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Classroom Instruction Courses: Classroom Management
 
 

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
Winter 2010 26780 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 2009 7711 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
Winter 2010 26941 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Arranged Arranged
(Also available under CEU 3188 (1.5 Units))
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 2009 7873 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3188 (1.5 Units))
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.

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
Winter 2010 26943 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3190 (1.5 Units))
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 2009 7875 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3190 (1.5 Units))
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.

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
Winter 2010 26945 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3189 (1.5 Units))
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 2009 7877 Casey, Barbara (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3189 (1.5 Units))
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.

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
Winter 2010 26781 Bruestle, Greg (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.
Autumn 2009 7713 Bruestle, Greg (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.

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
Winter 2010 26905 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 Pearson Education's materials store: www.teacher-courses.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 2009 7842 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 Pearson Education's materials store: www.teacher-courses.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 5562 Classroom Management: Building Relationships for Better Learning (2 credits)

Presents a broad conception of classroom management. Explores how interpersonal relationships can provide the key to successful classroom management. Examines the origins of misbehavior. Provides tools and strategies for developing stronger relationships with students for successful classroom management.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27082 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27113 Fuson, Marlene (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8012 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8044 Fuson, Marlene (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5663 Managing Challenging Behavior (2 credits)

Please see Computer Prerequisite C in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Offers strategies to help teachers move beyond judgements of challenging behaviors and look at the behaviors more objectively, allowing the teacher to shift focus from controlling the student to teaching the student personal responsibility - educating the student to become a self-regulated learner. Includes information on challenging behavior risk factors; teacher self-monitoring skills; control versus power games; accepting personal responsibility; and family and community involvement.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27087 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27114 Fuson, Marlene (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8017 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8045 Fuson, Marlene (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

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
Winter 2010 26954 Ikeda, Koh (1 credit)
Online
(Also available under CEU 3185 (1.5 Units))
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 2009 7883 Ikeda, Koh (1 credit)
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.

EDCN 5912 Book Study: Assessing and Improving School Discipline Programs (3 credits)

Provides a framework for preventing and effectively dealing with school discipline problems. Discusses four principal components: positive relationship with students; clearly defined parameters for student behavior; effective monitoring of students; and appropriate consequences for misbehavior. Also discusses a framework for devising and implementing appropriate interventions, in addition to guidelines for talking to parents.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27034 Kane-Ronning, Susan (3 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. Course media: print/Internet.
Autumn 2009 8102 Kane-Ronning, Susan (3 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. Course media: print/Internet.

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
Winter 2010 27036 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. Course media: print/Internet.
Autumn 2009 8104 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $220 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. Course media: print/Internet.

EDCN 5959 Classroom Management: Teacher-Student Collaboration (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. This course asks participants to think about classroom management as a way of interacting with students. It suggests that cooperation and enthusiasm for learning are not things that teachers build in students; rather, they are behaviors and attitudes that teachers help students recognize within themselves. The strategies presented will emphasize helping students discover that they want to be cooperative, active learners. Among other learning goals, this course will allow teachers to explore intent. Educators will consider what they bring to the student-teacher relationship, and examine how personality, background, and biases influence interaction with students. Also investigates how an engaging curriculum can help eliminate most classroom management challenges. Explores why it's important to give students a voice in the classroom, along with the strategies for doing so. Lastly, the course explores several classroom management models and determines how those approaches can be adapted.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27098 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27133 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8029 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8063 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5960 Supporting Health and Achievement (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Introduces a coordinated approach to addressing school health issues that is useful for school administrators, teachers, and anyone concerned about promoting the well-being of students and staff. Shows how to develop the case for a coordinated approach to school health; identify the health-related activities in the school or district that lay the foundation for a coordinated approach; structure a coordinated approach; and find resources to support school health efforts.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27134 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8064 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5961 Toward Equity in Achievement (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. This course helps district and school-level leaders explore what it means to strive for equity in achievement and provides insight about education policies that support their earnest efforts to attain equity in achievement.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27099 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27135 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8030 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8065 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5962 What Works in Schools: School-Level Factors (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Investigates the five school-level factors identified by Robert J. Marzano as making a statistically significant difference in student achievement. These factors-involving a combination of policy, procedure, and practice-have been proven highly effective in helping to make schools genuine communities of learning. Begins with an overview of the eleven factors Marzano summarizes in his ground-breaking work, "What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action". Revisits Marzano's general recommendations for improving student performance and school productivity, derived from his meta-analysis of 35 years of educational research.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27100 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27136 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8031 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8066 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5963 Global Education (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Provides an introduction to teaching using a global perspective. Merry Merryfield, Professor of Social Studies and Global Education at Ohio State University, and Tim Dove, Social Studies teacher at McCord Middle School in Worthington, Ohio, offer their perspectives throughout the course. Participants will explore elements of global education; observe how others have incorporated global education into their classrooms or schools; critique classroom-tested lesson plans and units; infuse global education into a lesson, unit, or theme; explore teaching strategies; locate national and state standards and frameworks that address global education; and find networking opportunities with others interested in global education through the ASCD Global education network. The Nuts and Bolts segments will help participants explore some practical questions and concerns about global education.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27137 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8067 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5964 Conflict Resolution (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Helps educators understand how they can teach conflict resolution skills and empower students to resolve conflicts. Based on the Johnson and Johnson book, Reducing School Violence, this course helps teachers understand how they can - and why they should - address conflict resolution in the classroom, and, if feasible, in the school setting. Teachers' responsibilities include: creating an environment that empowers students to resolve conflicts constructively; teaching students how to negotiate; teaching students how to mediate; knowing how and when to mediate if peer mediation fails; and knowing how and when to arbitrate if peer and teacher mediation fails. Also features lessons from the Working Together to Resolve Conflict curriculum published by the University of Florida's Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Project.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27101 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27138 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8032 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8068 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5965 Our Mulitiple Intelligences (2 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Introduces participants to the theory of multiple intelligences. Enables educators to explore each intelligence and create their own intellectual profile. Considers how understanding of the multiple intelligences theory can guide instruction so that student learning is enhanced.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27102 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses".
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Winter 2010 27139 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8033 Lomas, Barbara (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, go to www.esd.112.org and click on "Courses."
Fees: Total $195 credit and course fee payable to ESD 112. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8069 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

