Model Teaching
Valley City State University offers graduate-level professional development courses for semester credits in partnership with Model Teaching. Model Teaching provides affordable online courses for k-12 educators across the country. Each Model Teaching course delivers content in a step-by-step format, provides printable resources ready for use, and supports actionable implementation through engaging activities. When you register with a Model Teaching course, you can start immediately and work entirely online and at your own pace.
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Select a class below or visit the Model Teaching website https://www.modelteaching.com/university-partners/valley-city-state-university to review course offerings, learn more about each course, view a syllabus, or get started now. Once you complete your course, you can register for credits and receive your VCSU transcript.
Fall 2024, Spring 2025 and Summer 2025
| Title | Description | Fall 2024 | Spring 2025 | Summer 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Guide to Bloom's Taxonomy | This 1 credit course will teach you what Bloom's Taxonomy is, how it's related to cognition, & how to use Bloom's to design lessons more effectively around your standard or lesson objective. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25143 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25343 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25443 |
| A Guide to Webb's DOK | This 1 credit course will teach you what Webb's DOK is and how it relates to rigor. You'll learn about activities associated with each level of DOK, and how each level is related to a standard, lesson objective, and assessment or activities. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25144 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25344 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25444 |
| A Look into Universal Design for Learning | This 1 credit course will give you a quick look and overview of what Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is, and the components that make up each UDL principle. You'll learn about strategies that follow the UDL model so that you can create lessons that support every student in your classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25145 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25345 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25445 |
| A Review of Boundaries, Communication, and Professionalism | This course provides an overview of professional characteristics to consider as you work to establish boundaries and respect that meet the ethical requirements in your educator's code of conduct. You will consider interactions with your colleagues, your students, and your students’ families as a review of concepts in this course. The course comes with a self-reflection checklist you can utilize to help you design a plan of action for areas of self-improvement. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25173 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25373 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25473 |
| Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs | In this 1-credit course, best for educators new to the RTI model, provides an overview for how instruction in the classroom can best support a response to intervention model. The response to intervention process is reviewed, and a justification for its use in improving academic performance for students with special needs or disabilities are outlined in this training. Through activities and templates, you will build a tiered intervention plan and plan for implementation using our provided planning resources with this course. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25113 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25313 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25413 |
| Active Monitoring and Data Collection in the Classroom | This 1-credit course provides an introductory look at how to actively monitor students throughout the instructional process and how to analyze data collected in order to better support students. You will learn how to determine the purpose of monitoring students through whole group, small group, collaborative, and independent learning activities and will analyze multiple data collection methods for classroom use. Finally, you will learn how to collect data, analyze the data for trends, and regroup students to help better teach mastery of core concepts. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25114 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25314 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25414 |
| Aligning Homework with Instruction | This 1 credit course will teach you how to design homework that is aligned with classroom instruction and effectively support student academic achievement. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25146 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25346 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25446 |
| An Introduction to Logical Fallacies | This 1 credit course will help you to understand 12 common logical fallacies and consider how you might address fallacies within your lessons. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25147 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25347 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25447 |
| Behavior Contract Design | This 1 credit course provides you with a guide to designing a behavior contract for a student in your classroom. You will learn about choosing reinforcers for a desired student behavior, considering tracking methods and behavior contract design, and general ideas for effective behavior contract implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25148 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25348 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25448 |
| Behavior Strategies for Improved Testing Performance | This 1 credit course will provide you with a guideline for teaching testing behaviors, testing strategies, and a process for students to justify their answer choices on assessments. You will learn specific behaviors or strategies to identify in students, and some simple methods to explicitly teach appropriate testing behaviors. This course also comes with an external testing behaviors checklist as well as an answer justification checklist that can be utilized in lessons to help support students in test-taking. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25149 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25349 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25449 |
