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Teacher Education PLU Courses
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| CLASSROOM FORMAT PLU/CEU COURSES AT UGA |
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| General Spanish, Levels 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Classroom Format) Now available for PLUs. See Spanish Language Courses. |
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Earn PLUs/CEUs while learning Spanish in a classroom setting in the Georgia Center. Each of our General Spanish courses is approved for 2 PLUs/2CEUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. See all current class dates. |
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| Cultural Competency for the 21st Century (Classroom Format) Now available for PLUs. |
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Register for Module #1 plus any 3 additional modules (total 10 hours) to receive 1 PLU. To receive PLU, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. See all current class dates. |
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| 4-WEEK TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES (ONLINE) |
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Developed in collaboration with the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education of the University of Georgia College of Education, these 1-PLU courses are offered only at UGA! IMPORTANT: To receive PLUs for these courses, you must submit this PLU Prior Approval Form before you enroll for the class. Please note that this is different from the one used elsewhere on this web site. You have up to four weeks to complete each of these 10-hour, 1-PLU courses. Work entirely at your own pace. Click here for more details $129 includes your course and 1 Professional Learning Unit • Supporting English Language Learners in Schools and Classrooms: What Every Educator Should Know |
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| Fundamentals | |||
A To Z Grant Writing |
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Do you know how to raise needed funds by discovering how and where to look for potential funders who are good matches for your organization? Discover new ways to network, how to develop true partnerships with a variety of funders, how to organize a successful grant-writing campaign, and how to put together a complete proposal package. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Creating the Inclusive Classroom |
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Get the training you need to reach the diverse mix of students you face every day — learning proven strategies that turn diversity into opportunity. With students who have learning disabilities, neurobiological disorders, and physical challenges, the modern classroom requires an efficient and effective teacher who can prioritize under tight deadlines and be creative on demand. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Creative Classroom |
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Creativity will abound in your classroom as you tap into your students' hidden talents. Learn creative new approaches to learning labs, activities, exercises, assignments, field trips, and evaluation methods. Think beyond the textbook and challenge your students by making your classroom a creative classroom! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom |
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Join us on this journey through 10 practical DI integration strategies! Every lesson is packed with real-world examples that will help you put these strategies to use in your own classroom. We'll take a look at integration across different subjects, grade levels, and learning profiles as you gain helpful tips on bringing DI to your classroom. This course is a must for teachers who often have to differentiate quickly, and with a minimum of resources. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Get Assertive! |
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Are you tired of being intimidated and treated badly by others? Discover how you lose power when you talk and how to gain it back. Find out the secrets to defusing anger and avoiding criticism. Gain the skills to be assertive with family members, friends, bosses, co-workers, professionals and clerks. It's your turn to speak out! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Leadership |
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Leadership skills can help you gain the respect and admiration of others, while also allowing you to enjoy success in your career and more control over your destiny. Contrary to popular belief, leadership skills can be learned and developed. Even if you don't hold a leadership position, this course will teach you how to use the principles of great leaders to achieve success in almost every aspect of your daily life. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Praxis I |
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The Praxis I test is not required for teachers planning to obtain a teaching certificate for the state of Georgia. For that purpose, the state uses GACE tests. However, if you are planning to teach or train overseas or in a state where the Praxis is required, this course will help you develop the skills you need to face the reading, writing, and math sections — all three parts of the Praxis I. This course is not eligible for PLUs. http://Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Solving Classroom Discipline Problems |
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Why do some teachers enjoy peaceful, orderly classrooms while others face daily discipline battles? Some teachers know the secrets to solving discipline problems. This course reveals those secrets and presents a step-by-step approach to effective, positive classroom discipline. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II |
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Learn to help even the most challenging students make more responsible choices. Use a new research-based six-step approach to solve severe and chronic discipline problems such as bullying, fighting, using abusive language, stealing, and refusing to work. Look at numerous real-life examples set in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms and learn how to put the ideas into action in your own teaching situation. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Survival Kit for New Teachers | |||
Provides all the time-tested tools, tips, and tricks you need to make your early years in the classroom a breeze. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Teaching Students With Autism: Strategies for Success |
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Today, we teach children with Asperger's Syndrome and high-functioning autism right alongside their neurotypical peers. Reaching and teaching these students requires a delicate balancing act: understanding how their brains are wired, helping them turn challenges into opportunities, and learning to enjoy the rich perspective they bring to the classroom. You'll learn creative, easy, low-budget strategies to help these kids succeed in the classroom and beyond. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Understanding Adolescents |
