Courses

EDL 2900: ONL: Community Living Topics - Community Involvement for People with Mental Illness

This course provides an introduction to Understanding Person-Centered Treatment and Community Living for individuals with Mental Illness.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

KIN 2900: ONL: Sport Coaching for Educators

This is a self-paced course designed to give you an introduction and overview of relevant philosophy, sport psychology, sport pedagogy, sport physiology, sport medicine and sport management issues confronting coaches.

January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: Network Security Fundamentals (BSC)

In the Network Security Fundamentals course, students will gain an understanding of the fundamental tenants of network security and review the general concepts involved in maintaining a secure network computing environment. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to describe general network security concepts and implement basic network security configuration techniques. This online course begins the second Monday of each month.

June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ONL: Attitudes are Contagious; Maintaining Optimism during Challenging Times

Attitudes are Contagious provides the research and strategies of positive thinking to increase an understanding and practice of positive thoughts that will change your attitude to optimism, your outlook to hope and your outcomes to success. This course will also explore stress's effect on our attitude and the human resilience that we all possess.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Community Involvement for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

This course provides an introduction to independent living for people with developmental disabilities. Topics include community-based programming, the deinstitutionalization movement, legislative issues, and the concepts of integration, inclusion and normalization.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Effective Communication for Educators

This course prepares educators to plan for their personal and professional development by understanding and using the principles of nonverbal/verbal communication; written communication; and interpersonal/team communication.

January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Effective Teaming for Educators

This course explores strategies for teaming in education. Participants will consider strategies to effectively lead teams with a clear purpose while exploring adult learning approaches, emotional intelligence, communication, and navigating conflict in teams.

January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Emotional Resilience in Educators

This course explores habits and dispositions educators need to build resilience in their professional work. The course will consider how educators work through challenging situations to build their emotional resilience.

January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Food and Culture (3 Credits)

Food and Culture is an online course that investigates the impact of culture on food preferences. Have you ever stopped to wonder why you choose the foods you do? Food and Culture leads you on a journey to identify social, cultural, religious, ethnic and personal choices and the impact that they have on personal health.

December 1, 2020 to December 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Google Classroom for Beginners and Beyond

This course is a professional development course designed for new teachers and long-time teachers to sharpen their Google Classroom skills. No matter how long you have been in the classroom, this course will provide some new ways to use Google Classroom for yourself, with your students and with stakeholders.

December 1, 2021 to December 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: How to Improve Executive Functioning in the Classroom

This course is designed to review the basic concepts of executive functioning and how it impacts learning. Participants will learn ways to embed executive functioning skills in classroom routines and lesson plans. Participants will also learn basic executive functioning interventions to use with individual students and small groups.

January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ONL: Inclusion in Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities

The course will cover the skills, knowledge, and awareness needed to achieve physical and programmatic accessibility to recreational experiences.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Making Co-Teaching Work

Co-teaching has become common practice in classrooms, but is there a "best way" to co-teach to meet the needs of both students and teachers alike? This course will provide an overview of co-teaching and best practice and outline the many different co-teaching models.

January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ONL: Middle School Philosophy and Curriculum

This course will look at the historical and philosophical background of middle level education. Our focus will be on the roles teachers and administrators play in incorporating this guided, interdisciplinary, and collaborative team approach that assists students during these fundamentally transformative years.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics for Trauma

The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics for Trauma is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to dealing with trauma in children and adults. It is not a specific treatment or strategy but rather an overall approach to effectively help individuals with trauma.

January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ONL: Personal Leadership Mastery

In this Professional Development for Educators Course, students will learn about the importance of developing an individual leadership plan. In order to effectively lead others, one must be able to lead her/himself.

January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2024

T&L 2900: ONL: Promoting Social Emotional Development in Young Children

This course explores strategies and meaningful family-practitioner partnerships to support early social-emotional development through a review of environmental influences, guiding principles, supportive strategies, effective family-provider communication, and sustaining social-emotional development.

January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Pyramid Model for Promoting Social-Emotional Competence in Preschool

This course explores the Pyramid Model and its strategies to provide early educators with guidance on the research-based practices used to promote social-emotional competence of all children, prevent social-emotional delays in children who are at risk for emotional and behavioral issues, and intervene effectively.

January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Student-Driven Differentiation

Grounded in Lisa Westman's book: Student-Driven Differentiation, 8 Steps to Harmonize Learning in the Classroom, participants will get a step-by-step guide to help plan a differentiated unit to take back to their own classroom.