| Blended Learning: Integrating Technology into the Classroom | This 1-credit course teaches you how to select from the five main blended learning models to structure your lessons. You?ll learn a process for designing activities and choosing online resources for easier blended learning integration into your classroom. This course is ideal for aspiring teachers that want to learn more about the blended learning process, new teachers that need support in designing blended lessons, and experienced teachers that want to take their traditional classroom content and modify it to support blended learning. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25115 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25315 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25415 |
| Brain Breaks in the Classroom | In this course, you will learn about the benefits of brain breaks and explore simple brain break strategies you can implement through your lessons. You will have the opportunity to plan to implement brain breaks using the BOOST template and leave the course with ideas for implementing brain breaks in your classroom. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25174 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25374 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25474 |
| Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students | For student essays to be detailed and thorough, a well- planned writing prompt is the first step in supporting your students. This 1-credit course teaches you five main types of writing prompts: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response. You?ll learn a simple structure to follow when designing each writing prompt plus examples representative of grades k-12 writing expectations. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25136 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25336 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25436 |
| Building Reading & Writing Fluency | Strategies for increasing reading and writing fluency are featured in this 1-credit course, with an emphasis on implementing varied activities tailored to specific student levels. This course teaches you a grouping strategy based on the researched- support methods for grouping students by levels of spelling and provides station & activity ideas and support on 6 key areas for effective reading and writing. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25116 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25316 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25416 |
| Checking for Understanding & Correcting Misconceptions in Elementary Math | This 1-credit course will teach you how to establish a classroom culture that is conducive to learning and sharing. You will also learn a variety of ways to check for students? understanding of elementary math content, so you are able to assess the effectiveness of their teaching. You will also be able to recognize twelve of the most common math misconceptions and will be ready to correct those misconceptions through a variety of instructional strategies taught in this course. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25117 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25317 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25417 |
| Choosing the Right Assessments for your Students | In this 3-credit course, you will learn new strategies for implementing assessments into the classroom and explore various topics to help you use assessments effectively throughout the student learning process. You will be able to construct targeted and effective diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments in addition to building clear criteria for rubrics to better assess, track, and support your students. Through activities, templates, and reference guides, you will build a strategic assessment plan for an upcoming lesson cycle and plan specific steps for implementation using our provided planning resources with this course. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25101 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25301 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25401 |
| Claim- Evidence- Reasoning in the Science Classroom | In this 2-credit course you will learn how to apply a CER strategy to science concepts for any K-12 science-based activity. Learn to plan for student claims, design evidence aligned to a guiding question for your activity, as well as plan for the student reasoning responses. You will also learn how to apply design scaffolds and modifications to your lessons to better teach and communicate the CER process, and you will be provided with all the student tools and worksheets you need to effectively implement CER. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25118 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25318 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25418 |
| Collaborative Learning Models in the Classroom | Incorporating regular collaborative learning opportunities into your lessons is an important part of a strong lesson cycle. But choosing a model that always promotes student discussion at high levels can be an arduous task for any busy teacher. This 1 credit course presents 6 common models along with accompanying student resources, to help you plan low- prep methods for collaboration that still support student learning at high levels. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25119 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25319 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25419 |
| Creativity in Your Gifted Students | This course will provide simple-to-implement ideas for enhancing creativity in your classroom, designed with your gifted students in mind. You’ll explore some challenges gifted students face and how you can support their creativity with simple activities that can be incorporated into your regular lessons. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25175 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25375 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25475 |
| Designing a Quality Sub Folder | This 1 credit course will help you plan for the design of a strong substitute teacher folder so that in the event of your absence, your substitute teacher can successfully deliver lessons. STRONG sub folder components are defined, with guidance on planning for your absence and ensuring that your students will experience productive learning under your sub. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25150 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25350 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25450 |
| Designing IEP Goals | This 1 credit course provides a guide to understanding effective IEP goals within a student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP). You will learn about the main components of an IEP and why it is important to design strong goals for your students receiving special education services. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25151 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25351 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25451 |
