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Classroom Instruction Courses: Reading, Writing, and Communication |
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| Explores strategies that effectively incorporate children's literature into science and social studies lessons and units. Studies the rationale for using literature in subject areas and suggests appropriate books, both fiction and nonfiction, based on curriculum criteria. Demonstrate knowledge of an integrated approach to teaching the designated subject areas and read a variety of children's books, creating a resource bibliography. Designed primarily for teachers in elementary and middle school. Class not open to: Undergraduate level. |
| 51 |
Pearson, Molly |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| Covers alphabetizing, spelling, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, word usage, contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, punctuation and proofreading. Presents a variety of game formats easily adapted for multi-level skill areas in language arts. Includes strategies for individuals working above or below grade level, and is designed for classroom teachers working with students in grades 2-3 for large-group or whole-class work. |
| 393 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Presents skill areas selected from multi-school objectives for grades 3-6. Includes activities developed for intermediate grade students that can be used across the curriculum with independent homework assignments that motivate and encourage active student participation. Offers classroom-ready materials, which include a prerecorded cassette tape, large group and learning center activities, as well as independent assignments that develop spelling, alphabetizing, word usage, synonym, antonym, capitalization, punctuation, syllabication and proofreading skills. |
| 394 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/audio CD.
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| Provides dynamic 'expansive learning' experiences in units of forty-five 'Travelogue lessons' that follow a specific and historic geographical itinerary. These readings are derived from primary source accounts to foster high academic achievement proficiencies and appreciation for these moral dramas. Many of these compelling accounts directly involve the experiences of young people--the boy Marco Polo venturing on the Silk Road, for example. Emphasizes Social Studies and Language Arts. |
| 57 |
Scheuerman, Richard |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: CD-ROM/Internet.
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| Explores the ways subject matter informs art and how art projects can explore subject matter, expanding an understanding of the material. Explains how artistic thinking across disciplines can bring each student's creative nature to learning, new ways of receiving, processing, assimilating, and using information. Encourages students to see how adding an element of art to a concept can help express their grasp of that concept. |
| 60 |
Soby, Jeanette |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Incorporates two texts: Assessing and Teaching Beginning Readers, and Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers to create a comprehensive and focused course on the teaching of reading and writing. Focuses on the intentional and appropriate planning of literacy instruction. The authors have created The Early Literacy Continuum for early childhood teachers to use in order to plan instruction. This course is intended for early childhood educators and administrators who are interested in refining assessment and teaching practices and who see early childhood as fertile ground for young students to move along a literacy continuum. |
| 541 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Discusses the unique needs of adult learners and how to address them. Provides insight into how adults learn differently than younger students and shares the expectations adult learners have of a presenter. Gives participants strategies to increase engagement and promote organization of written materials. |
| 731 |
Green, Marjorie |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by visiting www.spu.edu/cperegistration or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Focuses on the writing process and its role in literacy development. Candidates apply research-based instructional strategies to integrate writing into all subject areas. Specific techniques such as minilessons, shared and guided writing, writing to learn, and conferencing are addressed. Participants examine the writing process as a recursive, contextualized, and individual process of developing increasingly sophisticated communicative literacy. |
| 263 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $190 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
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Fees:
Total $500 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Focuses on ways to integrate effective literacy strategies into all subject areas of the curriculum. Participants learn strategies for supporting the comprehension of nonfiction texts and the development of content-area vocabulary, study skills, and purposeful ways to integrate writing. Class not open to: Undergraduate level. |
| 264 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $190 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
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Fees:
Total $500 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Explore the richness of multicultural literature. Learn about the controversies in the field, how to carefully select multicultural literature to use with students, and about best practices in using the books with students. Best of all, explore a wide range of multicultural literature and find ways to use those great books in the classroom. |
| 75 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| Explore the richness of multicultural literature. Learn about the controversies in the field, how to carefully select multicultural literature to use with students, and about best practices in using the books with students. Best of all, explore a wide range of multicultural literature and find ways to use those great books in the classroom. |
| 76 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| In this course, participants will have the opportunity to read many picture books and discover where they might fit into their curriculum. They will also try out some of the books with their students, learning as they teach. |
| 77 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Focuses on the particular needs of elementary-aged children who struggle to read, but it also stresses the needs of struggling readers of all ages. Participants will study the research base that explains the common causes for reading difficulties. They will apply research-based instructional strategies to help students increase their reading in the five areas of reading instruction identified by the National Reading Panel as key to reading success. Participants will review informal reading assessment tools and complete a project that focuses on diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities. They will also develop a differentiated diagnostic instruction plan to help all their students meet grade-level standards. |