January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Tiny Habits for Educators

This three-credit graduate professional development course will instruct educators in a new method for behavior change called Tiny Habits®. Tiny Habits® is a research-based way to create habits in your life.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: ONL: Transformative Teaching for Science

This course seeks to familiarize educators with various methods of teaching science, and then align those methods with the best and most appropriate outcomes according to Bloom's Taxonomy.

January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2023

T&L 2900: Principles of Information Security (BSC)

This course is intended for students who want to increase their understanding of information security. Students will learn about the types of security risks, how they work, and how we can protect our computers and networks from these risks.

June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Active and Hands-On Science Instruction

This course is designed for K- 6 educators interested in learning a variety of ways to enhance their science instruction through active, hands-on experiences.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: ADHD Classroom and Teaching Strategies

This course is designed to assist general educators and special educators gain a better understanding of ADHD, inclusion, differentiated instruction, and other ADHD teaching methods/strategies.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Ants, Plants and Puppy Dog Toes

Ants, Plants & Puppy Dog Toes course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages,teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Assisting Special Needs Learners with Instructional Technology

One of the most meaningful ways we can leverage instructional technology is to use it to help special needs learners reach their goals.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Because Newton Says So

Because Newton Said So course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher

How do you reach students who are culturally and racially different from you? This course provides thought-provoking background and practical suggestions for teachers seeking the answer to this question. Participants explore their own assumptions about race, class, and culture; and learn strategies for creating classrooms that are culturally inviting to all.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Becoming a Resilient Educator: Self-Care Strategies and Tactics to Avoid Teacher Burnout

Teachers suffer more stress than other workers, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research. A recent survey of over 5,000 teachers from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence revealed that the most frequent emotion teachers feel every day is anxiety.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior

This course is designed to give the learner a new perspective on student behavior and effective tools to facilitate positive student change. Taught by Mick R. Jackson MS/ED, this course provides a developmental framework to help the learner understand what students are trying to communicate through the "language" of their behavior.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Best Practices for Social Emotional Learning in Response to Crisis

Pandemic teaching and learning has resulted in major shifts in the way teachers and students interact in the physical and virtual classroom.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Better Conversations

Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to Be More Credible, Caring, and Connected is a practical book with clear steps to the better conversations necessary for students' academic and social-emotional growth, as well as for our own well-being as educators.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Blending Your Classroom for the New Age of Learning

This course will guide you in creating a classroom that blends the thoughtful integration of online digital media with traditional classroom instructional methods in new ways.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Body Shop

Body Shop course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Body Works

Body Works course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Building Academic Language, Grades 7-12

This course is designed to equip 7-12 teachers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies required to help their students grasp language principles and develop the academic language skills they need to reach their highest levels of academic achievement across all grade bands and content areas.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Building Academic Language, Grades K-6

This course is designed to equip K-6 teachers with the knowledge, skills, and strategies required to help their students grasp language principles and develop the academic language skills they need to reach their highest levels of academic achievement across all grade bands and content areas.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Building Community Involvement in Your School for Individuals With Developmental and or Intellectual Disabilities

This course provides a framework of information and turnkey program resources to build community within the school through social participation sport, recreation, service learning and employment practice for students with intellectual and or developmental disabilities. Topics include the science of socialization, tips for developing likability, principles for belonging, integration, inclusive design and advocacy strategies.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Closing Gaps with Flipped Learning

Flipped learning is a dynamic approach that is used to empower learners through the fostering of an individualized and customized learning space.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Communication and Collaboration in the Virtual Classroom

Never before in history has technology played such an important role in education. At a time when students are acquiring and mastering the skills that they will need to become productive members of society, the classrooms and learning communities in which they engage are becoming more and more infused with technology.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Comprehension Strategies for Middle and Upper Grades

The course begins offering three different options for assessing comprehension. Then, teachers are introduced to a wealth of strategies that can improve and support a reader's comprehension.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Professional Development

The Internet and social media have greatly impacted the way our students read, write, express themselves, communicate, share, research, and learn.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Courageous Conversations about Race

In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to understand and examine the impact of race on student achievement and the role that racism plays in institutionalized racial disparities. You will learn a practical and accessible protocol that supports participants in challenging their personal beliefs around race.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Designing an Online Classroom