| Diagnostic Assessments | This 1 credit course will teach you about the common types of diagnostic assessments, the components of a strong diagnostic assessment, and what to do with your assessment results. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25152 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25352 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25452 |
| Differentiation for Students with Disabilities | In this 2-credit course, you will learn an approach to planning for targeted differentiation to support your special needs students in the classroom. You will learn methods for developing differentiated lessons that support all students' appropriate cognitive levels in your classroom. Then, you will explore how to implement modifications and accommodations specific to your students with disabilities. Through additional activities, article analysis, and action plan design, you will build an implementation plan supporting your students with special needs. This course will teach you a process in planning for differentiation and ensure that the activities and methods you choose effectively support student learning. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25102 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25302 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25402 |
| Documentation in the Classroom | In this 1-credit course, you will learn the documentation process and explore how to process, file, and analyze data for documentation. You will build a documentation action plan focused on a more holistic approach to documenting students' behavioral and academic struggles. You will also interact with activities and modules to help you plan to implement the provided trackers and documentation tools throughout this introductory course. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25103 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25303 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25403 |
| Educating Diverse Student Populations in Your Classroom | In this course, we will define diverse student populations and discuss two components- the educationally disadvantaged student and the at-risk student. You will learn strategies that support each level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and receive a planning tool to help you support each student. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25176 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25376 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25476 |
| Effective Lab Report | This 1 credit course will introduce you to problem-based learning as the basis for lab experiments in your science classroom and show you a simple lab report template you can use to ensure students follow each step of the Scientific Method. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25153 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25353 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25453 |
| Efficient Classroom Processes | In this 2-credit course, you will learn the six strategies to improve the learning environment, so your classroom is predictable, safe, and orderly. You will analyze, develop, and apply methods to improve your classroom processes and build a more efficient student learning environment. This course allows you to view classroom processes through a new lens and provides you with tangible ideas and resources to improve classroom efficiency through multiple strategies. You will build a strategic implementation plan aligned to a chosen strategy to support your classroom environment best. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25104 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25304 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25404 |
| ELL Writing Strategies: Simple Methods to Support Writing in your English Language Learners | This 1-credit course will explain the importance of writing practice for English Language Learners and provide strategies and methods you can incorporate throughout lessons and across content areas. You will learn 6 methods to supporting writing specific to improving literacy in English Language Learners and will plan for how to implement those strategies into your existing lesson plans. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25120 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25320 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25420 |
| Encouraging Family Engagement | This 2-credit course will cover the values (both social-emotional and academic) of building strong home-to-school connections. Participants will learn strategies for building connections and keeping parents engaged, with a focus on clear, frequent, and positive communication. You will receive resources ready to implement into your classroom to support families in a variety of ways and ensure they are engaged in their child?s education. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25138 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25338 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25438 |
| Explicit Instruction in Elementary Reading | This 1-credit course prepares you to implement the research-driven model of explicit instruction into your elementary reading classroom. In this course, you will learn how to utilize the explicit instruction model to select the correct reading behavior or skill for your student or groups, to build a plan aligned to student goals, and to implement the lesson into your classroom. You will also be provided with an assortment of tools and resources to help you seamlessly implement your new training. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25122 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25322 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25422 |
| Expository Writing & Embedded Grammar Instruction | In this 3-credit course, you will learn methods for teaching writing skills for expository essays in the 4th through 8th grade classroom. Teaching writing to your students as an embedded component of your curriculum is sometimes a challenge with so many diverse student needs. But, with a well- planned and structured lesson design you can overcome this challenge and support your students in improving their essay writing. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25123 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25323 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25423 |
| Flipped Learning: An Effective At-Home & In-Class Instructional Model | This 2-credit course is essential training for any teacher providing a combination of at-home (or out-of-class) online learning and in-school classroom instruction. Learn how to plan for flipped learning, including how to determine what content can be learned at home, how to deliver online lessons, and the best ways to reinforce student knowledge with rigorous in-class activities. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25124 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25324 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25424 |
