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Classroom Instruction Courses: Classroom Management
 
 

EDCA 5420 ENVoY: The Seven Gems - Classroom Management (1-2 credits)

ENVoY, Educational Non Verbal Yardsticks, is a program on classroom management that employs win-win techniques. Introduces participants to 7 skills which allow them to take care of the management aspects of being an instructor so they can teach. The skills offered in this program will positively influence the single most powerful leverage point in education: the teacher-student relationship. Equivalent: CEU 1270. Class not open to: Undergraduate level.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60606 David, Theresa (2 credits)
Jun 25-Jun 27 8:00am-4:00pm WThF Washington Elementary, Commons, Vancouver, WA
Tuition: $43 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the instructor at 360/909-6123.
Fees: Additional $300 course fee payable to the instructor.
Summer 2008 61078 Dettloff, Krista (2 credits)
Aug 11-Aug 13 8:00am-4:00pm MTW LaQuinta Inn, Conference Room, Vancouver, WA
Tuition: $43 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling the instructor at 360/666-5562.
Fees: Additional $300 course fee.

EDCA 5839 Tools for Working With Oppositional Students (3 credits)

Evaluates the origins of oppositional behavior, strategies for preventing its occurrence and for addressing it when it happens. Provides five components of a comprehensive plan for more effective intervention with oppositional students and strategies for approaching problem behaviors from new perspectives. Includes specific suggestions for developing management tools within these new perspectives. Appropriate for any K-12 educator who is interested in learning strategies for working with oppositional students.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60411 Green, Marjorie (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $240 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/audio CD.
Autumn 2008 6951 Green, Marjorie (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $240 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/audio CD.

EDCA 5936 Constructive Discipline II: Stopping Disruptive Behavior (1 credit)

Please see Computer Prerequisite E in registration information for minimum computer requirements. Addresses how to stop disruptive behavior with three carefully worded questions. Learn how to implement this effective strategy for dealing with problem behavior and lead students through a process that promotes solutions they create and will accept. Watch demonstrations and practice strategies to use in the classroom today.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60580 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Jun 16-Aug 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2008 7092 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Sep 1-Dec 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x109.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.

EDCA 5937 Constructive Discipline I: Giving Directives That Students Will Follow (1 credit)

Please see Computer Prerequisite E in registration information for minimum computer requirements. Presents teachers and administrators with a four-step verbal skill to help gain responsible control of K-12 students. Teaches methods to end power struggles and gain cooperation from resistive students. Learn why this fast and effective, choice-based approach to behavior management is used successfully by thousands of educators. Discover how to develop plans for maintaining safe and orderly classrooms that maximize learning time.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60581 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Jun 16-Aug 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2008 7093 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Sep 1-Dec 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x109.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.

EDCA 5938 Constructive Discipline III: Conducting the Parent Conference (1 credit)

Please see Computer Prerequisite E in registration information for minimum computer requirements. Offers teachers and administrators persuasive and effective strategies for conferencing with defensive or confrontational parents. Learn how this seven-step interview will move parents from being part of the problem to committed participants in the solution.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60582 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Jun 16-Aug 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2008 7094 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Sep 1-Dec 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x109.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.

EDCA 5990 Classroom Management for the K-12 Educator (5 credits)

Reviews classroom management techniques through the use of an interactive multimedia CD. Compares participants' current practices with best research-based practices.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60412 Ziemann, Roger (5 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $450 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: includes all materials. Course media: print/CD-Rom.
Notes: Students are encouraged to collaborate with colleagues to increase course effectiveness.
Autumn 2008 6953 Ziemann, Roger (5 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $450 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: includes all materials. Course media: print/CD-ROM.
Notes: Students are encouraged to collaborate with colleagues to increase course effectiveness.

EDCN 5206 Classroom Instruction that Works (1-2 credits)

Provides the next step in professional development for all teachers in years 2-5 who are focused on instruction, student achievement and professional reflection. Focuses on an instructional and critical thinking strategy presented in Robert Marzano's book, "Classroom Instruction That Works."
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Autumn 2008 6942 Frederick, Glenna (1 credits)
Aug 21 8:00am-4:30pm Th Cascade Christian Jr and Sr High School, Puyallup, WA
(Also available under CEU 1831 (.8 Units))
Tuition: $43 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling Brook Sikora at 253/841-1776 x103.
Fees: Additional $75 course fee and $50 materials fee payable to Cascade Christian Schools.

EDCN 5470 Foundations of Effective Classroom Management (5 credits)

Introduces strategies and techniques to organize the classroom for multi-modal and multidimensional curriculum, instruction and assessment. Compares and contrasts classroom management strategies to manage behavioral problems. Evaluates strategies and techniques that are appropriate to each participant's individual classroom.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60557 Kovacevich, Harriett (5 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $400 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab Skylight at www.lesson.lab.com/spu/coursematerials.
Register: To register for this course, call 800/482-3848, use the enclosed registration form, or register online at www.spu.edu/spiral. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab SkyLight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/DVD.
Autumn 2008 7086 Kovacevich, Harriett (5 credits)
Arranged Arranged
Tuition: $400 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab Skylight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials.
Register: To register for this course, call 800/482-3848, use the enclosed registration form, or register online at www.spu.edu/spiral. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab SkyLight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/DVD.

