confidentiality, and legal responsibilities. Honoring diversity: Basic terminology and appropriate actions. Foundational classroom management techniques: Ways to control a classroom and diffusing conflict. Basic instructional strategies: Effective questioning, assessment methods, and lesson plans. Supporting students with special needs: Basic terminology of disorders and characteristics and appropriate strategies. Working with at-risk youth: Learning traits, characteristics, and appropriate strategies.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  5 Year Access