This course is designed to give participants an opportunity to learn how to effectively develop and instruct a virtual classroom by making use of free resources available on the internet.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Differentiating Teaching and Instruction: What, How, Why

In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to describe and implement the concept of differentiation as a response to the needs, interests, and abilities of learners by modifying curriculum, instruction, and classroom environment. You will explore how to reconstruct an objective so it is responsive to the needs, interests, and abilities of diverse learners.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Distance Learning: From Construction to Instruction

The goal of this course is to provide participants with a framework of the skills, strategies, and tools necessary for designing, building, and facilitating a fully online or blended learning experience for students of all levels, identities, backgrounds and beliefs.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Early Childhood: Observation & Assessment

Early Childhood: Observation & Assessment explores observation and assessment instruments, as well as recommended practices and available resources for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The content of this online course includes an emphasis on observing young children and assessing their early childhood learning environments.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Early Childhood: Program Planning

Early Childhood: Program Planning is designed to give you a new perspective on planning and implementing developmentally appropriate practices for young children from birth through age eight. In this online course you will learn what is meant by curriculum, assessment, evaluation, and program planning as these terms apply to early childhood education.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Early Childhood: Typical & Atypical Development

Early Childhood: Typical & Atypical Development explores contemporary best practice and perspectives on early childhood development. The content of this online course includes patterns and sequences of typical development for children from birth to six years.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Earth and Sky Secrets for Young Minds

Earth & Sky Secrets for Young Minds course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Earth's Crustal Antics

Earth's Crustal Antics course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Earth's Dirty Little Secrets

Earth's Dirty Little Secrets course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: EdTech Applications for K-6: Promoting Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity

Deciding which tools best support student achievement and growth can be very challenging. In this online course taught by a certified G Suite for Education trainer with 20 years at the elementary school level, educators will discover resources they may use to promote communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Educating the Whole Student: Mindfulness and SEL in the Classroom (K-12)

This online course is designed for K-12 teachers who want to focus on the whole student by supporting social-emotional learning skills but may not know where to begin.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Educators Fundamental Series (Term-Based)

In this learning event you will discover new ideas on solving classroom discipline problems.

March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Effective Coaching to Strengthen Instruction

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of coaching teachers in order to increase the quality of their instruction for improved student academic success.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Effective Strategies to Improve Student Writing

This online course focuses on helping teachers work with Grades 4-12 students on key writing skills. Specific strategies will be introduced that will improve student writing.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Elevate Understanding with Project Based Learning

Project-based learning puts students in the driver seat of their education. Teachers provide the vehicle, resources, rest stops, and safety measures to support students on their learning journey. In this engaging course, participants will experience project-based learning first hand.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: English Language Learner: Evaluation & Assessment

Evaluation & Assessment was written to help teachers understand concepts and terms related to evaluating and assessing students whose first language is not English.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: English Language Learner: TESOL Linguistics

Linguistics was written to help teachers understand concepts and terms related to educating students whose first language is not English.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Enhancing Early Literacy Instruction with EdTech Tools

Early Literacy refers to the understanding of language, print, and words developed before a child begins kindergarten. This course is designed for early childhood teachers as well as parents of young children to support the development of six major early literacy skills.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Equity, Biases, and Critical Thinking in the Classroom

Equity, Biases, and Critical Thinking in the Classroom is designed to challenge one's thinking. Educators will explore the concept of equity vs equality and how it affects the actions we take in our classrooms and schools.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Everyday Science Stuff Around Us

This course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Everyday Waves

Everyday Waves course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Exploring the Power of a Digital Classroom

Exploring the Power of a Digital Classroom provides a basic understanding of utilizing digital tools to enrich the learning experience for students.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Exploring the World Around Us Through Virtual Field Trips

In this online course, taught by a certified Google Trainer, educators will discover resources they can use to take their students on virtual field trips. You must have a Google account, as participants will meet virtually via In the Google Classroom to discuss and collaborate with one another.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Eye on the Sky

Eye on the Sky course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Facilitating Learning for Speakers of Non-Standardized English

This course prepares K-12 educators with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to support the academic language proficiency and achievement of Standardized English Learners (SELs).

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Flipgrid - What Is It and How Do I Use It?