| Fostering Divergent Thinking as One Method to Enhance Student Creativity | This course is essential training for any teacher providing a combination of at-home (or out-of-class) online learning and in-school classroom instruction. Learn how to plan and deliver online lessons reinforced with rigorous in-class activities. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25154 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25354 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25454 |
| Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom | Gifted and Talented (GT) students often face challenging curriculum that requires significant effort, determination, and resilience. Your goal to help your GT students persevere and to meet the high expectations of your classroom can be supported through Growth Mindset strategies. This 3-credit course provides you with the resources, strategies, and methods to foster Growth Mindset in your GT students | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25126 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25326 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25426 |
| Guided Reading: A Guide to Small Group Literacy Instruction | You will learn about foundational reading skills and how they build upon one another, as well as understanding their relationship to a student?s reading level. The 2-credit course will cover the background and main components of guided reading, as well as how to plan for a guided reading group. You will be provided with a variety of strategy ideas and resources they can implement immediately with their small groups. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25125 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25325 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25425 |
| How to Create a Structured and Predictable Environment for Students with Autism | This 1 credit course will teach you about the need for students with Autism to work within a predictable and structured environment. In order to lessen anxiety, improve behaviors, and create calm and peace within your classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25155 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25355 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25455 |
| Inquiry-Based Learning: Using Inquiry as a Teaching Strategy | The process of learning through inquiry strengthens critical thinking and everyday life skills in students and is an important component of classroom instruction. Participants of this 1-credit course explore the strategies involved in planning and executing inquiry-based lesson plans. The components of an inquiry-led lesson will be outlined and discussed, and participants will learn to develop and plan an inquiry-led lesson. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25127 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25327 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25427 |
| Instructionally Aligned Field Trips | This 1 credit course will teach you how to design strong and impactful Field Trips for your students. You will learn the important components of planning and logistics when proposing field trips to your school administration. You will also learn how to build an experience that reinforces content knowledge learned in the classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25156 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25356 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25456 |
| Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade | Literacy stations with small group learning is an effective and often fun way to foster meaningful learning, while showing strong growth in literacy skills for each individual student. In this 2-credit course, you will learn how to implement literacy stations in your classroom, identify the actionable steps for assessing and grouping students, and how to design engaging literacy activities that will address the needs of all students, despite their individual reading levels. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25128 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25328 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25428 |
| Maintaining and Improving Professionalism on Campus | This 1 credit course describes eight components of professionalism within the teaching profession. You will reflect on areas of growth and improvement for yourself and then learn some simple strategies you can implement now to improve professionalism. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25157 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25357 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25457 |
| Maintaining Appropriate Student-Teacher Boundaries | This course teaches you the importance of maintaining professional boundaries with your students. The course will discuss emotional / relationship, power, physical, and communication boundaries and provide you with some specific insights into how to plan to maintain appropriate boundaries within your classroom. Knowledge of these boundaries is critical for all teachers in order to maintain professional, healthy student-teacher relationships. After developing an action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25178 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25378 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25478 |
| Math Stations for PreK - 2nd Grade | Math stations with small group learning is an effective way to foster meaningful learning, showing growth in math skills for each individual student. In this course, you will learn actionable steps for how to assess and group students, implement math stations in your classroom, and get engaging math activities going for your students. In this 2-credit course you will design an action plan for your classroom, develop an additional resource to support your plan, and analyze research to support implementation in the classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25129 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25329 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25429 |
| Measuring Growth in Writing Using Rubrics | You will learn what typical writing looks like for kindergarten through third grade students, as well as some common writing tasks they can be expected to accomplish. This 1-credit course will cover the purpose of both holistic and analytic rubrics, and when each type is appropriate to use for assessment of student writing. You will also learn how to develop their own rubrics to use to monitor the progress of their students? writing skills. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25130 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25330 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25430 |
