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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Office of Continuing Education has formed a new partnership to bring more options to busy educators looking to upgrade their skills or meet teacher licensing requirements. Enjoy the experience of taking self-paced, relevant courses. Our coursework-to-classroom approach provides tools and techniques immediately applicable to students and the classroom environment.
Choose from a wide variety of dynamic, flexible and relevant distance learning courses that don't tie you to a particular method of learning; explore print based and online courses. Take advantage of valuable teaching strategies, tools, and resources that you'll keep and use in the classroom for years to come. Learn from experienced teachers who are recognized as leaders in their field and seek to inspire others to be the best in theirs.
Available for graduate credit only.
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
Prepare to gain a deeper understanding of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), including diagnosis and specific behavioral interventions. Research based, applicable methods for increasing appropriate behaviors and removing inappropriate behaviors will be addressed at length. This course also provides relaxation and stress management techniques for you, the educator. Appropriate for all grade levels.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
Finally, a course specifically designed to help you work with students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Explore the following important components: characteristics and types of ASD, the role of assistive technology, intervention models, proven instructional approaches, parent involvement techniques, and available support services.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
For the past 30 years, conventional wisdom has held that there are few, if any, innate differences between boys and girls in how they learn, think, or interact with one another. The educational tradition has held that girls and boys should be taught the same subjects in the same way at the same time. The latest research suggests otherwise. This course will explore the instinctive differences between boys and girls and will offer a new vision for what gender-friendly education may look like.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
This course will provide real-world support and guidance in your work with students in poverty. Improve your effectiveness by learning the "hidden rules" of poverty, poverty-related behavior, and appropriate interventions. Explore practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing poverty and learn from leading thinkers in the field, including Eric Jensen and Ruby Payne.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
Struggling to address learning difficulties prior to special education services? Learn about the innovative model that is sweeping the country, RTI. Response to Intervention (RTI) assists is raising all student achievement and provides an alternative process for student identification, using proven methods and instructional tools/strategies to support the learner. Learn how to implement RTI, assess students for early identification, and differentiate instruction for diverse learners. This course is appropriate for general and special education teachers at the elementary level, as well as administrators.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
Schools should be a safe place for all students to learn. This course will explore strategies for reducing bullying in the school setting, the role of the bystander, and the ingredients of a rubric based discipline system. You will learn about problem solving dialogue, strategies for building staff-to-student connections, and how to support the targets of bullies. This course explores numerous avenues for the reduction of bullying for all content areas and grade levels.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
This course will explore a myriad of ways to help any student become a successful learner-without remediating, watering down content or repeating it endlessly, or lowering expectations. Many students who struggle to learn simply haven't been taught strategies that are compatible with the way they think and learn. In this course, you will learn how to teach students appropriate techniques and strategies to help them succeed in the classroom.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
"The Sisters" will offer you concrete steps and examples to understand their innovative approach to literacy teaching and monitoring. You will be introduced to the foundations of these strategies, along with tips and techniques to begin this approach from Day 1 of the school year. Both books provide strong examples of structure that you can incorporate immediately as you build upon your students' literacy skills. You will learn ways to empower students to be independent learners as they navigate deliberate steps in literacy instruction at their own pace. Through the use of a conference notebook, one-on-one conferences and self-guided practice, you will save time and energy by monitoring individual students in a set format. This course may challenge the way you view literacy instruction, and will invigorate your overall approach in the classroom.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
Struggling to address learning difficulties prior to special education services? Learn about the innovative model that is sweeping the country, RTI. Response to Intervention (RTI) assists is raising all student achievement and provides an alternative process for student identification, using proven methods and instructional tools/strategies to support the learner. Learn how to implement RTI, assess students for early identification, and differentiate instruction for diverse learners. This course is appropriate for general and special education teachers at the elementary level, as well as administrators.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
by Susanne Leslie, Dawn Harrison Butler, Julie Yaeger & Kyle Pederson
Print Based or Online
This course explores the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric of life in the best classrooms and schools. It focuses on the specific things that great teachers do that others do not. Whitaker's fourteen recommendations explore such issues as classroom management, testing, decision making, and classroom relationships. Armstrong provides a complementary vision in which teachers discover and nurture the genius qualities in every student.
Start Date: Sat, Jun 1 2013
End Date: Sat, Aug 31 2013
Cost:
- 3 Graduate Credits (Online class) $1318.41*
- 3 Graduate Credits (Print-based class) $1318.41*
* $40 Cancellation Fee
