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Rob Carey is an experienced educator with more than 30 years in education and over two decades of classroom teaching across public, private, charter, international, and higher education settings. He earned a Master of Education from Cairn University and a bachelor's degree in Liberal Studies from BIOLA University. Fifteen years of his career were spent teaching at Black Forest Academy in Germany, where he served missionary families while developing a passion for integrated curriculum, biblical integration, arts education, educational technology, and teacher development. A U.S. Army veteran, Rob brings creativity, innovation, and a student-centered philosophy to every learning environment, believing that educators should do whatever it takes to reach every student. Having lived on three continents and traveled to more than 20 countries, he values cross-cultural learning and global perspectives. Beyond education, Rob enjoys visual arts, playing music, mentoring young people, spending time in the outdoors, and is deeply committed to loving God and serving in his local church alongside his wife.
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The Watercolor Sketching for Students course is designed to enhance art instruction, teaching educators how to take their students on an artistic adventure into the world of watercolor sketching on location. The course focuses on the best ways to help students develop the technical skills of sketching and grow in their understanding and appreciation of the value of creating art.
This online art education course prepares educators to successfully teach students drawing techniques that improve their perceptual-cognitive skills. Teachers in all subjects can benefit from the course. Drawing skills increase the ability for students to accurately perceive, process and use visual information - skills that transfer to all disciplines of learning.
Observational drawing is a foundational skill for both the student and the teacher in the field of visual arts. It is a learned skill that requires concentration, analytical thinking, problem solving, and perseverance as one attempts to translate three-dimensional objects onto a two-dimensional surface.
Discover the secrets behind the life and work of one of the most recognized, yet misunderstood, artists of the modern world, Vincent van Gogh. This 15-episode course by Professor Jean-Pierre Isbouts will take you on a fascinating journey as you unravel the mysteries of the artist's one-of-a-kind style.
Learning about art at a young age can have numerous benefits for students, fostering creativity and imagination, deepening students' cultural, societal and historical awareness, and fostering empathy and respect for different perspectives. The post-impressionist movement was a movement of innovation and experimentation.
Western art, from the ancient world to the present, offers far more than beautiful images-it provides powerful stories, cultural insight, and rich opportunities for teaching across the curriculum. In this 25-lecture course, K-12 educators gain both a strong foundation in Western art history and practical strategies for bringing these ideas into their classrooms.
This is an empowering course designed to help educators manage anxiety, depression, procrastination, grief, addiction, worry, panic attacks, perfectionism, rejection, insomnia, and chronic pain using practical, evidence-based techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Adverse childhood experiences, neglect, poverty, divorce, and other childhood stresses have radically changed school culture in the past ten years. In his most recent book, Paul Tough gives educators and care-givers practical, research-based ideas and suggestions for strengthening the non-cognitive skills in students like persistence and grit, relationship building, and developing a growth mindset to support social emotional learning (SEL).
Biblical Worldview Integration is teaching a lesson objective and teaching it from a Christian perspective. It is not a class devoid of God, nor is it solely about God. It is a melding of the two. It is understanding the objective or lesson from the Christian point-of-view. Being able to meld the two is quite a difficult process, but a process this course aims to help teachers be able to bring to their classroom.
Visual note taking is one of the best ways to learn and process new information. Sketchnotes for Comprehension is not a course for artists or those who want to become artists. It is a course for those who want to improve or teach others to improve in the skills of taking better notes. Through this course, you will learn the foundations of how to teach your students to take notes that will help them organize and retain information in a fun and powerful way.
Bring passion, energy, and creativity into your classroom engagement strategies with the Teach Like a Pirate: Book Application professional development course from Fresno Pacific University. Inspired by the bestselling book, "Teach Like a Pirate" by Dave Burgess, this course equips educators with powerful student engagement strategies that capture attention and inspire a love of learning.
Teach Like Finland: Book Application is a professional development course designed for K-12 educators who want to apply Finnish education practices to their own classrooms. Grounded in the world-renowned Finnish education model, this course focuses on building joyful, student-centered learning environments that support engagement, well-being, and meaningful academic growth.
Gamification in the Classroom is an online professional development course for educators that gives teachers the chance to set sail on an educational adventure! This game-based course equips you with powerful strategies to use gamification in education to boost student motivation and engagement.
Discover how the minds of your students acquire, process, store, and retrieve information. This course includes a fascinating, 24-video lecture series from The Great Courses that covers topics on learning theories, learning strategies, learning language, learning styles, the role of emotion in learning, cultivating desire to learn, and the domains of learning. This course will not only provide valuable, research-based learning theory, but will allow you the opportunity to make practical application to your teaching.
Dive into the neuroscience of learning and learn how to maximize the learning mechanisms in your brain and your students' brains! Explore the current brain research findings on psychological and neural mechanisms that work together in the process of learning and memory in the human brain to make you a more effective learner and teacher.
With student reading scores declining and attention challenges rising nationwide, many teachers are reexamining the role of technology in the classroom. This course explores practical strategies for creating more focused, connected, and intentional learning experiences with reduced reliance on screens.
According to educator Rick Smith, being a new teacher is like trying to fly a plane while building it. If you've ever been a first-year teacher, you know exactly what that means. There are times you feel like you are frantically trying to attach the wings before the aircraft goes into a tailspin. All new teachers need someone they can count on for encouragement and support. That's where you come in.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the employment of teachers of all levels will grow between 2016 and 2026, with almost a quarter of a million new teaching jobs opening before 2026. Unfortunately, this is due to a phenomenon called teacher burnout. Over half of U.S. teachers report that their morale is low, and more teachers than ever are leaving the profession within the first five years in the classroom.
Understanding teenage addictions is the first step to intervention and support of those in your classroom who may struggle with overcoming alcoholism, stealing, pornography, and a multitude of drug dependencies. This course provides an overview on common addictions that prevent today's middle and high school students from academic and personal success.
This course equips educators with the tools and strategies to foster character in the classroom by focusing on core virtues such as honesty, integrity, compassion, humility, perseverance and self-control. Designed for K-8 teachers, this course emphasizes the integration of character education into everyday lessons, helping students develop ethical and moral reasoning alongside academic growth.
In this course, teachers will learn the essential skills and strategies needed to build strong relationships with students, create a positive and engaging classroom culture, and support student success. Participants will explore the importance of effective organization and time management and learn strategies for streamlining daily tasks and maximizing instructional time.
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