These courses are on-demand and self-paced. Participants will receive a certificate of completion once all assignments are successfully completed, and a quiz is passed with at least 80%.
Acclimating adolescents into effective vocabulary understanding and use is one challenge of the Common Core. Using Module samples, participants will analyze the vocabulary components of the modules. In order to review aligned instructional and experiential practices, participants will discuss and practice with the vocabulary instructional components housed within the modules. Sound, research-based vocabulary practices will serve as catalysts to effective implementation of vocabulary module components to improve teaching and learning.
Course Outcomes:
- Demonstrate understanding and working knowledge of the vocabulary instructional challenges within the Common Core, and the application to the NYS modules.
- Prepare and apply vocabulary instructional components applied to module instructional units.
- Devise sound, research-based vocabulary practices to effectively implement modules while supporting relevant vocabulary components.
- Inspect and analyze the assessment features of the curriculum modules that support vocabulary in order to effectively support expectations of the Common Core.
This course is 20 hours
Managing behavior balances with understanding our learners and their learning styles. Differentiating for various student instructional needs is key to harnessing learning style and other data. While much of it is about student engagement, it is also about knowing them, and how they learn, enough to engage them in learning more. Whether they learn kinesthetical- ly (using physical, hands-on), or inter-personally (social) for example, gives us the opportunity to craft activities and perfor- mance tasks geared to garnering better behavior that then allows us to help them academically. Participants in this course will learn how to use learning style information to develop effective behavior management strategies.
Course Outcomes:
- Apply age and grade appropriate research-based learning style theories to determine learning styles.
- Analyze various age and grade appropriate behavior management theories as they align with multiple learning styles.
- Identify and align behavioral theory to identified learning styles in order to successfully manage behavior and instruct students.
- Apply, through planning and job-embedded action, specific and measurable behavioral management goals and strategies as they align with identified learning styles.
This course is 20 hours
The art of differentiation happens through design, re-design, and new strategies. Participants in this e-course will reinvent lessons using research-based, effective methods of differentiation. They'll have opportunities to re-purpose lesson plans, understand readiness versus ability, and capitalize on brain plasticity to engage students through intellect and creativity. Learning profiles, interest surveys, cognitive-friendly learning environments, tiered questioning and student "hooks" for rigorous learning application are some of the takeaways to this e-course.
Course Objectives:
- Design and implement differentiated lessons using research-based strategies.
- Apply design strategy for grouping and classroom environment.
- Plan for use and implement with online and print tools for differentiation such as learning profiles, interest surveys and tiered questioning.
This course is 20 hours