Enrollment Options
Action Research for Classroom Teachers Quick Look       Preview

Investigate action research to gain the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and report an action research study. This course is a foundational course. (12 credit hours)

Action Research Implementation Quick Look       Preview

Conduct an action research to gain insight into your teaching practices as well as the learning of your students. This course is a follow-up course to Action Research for Classroom Teachers. (6 credit hours)

Building Relationships with Parents Quick Look       Preview

Learn to build relationships with parents in order to enhance students' academic growth. Explore a variety of techniques to increase parent involvement. Create a classroom Website with the potential to increase communication with parents. (12 credit hours)

Classroom Management Quick Look       Preview

Explore the need for a proactive management system and design management tools for the classroom. Learn management strategies, explore a maintenance program, and develop routines for the beginning and ending of class. (20 credit hours)

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace Quick Look       Preview

Learn practical skills for understanding and resolving conflict in today’s changing workplace. Become familiar with how conflicts emerge and learn how to use proven conflict management techniques and styles. Discover strategies for handling difficult people and alternative dispute methods. (20 credit hours)

Continuous Improvement Model for Administrators Quick Look       Preview

Review the research behind the Continuous Improvement Model (CIM) and explore the administrator’s role in creating and implementing a school-wide CIM plan. (12 credit hours)

Continuous Improvement Model for Teachers Quick Look       Preview

Identify explicit, systematic, instructional plans for implementing the Continuous Improvement Model in the classroom. Develop strategies for planning school-wide CIM efforts. (12 credit hours)

Enhancing the Classroom with Technology Quick Look       Preview

Investigate teacher tools, resources, and ideas for managing the classroom technology environment. Enrich the classroom experience as you learn to use the suggested activities and helpful hints that are aligned to the National Education Technology Standards (NETS). (30 credit hours)

Foundations of Assessment Quick Look       Preview

Learn to use classroom assessments to shape teaching and learning. Explore assessments that address the intent of a targeted standard. (10 credit hours)

Foundations of Team Teaching (Co-Teaching) Quick Look       Preview

Learn to organize, operate, sustain, and evaluate teaching teams. Explore team building strategies that are critical as educators confront the struggles and triumphs that accompany the team teaching endeavor. Note: This course addresses the team-teaching training requirement of Florida’s Class Size Reduction Amendment. A Follow-Up course is available. (10 credit hours)

Foundations of Team Teaching: Follow-up Quick Look       Preview

Analyze strategies learned in Foundations of Team Teaching. Then, reflect on how the team teaching strategies have been implemented in your professional experiences. (2 credit hours)

Introduction to Co-Teaching/Team Teaching Quick Look       Preview

Explore team building strategies. Learn to organize, operate, sustain, and evaluate teaching teams. (6 credit hours)

Introduction to Exceptionalities Quick Look       Preview

Learn about the various exceptionalities included in the ESE program, including characteristics of and educational implications for each exceptionality. (3 credit hours)

Learning Theory and Practice Quick Look       Preview

Investigate how we learn, remember, and recall information. Examine characteristics of learners at different stages of development. Evaluate instructional practices that support learners' various needs. (30 credit hours)

Mentoring Classroom Teachers Quick Look       Preview

This course helps prepare the veteran teacher to become a mentor by sharing the basic concepts and models that make mentoring a successful strategy for new teacher induction. These basic concepts can be adapted for use by reading coaches and mentors for struggling teachers. (12 credit hours)

Professional Practices for Educators Quick Look       Preview

Practice decision making skills on issues such as school safety and security procedures, educational liability, professional responsibilities, and ethics in this video-based course. (5 credit hours)

Standards-Based Lesson Planning Quick Look       Preview

Use a standards-based lesson planning process to guide your instructional planning. Examine the Curriculum-Assessment-Instruction (CAI) Model and design a lesson that aligns assessment and instruction to selected standards. (20 credit hours)

Student Advocacy and Legal Issues Quick Look       Preview

Explore the teacher's role as student advocate. Examine the ethical expectations and obligations. Investigate the legal issues of district policies, state statutes, and federal guidelines. (20 credit hours)

Substitute Teaching: Classroom Management Quick Look       Preview

Learn several ways to proactively manage the students and important resources for the classroom. Identify what can be accomplished before students arrive, during student contact time, and after students leave to make your substitute teaching assignment productive and enjoyable. (5 credit hours)

Substitute Teaching: Instructional Strategies Quick Look       Preview

Learn to maintain academic focus in the absence of the regular classroom teacher. Develop knowledge of instructional strategies and techniques to facilitate student engagement and achievement. (5 credit hours)

Substitute Teaching: Professional Practices Quick Look       Preview

Gain an awareness of school safety and security procedures, educational liability, professional responsibilities, and ethics. The video-based content utilizes scenarios to provoke consideration of five topics: creating a positive learning environment, eliminating harassing behaviors, promoting safety and classroom order, maintaining professional distance, and practicing professionalism with colleagues and community. (5 credit hours)

The Path to Successful Online Facilitation Quick Look       Preview

Gain an understanding of the online environment, barriers to learning, and ways to ensure a successful experience for participants. Gain the skills necessary to deliver effective professional development. While much of the content is applicable to all online course facilitation, this course also contains components specific to Beacon’s Online Courses. (10 credit hours)

 
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