Instructor: Jon Morse

Jon Morse
 Jon Morse brings more than 50 years of experience serving youth, educators, and community leaders across probation, mental health, law enforcement, K-12 education, postsecondary education, business, and community organizations. His expertise includes human behavior, communication, and rehabilitation. He holds an MA in School Counseling and a BA in Psychology and is a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Jon is the Founder and Executive Director Emeritus of Big Picture Educational Academy, which has grown into a K-12 school district with adult education and English-language programs. He currently serves as adjunct faculty in Fresno Pacific University's continuing education department, supporting educators and counselors in a variety of professional settings. His career has also included roles as a probation officer, mental health worker, youth minister, high school teacher and girls basketball coach, business owner, and university instructor. A Madera, California, native, Jon is passionate about family, community service, exercise, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Classes by this instructor


EDUC-919: Managing Students Without Coercion

Managing Students Without Coercion
This cognitive approach to managing human behavior can be taught to students and parents for life-long social and emotional learning, self-esteem development, and healthy lifestyle choices. Learning and using Choice Theory, students & teaching staff learn how to be fully responsible for making more effective decisions and choices in their academic and personal lives.

EDUC-922: Understanding Student Communication

Understanding Student Communication
This class will introduce some skill sets that can be acquired and used in becoming an effective communicator with students, parents, and colleagues, increasing a teacher's ability to make significant connections with everyone. Many of the tools discussed in this class are not usually taught in a typical teacher training program, but once recognized and practiced can make a huge difference for anyone's effectiveness in their professional career and private life.

EDUC-948: Effective Management Principles

Effective Management Principles
One of the most important, but usually neglected aspects is training office staff, teachers, counselors, and administrators how to develop a community environment that focuses on Teamwork among all staff and students as well. This course will give all of the aforementioned individuals hands-on experience of training that can be applied to any work environment.