ONLINE CONTINUING TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES

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• Children and Grief
• Concerns of Griving Children
• How Children Express Grief
• How Kids Understand Dealth & Grief
• Myths About Children and Grief
• General Issues Relevant to Educators/Administrators
• Age-Specific Intellectual Development
• Age-Specific Physical Development
• Age-Specific Psychosocial Development
• Manging Time Effectively
• Meeting Special Needs of Students
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
• Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder's (PDD), and their Implications for Teaching Practice
• Childhood Depression & Anxiety
• Counseling Children: Cognitive-Developmental
• How to Help Children Cope
• Learning Disorders
• Meaning of Cultural Diversity
• Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Ill Children
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Substance Abuse Among the Teenage Population
• The Emotional Needs of The Gifted Child
• Toddler Eating Habits and Attitudes
• Update on Eating Disorders

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JER Group, Inc. (onlineworkshops)
In the business of distance education since 1994, JER Group, Inc. (onlineworkshops) offers over 400 online and interactive, instructor-led workshops and tutorials as well as 8 certificate programs. Online courses in teacher education include:

• Who are They?
  Provides information focusing on the identification, instruction, and assessment of individuals with specific learning disabilities and learning differences. Includes a section on adults with learning disabilities and the challenges they may face.
• Setting the Stage for Learning
  Provides direction on designing an environment conducive to learning, including the physical design of the classroom. Also, social and emotional issues are explored.
• Teaching Reading, Writing, and Math
  Presents an overview of issues that may arise when instructing reading, writing, and math to students with learning disabilities. Explores teaching strategies used for successful learning.
• Understanding and Managing Behavior
  Examines why individuals behave the way they do and how behavior may be taught, changed, or modified. Historical foundations of the study of behavior and behavior managements, cultural influences, and ethical and legal concerns are also addressed.
• Why Involve Parents of Exceptional Children?
  Examines historical influence of parents in the provision of education to children with disabilities. Parents' rights are also explored.

Learn more about these online teacher education courses and how to receive a 10% discount!.

Western Governors University
With the assistance of a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, WGU's Teachers College has developed online, competency-based degrees and teacher certification programs for educators and aspiring educators. The programs were developed using more than 10,000 state and national teacher standards and requirements, including 25 states' teacher performance standards plus those from NCATE, INTASC, NBPTS, NCTM, the National Reading Panel, and many others. The teaching certificates and math endorsements are recognized by multiple states. Online degree, certificate, and endorsement programs include:

• Master's Degree in Mathematics Education (K-6, 5-9, or 5-12)
• Master's Degree in Science Education (5-9 or 5-12)
• Master's Degree in Teaching (preK-8)
• Master's Degree in Teaching, Mathematics (5-12)
• Master's Degree in Teaching, Science (5-12)
• Master's Degree in Teaching, Social Science (5-12)
• Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program (preK-8)
• Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program, Mathematics (5-12)
• Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program, Science (5-12)
• Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Preparation Program, Social Science (5-12)
• Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (preK-8)
• Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics (5-9 or 5-12)
• Bachelor's Degree in Science (5-9 or 5-12)
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Science (5-12)
• Second Teaching Field in Mathematics (5-9 or 5-12)
• Second Teaching Field in Science (5-9 or 5-12)
• Associate's degree programs for paraeducators who need to comply with the new No Child Left Behind Act requirements
• Online courses available through the Teachers College catalog online

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American Association of School Librarians
ICONnect provides a variety of free online courses that offer skills to navigate the World Wide Web and use search engines effectively, as well as help you with issues raised by Internet use in the classroom and integrate Internet resources into the curriculum. Here are a few of the online courses:

• Curriculum Integration Using the Web
• Integrating the Internet into the Elementary Curriculum
• K-12 Internet Issues
• Searching the Web Effectively
• Telecollaborative Activities on the 'Net
• Navigating the World Wide Web

All courses run 4 weeks, one lesson per week delivered via e-mail.