EDCN 5771 Constructive Discipline IV: Rights and Responsibilities in the Disciplinary Process (1 credit)

Guides teachers and administrators toward understanding their school's discipline policies and understanding and managing disruptive and violent behaviors. Focuses on creating and maintaining safe and orderly environments. Explains the practical and legal definitions of force as well as their rights and responsibilities, particularly regarding the use of physical restraint. Teaches participants how to correctly describe and document incidents and explore strategies and techniques that are preventative.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60585 Ikeda, Koh (1 credit)
Jun 16-Aug 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x107.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2008 7097 Ikeda, Koh (1 credit)
Sep 1-Dec 31 Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Sandra Blazevich at 888/263-9980 x109.
Fees: Additional $175 course fee payable to CE Credits Online. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5895 An Effective Model of Behavior Interventions Using RTI (Response to Intervention) (1-3 credits)

Teaches essentials for developing an effective school-wide RtI model for behavior interventions. Covers three success pathways for creating a classroom/school environment that encourages responsible behavior and increased academic performance. Shares efficient problem-solving procedures that guarantee improved behavior of difficult students. Equivalent: CEU 1829.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60656 Goetsch, John (3 credits)
Jul 14-Jul 17 8:30am-4:30pm MTWTh SPU, Demaray Classroom 261, Seattle, WA
(Also available under CEU 1829 (3 Units))
Tuition: $545 flat fee
Register: Pre-registration is required by calling 206/281-2274 or 800/589-4038, or emailing conted@spu.edu.

EDCN 5909 Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students - Strategies that Work (1 credit)

Shares motivational strategies that encourage defiant and disruptive students to become self-starters. Provides solutions to current issues. Demonstrates examples of ready-to-use strategies. Enables participants to learn tools that are effective and enhance learning, and experience ways to create a nurturing learning atmosphere and stimulate learning for all students. Lastly this course allows participants to practice ways that energize the most resistant learner.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60611 Korb, Rich (1 credit)
Jul 7-Jul 8 9:00am-2:30pm MT NW ESD 189, Anacortes, WA
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling Kristine Juhl at 360/299-4038.
Fees: Additional $135 course fee payable to NW ESD 189.

EDCN 5922 Book Study: Effective Classroom Management (5 credits)

Offers a solid foundation for developing an individualized classroom management plan that suits educators' unique instructional philosophy. A variety of models of classroom management are examined according to their primary focus; classroom management as discipline, as a system, and as instruction. Each of the models effectively addresses current Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards. Presents a review of research on classroom management. Also provides two new innovative models of classroom management, including character education, and a focus on at-risk students and classroom safety.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60805 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/Internet.
Autumn 2008 7195 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: plus cost of materials. Course media: print/Internet.

EDSE 5022 Behavior Is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior (3 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite B in the registration information for minimum computer requirements. Presents new perspectives on student behavior and effective tools to facilitate positive change. Provides a developmental framework for understanding what students are trying to say through the "language" of their behavior. Learn behavioral techniques and intervention strategies that remediate disruptive behaviors, reduce power struggles while increasing classroom control, and minimize teacher workloads and burnout. Gain creative, effective solutions to behavioral problems.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Summer 2008 60546 Jackson, Mick (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $240 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: includes all materials. Course media: print/CD-ROM.
Notes: Note: this course replaces the 1 credit version of Behavior is Language, EDSP 5466 and cannot be taken if EDSP 5466 has been successfully completed.
Autumn 2008 6999 Jackson, Mick (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $240 flat fee
Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848.
Fees: includes all materials. Course media: print/CD-ROM.
Notes: This course replaces the 1 credit version of EDSP 5466 "Behavior is Language", and cannot be taken if EDSP 5466 has been successfully completed.

EDUC 5522 School-Wide Behavior and Discipline (1 credit)

Identifies basic principles of classroom management, student motivation, and discipline. Introduces techniques for reducing misbehavior, increasing motivation, and teaching behavioral expectations. Equivalent: CEU 1546. Class not open to: Undergraduate level.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Autumn 2008 6940 Frederick, Glenna (1 credit)
Aug 20 8:00am-4:30pm W Cascade Christian Jr and Sr High School, Puyallup, WA
(Also available under CEU 1546 (.8-1.2 Units))
Tuition: $43 per credit
Register: Preregistration is required by calling Brook Sikora at 253/841-1776 x103.
Fees: Additional $75 course fee and $20 materials fee payable to Cascade Christian Schools.

 
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