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In this course, an experienced social worker will help you gain a deep understanding and appreciation of your adolescent's development and behavior. You'll uncover the secrets of the adolescent mind and gain valuable information on how they think, how they feel, how their identities develop, and what steps you can take to ensure that you are well prepared to answer the challenges of the teens in your life. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Working Successfully With Learning Disabled Students |
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2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
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Creating K-12 Learning Materials |
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Create and self-publish work books, lab manuals, booklets, activity kits, visual aids, manipulatives, and other powerful instructional aids. You'll also learn how to profit from your ideas by offering the products you develop for sale through catalogs, stores, and trade shows. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Grammar Refresher |
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Grammar is both easy and fascinating if the material is presented in clear, memorable chunks. Explore sentence structure and punctuation, as well as the more sophisticated concepts of logic and clarity. A patient instructor, memorable lessons, vivid examples, and interactive exercises will give you ample opportunity to put what you learn into practice. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies for Maximum Student Achievement |
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Take your students from groans to grins with creative lesson plans that really work. Teach them to use research material as a launch pad for papers that are clear and thought-provoking the first time around. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Guided Reading: Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom |
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Differentiated instruction tactics will help you understand how your students learn so you can teach in a way that makes sense to them. When you apply those tactics to leading your students through new ways of approaching text, great things start to happen. The result can be a classroom full of students who are able to negotiate increasingly challenging texts with unprecedented fluency. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Ready, Set, Read! |
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How do children learn to read and write. Become a powerful guide to literacy development when you work with young children. Gain confidence in your ability to support a child's literacy development. See how even the littlest events can be big steps in reading and writing success. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work |
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You can be proactive in helping your struggling readers! Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies give you a strategic plan to bring tiered interventions to your students, at their reading level and with their unique challenges in mind. Help them with phonics, fluency, vocabulary mastery, comprehension, and writing. These strategies tackle the toughest literacy problems with flexibility and creativity. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Speed Reading |
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The course for everyone! Buried in email and articles? This thorough speed-reading course gives you techniques to read faster and with better comprehension, and to pass these skills on to your students. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Teaching ESL/EFL Grammar |
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Grammar contributes to communication, and when you and your students understand how patterns and rules relate to meaningfulness and appropriateness, you will all be on your way to success. Learn from one of the country's greatest grammar teachers in this course that will finally have you and your students loving grammar. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Teaching ESL/EFL Reading |
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Reading is truly at the core of the other ESL/EFL language skills--listening, speaking, writing, and grammar. Explore intensive and extensive reading, and how to integrate them into your curriculum. Find out the difference between teaching comprehension and merely testing it. Plan effective lessons, design a strong reading curriculum, select appropriate reading materials, and assess students to encourage their growth. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Teaching ESL/EFL Vocabulary |
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Are you looking for a more effective way to help your students learn English vocabulary? Explore this powerful way to teach vocabulary as you teach ESL across the four strands. You may be surprised to learn that you don't need to devote class time to all the types of vocabulary; instead, you might be better off teaching your students specific learning strategies with certain categories. Find ways to evaluate your vocabulary activities, teach vocabulary with content-based instruction, and monitor your students' learning. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Teaching Writing: Grades 4-6 |
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Master strategies for teaching the writing process and find out how to develop engaging lessons for different writing applications. We'll explore the benefits of writing in all curricular areas, find new ways to organize your writing instruction, and uncover the secrets of effective assessment. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Writerrific®: Creativity Training for Writers |
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Banish writer's block forever with these tricks from the published writer's toolbox. If you have ever dreamed of hearing your writer's voice, this class will make it happen. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Writerrific® 2: Advanced Creativity Training for Writers |
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Build on the "recipes" you learned in Writerrific® to further develop your writing skills, increase creativity, beat writer's block, and manage writing time. Learn the business side of writing, and investigate the genres and advanced writing skills. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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| Languages | |||
An Introduction to Teaching ESL/EFL |
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Go beyond the well-known methods that often leave teachers frustrated with their one-size-fits-all approaches. See why teaching English is so different from teaching other subjects, and explore innovative approaches and new techniques. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Enhancing Language Development in Childhood |