This course is designed for teachers who want to learn more about Flipgrid and how they can use it in their classroom. Flipgrid is a website designed to facilitate video discussions outside (or inside) of the classroom. We will explore the various features of Flipgrid. The information in this course can be used in any class as an alternative to traditional assignments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Flipped Teaching

This online course shows teachers every method they will need to implement the Flipped Teaching model in their classroom. The techniques Flipped Teachers use to make videos, screencasts, websites, and blogs will be revealed, as well as ways to utilize all of the extra instructional time the Flipped method makes available.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Game-Based Learning: Unleashing the Power of Gaming in the Classroom

Game-based learning is one of the hottest topics in education technology today. In this innovative online course, participants will learn how to take something students HAVE to do and turn it into something they GET to do.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Gamification in the Classroom

This course will explore the principles of gaming and gamification, as well as how these principles can impact - both positively and negatively - student engagement and success in the classroom.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Gamification in the Classroom: Engaging, Exploring, and Applying

Game-based learning embeds gaming principles into learning activities, creating motivating experiences where students learn by doing. Participants will learn and apply constructivism and Universal Design of Learning (UDL) theories to explore a variety of game-based learning experiences and tools.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Genius Hour: Inquiry-Based Technology-Infused Learning in the Classroom

It is imperative for teachers to provide opportunities for student voice and choice in the 21st century classroom. If students have some control over what is covered, they're more likely to stay tuned in and actively engage in the learning process.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Getting Googled: Eliminating Excuses Through the Free Resources of Google

This course is designed to give participants an opportunity to learn how to effectively utilize and teach with several Google applications such as: Docs, Slides, Surveys and Gmail. Participants will develop curriculum, acquire resource awareness and produce ecourse options that will change how their classroom runs as well as eliminate obstacles that prevent some students from succeeding.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Getting Started with Google in Education: Best Practices and Application

The use of technology in education provides incredible opportunities to engage students in authentic learning, as well as collaborate with peers like never before.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Getting the Most out of Google Chrome

Chrome is a powerful web browser with capabilities far beyond a basic search. In this online course, taught by a certified Google for Education Trainer, teachers will discover the power of Chrome.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Google Certified Educator

Google Workspace consists of apps, add-ons, and extensions that can be used to enhance student learning and improve efficiency to help teacher wellness. Becoming a Google Certified Educator benefits both teachers and students. Participants will learn and apply digital literacy skills to navigate Google applications.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Google Classroom and Collaborative Tools to Support Online Learning

This course, taught by an authorized Google Education Trainer, will give participants a chance to explore and test Google Classroom and its many functionalities.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Google Level 2 Certified Educator

Google Workspace consists of apps, add-ons, and extensions that can be used to enhance student learning and improve efficiency to help teacher wellness. Becoming a Google Level 2 Certified Educator benefits teachers, administrators, students, and caregivers.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Grant Writing Made Easy

In this course students will gain an understanding of what it takes to research, select, prepare for, and write a successful grant application. By the end of the course students will have applied for two grants that have the opportunity to enhance their classroom or school.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Have Forces, Will Travel

Have Forces, Will Travel course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: How Does Life Science Affect Me?

How Does Life Science Affect Me? course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: How to Use Podcasts in the Classroom

This course is designed to give teachers an introduction to podcasts and how they can be used in the classroom. Students will explore what a podcast is, how to listen and subscribe to a podcast, and how to create a podcast. Additionally, students will explore different ways for their students to create podcasts to show learning and understanding.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Inclusive Education: Success for All Learners

This course is designed to build the competencies of educators to successfully incorporate the belief systems, effective instructional skills, new models of staffing and service delivery and authentic collaboration into their practice.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Intercultural Communication: What We Need To Know To Encourage Civil Discourse In Our Daily Lives

This course introduces students to communication among people from diverse cultures. Intercultural communication is a negotiated understanding of meaning in human experiences across social systems and societies.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: iPads in Education

This iPad course is different to any other as it not only provides instruction on applications and how to use them; it demonstrates how using the iPad and applications can be implemented into the Core Standards; and then links the Core Standards to classroom content through providing opportunities for practical lesson design and assessment.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: iPads in the Classroom

In this course participants will gain an understanding of how to operate their Ipad and become familiar with the opportunities it provides for enhancing the learning in their classroom.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: It Takes a Village: Building Community Connections with EdTech

The African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child" has taken on a new level of importance as schools and families work tirelessly to close learning gaps and educate our students under increasingly difficult circumstances. Educational research indicates a strong correlation between community support and student learning.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Just Simply Machines

Just Simply Machines course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are; course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.


