Creating A Conducive Learning Environment through Building Healthy Relationships – Online Professional Development Course

This 3-credit online course for teachers focuses on how to foster healthier relationships in the classroom, in order to create a more conducive learning environment. Click Here to View Syllabus UMass Global University Course Code: EDCU 9560

Course Description

In a classroom full of students, relationships play an important role in creating a healthy environment that’s conducive to learning. Stress, bullying, and even teacher burnout can make it more difficult for students to learn. On the other hand, positive interactions, respect, inclusion, and tolerance can promote an optimal learning environment. If you’re looking for proven ways create a more conducive learning environment in your classroom, this online course is for you. Designed for all types of teachers, this online professional development course covers a range of topics, including:

• an understanding of how the brain works
• basics on the structure and functioning of developing brains
• stress and its impact on healthy development and learning
• attachment theory and understanding how insecure relationships impact learning
• psychosocial factors that can help create an optimal learning environment
• building secure relationships with students
• the effects of bullying and how to prevent bullying
• the causes and effects of teacher burnout and how to avoid it
• principles and practices of respect

In this course, participants will learn the interconnection of relationships, stress, and learning in order to create, through definite actions, a conducive learning environment. The development of the brain, with its parts and functions, will be taught, particularly as it relates to social functioning and learning. Attachment theory will be discussed, and classroom relationships evaluated as to whether they enhance or diminish the students' capacity for learning. This 3-credit online course is approved by LAUSD for salary points and by other districts in California for professional development credits or graduate-level credits available through University of Massachusetts Global. You can check with your school district to find out which professional development credit type you need. The course is comprised of 11 units. For each unit, you’ll read a lesson, watch a video, take a quiz, and complete an assignment. Throughout the professional development course, you’ll post your responses in an online discussion forum, for interaction with other teachers who are taking the online course. Reviews

"I did not expect to enjoy this course as much as I did. The information presented was interesting, and I think I learned many new ideas that will serve me well both on a personal and professional level."

"Truly a great course for every teacher! We are teaching a different generation of students and this course helps to address their social and emotional needs that directly relates to their classroom success. Thank you for a great reminder of what we are here to do."

"In every way this course relates to my job as a classroom teacher.  I have been incorporating many of the lessons from the course into my everyday classroom lessons."

"Thank you!  This course has had a huge impact on me, starting with this school year: I'm having so much fun teaching, more than I've had in years...interesting to discover that applying the many understandings and practices  offered in the course meant I'd enjoy my job even more."

"This class directly relates to not just my class but all classes. It should be a required class for all teachers. The class reinforced many of my current practices but also allowed me to see so many other ways in which I can create a more productive compassionate learning environment."

"This class has the power to deliver an educator from toxic stress and ensure that a person's teaching career is not only successful but happy and invigorating! The research outlined in this class on the social brain - is revolutionary! In addition, if teaching in a classroom can be likened to driving a car full of kids, then I feel I've been driving my car without a 4th wheel. This class gave me the 4th wheel I needed (which is the understanding of how to build healthy relationships in and outside of the classroom) to make my teaching experience a smooth ride. Why wasn't this course offered to me before? This course is outstanding and I finally feel I have the missing piece to a successful teaching career! Thank you Education4Equity for creating an online course that revived my teaching passion." Learning Outcomes in this online course, you’ll learn about students’ developing brains, the impacts of stress on learning, and how to foster healthy relationships in order to create a more conducive learning environment. Number of Professional Development Credits / Salary Points Teachers throughout California and the U.S. can earn 3 professional development credits by completing this online course or 3 graduate level credits (awarded through University of Massachusetts Global, formerly known as Brandman University). This course is also worth 3 salary points awarded by the LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District), depending on the credit type you choose. Target Audience This course is designed for all types of Pre-K through 12^th grade teachers, including: early childhood education teachers, elementary school teachers, middle school teachers, high school teachers, special education teachers, staff, and administrators. Additional Information/Questions Here’s additional information about the Creating A Conducive Learning Environment online professional development course:

• This course is 100% online – the coursework and interaction.
• You’ll have six months to complete all of your coursework from the date that you purchase this online course. If you’re enrolled in three or more 3-credit online courses simultaneously, upon request, you’ll be allowed one year to complete the course.
• Once you’ve successfully completed the Creating A Conducive Learning Environment course, you’ll earn 3 LAUSD salary points, 3 professional development credits, or 3 graduate-level professional development credits.

If you have any questions about the Creating A Conducive Learning Environment course, or any of our other professional development online courses, please email help@education4equity.com. Related Courses If you’re interested in Creating A Conducive Learning Environment, you might also like these related online courses:

• Habits of Mind for Academic Success and Beyond (3 credits / LAUSD Salary Points)
• Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement (3 credits / LAUSD Salary Points)

Disclaimer Disclaimer: This online professional development class has been approved by the LAUSD and UTLA Joint Salary Point Credit Committee. Please note, however, that the LAUSD does not endorse this online class provider over any other.  

Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement – Online Professional Development Course

This 3-credit online course for teachers focuses on identifying and closing the gaps in education and achievement – in your classroom and your teaching – so that all students can fulfill their potential. Click Here to View Syllabus UMass Global University Course Code: EDUU 9969

Course Description

Gaps in academic achievement have always existed, on a national scale, across school districts, and even inside classrooms. But just because something has always been a certain way doesn’t mean that it has to stay that way. If you’re interested in learning more about the types and causes of gaps in education and achievement and how you can close those gaps with your students, this online class is for you. The professional development course will address the roots and causes of the primary types of gaps in the classroom, including: linguistic gaps, gender gaps, socio-economic gaps, and racial and ethnicity gaps. Eliminating gaps in achievement can have far-reaching impacts, not only on students, but also on their families, their communities, and even society. Designed for all types of teachers, this online professional development course provides specific strategies and practices for closing education and achievement gaps, including:

• methods for engaging, motivating, and increasing meaning
• countering stereotypes and biases
• maintaining high expectations and respect
• addressing and confronting racism and other social issues
• promoting true integration, teamwork, family, and belonging
• overcoming discrepancies between your background and the backgrounds of your students
• restorative justice, positive intervention, and behavior management

“A word as to the education of the heart. We don't believe that this can be imparted through books; it can only be imparted through the loving touch of the teacher.” —Cesar Chavez Learn to be a factor in closing the gaps and bring forth profound positive change in students. Explore the gaps that exist in academic achievement on a national scale as well as evoke action and change toward more equitable education practices. This course offers some of the evidence and causes of inequity among our students, consequences and implications of such inequities, and definite attitudes and actions that we and our students can take that have been proven to increase equity in and through the education. Through our discussions, research, and experiences, shared throughout this course, we hope to further such knowledge, understanding and change, to clear away obstacles, loose shackles, relieve burdens, and afford a greater opportunity for each and all of our students to secure for themselves a bright future. As part of this online professional development course, you’ll have the opportunity to conduct original research on one or more achievement gaps that you’ve identified and are interested in studying. As you move through the stages of your research project, you’ll have the support of the instructor, as well as the other teachers who are taking the course. This 3-credit online course is approved by LAUSD for salary points and by other districts in California for professional development credits or graduate-level credits available through University of Massachusetts Global. You can check with your school district to find out which professional development credit type you need. The course is comprised of 5 units. For each unit, you’ll read a lesson, watch a video, take a quiz, and complete an assignment. Throughout the professional development course, you’ll post your responses in an online discussion forum, for interaction with other teachers who are taking the online course. Reviews

"This course has inspired me so much and given me so many techniques for building relationships and closing the achievement gap."

"This workshop was very relevant to my job and it gave me a clearer and healthier perspective about the impact of social factors including poverty, family structure, and discrimination on children's learning."

"The course should be required for all teachers because too often this reality of educational gaps amongst different minority groups is not discussed nor are specific actions taken at schools to address these problems."

"The workshop has allowed me to understand better the various gaps that exist in education and has allowed me to review my teaching practices by being more aware of how I approach my students."

"Every single unit offered great and valuable information that provided insights of a specific point."

Learning Outcomes In this online course, you’ll learn about the primary causes of gaps in education and achievement and how to apply best practices for closing achievement gaps. Number of Professional Development Credits / Salary Points Teachers throughout California and the U.S. can earn 3 professional development credits by completing this online course or 3 graduate level credits (awarded through University of Massachusetts Global, formerly known as Brandman University). This course is also worth 3 salary points awarded by the LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District), depending on the credit type you choose. Target Audience This course is designed for all types of Pre-K through 12^th grade teachers, including: early childhood education teachers, elementary school teachers, middle school teachers, high school teachers, special education teachers, staff, and administrators. Additional Information/Questions Here’s additional information about the Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement online professional development course:

• This course is 100% online – the coursework and interaction.
• You’ll have six months to complete all of your coursework from the date that you purchase this online course. If you’re enrolled in three or more 3-credit online courses simultaneously, upon request, you’ll be allowed one year to complete the course.
• Once you’ve successfully completed the Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement course, you’ll earn 3 LAUSD salary points, 3 professional development credits, or 3 graduate-level professional development credits.

If you have any questions about the Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement course, or any of our other professional development online courses, please email help@education4equity.com. Related Courses If you’re interested in Closing Gaps in Education and Achievement, you might also like these related online courses:

• Habits of Mind for Academic Success and Beyond (3 credits / LAUSD Salary Points)
• Creating A Conducive Learning Environment through Building Healthy Relationships (3 credits / LAUSD Salary Points)

Disclaimer Disclaimer: This online professional development class has been approved by the LAUSD and UTLA Joint Salary Point Credit Committee. Please note, however, that the LAUSD does not endorse this online class provider over any other.