Habits of Mind for Academic Success and Beyond – Online Professional Development Course
This 3-credit online course for teachers demonstrates how to help students of all ages develop healthy habits that can help them succeed in the classroom and in life.
Click Here to View SyllabusUMass Global University Course Code: EDDU 9779
Course Description
Have you observed that some students have particular habits that promote their learning and success, while others seem to lack these important habits? In addition to teaching academic content, do you strive to instill kindness, resilience, perseverance, and other valuable characteristics in your students? Wouldn’t you love to have a classroom full of students who are attentive, respectful, and innovative and who love to take calculated risks, listen attentively, and work well with others? If so, then you’ll appreciate this online class on habits of mind.
Designed for all types of teachers, this professional development course provides an in-depth look at universal factors of success – learning and study habits that can be formed through guidance and practice. Once students adopt these behaviors, when faced with challenges, they’ll be able to triumph over adversity, behave with integrity, and fulfill their potential.
The online course for teachers covers a variety of success habits, including:
persistence
empathy
kindness
self control and managing impulsivity
attentive and deliberate listening
metacognition (understanding your own thought process)
curiosity, questioning, and inquiry
respect
responsible, learned optimism
making the most of mistakes
welcoming challenges through a growth mindset
accountability and taking ownership
working and learning interdependently
imagination, innovation, and creativity
passion
humor
audacity and responsible risk-taking
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 Brandman University. You can check with your school district to find out which professional development credit type you need.
The course is comprised of 3 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
Here's what some teachers had to say about how Habits of Mind for Academic Success & Beyond impacted their teaching career:
“One important idea that I gained through this class is that habits of mind are skills that we can practice to get better. No one is born with it, but we can all obtain it through perseverance and practice. This is a good point that I can relate to my students.”
“Understanding that humor is part of habits of mind, and it can help students with retention skills, I decided to utilize humor in my instruction even more. Also, growth mindset attitude will be enforced in my class for students' healthy mind, soul, and brain.”
Learning Outcomes
In this online course, you’ll learn about habits of mind and how to instill and reinforce healthy, positive behaviors in students.
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 Brandman University in Irvine, California). 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 12th 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 Habits of Mind for Academic Success 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 Habits of Mind for Academic Success 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 Habits of Mind for Academic Success course, or any of our other professional development online courses, please email help@education4equity.com.
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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.
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Making the Most of Distance Learning – NEW Online Professional Development Course
LAUSD Course Code NA-22-311
Course Description
Many teachers and students are faced with exceptional challenges as together they try to succeed in the teaching and learning process online. While distance learning has high potential for success, it also poses extreme risk of loss of learning. To succeed, students’ various creative, social, emotional and developmental needs must be sufficiently met.Those needs include:
Building an environment of mutual respect and rapport among all attendees in an online space
Providing adequate social engagement
Integrating exercise and movement
Promoting creative expression
Having fun through games and other means
Maintaining a high sense of meaningfulness of content and practices in the learning process
Learning also improves as families are included and involved in educational activities, and when teachers are supported with a community of fellow teachers.This course addresses each of these areas, with best practices that remedy various difficulties as well as enhance the capabilities and opportunities presented by online learning.
Number of Professional Development Credits / Salary Points
Teachers throughout California and the U.S. can earn 2 professional development credits by completing this online course or 2 graduate level credits (awarded through Brandman University in Irvine, California). This course is also worth 2 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 12th grade teachers, including: early childhood education teachers, elementary school teachers, middle school teachers, high school teachers, special education teachers, staff, and administrators.
NA-22-311 is the LAUSD course code for Making the Most of Distance Learning which you’ll need to use to get credit for salary points from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
Additional Information/Questions
Here’s additional information about the Making the Most of Distance Learning 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.
Once you’ve successfully completed the Making the Most of Distance Learning course, you’ll earn 2 LAUSD salary points, 2 professional development credits, or 2 graduate-level professional development credits.
If you have any questions about the Making the Most of Distance Learning course, or any of our other professional development online courses, please email education4equity@gmail.com.
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.
"Exercise is the single most powerful tool that you have to optimize your brain function." - John Ratey, M.D.
This course covers the value of movement and exercise, with the benefits it provides to learning, health, behavior, classroom management in the classroom, and even a teacher's ability to thrive in the teaching profession. In addition, ways to incorporate movement into instruction in and across all content areas are taught and practiced.
