SELF-STUDY: Reaching Diverse Learners (15 hours)
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“I really appreciate the abundance of ideas for teaching ELLs that I learned in this course. There were so many techniques and ideas shared, and I feel as if I have a toolbox to use in my classroom.”
Diversity is becoming a very real issue in our classrooms today. We have an increasing number of students requiring various learning styles, coming from different cultural backgrounds, and demonstrating ever-maturing attitudes. Reaching Diverse Learners is a course package that is brimming with ideas and strategies to help you maximize your abilities and cater to the individual needs of every student.
The first section of this integrated course is called Teaching English Language Learners, and will prepare you for the multicultural classroom. It helps teachers to understand the influence culture has on the learning of a child. This course enhances knowledge of the process of second language acquisition, strategies to promote effective interaction between ELL students and their classmates and strategies for adapting and modifying material to suit the learning needs of the ELL’s.
The second section of the course, Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies suggests how expected behaviors within a classroom should be taught through consistent responses and positive reinforcement. It is full of practical ideas and techniques that will help you as a teacher learn to manage your classroom more effectively.
The course provides teachers with concrete ideas and strategies to reach and teach every student in the diverse classroom.
About Self-Study courses:
Professional Learning Board integrated self-study professional development courses are conveniently available 24 x 7 to teacher-learners. Each self-study PD course includes:
- Course content delivered in an interactive online textbook,
- Practical suggestions that can be implemented immediately,
- Resources and links to additional resources,
- Quiz drawn at random so no two are the same from dozens of questions in a subject-specific bank
- Printable certificate of completion and transcript
- Lifetime access
Thanks for the great staff development!
This course was very content rich!!
Lots of great information to use in the classroom to help my ESL students learn and feel comfortable! Thank you!
I had a question regarding completion of course and the inability to print off the certificate. The tech got back to me within hours, was able to answer my questions, and did a couple beneficial rearranging of courses. As it turned out, I hadn't completed the course so I was able to complete it and go on to the next course. I don't know what I would have done with out PLB. I am thankful!!!
Nice refresher course.
This was a great course!
Great information and helpful!
I LOVE PLB! I am very grateful that I can complete my licensure requirements online, especially, when I was not in the classroom and raising my children at home. Thank you so much!!!!
Overall, this was an informative course with well-documented information on best practices in education. I learned a few new strategies that will be useful in my ELL classes. In addition, it's difficult to find many good quality online courses on ELL instruction and assessment, so this was a helpful option. Thank you!
Nice course, thank you.
I enjoyed the course and will implement some of the strategies at my school.
Very insightful class.
I really enjoyed the course!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for your services! I appreciated being able to work at my own pace and have the option to have the material read out loud. The article included was an excellent read and great reminder of how to deal with adult conflict in and out of the work atmosphere.
Thank you for a helpful class.
The additional resources, web-site links, and articles really enriched the content. The checks for understanding included practical application that made me think more deeply about the information in the course. I really appreciated these features.
Great course. Every course I have taken with PLB has been rich in content.I am looking forward to taken other courses. Will recommend PBL to other teachers.
Thank you I enjoyed it.
I really appreciated the resource links.
Easy to do when the time is convenient for me to do so.
So far I am quite pleased and learning from the courses, and appreciate both the ""everything"" package and lifetime access. Good product, I've ended other online classes as either useless or absurdly demanding.
I enjoyed this course. The technology was smooth and trouble free. Thanks!
The course was just what I needed and easily accessible. Thanks!
I needed a few clock hours to renew my license and this worked out perfectly.
This course was really helpful in thinking about students in a classroom as well as my own children at home. Thank you for providing such an incredible resource to educators and parents.
Nice job; some good new information and an excellent review.
This is a very good course that reintroduces some concepts I had forgotten. The course blends just the right mix of theory and practice. Perfect for professional development!
Interesting course and easy to navigate.
I felt this was a very helpful course for teachers. I liked the teacher interviews.
Great course, thank you!
I learned a lot.
Thank you!
Material is rich and program is easy to use and follow.
Thank you!! It was a good review and reminder.
A great approach to learning!
Great!!
Excellent format!
Was informative and worth while.
Lots of great information and resources.
Great course
I appreciate the flexibility of being able to complete these courses on my own schedule!
Very affordable and convenient way to renew my teaching license. Thank you
Thank you!
I really like the listening option with the topics. Each page seems to fit a new letter/number in an outline.
It was great to be able to complete this course during my free time at home.
I loved this course as it brought back many strategies I forgot about when I first went into the teaching licensing program in college.
I found the information helpful and the links will make a useful resource for my classroom instruction.
Well organized.
Good reading...printed a few things to review and try.
Content is relevant to today's culture.
Thank you!!
Very informative and user friendly!! Well worth it!!
I have feedback for the English Language Learners class -- overall, a great course. Thanks again!
I have heard most of this before, but it was very helpful to hear it again.
Even though I didn't learn much new information, it is always good to be reminded how to handle stressful student interactions. I found this course hit on the items my district teaches with the PBIS model.
Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you for the great refresher course!
It was good.
Awesome.
very informative course that gets you thinking about your teaching strategies.
very well organized content, easy to follow.
PLB is a GREAT resource as I get ready to renew my teaching license!
Good review.
This course really pushed the envelope for me and forced me to get out of my comfort zone.
Thank you for having this option. It allows for me to keep my Minnesota teaching license even though I am teaching overseas.
"First time experience learning a language on line. I was skeptical at first but it is doable through high tech support and good facilitator."
"I received a positive experience for learning a language on line."
"I like the course contents because they are mixed with old practices and new practices."
"Great course! Very informative."
"This class was extremely helpful. I gained strength and confidence in my ability to speak to my future Spanish speaking parent(s)."
This course was challenging and provided interesting and up to date material. The person helping me was experienced and helpful and also quick to respond.
Great class- well organized and many good suggestions.
Thank you for the opportunity to take continuing education courses in this format. It was very convenient for me.
Good course and great material.
A very good experience! Thank you!
I thought the course was great.
Great course. Thank you!
I am needing to renew my license and this method is very good to use since my time is limited.
This course was full of very useful teaching strategies. Thanks!
I learned a lot from this course.
Thank you so much for this great opportunity.
I enjoyed the class.
Material is well aligned with the learning targets each category
I had a wonderful learning experience
This course was amazing! big grin
I have got several ideas from this course on how to differentiate for ELA students.
This course has given me a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by ELLs as well as strategies to help me in the future. I have very few ELLs in my school and have had very few in my experience, but I feel better equipped to help any ELLs I have in my career. I gained the understanding that my school is woefully equipped for ELLs with the understanding that we have very few.
This course has strengthened the knowledge I have regarding English language learners in the school environment. It also encouraged me to try different techniques and implement new strategies in and outside of the classroom. I am very glad that I chose to sign up for this course prior to September. I will have four students that are English language learners in September and I am looking forward to meeting them due to the knowledge I gained from this course. I truly enjoyed this course. I enjoyed taking it over the summer.
It was a great class. I definitely learned a lot and will certainly use in my classroom.