Annenberg/CPB Exhibits
Learning Math: Patterns, Functions, and Algebra is the first of five Web-based mathematics courses for elementary and middle school teachers. These courses, organized around the content standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), will help you better understand the mathematics concepts underlying the content that you teach. The online course explores the big ideas in algebraic thinking, such as finding, describing, and using patterns; using functions to make predictions; understanding linearity and proportional reasoning; understanding non-linear functions; and understanding and exploring algebraic structure. The concluding case studies show you how to apply what you have learned in your own classroom. The course consists of 10 two-and-a-half hour sessions with a half-hour of video programming each, problem-solving activities available in print and on the Web, and class discussions. Graduate credit is available. Annenberg/CPB, a partnership between The Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools.

Apple Computer, Inc.
Apple Learning Professional Development offers online an array of self-paced courses designed to help educators integrate technology into teaching and learning. Here are a few of the online courses available:

• AppleWorks 6 101
• HyperStudio 101
• Advanced HyperStudio
• Maximizing Your Macintosh
• Microsoft Office 98 101
• Advanced Microsoft Word 98
• AppleWorks 5 101
• Advanced AppleWorks 5 Word Processing
• Internet in the Classroom
• Multimedia in the Classroom

You may purchase a single course license or choose an annual license and take as many courses as you like, one at a time. There are also four different levels of multi-user licenses for institutional purchase.

CE Credits Online
CE Credits Online offers web-based courses for teachers to help meet their continuing education requirements. Online courses include:

• Giving Directives That Students Will Follow
• Conducting the Parent Conference
• Stopping Disruptive Behavior

Courses are accredited by Humboldt State University and Seattle Pacific University.

Classroom Connect
Classroom Connect's Connected University offers online curriculum resources for the K-12 education community. Connected University is an online professional development community, offering educators round-the-clock resources, online courses, software tutorials, and instructional support. Resources help educators:

• Develop superior instruction techniques
• Integrate powerful Web resources in the classroom
• Use these resources to enhance student learning

Resources are designed for: Administrators; Elementary Teachers; Library/Media Specialists; Middle School Teachers; School Webmasters; and Technology Coordinators. Membership to this site is free and also provides you with access to free trial subscriptions.

CORD
CORD is a national nonprofit organization offering several 13-week courses aimed at secondary and postsecondary instructors. The graduate-level seminars cover both theory and practicum in contextual teaching methods for math, science, or communication teachers. Here are just a few of the courses available:

• Teaching Algebra Contextually
• Teaching Geometry Contextually
• Teaching Biology Contextually
• Teaching Physics Contextually
• Teaching Communication Contextually
• Teaching Career Guidance Contextually

The courses are accredited through Colorado State University, but can be taken for CEUs if desired. Note that the courses are offered in the Fall and the Spring each year.

Indiana University School of Education
The Indiana University School of Education Distance Education program is pleased to offer beginning and experienced educators fully accredited coursework delivered via the Internet. Topics range widely across the elementary and secondary curricula, offering graduate-level credit that will help meet certification and recertification requirements. There are two main types of online courses available:

• Language Education, Educational Psychology and Instructional Systems Technology Courses
• Professional Development Courses: Integrating Technology Using Inquiry Based Strategies

Just click on an area of study to view a list of online courses.

Math Teacher Link
Math Teacher Link by the Department of Mathematics and Office of Continuing Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana is a website designed to deliver professional development opportunities and classroom resources to teachers of mathematics, statistics, and related subjects at the high school and lower division college levels. Here are some of the professional development modules available:

• Calculus&Mathematica for Mathematics Teachers
• Using Internet Resources For High School Mathematics Instruction
• Using Mathematica in the Mathematics Classroom
• Using the Geometer's Sketchpad
• Algebra Through Modeling with the TI-82,83 Graphing Calculators
• Teaching Statistics in High School
• HTML Programming for Teachers
• JavaScripting for Teachers
• Dynamic Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad
• Discrete Dynamical Systems for Mathematics Teachers.
• Computers and Connections

Math Teacher Link also offers non-credit tutorials and module samplers.

