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 The North Mississippi Education Consortium. We can deliver this course online or onsite**. The cost for the online delivery is $65.
Workshop Description:
Some of the most academically successful educators understand how to correctly use the energy of students to propel learning. The learning process is amazing if you find time to see it. Are you so stressed/focused with students reaching benchmarks, milestones and reaching objectives that you can’t enjoy the learning process? After all the preparation, assessments, new strategies, training and professional development what’s left? What do you have left in the tank? Take time to enjoy your students even the most challenging behaviors. If not, you may become unhappy, irritated, unmotivated and not productive.
This workshop requires educators to implement new or improve current strategies in their setting. All educators will participant in peer classroom observations or discussion for learning and improving current practices. The classroom observation maybe replaced with an observation discussion forum during the summer. A district, school and teachers have to find the right balance for their environment. You may 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:
Flow of Energy
(1) Do you know the flow of energy in your classroom? (2) Is all the energy coming from you? (3) How do or would you get students to inject their energy (thoughts, ideas or focus) in class? (4) What are some strategies you have used or would use?
- Where is your energy going
- Kids absorb or deflect
- Students are constant recipients
- Teachers are expending too much energy
UNIT/WEEK2
Learning Objective:
Multiplicative Inverse Energy Flow
(1) How would you intentionally connect with and enjoy your students? (2) How do you take time to enjoy your students? [These students have their own personalities whether you like them or not] (3) How do you or would you--feed on their energy?
- Stop giving your energy to students
- Feed off their energy
- Intentionally connecting and enjoying your students
- Take time to have fun with kids
UNIT/WEEK3
Learning Objective:
Students Take ownership of learning
(1) How do you or would you have students to take ownership of their learning? (2) How would you formulate questions and initiate discussions? (3) How do or would you utilize feedback to enhance the quality of their work? (4) How do you get students to set their own educational goals?
- They are not interested in learning
- Feed off their energy
- Make the learning matter relevant
- Do their work mean anything outside the 4 walls
- Publish students work on school website and class blog
UNIT/WEEK4
Learning Objective:
Create an action plan for creating energy in your class. The action plan tool is located in the course. This tool use the S.M.A.R.T strategies for completing goals.
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:
Extended Activities
Components of Action Plan:
Identify task
Gather data
Develop strategies
Implement plan
Some References:
- First, you must Register on our online course system. Click the Register button below.
- After you created an account, login and select the course and pay ($65 per course).
