SELF-STUDY: Preparing College & Career Ready Students (5 hours)
“How can teachers prepare students to be college and career ready?”
Prepare your students for a successful college and career using a range of research-based readiness strategies. Most students aspire to go to college and make a successful career, but few know what it takes to reach their goal. The […]
How Can Teachers Encourage Active Listening In The Classroom?
Learning to listen
A culture of listening goes far beyond telling students to listen to the teacher. It means expecting 100% attention and respect when you are speaking…
Consider how students form their initial impressions of you as a teacher. What evidence do they use? Their impression is usually formed as a result of their […]
How Can Teachers Positively Tackle Defiant Students?
Beyond Defiance
When students are defiant, their goal is not to disrespect teachers. Rather, it’s to feel significant…
Students who are defiant or non-compliant can be among the most challenging to teach. They can frequently interrupt instruction, often do perform poorly academically, and may show little motivation to learn.
The ultimate goal of any disciplinary measure […]
School Uniforms and Learning Outcomes
Recent research by Michael L. Slepian of Columbia University showed that people wearing formal clothing have higher scores on a scalethat measures abstract thinking, than people wearing casual clothes. The difference in the scores is enough to make a person think twice before getting dressed in the morning. What’s been a hunch before such as […]
SELF-STUDY: Enhancing the Classroom Learning Environment (10 hours)
“Discover effective ways to ensure your students have an optimal learning environment – both in class and at home”
Welcome to this dual course aimed to help you understand more about enhancing the classroom learning environment. This dual course consists of the following 5 hour courses:
Bulletin Boards- Ideas for Every […]
How can teachers ensure students never miss a deadline?
A student’s life is largely the summation of classes, assignments, tasks, co-curricular activities. It’s all about widening knowledge base, developing skills and pushing forward. Often, however, teachers find their students tumbling from one task to another and missing deadlines. Somewhere in the middle, many lose track of what they were supposed to do […]
How Can You Nurture Positive Relationships In Your Classroom?
Developing a relationship with students who are difficult to manage is hard, but it may be the only thing that could help them. Forming a relationship based on trust is the first step. You may wonder whether that is the counselor or school psychologist’s job. The truth is that while they are important, YOU spend […]
SELF-STUDY: Public Speaking for Teachers (5 hours)
“Discover successful strategies to enhance your public speaking skills, and communicate effectively with your audience”
A competent and resourceful teacher must be able to effectively relate to and communicate with students, the school community, peers, parents and even school support structures such as the school board or the PTA. However, […]
SELF-STUDY: Examining and Evaluating Student Work (5 hours)
“Explore successful strategies to carefully evaluate student work and enhance teaching practices”
21st century students must have more than just textbook knowledge. Evaluating student learning goes beyond merely grading papers. Both schools and teachers need to intentionally move toward assessing students’ understanding, and then use this insight to enhance teaching […]
SELF-STUDY: Flipping Classrooms (5 hours)
“Explore how you can use technology to effectively ‘flip’ your classroom and enhance your students’ learning experience”
Harness technology to enhance students’ learning by examining successful strategies to “flip” classrooms. The flipped classroom approach prioritizes students’ needs beyond traditional teaching styles, while challenging teachers to employ innovative instructional methods. Students […]