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In this fun and user-friendly course for parents, teachers, and caregivers, you will discover how children learn to process language and how they become proficient speakers and thinkers. Enrich your child's life by stimulating his or her continued speech, brain, and language development in an enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural way. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Practical Ideas for the Adult ESL/EFL Classroom |
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Explore a wealth of activities to help your ESL/EFL students become more confident listeners, speakers, readers, and writers of English. By the end of this course, you'll be teaching ESL in a way that helps your students move skillfully from the classroom to the real world! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Spanish in the Classroom |
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Learn the essential Spanish for teachers so you can bridge the communication gap with your Spanish-speaking students and parents. You'll master words and phrases that directly relate to the classroom: classroom objects, front-office receptions, action verbs and commands, study skills, registration, course names, school rules and discipline, and parent-teacher conference vocabulary. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Speed Spanish I |
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This powerful course teaches six easy recipes that you can use to glue Spanish words together into sentences. Using these methods, you will be able to engage in conversational Spanish in no time. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Speed Spanish II |
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Gain comfort in Spanish-language situations by learning even more clever new recipes that you can put to immediate use. When you've completed both this course and Speed Spanish I, you will be on your way to fluency! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Speed Spanish III |
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Part three of the popular course! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
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Creating a Classroom Website |
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We'll guide you step-by-step as you create and publish your own classroom website, post WebQuests, and create a class blog your students will love. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Creating Web Pages |
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Learn how to design, create, and post your very own site on the Web. Discover low-cost marketing techniques and search engine strategies. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Easy Classroom Podcasting |
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Your students love their iPods and MP3s. We'll teach you how to create your own podcasts and integrate them into your curriculum. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Guiding Kids on the Internet |
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Work the Web with your kids! This essential course for teachers, leaders, and parents will give you the confidence you need for helping children get the best from the Internet. 2 PLUs. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Integrating Technology in the Classroom |
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Discover the power and creativity that technology can bring to your classroom as we look at basic integration, subject-specific activities, and smart ways to make your integration seamless. Take your teaching to another level with these fun new ways to incorporate technology into your lesson plans. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Introduction to Photoshop CS4 |
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This hands-on, project-oriented course is filled with detailed, step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions to help you master editing photos, creating basic paintings, and preparing your images for printing. Discover how to improve photographs by removing flaws, correcting for poor exposure, or adding new elements using the newest techniques Photoshop CS4 offers. You can even create original graphics! Whether you're a photographer, classroom teacher, graphic artist, or just want to alter old family photos, this is the program for you. You'll even find out how much fun it can be to paint again — without any mess to clean up. And, best of all, you don't need to have any artistic ability or prior Photoshop. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Access 2003, Introduction to |
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Learn to use this powerful and award-winning database to store, locate, print, and automate access to all kinds of information. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Access 2003, Intermediate |
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In this hands-on, project-oriented course, learn how to build real-world databases. Master the secrets to planning and designing tables and to creating professional-looking forms, charts, and reports. Also discover how to easily extract the information you need with queries and swiftly automate time-consuming processes with queries and macros. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Excel 2003 in the Classroom |
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Discover how Excel can help you improve your effectiveness as a teacher. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Excel 2007 in the Classroom |
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Learn the basics of Microsoft Excel 2007 in this professional development course for teachers, and get the training you need to use and teach this powerful program effectively in your classroom. This unique online workshop is packed full of tips, shortcuts, and lesson plan ideas. We'll explore standards-based lesson plans and activities that allow you to pass your Excel knowledge on to your students, no matter what grade level you teach. By the end, you'll have a solid understanding of Excel, and a wealth of ideas for integrating this technology into your lesson plans across your curriculum. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 in the Classroom |
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This course will help you create captivating and attention-grabbing classroom presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. You'll learn basic PowerPoint skills such as creating slides, using templates, inserting text, changing background colors, creating WordArt titles, and adding slide transitions. You'll also develop advanced skills such as inserting graphics, sound, and video, custom animations, timed transitions, and hyperlinks. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class.