| Memorization Using the Memory Palace Technique | This course will teach you a method for memorizing details and facts using the Memory Palace technique. You will learn what it looks like in action and how to teach the technique to your students. You will also learn about what topics this memory strategy is best used for and how to plan for its application in your classroom. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25179 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25379 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25479 |
| Move to Learn | Learn about the benefits of physical activity during the learning process and ideas for incorporating movement into teaching within your content area. Finally, you will consider how you can implement specific physical activities into an upcoming lesson. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25180 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25380 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25480 |
| Online Learning: Introductions in Online Lesson Design and Delivery | This 1-credit course is an essential start for any teacher wishing to transition some or all of their lesson instruction into an online format. In this course you will learn what effective online learning looks like at any grade level and how to plan online lessons while ensuring security, a sense of community, effective communication, and equity for all students. You will review the types of content delivery platforms and tools and choose the right online platform(s) for your individual online classroom needs. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25131 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25331 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25431 |
| Peer tutoring for English Language Learners | This course will explain the benefits of implementing peer tutoring strategies with ELLs and give participants several easy-to-implement strategies for pairing fluent English speakers with ELLs that they can implement at any grade level and in any content area. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25140 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25340 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25440 |
| Planning for Co-Teaching | This 3 -credit course will teach you about the six co-teaching instructional models and how to implement co-teaching in the classroom successfully. The course covers co-teaching in each stage of implementation, from the initial planning stages, understanding personality types, setting the correct curriculum goals, designing the right model for your lesson, and assessing and monitoring student progress. All the instruction, tools, templates, and resources are provided to support you in effective co-teaching. The activities provided within this course sequence will help you build a strategic implementation plan to ensure that you and your co-teacher have a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25105 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25305 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25405 |
| Planning for Instructional Strategies & Learning Activities | In this 3-credit course, you will learn the importance of aligning your instructional strategies and activities with your learning objectives and assessments. The course will cover the five main instructional strategies and how to choose the right activities to benefit all types of learners. It will help you build a lesson plan sequence that supports active and engaging learning for all students in your classroom. Through targeted resources, templates, and reference guides, you will build a strategic implementation plan for use in the classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25132 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25332 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25432 |
| Planning for Lab Investigations in the Science Classroom | Scientific Investigation in the classroom is a process where students are at the center of learning scientific principles through a discovery-based learning approach. This highly detailed course will teach you that a full scientific investigation consists of Pre- and Post-Lab activities in addition to the in-class laboratory lesson. Proper investigation is more than completing a hands-on activity that aligns with content; it is a process that sets students up for independent discovery or a problem to solve. As a result, students can master content goals alongside necessary scientific investigation skills and at an appropriate level of rigor. After developing an action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25181 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25381 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25481 |
| Practical Action Research in the Classroom | This course will define the cyclical process of action research in a classroom setting and how it drives continuous improvement. Participants will learn the steps of the process, including identifying a problem, reviewing current literature, formulating a solution, testing the solution, analyzing data / making a conclusion, and sharing the results | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25141 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25341 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25441 |
| Productive Planning Processes | This 1 credit course will teach you about common tasks required of teachers on a daily basis and ideas for streamlining your tasks to make your planning time more efficient. Doing this, you'll set your day up for success so that you can focus more time on what matters most- teaching your students! | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25158 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25358 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25458 |
| Productive Struggle | This course teaches you the benefits of productive struggle and methods for creating activities that support students through challenging tasks. You will learn what makes a good activity to support struggle, common hurdles you must address in your lessons, and simple strategies to support students throughout their tasks. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25182 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25382 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25482 |
| Professionalism Through Positive Personality | This 1 credit course provides you with some characteristics of professionalism and how certain personality traits help exemplify that professionalism. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25159 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25359 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25459 |
