Spanish for Educators
April 5, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 5 Comments
A primer for non-Spanish speaking teachers to communicate with families and their children who speak Spanish as a first language. Teachers will be introduced to general vocabulary and phrases that assist with understanding in the classroom as well as throughout a school environment.
Use tools for translation of materials and receive template documents that may be customized for individual use (including letters to parents and telephone scripts). Plus, learn how to read Spanish so that you can be understood.
Web Technology for Teachers
April 5, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 15 Comments
Learn how to use exciting web-based tools to enhance your instruction and transform your classroom into a true 21st Century learning environment. You will explore tools such as blogs, wikis, and social bookmarking (to name just a few) in a quest to understand how the internet is changing the lives of students and teachers alike. At the end of the course you will be able to use these tools in your classroom as well as in your professional development.
Synergizing a Classroom
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 2 Comments
Instructional Synergy™ is a school model that is student-centered , teacher-driven , and parent-involved . This course will provide valuable strategies how you as a teacher can increase test scores in your classroom and at your school through unconventional test preparation methods.
While Synergizing™ a classroom and a school is a great deal of fun, it is also work. This course is NOT designed so that you can learn as much as possible so that you might be able to use it. Instead, teachers should be currently in a classroom environment and ready to jump into Synergy right now to begin implementing the practices immediately.
Become part of the phenomenon that changed a school, swept through a small community and helped a high school dramatically increase performance on state standardized assessments.
RTI: Using Metaphors to Change Behaviors
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Unique early intervention strategies show how metaphors and visual cues can be used to promote a change in behavior as well as to teach students to become aware of their actions. Participants are challenged to think creatively and will be given the tools to individualize and apply the motivating intervention strategies.
Technology for Education Leaders
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 6 Comments
Students getting passwords, changing grades and breaking into school computer systems compromise safety. This course empowers academic administrators to work in tandem with IT administrators and minimize the risks associated with these types of events. Written in NON-technical language for educational leaders to understand their comprehensive role and responsibilities in providing safe and secure learning environments. The course includes real life examples and solutions and is a MUST for principals and school leaders at every level.
Teaching English Language Learners
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 15 Comments
Any K-12 teacher, administrator, or support staff member who would like to help English Language Learners do well in school will find this course to be both informative and useful. The focus includes how to make ELLs and their families feel more welcome while generating academic successes through empowerment.
Participants will improve cross-cultural skills and examine cultural influences on school practices, and come away with greater insight into how second languages are acquired. They will also discover teaching methods and educational strategies for today’s diverse mainstream classroom that are considered best practice for reaching and teaching all learners. Included are highlighted practical tips and activities that can be put to use right away.
Tackling Tough Text
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 5 Comments
In this course you will learn how to give your students in grades 4-12 the tools to “tackle tough text” and to become successful readers and learners. In teaching, there is a shift of focus that takes place at around 4th grade where literacy instruction changes from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” It is a known phenomenon that a number of students who did quite well in the primary years struggle with this new type of reading. Students reading at their frustration level find it to be well, frustrating. Teachers in all subject areas discover that using the Reading Comprehension Checklist helps students tackle tough text. Empowering students with this unique tool proves to alleviate frustration and increase achievement. This course is based on the proven research by Sue Klund, Reading Specialist and Quality Teaching Network expert.
Recognizing Early-Onset Mental Health Disorders in Children
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 9 Comments
As educators and parents we are often, by default, among the first people to notice that a child may be experiencing problems. Completion of this course results in a basic understanding of warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents which is useful to professional teaching and learning as it strengthens teacher-parent communications.
Recognizing & Preventing Child Abuse
April 4, 2010 by PLB Registrar · 9 Comments
This five clock hour course empowers each of us with the ability to recognize types, signs, characteristics, scenarios, and in general, indicators of suspected child abuse. We know this is a difficult subject to discuss. For that reason, we think you will find this course to be respectful of the topic while giving a solid foundation in understanding the key information about child abuse.