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Additional information:
Normally we give professionals 6 months to complete this course. Send an email to donny.wise@gmail.com and he will - free of charge - extend your deadline to 12 months so, if you want, you can buy now and wait until summer to start your class.
The recommended pace is to finish one lesson per week for 10 weeks
Audience: Pre-K through 12th grade educators, staff & administrators
Email us at donny.wise@gmail.com if you need assistance or have questions.
DISCLAIMER: This class has been approved by UMass Global for 3 College Professional Development Graduate credits.
Each book for the practice test is $38 per book (per student). Since our practice tests are made for the entire grade at a school, we do not permit purchases for less than 90 students. So, after putting this product in your shopping cart, be sure to increase the product number to at least 90 - to get our price of $3420. If you have more than 92 students per grade simply enter that number and make your purchse. If you have any questions give us a call at 310-486-3169. Once you purchase, we will give you a call and ask what grade level you would like. If you purchased the print copy version of the test for your students, we will call you with an approximate time the material will be mailed to you. Please allow 3 weeks for the material to arrive.
For districts that would like to purchase the practice test for all schools in the district, we have group discounts. Simply email us at education4equity@gmail.com. For those schools and districts interested in the online practice test, the cost is $76 per student. The online practice test enables students to not only get a feel of taking the actual CAST test which is an online test, but also enables teachers to receive automatic grading and summary reports that show how well students understand the NGSS standards that the CAST tests against. This purchase cannot be made online but can only be made over the phone.
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
- Martin Luther
Every student has a voice, and through this course, students' voices can be better heard through their creative writing and the publishing thereof. This course supports educators to apply creative writing principles to foster student creative thinking, writing skills, and presentation tool usage across disciplines. Participants will learn pedagogical approaches for a variety of creative writing genres - including personal narrative, fiction, poetry, journals and blogging - as well as how to incorporate digital media into creative writing lesson planning and how to use online resources effectively.
All work and interaction is online.
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Additional information:
Participant has 6 months to complete all coursework from the date of enrollment. If you purchase 3+ courses (which we encourage) we will work with you to sequence these courses and ensure you have ample time to complete them.
Completion of one lesson per week is recommended
Audience: Pre-K through 12th grade educators
Final product involves producing and sharing creative writing piece applying principles presented in course
Comment from a teacher: "I never knew creative writing could be so fun, engaging, therapeutic, and eye-opening. This class taught me to love my own creativity and awakened me to techniques of how to help students find their personal creative voice through writing" (5 Stars).
DISCLAIMER: This class has been approved by the Houston Independent School District.
"Music Integration... for ALL Teachers and Students"
This course covers the neuro-scientific, multi-cultural, behavioral and academic benefits of music in the classroom, and provides practical ways to bring music into teaching practices for improved learning outcomes. All work and interaction is online.
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Additional information:
Fee for Ashland University creditsNOT included in price. Link will be provided after purchase on how to pay for credits.
Participants have 6 months to complete all coursework.
The recommended pace is to finish one lesson per week for 10 weeks
Audience: Pre-K through 12th grade educators, staff & administrators
Final product includes a written or presentation proposal
Teacher comment: "My district definitely values music and the arts when it comes to helping students have a holistic education experience. So I said to myself - ok - I will take a class on how to introduce music into my classroom. I envisioned the class talking about how to clap your hands to different beats to help you memorize math formulas. Well, that is all good, but this course opened my eyes to so much more, by teaching me how to use music for classroom management, emotional learning, instrument appreciation and even... silence appreciation. Take this course now and I guarantee a whole new world will open up to you on how to use music in your classroom to advance cognitive learning" (5 Stars).
"Exercise is the single most powerful tool that you have to optimize your brain function." - John Ratey, M.D.
This course covers the value of movement and exercise, with the benefits it provides to learning, health, behavior, classroom management in the classroom, and even a teacher's ability to thrive in the teaching profession. In addition, ways to incorporate movement into instruction in and across all content areas are taught and practiced.
VIEW THE SYLLABUS
Additional information:
Fee for Ashland University creditsNOT included in price. Link will be provided after purchase on how to pay for credits.
Participants have 6 months to complete all coursework.
The recommended pace is to finish one lesson per week for 10 weeks
Audience: Pre-K through 12th grade educators, staff & administrators
Final product includes a written or presentation proposal
“One important idea that I gained through this class is that habits of mind are skills that we can practice to get better. No one is born with it, but we can all obtain it through perseverance and practice. This is a good point that I can relate to my students.”