MaxKnowledge
In partnership with the Career College Association, MaxKnowledge offers asynchronous online training and continuing education courses for career college personnel. Courses are available in the areas of Accreditation, Admissions, Education (Instructor Training), eLearning, Financial Aid, Marketing, Operations, Placement, and Retention.

National Association of Elementary School Principals
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and Educational Impact offer online professional development courses for the aspiring principal, new principal, or an experienced leader who needs professional development for credentialing purposes or personal enrichment. Here are a few of the online courses available:

• Block Scheduling
• Breaking Ranks--Revisited
• Issues in Urban School Leadership
• The Leadership Academy
• Middle Level
• Safe Schools
• The Special Learner--Equity and Excellence
• Standards, Accountability, and Assessment
• Web of Support: The Administrator's Primer

You can receive CEUs/PDUs for participation in EI's programs. Each Module offers a certificate of completion upon successfully completing each assessment.

National Center for the Profession of Teaching
In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, PA.Professional Education.org is provides online professional education programs in a multimedia format. The National Center for the Profession of Teaching (NCPT) provides this website for educational and informational purposes. Here are some of the online professional education courses available:

• Data-Driven Decision Making for School Improvement
• Using Graphic Organizers
• Reading Comprehension
• Vocabulary Strategies
• Searching the Web
• Online Communications: It's Not Just E-mail Anymore

Note that courses are available at no charge to eligible Pennsylvania educators.

Online Enhancement Courses
Presented in cooperation with Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Online Enhancement Courses offers online professional development courses. Once enrolled in a course, you have six months to complete it. Here are a few of the many online courses available:

• Gang Recognition & Behavior
• Gang Cults and Mediation
• Current Issues in Global Economics
• Innovations in Chemistry K-6
• Reaching the Abused Child
• Special Education Law for Educators

Loyola Marymount University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Semester hours of non-degree Professional Development Credit is offered through LMU.

Online Physics for Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers
The Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, is offering four 1 credit on-line physics courses offered for professional development or graduate credit to intermediate and middle grade teachers (grades 4-9). The courses emphasize content understanding of physics topics important for teachers, and promote learning through inquiry activities. Much of the instructional material is directly transferrable to participants' classrooms. Courses include:

• Light
• Temperature and Heat
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Force, Motion and Energy

Hands-on activities and learning through concrete experiences play a central role in these courses, even though they are delivered in a distance learning format. Each is a 1 credit-hour graduate course, and will take approximately 40 hours to complete. Individuals may take the class, but we encourage small groups (2 or 3 teachers) to enroll and work through the course together. The course is asynchronous: participant groups work at their own location, on their own schedule.

Performance Learning Systems, Inc.
PLS provides educators and school leaders with online training and staff development. Online courses include:

• Effective Classroom Management
• Teaching Through Learning Channels
• Purposeful Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
• Reading to Learn: Comprehension Instruction
• Learning to Read: Beginning Reading Instruction

There are a variety of credit options available.

Professional Development Institute
The Professional Development Institute provides online training to teachers and administrators. Courses have been approved by Chapman University, California State University Fullerton, California State University San Bernardino, and California State University Hayward. Here are a few of the online courses available:

• Reading to Learn: Developing Strategic Reading Skills in Grades 4-12
• Effective Strategies for Emergent and Early Writers
• Effective Strategies for New Teachers
• Managing and Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
• Technology-Based Projects
• Integrating Multimedia and the Internet
• Designing and Creating WebQuests

All courses are approved for a semester unit of graduate level credit.

Professional Focus
Professional Focus in cooperation with Fort Hays State University offers over 135 online graduate-level, 3 credit hour courses for recertification and salary advancement. Learn how to use the internet to develop your curriculum. Topics cover all the major curriculum areas for k-14 teachers, counselors, administrators, and coaches/PE staff. Fort Hays State University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools.