| 265 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $190 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
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Fees:
Total $500 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Provides 50 highly effective and motivational activities that address the problem of connecting phonetic instruction and motor, visual, auditory and inference skills to "real reading," achieved by linking these concepts to children's choices in literature. Activities include a blackline master, follow a game format, and are designed for the whole class before being used in small groups or on a one-to-one basis. Learn why letter and sound correlation activities and other reading subskills are more meaningful to students when connected to a favorite book. Designed for teachers of primary ESL and LEP students. |
| 400 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Examines the theoretical and empirical bases of effective reading instruction, surveying research on literacy, including but not limited to the five key aspects identified in the 2000 National Reading Panel Report-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Students will gain an understanding of the process of reading development, the nature and causes of reading difficulties, and principles and strategies for effective literacy instruction. |
| Discusses the importance of multilevel instruction, meaning the multiple things to be learned, depending on what the child is ready to learn. When instruction is multilevel, learners can experience success at every level. Describes whole-class and small group formats, with emphasis on struggling and advanced readers. Includes vocabulary and instruction for science and social studies, and extra support strategies for students who need it most. Also includes samples for Kindergarten, primary, and intermediate classrooms. Equivalent: CEU 2799. |
| 565 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Provides a practical way to study words with students, based on the research on invented and developmental spelling. Uses the framework of the five stages of spelling or orthographic development. Complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula using this developmental format. Covers the stages and necessary assessments to determine students' levels, the particular stages of literacy development, and developmentally appropriate activities to accompany these stages. |
| 566 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Emphasizes three important principles that help teachers to use a variety of best practices with children who are struggling readers: children need to read a great deal to become proficient readers; children need to access appropriate books; and children need to develop fluent reading to become proficient readers. Summarizes research and explores methods to monitor reading and expand reading activites. May be repeated for credit 1 time. |
| 567 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Focuses on the all-important coaching relationship in improving student reading achievement. Explores the seven foundational components of successful reading programs: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing about the reading, and content area reading skills. Emphasizes intentional best practice in each reading component as the basis for coaching interaction. |
| 306 |
McGuire, Marilyn |
(4 credits) |
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(Also available under CEU 3194 (4 Units)) |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107. |
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Fees:
Additional $345 course fee payable to CE Credits Online.
Course medium: Internet.
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| 927 |
McGuire, Marilyn |
(4 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to four months.
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(Also available under CEU 3194 (4 Units)) |
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Tuition: $42 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107. |
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Fees:
Additional $345 course fee payable to CE Credits Online.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Illustrates how and why students move along a continuum of literacy in kindergarten. Addresses questions about the kindergarten teacher's role in literacy learning, based on a set of beliefs about literacy and teaching and learning that are critical to the effective professional development of teachers of young children. These beliefs include the following: learning occurs best when it is built on learner's strengths, learning is developmental, and personal reflection is key to developing learning. |
| 568 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Describes the process of teaching reading to children who learn to read with insight and to talk and write about their reading. Provides teachers with the steps needed to approach each component of the reading curriculum, including independent reading, guided reading, book talks word study, and reading aloud. Describes the essential components of a reading workshop, and how to teach the qualities of good reading. |
| 569 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Computer Prerequisites: Participants will need access to a computer with a connection to the Internet. They will also need to have access or install QuickTime, Flash, and Adobe Reader. Provides participants with a comprehensive knowledge base in the reading process and the instructional techniques that are most effective for teaching students to read. |
| 266 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $190 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/986-2794 and select option 2 or register online at www.teachscape.com/highered/seattlepacific. |
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Fees:
Total $500 credit and course fee payable to Teachscape.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Provides information on what scientifically-based research means and discusses the myths and misconceptions of science. Discusses the various types of research and the constraint levels in educational research. Covers the internal and external validity of educational research. Examines quasi-experimental design, pre-experimental design, and single case design. Presents information on replication and research synthesis, and discusses evaluation instruments for Stage 1 of a Reading First program. This is the first course in a three-course series. |
| 744 |
Jackson, Mick |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $290 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Reveals three critical elements of effective reading instruction that will lead to student success in the classroom: the organization of instruction; curriculum design, and instructional delivery as noted by Carnine, Silbert & Kame'enui (1997). Covers the evolution of Reading, and examines key legislation that affects reading instruction. This is the second course in a three-course series. |
| 745 |
