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Mindfulness for Educators and Their Students
Instructor: Danielle Nuhfer
Course Start Options:
- Winter: January 29, 2024 - March 10, 2024
- Spring: April 15, 2024 - May 26, 2024
- Summer: May 20, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Mindfulness for Educators and Their Students is designed to examine the theory and practice of mindfulness and how it can influence both the personal and professional life of a teacher. Basic mindfulness practices, neuroscience, identification of thoughts and emotions, and mindful communication practice will be explored, as well as applying these practices/concepts to both personal and professional situations. In addition, clear connections will be made between how personal practice can inform classroom management and interactions with students. Finally, participants will delve into how this same mindfulness practice can aid in the development of students of all ages. Teachers will be given strategies and techniques to introduce mindfulness appropriately into their classrooms and to begin a dialogue about mindfulness with other teachers and administration.
Mindfulness for Teachers by Patricia Jennings is a required text.
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Raise the Bar: Elevate Your Beginning Teaching Practices
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
The broad objective of this course is to improve teaching efficacy by developing and implementing a repertoire of evidenced-proved practices. The culminating project meets this objective in several ways: participants will (1) integrate principles of backward design in planning their project lesson(s); (2) integrate evidenced-proven instructional strategies; and, (3) collect and examine student data. This research project provides participants with a template for future improvement.
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Effective Use of Mobile Devices in the Classroom
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
Effective Use of Mobile Devices in the Classroom is an e-learning course for teachers that explains and demonstrates the implementation of mobile learning with interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples. This course helps teachers transition to mobile learning with background research, planning strategies, and suggested technology apps and online tools. It offers suggestions for assessing student learning with mobile devices and managing a mobile learning environment.
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Navigating Complex Text
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
In this online course, participants will examine the factors that determine text complexity, select appropriate texts for learning goals, and identify strategies that will help students in using the appropriate texts for learning. Planning and implementation of instructional practices that will help students grow through text dependent analysis will be just some of the take-aways from this course.
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Designing Blended Learning
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
Designing Blended Learning is an e-learning course for teachers that explains and demonstrates blended learning with interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples. The course helps teachers transition to blended learning experiences and provides the background rationale, planning strategies, and suggested technology tools. It offers suggestions for assessing student learning in a blended course and managing the day-to-day blended environment.
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Embracing New Pillars of Modern Teaching
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
Required Material: The New Pillars of Modern Teaching by Gayle Allen
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Embracing the New Pillars of Modern Teaching is a 3 credit (90 hour) CPE course that will challenge educators to investigate the effect technology has on pedagogy and student engagement. Participants will be asked to consider making shifts in instructional strategies that rely on their understanding of learning design, curating for learning, and providing effective, meaningful feedback. By the end of this learning experience, educators will have planned a new structure of learning for at least one learning unit that includes curating resources and designing a variety of learning experiences for students.
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Middle School Teacher's Role in Developing Students' College and Career Readiness
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
This online course is designed to expand and deepen middle school teachers’ ability to effectively integrate college and career readiness skills and attributes into their curricula. While these skills are grounded in meeting all academic standards, the learning and activities embedded in this course focus on Pennsylvania’s Career Education and Work (CEW) Standards, specifically the grade eight benchmarks.
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Project Based Approaches
Credits: 3 CPE Credits = 90 Hours Act 48
Cost: $285.00Course Start Options:
- Fall 1: Monday September 11, 2023 – Friday, October 13, 2023
- Fall 2: Monday, October 16, 2023 – Friday, November 17, 2023
- Fall 3: Monday, November 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023
- Winter 1: Monday, January 8, 2024 – Friday, February 9, 2023
- Winter 2: Monday, February 12, 2024 – Friday, March 15, 2024
- Spring 1: Monday, March 18, 2024 – Friday, April 19, 2024
- Spring 2: Monday, April 22, 2024 – Friday, May 24, 2024
- Summer 1: Tuesday, May 29, 2024 – Friday, June 28, 2024
The goal of this course is to impact student learning by using specific classroom scenarios in which teachers explore characteristics and benefits of Project- Based Learning (PBL). Throughout the course, teachers consider their own teaching practice as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. They also consider the ways that technology supports project-based approaches. Planning and project design modules guide teachers through organizing the curriculum, the classroom, technology, and students for successful 21st century projects. By improving PBL design and delivery, students will develop skills that will prepare them for today’s world. These skills include, but are not limited to, research, teamwork, problem solving, analyzing and synthesizing information. The assessment module demonstrates strategies for assessing students’ 21st century skills throughout an open-ended project. The course offers opportunities to apply the PBL concepts with action planning exercises.
CPE Course Information
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Pennsylvania Department of Education Continuing Professional Education credits apply for Level II Certification and/or master's equivalency. A maximum of 18 credits may be taken towards a master's equivalency. Credits taken for salary increases must comply with district policy.The listed CPE courses are open to all qualified personnel.Typically, within 10 days of course conclusion, a letter of successful completion will be emailed to the participant and a paper document mailed for record purposes.
Please review the offerings, select the appropriate courses, and be sure to register on CPETracker early.