PACKAGE: Essential Teaching Package #1 (25 Hours)
April 11, 2013 by PLB Registrar · 10 Comments
“Your courses fit my needs perfectly.
They were ideal for someone who does not
have a great deal of flexibility, and I learned a lot.”
The Essential Teaching Package #1 provides a foundation in skills applicable to teachers across the curriculum and grades:
Essential Teaching Package #1
# Hours
Accommodating all Learners
5
Classroom Management for Positive […]
PACKAGE: Essential Teaching Package #2 (25 Hours)
April 11, 2013 by PLB Registrar · 8 Comments
“Your courses fit my needs perfectly.
They were ideal for someone who does not
have a great deal of flexibility, and I learned a lot.”
The Essential Teaching Package #2 provides a foundation in skills applicable to teachers across the curriculum and grades:
Essential Teaching Package #2
# Hours
Cognitive Skills: Understanding Learning Challenges
5
Transformative Classroom […]
Partnering with Parents
February 21, 2013 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Do you have a child you know can soar
if she had extra help learning at home?
Partnering with parents is a way to support students.
Many parents need motivation and support to help them partner with the teacher. In our profession as teachers, we must partner with the parents of […]
Understanding ADHD
April 13, 2012 by PLB Registrar · 6 Comments
Have you ever come across a child who’s always on the move?
They might have had ADHD.
Have you ever come across a child who’s always on the move? They might have had ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder or ADHD is seen commonly in today’s classroom. Children with this condition […]
Bulletin Boards – Ideas for Every Classroom
April 6, 2012 by PLB Registrar · 7 Comments
As teachers, we spend so much time in creating an ideal classroom for our students that often we tend to forget the available and rich physical space that surrounds us in the classroom – the wall space.
A classroom can seem incomplete without attractive and educative bulletin boards. Have […]
Ethics for Education Professionals
February 25, 2012 by PLB Registrar · 9 Comments
Ethics education is about recognizing the real power of our own innate ethical sense and how it influences our behaviors. Step inside this course and discover through reflection and introspection, an understanding of one’s innate ethical self. You’ll find tools and tips for bringing high standards of ethics into our schools and a variety of topics to explore practical ways to address ethical decisions in our lives at every stage.
Learning from My Dog
December 2, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
The hardest times often teach us the deepest lessons. This week was the last week in the life of my dog. It has been difficult, and has reminded me of how our lives are so inter-dependent.
Dogs are dependent on us for many things- food, shelter and affection. I was dependent on my dog […]
Big Changes, and Small Choices
September 16, 2011 by PLB Registrar · 3 Comments
Summer is over, and now it’s fall. Change. Transformation. It reminds me of the changes I’d like to see. In my classroom, and my students.
I read something recently, that got me thinking. The writer was saying that instead of thinking about transformations and change as being something huge, we need to consider any […]
Mistakes… Or Learning Opportunities?
September 4, 2011 by PLB Registrar · 2 Comments
Have you even been in a situation where you did your best, and still failed? Being a teacher, I’ve often faced situations like that. I vividly recall one lesson that went completely awry. I had everything planned. I knew the concept I was teaching. I thought my presentation and assisgnment to the students […]
Warning Signs: Who Abuses Children?
August 31, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
When we know the warning signs of potential abuse, we may be able to minimize or prevent abuse from happening.
“Warning sign” is really just another way of saying “opportunity for prevention” – a chance for caring adults to recognize a possible risk and to take action to protect […]