| Project Based Learning | In this 3-credit course, you will learn each component of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) Lesson Cycle and how to implement it effectively across your curriculum. Throughout the course, you will design a cross-curricular and standards-aligned PBL cycle that culminates in an engaging product designed and delivered by students. The | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25107 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25307 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25407 |
| Providing Actionable Feedback to Students | This course teaches you the importance of providing students with clear and actionable feedback to help their growth and development in your classroom. You will learn about the importance of establishing strong criteria, collecting evidence, and finding ways to provide both positive and improved feedback. After developing an action plan to begin providing feedback to your students regularly, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the feedback you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25183 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25383 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25483 |
| Recitation Through Rote Memorization of Text | Learn why recitation in the classroom can be an important component of your student's educational journey. This 1 credit course teaches the process of rote memorization of important and influential texts and considerations for recitation through oral presentation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25160 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25360 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25460 |
| Simple Assessment Tools & Ideas to Support Online Learning | In this 1 credit course, we will review several online tools to incorporate into your online lessons that will allow you to quickly evaluate and assess your students. You will learn common strategies to assess your students online and will be provided with resources that will help you plan and implement these new strategies & tools. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25161 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25361 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25461 |
| Simple ELL Vocabulary Strategies | This 1 credit course will provide you with simple ideas for supporting your ELL students in learning Tier 2 and Tier 3 academic vocabulary. You'll understand the different tiers of academic vocabulary and simple ways to easily support your ELL students during your lesson. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25162 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25362 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25462 |
| Simple Social-Emotional Support Strategies for Gifted Students | This course will provide a closer look at common characteristics gifted students often possess and how those traits can impact their social and emotional development. We will then explore several strategies you can use in your classroom and lessons to help improve the social-emotional intelligence and development of your GT students. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25184 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25384 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25484 |
| Strategies to Check for Understanding | This 1-credit course will teach you the value of incorporating frequent checks for understanding (CFU) into your lesson plans. You will learn about three types of checks, including verbal, written and demonstration. You will also learn and plan for when each of these checks will be incorporated into a lesson cycle. Course participants will also learn the value of collecting data from these checks, and how to use that data to inform future instructional decisions | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25133 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25333 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25433 |
| Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Learning | This 1-credit course will provide you with a detailed overview of social-emotional learning (SEL) and the value of incorporating SEL into the classroom to help improve academic success and emotional intelligence. Each SEL topic explored in the course comes with a resource that you can use in your classroom. You will understand SEL through the components of student self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and other critical skills necessary for students' emotional well-being and success. You will develop an additional supporting resource for students that supports SEL, analyze articles to determine an application to the classroom, and will build a comprehensive implementation plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25108 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25308 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25408 |
| Student Engagement in the Classroom | This 1 credit course explains the three main types of engagement, reviews the levels of engagement, and provides strategies for specific elements of teaching that you can use to engage your students. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25163 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25363 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25463 |
| Student-Led Classroom Management | This 2-credit course provides you with simple classroom management strategies that foster student independence in managing classroom behavior. This course explores how to build strong classroom culture, implement expectations, and design appropriate methods to manage misbehavior as part of your general classroom management plan. The provided resources and activities will guide you in creating a classroom management plan for your students and promoting strong implementation in a future classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25109 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25309 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25409 |
| Supporting English Language Learners Throughout the Writing Process | This course will demonstrate the importance of supporting the writing progress of ELL students. It will teach you several strategies that you can implement in your classroom to support your ELL students throughout the stages of the writing process (before, during, and after writing). | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25142 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25342 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25442 |
| Supporting Reading Instruction for Elementary Learners | This course will teach you specific ideas for mini-lessons, classroom activities, graphic organizers, and anchor charts that will allow you to provide elementary students with the support needed to progress to higher reading levels. You will understand how reading levels are commonly assessed, as well as the decisions for grouping and supporting students and methods for choosing areas of support. This course focuses on the reading levels and behaviors of elementary students. After developing an action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25185 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25385 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25485 |
