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Curriculum Design for 2001/2002
- EDU
500BL
This class will give teachers time, motivation and opportunity to design and prepare curriculum and materials for the coming year. There will be
an organizational meeting on the first day, followed by planned and logged work time to be spent independently in classrooms, media centers,
community locations, or other sites to be determined. Each teacher will prepare a significant addition to the existing classroom curriculum. A final session will be held to assess your product.
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Writing for Primary Children
- EDU
500BT
The goal of this class is to provide practical ideas that you will begin using at the end of the class week. You'll also be provided with the supporting philosophy and management strategies. Topics include: getting started, strategies that lead to students working independently, Independent Language Arts Centers, Language Arts Center models, using a Word Wall effectively, and Writers' Workshop.
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Communication Lab for Teachers
- EDU
500CQ
You will learn a curriculum for teaching communications skills necessary to improve your students' academic and social functioning, as well as giving them important job skills. The program is meant to be used by school staff as a reference point throughout the school year when dealing with student relationships, discipline and student self-improvement. Through the topics covered you will learn an interactive intervention that can be used for kindergarten through high school students.
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Classroom Improvements Through Successful Techniques
- EDU
500CU
There are many, many, negatively power-oriented children in our classrooms. Structuring the classroom management system through the use of choices, empowering children in positive ways and working with classroom meetings will be a major part of the course. Class participants will be exposed to research and literature supporting theories presented in class.
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Making Connections
- EDU
500DA
Making Connections is a workshop for teachers that is designed to provide collegial sharing of lessons and strategies for implementation and new approaches to teaching to state standards. Teachers will have the choice to work independently or in teams to create grade level/subject area materials. Ideas regarding parent conferences, report cards and classroom management will also be shared. Teachers are encouraged to bring necessary materials to class and a willingness to trade ideas with others.
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Enhancing the Teaching Profession
- EDU
500DC
Presenters in this course will address issues which are vital for effective classrooms. California Teaching Standards will be addressed as well as key factors affecting students. Teachers should increase their current level of expertise and experience growth in their profession.
Register on-line or at the registration sessions listed below. The first class meeting will be held from 6 - 9:15 pm, after the registration session. Classes will be held for a total of eight weeks from 6 - 9:15 pm, plus two all-day Saturday sessions (dates to be determined).
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Communication Skills for Teachers
- EDU
500DQ
This course will help you identify individual areas of communication deficits; assist you in developing effective listening and articulating skills; and introduce you to mediation techniques that improve communication both in and outside the classroom setting.
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Yoga for Everyday Living - Practice and Philosophy
- EDU
500DV
This course is designed to provide a practical introduction to the benefits of yoga practice and philosophy. Teachers will be able to incorporate yoga into their lives and into the curriculum to promote overall well being by increasing relaxation, concentration, cooperation and fitness. This class is designed for teachers at all grade levels and is appropriate for all levels of yoga students.
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Project Inclusion
- EDU
500DW
This course is designed for general and special education teachers who are collaboratively teaching children with special needs. You can earn units for the ongoing planning and preparation that is necessary for a student's successful inclusion in the general education classroom. Independently, you will participate in curriculum planning, conferencing, working on adaptations or modifications, gleaning ideas from outside resources, and implementing and revising an Inclusion plan.
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Character Education in Public Schools
- EDU
500EO
Since the founding of our nation, moral education, training in the virtues, and the development of character have been part of our public schools. What is the history of the modern character education movement? Why is character education in schools so important? What character education programs and curriculum exist? How does my school begin a character education program? These questions and others are explored in this dynamic class.
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