- Develop effective strategies for creating a safe and supportive learning environment in their preschool classrooms
- Utilize age-appropriate activities to engage students and promote learning
- Recognize and respond appropriately to challenging behaviors
- Foster self-esteem among young learners
- Manage transitions between activities in the classroom
- Integrate visual aids into their lesson plans to engage students and encourage learning
- Implement behavior modification strategies to teach positive behaviors
- Create an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration within the classroom
Classroom Management in Preschool This course focuses on the concept of classroom management for preschool classrooms. It examines how to design and maintain a safe, organized and engaging learning environment that is conducive to student achievement. The objectives of this course include teaching students how to develop positive relationships with students, create an effective learning environment using visual aids, use appropriate behavior modification strategies and foster an atmosphere of cooperative learning. Further topics will include developing age-appropriate activities, responding respectfully to challenging behaviors, promoting self-esteem in young children and managing transitions between activities. Through this comprehensive course on innovative methods for classroom management in preschool grades, teachers will have the knowledge they need to create a successful academic experience within their classrooms. Learning Objectives:
Lesson Planning
Learning Objectives:- Identify and understand how to manage Time, Space, and Resources
- Analyze Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Analyze both Sequential and Global approaches to meeting standards
- Develop a Learner-Centered Classroom
- Develop lessons for the 21st-century student
Curriculum Design and Supervision
Course Description: This online course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the fundamentals of school curriculum design and supervision. Through interactive learning activities, the course will explore core concepts such as student learning objectives, assessment development, lesson planning, instructional strategies, and data-driven decision-making. Participants will also gain an understanding of the components of effective professional learning communities (PLCs), standards-based accountability models, and how to use technology in instruction. Course Objectives:- Understand how to develop student learning objectives that are aligned with state curriculum frameworks
- Gain an understanding of assessment development techniques for measuring student performance
- Learn best practices for creating effective lesson plans that engage students in meaningful learning activities
- Explore various instructional strategies and approaches to content delivery
- Develop skills for using data to inform instructional decisions
- Understand the principles behind establishing professional learning communities (PLCs) within a school environment
- Identify tools for evaluating student progress against standards-based accountability models
- Explore ways to effectively integrate technology into instruction
- Develop a deeper understanding of research related trends in curriculum design and supervision
- Gain insight into ethical considerations when providing services relating to curriculum design and supervision
Learning Styles
Course Description: This course outlines different learning styles and illustrates how to design and deliver effective learning experiences that appeal to these styles. You’ll even have a chance to check out your own preferred styles!Learning Objectives:- Analyze basic characteristics of different intelligence, learning, and assessment styles
- Analyze and determine personal Learning Style
- Distinguish between common classroom learning and assessment styles
- Analyze teaching strategies for different Learning and Assessment styles
How Learning Happens
Course Description: This course explores and analyzes how the brain, as a social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late life. It helps teachers make connections to neurobiological principles, with the goal of creating classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient psyches.Learning Objectives:- Analyze how secure attachment and supportive relationships are critical for healthy psychological development and the building of social brain networks
- Analyze the brain as a social organ of adaptation critical to cognitive development
- Identify techniques to succeed with difficult or “unteachable” students
- Analyze teaching from the perspectives of social neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology
- Create classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient psyches
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the application of psychology to the problems of education in a variety of educational settings. It examines the theoretical and applied aspects of learning, motivation, human development, personality, and measurement and evaluationLearning Objectives:- Define learning and discuss the major categories of variables associated with learning
- Compare and contrast the factors that cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic theorists believe influence the learning process
- Identify the major components and techniques of classroom planning, management, and instruction
- Identify how these general techniques can be modified to address individual differences
Introduction to TeachingCourse Description: This course will provide future teachers with a deeper understanding of and better preparation for the teaching profession by weaving in three themes central to teaching today—professionalism, diversity, and reform. Two central questions frame the text: “Do I want to be a teacher?” and “What kind of teacher do I want to become?”. Classroom-based cases and interactive features will help you reflect on your responses to topics such as the implications of increasingly diverse classrooms, and the assessment and standards-driven educational climate.Learning Objectives:- Identify and understand differences and commonalities within diverse cultures
- Develop an overview of school systems at the early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels n different cultures
- Strengthen decision-making skills within a context of complex situations where there may not be a match between theory and practice
- Enhance professional performance by critically examining values, beliefs, and strategies that facilitate the learning of all students
- Examine personal motivation for choosing education as a major
Principles of Educational Administration Course Description: This online course provides an overview of the key principles of educational administration. It covers the fundamentals of successful leadership and management, including how to facilitate communication, execute problem-solving decisions, manage finances, and promote collaboration. You will learn about staff & volunteer management systems, facility & technology upgrades, budgeting processes, and organizational structures. You will also gain an understanding of how to implement successful strategies in a school or district setting. Through interactive lectures, readings, discussions, videos, and assignments you will develop your knowledge of educational administration while learning how to lead initiatives that have a positive impact on student success. This course is ideal for individuals who are interested in developing their skills as an administrator or supervisor in the field of education. Course Objectives:- Understand principles associated with successful educational administration
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders
- Execute responsible decision-making
- Manage financial resources
- Evaluate staffing needs & solutions
- Find appropriate solutions for daily problems
- Identify potential facility & technology upgrades
- Create budgets that meet goals
- Promote collaboration among staff members
- Develop effective organizational structures
Course Description:
This course takes a systematic approach to improve your decision-making skills. Managerial and Organizational Behavior helps you lead by providing you with the technical and functional skills needed to navigate the challenges presented by a complex organization. Students will focus on learning how people use information and make decisions and how they develop and use human capital to make things happen. Course Objectives:- The distinction in decision-making between descriptive, normative, and prescriptive aspects
- The distinction between intuitive and systematic decision-making
- The objective of this course is to help you become a better decision maker
Course Description:
This course illustrates the critical issues in developing effective benefits and compensation policies for individuals working globally under local terms and conditions, the course addresses such topics as pay practices, short- and long-term incentive plans, health care, and retirement benefits. Course Objectives:- Explore issues related to general compensation and benefit programs
- Understand how to bring financial rigor to crucial "people" decisions associated with compensation and benefits program development
- Assess the full financial impact of executive compensation programs and employee benefit plans
- Examine the unique issues associated with international HR systems and programs