| Supporting Reading Instruction for Middle School Learners | This course will teach you specific ideas for mini-lessons, classroom activities, graphic organizers, and anchor charts that will allow you to provide your middle school students with the support needed to progress to higher reading levels. You will understand how reading levels are commonly assessed, the decisions for grouping and supporting students and methods for choosing areas of support. This course focuses on the reading levels and behaviors of middle school students. After developing an action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25186 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25386 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25486 |
| Teaching Methods for Solving Word Problems in Mathematics | This 1 credit course will provide you with methods to teach specific problem-solving strategies to students in your math or math-based science course. You will learn some common challenges students face when completing word problems, and some solutions teachers can use to address. The course also comes with student-facing printable resources that can be used to help reinforce the problem-solving strategy you choose for your classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25164 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25364 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25464 |
| Teaching Students to Use Text Annotation & Text Evidence | This 2-credit course provides you with simple classroom management strategies that foster student independence in managing classroom behavior. This course explores how to build strong classroom culture, implement expectations, and design appropriate methods to manage misbehavior as part of your general classroom management plan. The provided resources and activities will guide you in creating a classroom management plan for your students and promoting strong implementation in a future classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25134 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25334 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25434 |
| The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model | This review of the gradual release model of instruction focuses on learning strategies for the instructor, whole group, peer groups, and individual students to utilize in a classroom. The course reviews the gradual release method, which is related to the explicit instruction method of teaching, to explain how a teacher can gradually provide more student autonomy and independence in the learning process. After developing an action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25177 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25377 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25477 |
| The Notecard System | This 1 credit course will teach you how to incorporate study skills into your everyday lessons centered around questions directly aligned with the daily objectives. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25165 | EDUC 2000 CRN#25365 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25465 |
| The Science Poster for the GT Student | This course will teach you a purpose and structure for introducing poster presentations into your gifted and talented science classroom. You will learn the requirements for students to construct their own experiments, analyze data, and then report their results in a gallery walk format. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25187 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25387 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25487 |
| Transforming Traditional Lessons to Online Learning | This 2-credit course will teach you how to take your current lesson plans and transition them into an online learning format. The course will explore the SAMR continuum of technology integration, encouraging you to implement technology more authentically into your teaching. While technology has become an integral support tool for many teachers, learning how to utilize technology to take advantage of its efficiency and global reach can offer students many benefits. Throughout this training series, you will learn how to transition your current curriculum into an online format and learn how to embrace many of the advantages of technology-based learning, and how to offer a transformative learning experience for your students. Whether being used to differentiate more effectively, build 21st-century skills, or to reinforce effective in-classroom instruction, this course will teach you how to redefine your use of technology in ways that truly impact student learning. You will leave the course with a clear plan of action and many activities, ideas, and resources to implement in your class. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25110 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25310 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25410 |
| Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for Grades 6-12 | This 1 credit course will teach you about types of trauma, the signs of trauma in adolescents, and how you can implement strategies to support a trauma-informed classroom. You'll learn a specific approach to the design of your classroom and its culture so that you are maintaining a safe space that supports all children. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25166 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25366 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25466 |
| Trauma-Informed Teaching Strategies for PreK- 5th Grade | This 1 credit course will teach you about types of trauma, the signs of trauma in children, and how you can design a trauma-informed classroom. You'll learn a specific approach to the design of your classroom and its culture so that you are maintaining a safe space that supports all children. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25167 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25367 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25467 |
| Understanding and Grouping English Language Learners | This 1 credit course will teach you about English Language Learners (ELLs) and their proficiency levels, the methods for grouping ELLs, and considerations for flexible grouping. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25168 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25368 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25468 |
