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• Preparing College Ready and Career-bound Students (1 Graduate Professional Devel…

  

  Prepare students for a successful future in college and careers. This online course suggests an approach to overall development of the student from elementary through high school that can help students become college ready and successful in their careers.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Raising Academic Achievement (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - Unive…

  

  Academic achievement has become an important benchmark in education. This course is full of strategies and educational practices that can help improve academic achievement. In addition to classroom tools and ideas, this online course helps teachers analyze student work to identify gaps in their teaching and helps raise academic scores by establishing a culture of inquiry.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Reading Across the Curriculum (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - Univ…

  

  Reading should be a meaningful activity that is focused on comprehension and that results in understanding. When students struggle with a specific subject matter the underlying reason is usually also identified as under developed reading skills. The strategies in this course are imperative for all educators to help their students become proficient readers. This course helps teachers understand how to assess reading skills in the classroom and plan instruction accordingly. It also equips educators to empower their students with confidence when handling tough text. Teachers also learn how to act as a facilitator for small groups for guided reading.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Standards and Communications in Teaching (1 Graduate Professional Development Cr…

  

  In an age where there are multiple approaches to teaching and educating students, it becomes important to ensure that a particular standard is maintained. This class helps educators achieve goals, while empowering you with skills and tools to deliver the best of quality education. Standards and Communications in Teaching is a three part integrated course that highlights various strategies for facilitating student learning and improving academic achievement. It also focuses on positive communication, both with students and parents, in order to achieve excellence in education.

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  Total Price = $195
• Students with Disabilities (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - Univers…

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

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  Total Price = $195
• Systematic and Phonemic Reading Instruction (1 Graduate Professional Development…

  

  This course lays out explicit, sequential, and systematic approaches to reading instruction from developing students’ early reading skills and phonemic awareness to helping every child become a competent reader, regardless of their current reading level or learning condition. This must-have course for teachers is full of multisensory instruction strategies and explicit intervention techniques, video demos and downloadable templates.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Teachers in Leadership (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University …

  

  The strength of an educational institution lies in its leadership, educators and students. This online course is rich in content that highlights changes or initiatives that can be implemented to improve student learning and encourage school improvement. Teachers taking this class can explore strategies for improving their public speaking skills and in turn, facilitate improved communication with audiences.

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  Total Price = $195
• Teaching Online for the Classroom Teacher (1 Graduate Professional Development C…

  

  TOPICS: Delivering content online, assessment through collaboration and engagement, planning and safety considerations, digital reading technologies, technology supported reading, collaborative reading through technology, planning a virtual field trip, virtual field trip resources, conducting a virtual field trip, online PD for teachers.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Visual Aids in the Classroom (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - Unive…

  

  Visuals in the classroom enable both showing and telling. Today, visuals are at par with words in daily communication. Using bulletin boards is not a new teaching idea but this course delves into the details of creating effective and attractive classroom visuals. Teachers look at creating different types of visuals to ensure student participation.

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  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195