Professional Training & Consulting, Inc.
PTC designs and delivers training that meets the professional development or continuing education needs of early childhood teachers, child care teachers, school-age care professionals, and center administrators. Here are a few of the many online topics:

• Health and Safety
• Nutrition and Food Service
• Infants and Toddlers
• Guidance and Discipline
• School Age Care
• Child Development
• Administration / Management
• Classroom Management
• Social / Emotional Development
• Cognitive Development

PTC also offers information and education on earning your Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.

School of Teaching English as a Second Language
The School of Teaching English as a Second Language offers online certification courses in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. All courses are accredited through Seattle University School of Education. Courses are offered quarterly for 9-week sessions. Seattle University is accredited by the Northwest Association for Colleges and Universities. The School of Education is additionally accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

SkyLight Professional Development
SkyLight Professional Development offers accredited courses online by Drake University and Saint Xavier University. Many courses are available in each of the following categories:

• Assessment
• Classroom Management
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Math and Science
• Reading and Literacy
• Teaching and Learning
• Technology

All courses may be previewed online.

Teach for Tomorrow
Teach for Tomorrow is an online tutorial covering all aspects of the integration of technology into the classroom. TfT exposes teachers to good online resources and describes effective online activities. It helps teachers understand how to use Internet technology and content for instruction, presentation, lesson planning, research, and collaboration. Like many online courses, Teach for Tomorrow begins with an introduction to Internet tools. However TfT also helps educators understand how the Internet can be a powerful teaching tool to prepare students for the work world and a life of learning. There is no charge for using TFT, but you must register.

Teacher Created Materials
Teacher Created Materials is an educational publishing company that offers professional staff development online. You can earn graduate level credits, participate in the certificate program or study for personal growth. Here are a few of the online courses available:

• A Beginner's Guide to Creating School & Classroom Web Pages
• Achieving Science Standards K-6
• Balanced Reading in the Primary Grades
• Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learners
• Digital Photography in the Classroom
• Effective Teaching with Multiple Intelligences
• Integrating Technology into the Classroom
• Managing Your Inclusive Classroom
• Meeting Math Standards K-6
• Meeting Social Studies Standards: Using Simulations

Graduate level credits are offered through Fresno Pacific University, School of Professional Studies.

Teacher Education Institute
The Teacher Education Institute offers online graduate courses as well as professional development and continuing education training for teachers. Here's a small sampling of available titles:

• Fundamentals of Graduate Research
• Self-Esteem for Educators
• Preventing School Violence
• Classroom Management
• Engaging the Gifted and Talented: Practical Methods and Strategies
• Teacher and Parent: Winning and Keeping Parent Support

Teacher Universe
Teacher Universe provides professional development courses designed to help teachers raise student achievement through integrating technology into the curriculum and classroom experience. Professional development courses include:

• Integrate Courses
• Train-the-Trainer
• GALAXYClassroom Professional Development

Based on an initial assessment, a custom learning path is created for each individual teacher.

Training Cafe
Winstar and Macromedia, two leading technology companies, have developed Training Cafe to provide free, online, interactive modules that introduce teachers to Internet technology and Web publishing. Courses available include:

• Internet Technology Series
• Macromedia Fundamentals
• How to Build a Course Web Site

Free registration and free courses.

University of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education
University of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education offers the following professional development courses:

• "Managing Difficult Kids In Inclusive Classes" is designed to help a K-12 general or special education teacher reflect on how to avoid power plays with aggressive children, as well as how to use a self-monitoring intervention to increase a student's attention to task.
• "Classroom Structure: Alleviating Behavior Problems" is designed to help a beginning or veteran teacher on several issues dealing with the structure and organization of the classroom that will assist in decreasing disciplinary problems.

Upon successful completion of each course, you are awarded a Certificate of Completion and 1 CEU from the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education as well as 1 SDU from the Department of Education, College of Education, University of Georgia.

University of Utah
The University of Utah offers many online courses in the following areas:

• General Education
• Teacher Education
• Utah Basic Library Media Certificate

Accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.

University of Wisconsin Stout
The University of Wisconsin Stout School of Education offers Online Professional Development for K-12 educators. Visit the website Learn more about these online courses available.