| Understanding and Managing the Behaviors of Students with Special Needs | In this 2-credit course, you will learn how to use data to identify and hypothesize functions of behavior. Using this information, you will be able to design and implement an effective intervention plan that will address inappropriate behavior. This method will assist you in managing classroom behaviors in a manner that enhances the learning environment. You will create a comprehensive plan of action for one or more students that addresses their behaviors at the root, and works to improve students behaviors in your classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25139 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25339 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25439 |
| Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD | This 1 credit course will help you better understand your students that have been diagnosed with ADHD. You will learn the types of ADHD, common symptoms of ADHD, and general strategies to incorporate into your classroom so that all students can be successful. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25169 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25369 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25469 |
| Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia | This 1 credit course will help you better understand your students that have been diagnosed with dyslexia. You will learn about the common weaknesses in certain skills for children with dyslexia, common symptoms of dyslexia, and general strategies and ideas to incorporate into your classroom so that all students can be successful. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25170 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25370 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25470 |
| Understanding Students at Risk of Dropping Out | This course will teach you some early warning indicators of student drop-outs, some potential root causes of those factors, and recommended strategies to help support all the students in your class. Your ability to recognize early warning indicators that a student may be at risk of dropping out and then build strategies to support those students in your classroom is critical for your student's success. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25188 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25388 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25488 |
| Universal Design for Learning | This 1 credit course will provide you with a quick look & overview of what UDL is, & the components that make up each UDL princple. You'll learn about strategies that follow the UDL model so that you can create lessons that support every student in your classroom. By considering the guidelines of UDL, you can create a lesson that is differentiated in mulitple ways, to support different student needs, learning styles, and personalities within your classroom. You will design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25172 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25372 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25472 |
| Using Graphic Organizers to Target Bloom's Cognitive Levels | This 1-credit course analyzes the six levels of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy. It explores how graphic organizers can be applied to each cognitive process dimension, allowing for targeted scaffolding of student thinking. By purposefully planning to integrate graphic organizers into your lesson, you can help move students toward higher cognitive processes and promote equity in learning across your classroom. You will design a plan to implement a graphic organizer aligned to the appropriate Bloom's Taxonomy level, develop an additional organizer or another resource to support your students, and analyze implications of research and articles on Bloom's Taxonomy and its application in the classroom. The numerous student resources provided within this course will provide you with ideas ready for implementation into your current or future classroom. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25111 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25311 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25411 |
| Utilizing Retrieval Practice in Math to Enhance Student Understanding | This 1 credit course will explain retrieval practice and why it is important in the math classroom. You will learn how to incorporate simple retrieval practice strategies into your math lessons to help improve student memory and deepen their understanding of math concepts. You will analyze and learn about this topic through videos, articles, studies, and other resources. You will also design a comprehensive implementation plan for the classroom and an original resource that can be used to support implementation.. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25171 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25371 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25471 |
| Varied Assessment Methods for Gifted Students | In this course, you will learn about the three main types of assessment and how they can be differentiated for gifted students: pre-assessment, formative assessment, and summative assessment. The course will discuss the importance of differentiating rigor, particularly when assessing gifted students. You will also learn how to develop and execute a plan of action to use within your own current or future classroom. After developing your action plan, you will delve further into ideas for implementation by analyzing and applying research and articles to the classroom and by designing a resource that supports the work you plan to implement. Through targeted activities, resources and templates, and reference guides and examples, you will build a strategic implementation plan to ensure a successful action plan. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25189 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25389 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25489 |
| Writing Effective Learning Objectives | This 2-credit course examines the first step in developing strong classroom lessons: how to write student-facing learning objectives for your classroom. It describes what learning objectives should look like and how to construct an objective based on your classroom learning standards. This course will allow you to develop measurable objectives that are well- aligned with your assessments and learning activities in future classroom lessons. Through structured activities, resources, templates, and other articles, you will build clear objectives for a future unit of instruction and plan methods for implementing the course ideas. You will leave with a clear plan for student expectations that will translate to strong assessments, better lessons, and improved student progress in your classes. | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25112 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25312 | EDUC 2000 CRN# 25412 |