Jackson, Mick |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $290 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Focuses on learning to read, reading to learn, and an introduction to reading assessment. As part of these two key areas of reading instruction, the five elements of effective reading instruction will be highlighted, including definitions, implications for instruction and future directions. These five elements include instruction in: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Also provides information on important assessment terms and definitions and will explore how reading assessment fits within the Reading First Program. This is the third course in a three-course series. |
| 746 |
Jackson, Mick |
(4 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $360 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Explores some of the different awards given to both children's literature and their authors. Looks at children's book awards such as: The Jane Addams Book award, given to books that foster a better understanding of the world; The Dolly Gray Award, given for books, which recognize high quality children's books that portray individuals with developmental disabilities; and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given to a children's writer or illustrator whose books have made a lasting contribution to literature for children. Also includes information on current blogs, websites and publications that profile excellence in children's literature. |
| 78 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Helps participants understand why it is important for every teacher, in all subject areas, to become involved in teaching his or her students how to read, write, and comprehend the subject matter being presented to them. In addition, a Web-based bulletin board will give participants the opportunity to discuss their reactions to course content with colleagues also enrolled in the course. Using the simple strategies presented in this course will enable participants to take one step toward helping all students acquire the skills needed to excel not only in school, but also later in life. |
| 352 |
Fuson, Marlene |
(2 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to six months.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
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Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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| 884 |
Lomas, Barbara |
(2 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to six months.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd112.org and click on "Courses." |
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Fees:
Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112.
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| Presents strategies that teachers can use to help struggling readers. Among other course goals, participants will learn how to help students develop phonemic awareness and phonics knowledge, ways to teach vocabulary, and how to help students make meaning from text. Participants will also consider why sustained silent reading should be incorporated at all grade levels (K-12). Finally, after reviewing model reading improvement programs, participants will create an action plan that they can use with their own struggling readers. |
| 353 |
Fuson, Marlene |
(2 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to six months.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, contact Claudine Rode at crode@psesd.org. |
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Fees:
Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD.
Course medium: Internet.
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| 511 |
Lomas, Barbara |
(2 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to six months.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd112.org and click on "Courses." |
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Fees:
Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Offers a complete picture of how to skillfully teach meaning making and fluency within any instructional context. Provides frameworks for high-quality instruction that describe appropriate expectations for comprehending, fluency, and vocabulary development. Provides effective teaching strategies for the following: comprehending, word solving fluency and vocabulary; writing about reading in a variety of genres and using writing as a tool for thinking; using guided reading with fiction and nonfiction books; discussing books during interactive read-aloud and literature study; and taking part in shared and performance reading. Instruction is included for running reading records of reading behavior to assess comprehension and fluency, and to then use those assessments to inform and differentiate teaching. |
| 570 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| This course is a comprehensive resource tailored to struggling readers. It contains specific teaching ideas for helping children kindergarten through third grade who are having trouble with reading and writing. Young students are taught to think and behave like effective readers who can solve words skillfully, comprehend deeply, and read fluently. The course teaches educators to place students in situations where they can succeed and then provide powerful instruction. Numerous examples and descriptions of instruction are offered to help initially struggling readers become strategic readers. Guidance on how to closely observe readers to make teaching decisions and then support struggling readers in whole-class settings is provided, along with measures to engage attention, memory, emotion, and motivation to create successful learning. |
| 571 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Provides classroom proven strategies to improve middle and secondary students' comprehension in content areas. Each chapter opens with a glimpse into a classroom, followed by a research-based rationale for each strategy, an in-depth look at implementing the strategy, and examples of each strategy across the curriculum. The course focuses on English learners, and struggling readers, with insights to support these learners, and different technologies to enhance instruction. |
| 572 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| This course is relevant to preschool and kindergarten classrooms, with the potential to support upper grade levels in the area of literacy instruction. It presents specific ideas to support English Language Learners. It features an extensive discussion on learning climates and environments, and provides information on creating an atmosphere of trust and support, and an organized environment. Actual teaching strategies and activities that engage oral language and early reading/writing development are highlighted. The course focuses on methods to involve families as partners in the literacy development of children. Useful and authentic assessment strategies paired with easy-to-use and camera-ready tools to evaluate growth and development are included. |
| 573 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Shares strategies that have been effective in helping students learn to read. Participants will define phonemic awareness and phonics, explore strategies that help K-12 students, and learn about the importances of early identification. |
| 512 |
Lomas, Barbara |
(2 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to six months.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd112.org and click on "Courses." |
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Fees:
Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112.
