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Instructor: Sandra Frisby

Dr. Sandra Frisby is a dedicated educator and mentor committed to helping teachers inspire a lasting desire for learning in every student. Drawing on many years of experience working with children and adult learners, she provides practical ideas, resources, and guidance designed to help educators meet the diverse needs of their students. Dr. Frisby recognizes that every learner is unique, with individual interests, learning styles, skills, and abilities. Her approach emphasizes creating meaningful learning experiences that challenge students to think critically while providing the support they need to reach their full potential. Through her courses, she encourages educators to expand their instructional strategies and develop tools that foster engagement, confidence, and lifelong learning. She is passionate about supporting fellow educators throughout their professional growth and sharing insights gained from her extensive teaching experience. Her teaching philosophy is captured by Benjamin Franklin's words: "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Classes by this instructor

ECE-900: Early Childhood Education: Guiding Documents

What does it mean to be a practicing early childhood professional today? Make connections between the many California Department of Education guiding documents including but not limited to: California Preschool Learning Foundations and California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks Volumes 1, 2, 3, California Early Childhood Educator Competencies, and Alignment of California Common Core Standards to Key Early Learning Resources.

ECE-901: Observation / Assessment of Young Children

Explore, experience, and apply assessment strategies using observation tools and systems in the early childhood classroom. Explore tools and specific activities that apply the principles of state and national documents directly to classroom practice in child-centered and engaging methods. All course materials are provided through the online course website.

EDU-909: Build Character and Citizenship: Skills and Methods

This engaging and informative course on character education offers a close look at Common Core State Standards, National Standards, classroom lessons, and best practices. A classroom-based unit of study focuses on important elements of character education, including community service, parent involvement, citizenship, civics, conflict resolution, values, and more. A variety of active online assignments will inspire you and your students!

EDU-977: Universal Design for Learning

This comprehensive course is designed for teachers from preschool to college who are committed to create an inclusive learning environment using the Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). You will learn to meet diverse learners' needs, increasing accessibility and engagement across all subject areas.

ELA-906: Emergent Literacy

Emergent Literacy is a review of the research, related activities, and learning strategies for building literacy in the young learner. Emergent Literacy is a multifaceted process. The ability to associate print with meaning begins early in a child's life and continues until the child reaches the stage of conventional reading and writing.

ELA-907: Finding the Balance in Early Literacy

Learn research-based theory connected to classroom application activities that will help provide success for your students in early literacy. Designed for kindergarten and first grade teachers this course combines research, theory and practice with reading skills using the child-centered theme of The Gingerbread Man. The course assignments may be completed with or without classroom student participation.

MAT-905: Multiplication and Division with Manipulatives

Creating a learning environment that supports the development of understanding math concepts for our young learners is as critical as the choice of curriculum expectations. Learn how to encourage and promote understanding so children will learn that mathematics makes sense and is applicable to their everyday needs.

MAT-907: Organize Learning Environments for Math

Organizing Learning Environments for Math is designed to offer Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, and Kindergarten teachers a guide for designing a learning environment that supports the development of understanding math concepts for young learners. If lessons are developed to encourage and promote understanding, children will learn that mathematics makes sense and is applicable to their everyday needs.

MAT-919: Early Number Concepts (PreK-1)

This course is a standards-based methods course that offers Pre-School and Primary grade teachers a guide for designing a learning experience for their students which focuses on counting, comparing, and patterns. Students choose from over 100 activities that address students individually, in small learning groups, or with whole class experiences. The assignments may be completed with or without classroom student participation.

MAT-939: Understanding Geometry, 'Big Ideas'

Understanding Geometry, 'Big Ideas' is a course designed for Preschool, TK, K-3rd grade educators that provides a variety of classroom-tested activities to promote in-depth understanding of 2-D and 3-D geometry concepts and spatial awareness. Participants will learn many practical strategies and approaches to develop spatial reasoning, recognition of shapes, and real-world connections in a fun and engaging manner.

SED-915: Bridging the Early Childhood Special Education Credential

This course is designed as a 'bridge' option for current Early Childhood Special Educators to demonstrate competence on Teacher Performance Expectations embedded in the new Education Specialist Credentials that were launched Summer/Fall 2022. The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the package and several updates to the Education Specialist Credential went into effect on July 1, 2022.

SED-916: Autism Spectrum Disorder

This course provides an opportunity to learn about autism spectrum disorders. Students study in-depth psychological, sociological, and vocational aspects of programs designed to serve this population of children. The course also addresses the basic concepts in autism research and education that are foundational in understanding the patterns of behavior, social abilities, and language difficulties that unfold in students with autism spectrum disorders.

SED-918: Sensory Disabilities: Physical, Visual, Hearing & Deaf Blindness

This course provides an overview of the characteristics of sensory disabilities; Physical, Visual, Hearing, & Deaf-Blindness. The course will prepare students to address and support individuals in their assigned classroom(s) and environmental settings. Students will learn foundational knowledge, strategies, and appropriate supports to facilitate instruction, to achieve student success.

TECH-915: Zoom Essentials for the Classroom

Zoom has come into its own in recent years. For educators. Zoom is an interactive, mobile, and collaborative tool for engaging students in the classroom and remotely. The many applications and features of Zoom expand the capabilities of the modern classroom. Teachers provide one-on-one student support and schedule video conferences. Zoom can be programmed to record class lessons and upload them to the cloud. Beyond technical features, understand how to prepare content for the platform.