This course consist of 30 hours of online assignments and activities. Educators will receive 3.0 CEUs after the completion of this course. CEUs are issued by North Mississippi Education Consortium. We can deliver this course online or onsite**. The cost for the online delivery is $65.
Workshop Description:
Classroom management on all grade levels aim to achieve at the same end results which can be (1) effective management of students and (2) to improve academics. Management in different grade levels vary because of age and experience. Secondary teachers must know how to provide their students with direction because those students don’t always focus on their education. There are many ways to look at classroom management and many strategies to implement it. No one classroom is the same. So why should classroom management be the same in each classroom? Creativity in this area should be explored with proven concepts.
This workshop requires educators to implement new or improve current strategies in their education setting. All teachers will participant in peer classroom observations for learning and improving current practices. A district, school and teachers have to find the right balance for their environment. You will need a mentor or administrator to complete some parts of this workshop.
This workshop includes activities for creating your own S.M.A.R.T. goals. Teachers are strongly encouraged to participate in this activity as part of workshop. Discussions and chats are available for all educators to further engage in this activity. We also provide a PLC tool for teachers to use in their school. The PLC and the S.M.A.R.T goal tool is available for use after the completion of this workshop.
Each workshop has teacher workload information and activity. This discusses the need for balance of teacher workload. It is meant for teacher encouragement and accountability. The workloads of teachers is something that can be addressed through consistent team collaboration. Team collaboration is strongly encouraged in all workshops.
The coursework involves reading assignments that aides in thoroughly understanding the learning objective. Teachers are required to submit a lesson snippet of the learning objective. This is for the implementing the learning objective in real time. The workshop provides a peer observation activity to further ensure the learning objective is being used. It is the intent that all the activities, discussion and assessments help the educator achieve the needed outcome(s).
This workshop will focus on the following areas:
UNIT/WEEK 1
Learning Objective:
Understanding your Students is a Must
(1) Do you understand your students? (2) How do you know that you understand? (3) Why do some teachers take this concept for granted? (4) What instrument or process do you use? (5) Does it work for you?
UNIT/WEEK2
Learning Objective:
Responsibility vs. Obedience
(1) Describe how you would use Responsibility vs Obedience. (2) Which is more of a priority? (3) Are both necessary?
UNIT/WEEK3
Learning Objective:
Learning to Building Relationships
(1) How do you build relationships with your students? (2) Do you find it harder or easier to build relationships with (i) poor-performing students or (ii) average to high-performing students? (3) Have you every considered the latency periods when questioning students? (4) Explain why building a relationship itself can potentially increase a student's overall behavior.
UNIT/WEEK4
Learning Objective:
Implementing Better Communication
Motivation Leads to Progress
(1) How are you motivating students? (2) Do you find it harder or easier to motivate and communicate with (i) poor performing students or (ii) average to high performing students? (3) Is motivating your students difficult for you?
Extended Activities
Create Plan of Action using the following:
- S.M.A.R.T. Goals
- Specific (simple, sensible, significant)
- Measurable (meaningful, motivating)
- Achievable (agreed, attainable)
- Relevant (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based)
- Time bound (time-based, time limited, time/cost limited, timely, time-sensitive)
To make sure your goals are clear and reachable, each one should be:
Components of Action Plan:
Some References:
(2014, January 05). Equation of Success: Top Ten Responsibilities that Students Must Own. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-responsibility-academic-success-heather-wolpert-gawron
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