May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Language Acquisition for ESL Students

Language Acquisition for ESL Students was written to help teachers understand concepts and terms related to educating students whose first language is not English. This course discusses developmental theories and how they apply to English language learners. The focus of this course is on the process of second language acquisition and the role of the classroom teacher. Included in this course is information about the legal obligations of schools and teachers to provide services and about the types of programs schools might provide. Included is information on communicating with parents/guardians.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Learning Disabilities: Practical Information for the Classroom Teacher

Learning Disabilities: Practical Information for the Classroom Teacher, is an interactive computer-based instruction course, which provides an introduction to the field of Learning Disabilities for special education teachers, general classroom teachers, integration teachers and related professionals, especially those working in the areas of language, psychology and counseling.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Leveraging Instructional Technology to Advance the Learning Experience

Advance learning for you and your students through hands-on application of instructional technology tools all available through the GSuite and Extensions.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Make the Shift! Transformative Digital Learning Experiences

In this course, we will explore the SAMR model to transform learning in the classroom.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Making Student Thinking Visible: Unlocking SEL

In this course, you will learn skills used to Make Students Thinking Visible (MSTV). You will hear from Jon Saphier, founder and president of Research for Better Teaching, Inc., and Lucy West, Founder of Metamorphosis TLC, on the concepts, embedded values, and operating principles of MSTV.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Methodologies and Best Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Policy, technological advances, and foreign relations have impacted the makeup of our schools. We now teach populations of learners who are linguistically and culturally diverse. In this course, educators will analyze past and current theories, approaches, methodologies, programs and policies that impact their language learning populations.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Methods & Materials for Teaching ESL Students

Methods & Materials for Teaching ESL Students was written to help teachers understand concepts and terms related to educating students whose first language is not English. This course discusses how to apply instructional methods in creating lessons; how to create a motivating and caring learning environment; how to integrate teaching reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills; how to differentiate instruction for English language learners; and how to identify culturally appropriate curriculum and instructional resources.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Multimedia Project Design and Development

In this course, teachers will learn how to take the proper steps toward designing an effective plan for assigning multimedia projects in the classroom. Teachers are taught how to properly plan for the multimedia project by determining standards and setting objectives.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: New Teacher Help

This course is designed to lessen the time it takes for novice teachers to assimilate into the profession, and reduce the amount of teacher attrition that takes place.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning

Learning institutions, universities, and public schools are in need of educators who are knowledgeable in designing and implementing engaging online instruction, sometimes referred to as "distance learning" or "elearning."

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Overcoming Tech Fatigue: Strategies for Efficient and Effective EdTech Integration

Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room. This is an online course about technology fatigue. The resources and modules in this course are digital, and all of the assignments are online. Completing this course will involve a lot of screen time.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Pedagogical Strategies for English Learners

In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to support the specific needs of English learners. You will learn to establish a language-rich classroom. You will explore the role of language in literacy development and academic achievement through deconstructing language demands and creating an Academic Language Bank.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Plants Inside and Out

Plants Inside and Out course allows teachers to learn at their own pace, on their own schedule, and from their own home or classroom. Plants Inside and Out course is a complete set of hands-on lessons centered on a single conceptual unit of instruction.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Preparing Students for the Common Core Assessments

This course is designed for teachers who want to understand the Common Core Assessments. By the end of this course, teachers will understand the impact of the Common Core Assessments and how they influence teaching strategies, curriculum design, and non-summative assessment methods.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Providing Effective Feedback to Foster Student Growth

This course will explore the importance of providing constant and effective feedback to students. Participants will characterize the critical nature of feedback in the learning process and identify key strategies for improving their current practices. The components of effective feedback, tools for providing feedback, and potential barriers to implementation will also be discussed.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Reading Fundamentals #3: The Elements of Effective Reading Instruction & Assessment

This course will focus on learning to read, reading to learn, and an introduction to reading assessment.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Reading to Learn: Developing Strategic Reading Skills

This online course focuses on helping grades 4 - 12 teachers work with students on key reading skills. Teachers will learn how to develop active instructional strategies that facilitate student acquisition and development of reading skills in a variety of disciplines.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Relationally Responsive Classroom Management

This course empowers educators to effectively teach an increasingly diverse student body by cultivating meaningful relationships with students.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Response to Intervention: Practical Information for the Classroom Teacher

