Education

Innovative Professional Development, Active Community Support Opportunities to learn beyond the classroom!

Cross Curricular Arts - Teacher Tech - Theory&Practice -
Health & Fitness

Arts Across the Curriculum:

Creative Thinking Experiences I and II 2 CH EACH
This course is designed to create an atmosphere where educator participants will learn to see differently, and change their creative thinking process by changing their perception through drawing.

Journaling 1 CH
This online Journaling workshop has been created to inspire educators by reigniting their creativity and reflective thinking processes.

Living History 2 CH
Use Theater Arts in teaching/learning history to provide meaningful learning experiences for students, educators, and community members.

Make It Real 1 CH
Creativity and social skills may be in jeopardy in children today from too much recreational gaming, Internet surfing, TV watching and mindless electronic pleasure seeking. Human to human interaction is examined along with brain studies and creativity sought to be improved through improvisation techniques and visualization.

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Technology:

Beginning Microsoft PowerPoint 1CH
PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package giving you everything you need to produce a professional-looking presentation.

Beginning Microsoft Word 1CH
In this course you will learn how to create professional documents using Microsoft Word.

Beginning Microsoft Access 1 CH
This is a beginner-level course for those who want to learn the basics of MS Access.

Beginning Microsoft Excel 1 CH
This is a beginner-level course for those who want to learn the basics of MS Excel.

“Teacher Tech” Series I - Electronic Portfolios 1CH
An overview of the advantages and construction techniques for an effective electronic portfolio.

“Teacher Tech” Series II - Classroom Websites 1CH
Students will construct a basic website for their classroom.

“Teacher Tech” Series III - Web-based Units 1CH
Students will use TaskStream or CMS to create a web-based unit with two lessons that make use of the Internet.

“Teacher Tech” Series IV - Web Quests 1CH
Students will view and participate in a series of web quests and design their own for classroom application.

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Social Studies:

Reel to Real 2CH
World War I and its effects on artists, writers, and poets of that age.

Cross-Cultural Interaction 2CH
Cross Cultural Interaction involves History, Geography, Economics, and Government in the Social Studies group. It demands a knowledge and expansion of the course themes into Language Arts, Science, and the Arts. It will involve cross-disciplinary interaction to achieve a genuine understanding of how integrated curriculum can be used to meet state standards. It will involve looking at the world via commodities, particularly slaves and the slave trade. This course will provide an introduction to the causal effects of slavery on Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Ideas and Concepts 2 CH
This course focuses on the cross-disciplinary and cultural understanding of commonly used words in our society. Students will be asked to examine the language connection behind words such as Democracy and Liberty. From language students will be asked to draw connections to culture, society, religion and government.

The Learning Bridge 2 CH
In this course students will be required to construct a learning bridge that will connect to subject areas. They will be given a topic or theme in which they will create mini-units that will integrate activities. Their goal will be to reconfigure the standards into meaningful parts rather than into disciplines. They will also have to develop assessment ideas that will be appropriate for these activities and meet the requirements of the standards and benchmarks.

Understanding Connections 2 CH
The goal of this course is to get students to understand the connection between the different sub-disciplines and their relationship to the real world. They will focus on creating unit plans that focus on an area of local concern. This course will require students to leave their comfort zones and examine cross-disciplinary interaction in meeting the standards. In this case, students are going to focus on ways to carefully connect activities to state standards and benchmarks. Teachers will personalize learning for their students while they play the role of facilitators or specialist/generalist. This course will include components where students must share their knowledge, communicate validation, and present a final evaluation plan and present it to an external body for evaluation. Assessment rubrics will play a major role in this course.

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Theory and Practice:

Learning and Assessment Through MITA Celebration 2 CH
Get ready to observe proof that you and your students are smarter than you think! This course focuses on brain based approaches to learning and assessment, including the basic knowledge and skills necessary to become a successful teacher. You will learn how to tap into the inner resources of your brain to accomplish skills never before accomplished by using parts of your brain never before used.

MI Theory: Practical Applications 1CH
Join Greg Miller on the journey to discovering the practical applications of the popular Multiple Intelligence Theory.

One Student at a Time 2 CH
Join Samantha Grabelle, co-author of The Big Picture, on a journey exploring why "Education is Everyone's Business."

Parent Involvement 1 CH
Teachers need parents to be involved in their own child's education. Without reinforcement from the parent the teacher's job is difficult times ten!

The Testing Zone Workshop 1 CH
Don't let the proficiency beat you and your students this coming year! Get the jump on it and learn peak performance techniques for test taking.

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Foreign Language and Culture:

American Sign Language I 1 CH
Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture with Audiologist Dr. Lisa Koch.

American Sign Language II 1 CH
During this course, we will continue our study of Deaf Culture, ASL grammar and vocabulary. Topics discussed during this course include Deaf Education, Gallaudet University, Deaf President Now Movement, the Cochlear Implant Debate, and Baby Sign Language.

American Sign Language III 1 CH

American Sign Language IV 1 CH

Deaf Culture 1 CH

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Health and Fitness:

It's Hip to be Fit in the Classroom! 2CH
A neurologically based / full-body exercise program designed especially for teachers to use in the classroom to improve health and enhance energy, athleticism, and mental focus for themselves and their students.

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