Course medium: Internet.
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| Provides stories of people with disabilities and the people who live and work with them. Includes validated teaching practices, including teaching approaches, strategies, and tips based on validated, peer-reviewed research findings such as specialized instruction, inclusion, collaboration, and positive behavior supports. Also includes critical areas, such as content area learning, social and emotional characteristics, early childhood, transition, parents and families, inclusive practices, best educational practices, and current trends and issues. |
| 574 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Offers secondary teachers an opportunity to learn the craft of writing a short story. Athough the course focuses on teachers as writers, classroom teachers will find the lessons to be applicable to young writers too. The course focuses on constructing a short story from personal experience. Topics for creating the short story include, developing strong characters, story structure, and revision. |
| 121 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Studying the book "The Reading/Writing Connection" by Boothe Olsen, this course details the process of teaching writing and responding to literature. Provides ways of teaching task-specific strategies and provides examples of lessons that help students learn to generate specific detail and metaphor in their writing. Lastly, it provides specific scaffolding strategies to engage students in learning strategies for interpreting literature. |
| 576 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Discusses writing and the teaching of poetry, giving inside information that is not typically in educational courses and text. Includes the rationale for teaching poetry and different poetry forms. Targets sixteen specific and different poetry forms, giving form, samples, and bibliographical citations as models. Covers several types of poetry, such as acrostic, ballad, blues, Cinquain, Haiku, limerick, riddle, sonnet, and many others. |
| 577 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Offers secondary teachers an opportunity to learn the craft of writing a picture book. Focuses on teachers as writers; however, educators will find the lessons very applicable to the teaching of writing. Focuses on learning to identify three types of picture books: Storybook, Concept, and Informational Picture Book while exploring writing techniques used in picture books such as; character, structure, and the use of poetic language. |
| 122 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite D in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Explores Mary Pipher's text, Writing to Change the World. Examines how giving to others gives people something to write about. Also reviews examples of others who are making a difference in their communities by studying stories in the text, Stone Soup for the World. Educators will complete a variety of writing exercises including poetry and narrative essay and examine how to use these ideas in the classroom. Participants will use the writing process to compose a letter, speech, or expository essay written for a real-world audience. The course is taught with the "teacher-as-writer", however, all writing exercises and assignments can be adapted for the classroom. The course is geared toward educators in grades 4-10. |
| 123 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: Register for this course online by clicking here or call 800/482-3848. |
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plus cost of materials.
Course medium: CD-ROM.
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| Focuses on the main features of writing development, including visual organizers, model lesson plans for use in direct instruction of organizational structure, models of indirect instruction strategies, models for guiding writers to examine changes in work of written discourse, and models for meaningful assessment. Defines vocabulary terms and examines student writing. Emphasizes the writer as learner, using cultural diversity/multiculturalism, and the use of songs to help remember organizational structure. Equivalent: CEU 2804. |
| 578 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Focuses on a comprehensive overview of education strategies and philosophies for writing assessment and instruction. Emphasizes clear guidelines on helping students draft, assess, and revise their writing, as well as explicit criteria to show students precisely what they must do to succeed as writers. The six-trait system is incorporated into state and district level standards and assessments. |
| 579 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| This course is packed with classroom-tested strategies from the National Writing Project and offers easy-to-use ideas to help students make personal learning connections. It shows how expressive writing invites active learning and how process writing develops and extends student knowledge. The course provides research-proven strategies to assist struggling readers and writers, and illustrates how to design motivating assignments and link these tasks to grading rubrics. Dozens of writing-to-learn activities such as notetaking, summarizing, brainstorming, and metaphor-building, model prompts and rubrics are included. Alternative formats to the traditional research paper and strategies for coaching and judging are included. |
| 580 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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- Course completion time: up to one year.
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed.
Course media: print/Internet.
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