Response to Intervention: Practical Information for the Classroom Teacher a course providing an introduction to the Response to Intervention process for special education teachers, general classroom teachers, parents, and related professionals.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Responsive Classroom Management in the Primary Grades K-3

Teachers will also enjoy learning about the importance of being proactive and positive, as well as how to create clear and concise rules and routines which have logical consequences.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Rock N Science

Rock N Science course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are; course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Science for Beginning Einsteins

By selecting to do Science for Beginning Einsteins the teacher can increase their science knowledge and improve their science curriculum at the same time because the teacher, as the purchaser, can use these lessons for their personal classroom use. This course is appropriate for teacher in grades K-2.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Screencasting to Engage Learning

This course is designed to give teachers an introduction to screencasting. A screencast can be a powerful educational tool to help with differentiation, independent learning, remediation, and flipped classroom scenarios.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Shocking Truth

Shocking Truth course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are; course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Smart Phones in the Classroom: Strategies for Effective Implementation

This course will explore the advantages of student smartphone use in the classroom, as well as the potential obstacles that may arise from implementation.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Social Emotional Learning Strategies for the Modern Classroom

Currently, schools are looking for ways to develop and support the social emotional learning (SEL) needs of their students. Providing SEL instruction helps motivate students in their learning, improves behavior and academic performance and benefits the entire school community.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Strategies for Digital Literacy in Every Classroom

We live in an interconnected world where instant access to information and communication is a part of everyday life. Students today are growing up in a time where they have known nothing else.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Strategies for Reaching At-Risk Students

This course will explore what it means to be "at-risk" and the strategies, programs, and services that exist to support at-risk students. Participants will define the term at-risk, identify strategies from motivating and encouraging at-risk students in the classroom, research available community programs and services, and create a detailed individual student profile and plan.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Student Assessments in a Virtual Classroom

Assessing student progress and checking for understanding is a vital part of the teaching and learning process. It is now more important than ever for educators to be able to implement digital assessments into their curriculum. The ability for students to engage in digital formative assessments in remote and online settings is critical.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Supporting English Language Learning with Instructional Technology

The goal of English immersion in a mainstream classroom is the acquisition of language skills through exposure, exploration, practice, and support. Teachers in English immersion classrooms also require training, resources, and support to create a safe space for all students to learn and succeed.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Survival Strategies for New Teachers, Grades 6-8

This course provides new teachers with strategies and tools that enable them to develop confidence and skills as they improve their classroom practice.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Survival Strategies for New Teachers, Grades 9-12

This course provides new teachers with strategies and tools that enable them to develop confidence and skills as they improve their classroom practice.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Survival Strategies for New Teachers, Grades K-5

This course provides new teachers with strategies and tools that enable them to develop confidence and skills as they improve their classroom practice.

July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Talk to Me: Find the Right Words to Inspire, Encourage, and Get Things Done

Talk to Me: Find the Right Words to Inspire, Encourage, and Get Things Done is a powerful guide that every educator should read to learn how to choose the words that will move students to action.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Teach Like a Pirate

Teach Like a Pirate offers inspiration, practical techniques and innovative ideas that will help you increase student engagement, boost your creativity and transform your life as an educator.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Teaching Digital Citizenship Using Social Media

This course explores the 'do's and don'ts' of social media, including the negatives and positives of using social media. You will know how to create a socially connected classroom, how to teach your students to be respectful of each other online, how to teach students to protect their online identity and reputation, help students ward off cyber bullying, and show students how to build an online resume.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Teaching in the Online and Blended Environments

This course is intended for teachers who are interested in or have already began incorporating online instruction into their classrooms.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Teaching Secondary Math Conceptually: Meeting Mathematics Standards

The course, Teaching Secondary Math Conceptually: Meeting Mathematics Standards, is designed to explain and connect the major concepts, procedures, and reasoning processes of mathematics.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Teaching with Tablets

In this course participants will gain an understanding of how to operate their tablet and become familiar with the opportunities it provides for enhancing the learning in their classroom.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Tech Tools for Increasing Student Engagement

This course is designed for teachers who want to learn more about using EdTech in the classroom. Students will explore six online tools that can increase student engagement and learning. The information in this course can be used in any class as an alternative to traditional assignments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Tech Tools for the Classroom

This course was developed by administrators and teachers with a combined 50 years of experience in the classroom to strengthen educators in these areas: accepting change in how lessons are delivered, accessing online educational resources, building a support system of colleagues to learn from, and assessing the value of specific digital tools in student learning.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Technology-Infused Discussion Groups: Digital Tools to Enhance Student Discourse

