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Professional Growth: New Teachers

  New Teachers Quick Fact Sheet

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)

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)

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)

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)

 
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