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 in the Classroom |
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In this course for teachers, you will learn how to motivate students and enrich lessons by bringing Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 into your classroom. You'll master a variety of uses for this MS Office program and come away able to develop lessons and presentations filled with text, graphics, sound, and video. You'll be able to use PowerPoint templates or create your own dynamic presentations that will increase interest in any subject you teach! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Introduction to |
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Create dazzling slide presentations that contain text, objects, animation, slide transitions, sounds, charts, outlines, media clips, clip art, and hyperlinks. You'll learn how to work with the new PowerPoint Ribbon, task panes, the clip organizer, and how to access Microsoft's Web site to download clip art and templates for your presentations. It's easier than you ever imagined! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Word 2003 in the Classroom |
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Harness the power of the most popular word processing program on the market. Become a more productive/creative teacher. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Microsoft Word 2007 in the Classroom |
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You'll learn how to create, open, edit, and save documents, as well as how to create tabs, margins, and spacing. Then you'll make your classroom documents come to life. You'll add borders, clip art, and WordArt. You'll even insert shapes, pictures, tables, and complete a host of other exciting tasks that you can teach your students. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
The Classroom Computer |
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Discover how the classroom computer can ignite a desire for learning in your students! You'll discover a wide variety of simple, field-tested techniques guaranteed to unleash the power of the computer throughout your curriculum. 2 PLUs. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Using the Internet in the Classroom |
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Harness the power of the Internet to make your textbooks and lessons come alive! Teach your students how to locate and evaluate Internet resources. Improve the caliber and amount of discussion through the use of e-mail and discussion boards. Learn how to safeguard your students and their personal information while they are using the Internet. The Internet can make teaching easier — this course will show you how. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
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Human Anatomy & Physiology |
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This course reviews basic chemistry, the human cell, and the anatomy of the organ systems and the jobs that they do. Learn how organ systems work together to allow us to process sensations, think, communicate, grow, move, reproduce, and stay alive. In addition, talk about different disorders, recent advances in medicine, and ways to take care of our bodies. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Singapore Math Strategies: Model Drawing for Grades 1-6 |
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Get the training you need to start teaching model drawing, the powerful Singapore Math strategy that gives word problems a visual context. Give your students concrete, reliable steps they can use to solve 80% of the word problems out there. Then learn techniques for developing a practical plan for integrating model drawing into the classroom. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Singapore Math: Number Sense and Computational Strategies |
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For students and teachers in Singapore, math is very intuitive. Using a layered curriculum founded on solid number sense and concrete, pictorial, and abstract computational strategies, Singaporean teachers make math purposeful, interesting, and relevant. In this teacher education course, you'll learn their secrets and come away knowing how to have meaningful math lessons in your classroom. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Teaching Math: Grades 4-6 |
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Reinvent math instruction for grades 4-6 by bringing hands-on learning, inexpensive manipulatives, and real-world connections into your classroom. Whether you end up using clever geometry manipulatives or handmade fraction bars, math journals or Family Math nights, you'll soak up dozens of strategies that require little or no money if you supply a lot of imagination. 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 |
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Want to increase your effectiveness as a science teacher for the middle grades? Join us and learn about the nature and history of science as well as how to help your students grasp the scientific method. You'll receive lots of worksheets and specific examples of great experiments you can use in your own classroom. We'll cover principles of direct instruction and many different learning and organizational tools that will benefit your students. You'll even learn how you can use science class to improve the emotional climate in your classroom! 2 PLUs. To receive PLUs, you must complete and submit this Prior Approval Form before registering for the class. Course Description and Registration | Start Dates | |||
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