Student-led discussion groups epitomize student-centered, collaborative learning in all content areas, and when infused with technology, the learning experience is transformed! Join in a discovery of web-based applications including Flipgrid, Padlet, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Seesaw, Recap and TodaysMeet.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: The Case for Space

The Case for Space course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are: course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: The Trauma Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching

Nearly half of the students in US schools have experienced trauma, violence or chronic stress. In this course, learn about the impact of trauma on the body and mind and how to recognize it in student behavior.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: The Whole Brain Child

The Whole Brain Child is an easy-to-read, practical book that breaks down how a child's brain works and how the brain changes/develops over time.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Tomorrow's Technology in Today's Classroom

In this course students will gain an understanding of several current technological resources that are available for free use, as well as, understand the advantages of implementing such resources. Through peer-to-peer and instructor interactions by the end of the workshop each student will have an understanding of how to effectively implement the online component of teaching in a traditional classroom.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Try DI!: Planning & Preparing a Differentiated Instruction Program

This online course is designed to provide you an opportunity to learn about an instructional framework, Differentiated Instruction (DI), aimed at creating supportive learning environments for diverse learning populations. Students will be presented a method for self-assessment of the extent to which their current instructional approach reflects the perspective, principles, and practices of the DI approach.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom

The course will consider the many forms of aggression, both criminal and otherwise; its costs and motivation; its perpetrators and targets; its likely and unlikely locations; its impact on our schools, the children; and, most especially, its several causes and promising solutions.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Understanding and Implementing Common Core Standards

Understanding & Implementing Common Core Standards is an interactive computer-based instruction course designed to give you a deeper understanding of the rationale for and structure of this particular standards-based framework. In this course you will learn a number of factors that contributed to the overall design of the Common Core Standards as well as practical pedagogical approaches that will support practitioners working toward deeper implementation.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Universal Design for Learning

This course is intended as an introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a, "set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn" (CAST, 2012).

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Unleashing the Power of the NGSS and STEM (3-5)

This online course takes teachers of grades 3-5 through a step-by-step explanation of the standards and includes examples and suggestions of how to incorporate them into their science lessons.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Using Android Devices in Education

This eCourse provides invaluable, targeted step-by-step instruction & practical exercises on how to use & implement Android systems & recommended educational apps. Not only does this eCourse shows teachers how to use Tablets, it also teaches them how to integrate the new Core Standards into daily lessons which will enhance & enrich your teaching experience.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) to Create K12 Curriculum

In this online course, teachers will learn how to build capacity in using Open Educational Resources (OERs), sharing OERs and building OERs; they will connect with like-minded educators and communities, and establish a strong portfolio of an educator as a creator of digital curriculum and lessons.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Using TED Talks to Enhance Classroom Instruction

School is all about ideas and igniting the fire and passion within our students who are a part of a global community. TED is an organization that helps teachers bring ideas into conversation and debate. TED Talks spark conversations. Lessons created and shared through the TED platform. Students can create their own TED Talks to bring diverse voices, questions, and global perspectives into classroom discussions. This course will inspire and ignite a passion for education.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Visual Tools for Backwards Design

Backwards design is a framework for improving student achievement where educators begin with the end result in mind, determine goal progressions, and finally plan learning experiences.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Visual Tools to Redefine Learning

The SAMR (substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition) Model was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura to help educators identify the levels of effective technology integration.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Who Needs Plants

Who Needs Plants course is a complete set of "hands-on" lessons centered around a single conceptual unit of instruction. Included in the course are; course syllabus, assessment menu, grading guide, student pages, teacher pages, safety guidelines and helps, student assessments, and teacher assessments.

May 1, 2021 to May 1, 2023

T&L 2900: VIR: Why DI? An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction

Why DI?: An Introduction to Differentiated Instruction is designed to give you an understanding of the framework of and need for creating supportive learning environments for diverse learning populations. In this course, you will learn what is meant by Differentiated Instruction (DI) and the common myths associated with creating the differentiated classroom.

June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2024

T&L 2900: VIR: Writing = Thinking: Strategies for All Content Areas

The act of thinking is invisible, which makes it difficult to fully understand the learning that is taking place in our students. As educators, it is our job to ensure that the invisible thinking turns into visible products.

April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024