EDCN 5991 Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School (5 credits)

Presents in-depth information and strategies to help educators understand, prevent, and address school-based behavior problems. These evidence-based techniques work with the most difficult behaviors, and benefit every child in the classroom. They can be used alone or together, creating tools suitable for many different children and situations. The course follows two students to bring alive discipline strategies, and provides for self-reflections and self-awareness as it relates to effective teaching. The teacher-child relationship is emphasized, with concrete suggestions for building relationships with children with problem behaviors. Information about diversity and the influence of culture helps make teaching more culturally responsive and enables teachers to avoid misunderstandings that lead to inappropriate behavior. Inclusion and preventing/responding to difficult behavior in children with disabilities is discussed.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27048 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. Course media: print/Internet.
Autumn 2009 8112 Kane-Ronning, Susan (5 credits)
Online
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com.
Fees: Total $320 course and credit fee payable to Armchair Ed. 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
Winter 2010 26831 Jackson, Mick (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $270 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 medium: Internet.
Notes: This course replaces the one-credit version of Behavior is Language, EDSP 5466 and may not be taken if the one-credit version has been successfully completed.
Autumn 2009 7764 Jackson, Mick (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $270 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 medium: Internet.
Notes: This course replaces the one-credit version of Behavior is Language, EDSP 5466, and may be not taken if the one-credit version has been successfully completed.

EDSE 5160 Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents (3 credits)

Prerequisite: EDSE 5022. Please see computer prerequisite B in the registration information for minimum computer requirements. Introduces the social-cognitive approach to behavior management in the school as well as motivation and self-management. Covers cognitive-behavior modification (CBM) and cognitive restructuring, a CBM strategy used to help students challenge their own irrational thinking that contributes to their behavior problems. Also examines the CBM strategies of self-instructional training, verbal mediation, and problem solving. Discusses teaching students how to manage stress (in the form of anxiety, depression, anger) that also contributes to their behavior problems. Also covers the diagnosis of behavior problems using a social-cognitive approach, facilitating student use of self-management and CBM strategies, and measuring student progress.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26835 Kaplan, Joseph (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $270 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 medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 7767 Kaplan, Joseph (3 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $270 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 medium: Internet.

EDSE 5195 Practical and Powerful Management Strategies for All Students in Inclusive Classroom (5 credits)

Teaches what all educators need to understand about the learning, attention, and behavioral challenges of students with mild to moderate disabilities (e.g., ADHD, LD, and other hidden brain-based disorders), as well as the 'how-to's' of managing these students effectively in the general education classroom. Shares powerful and practical attention, behavioral, and management strategies; and the various interventions and accommodations to enable all diverse learners to achieve success.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 26838 Rief, Sandra (5 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $425 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: Additional $35 materials fee payable to the instructor. Course media: print/DVD/CD-ROM.
Autumn 2009 7771 Rief, Sandra (5 credits)
Arranged Course completion time: up to one year.
Tuition: $425 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: Additional $35 materials fee payable to the instructor. Course media: print/DVD/CD-ROM.

EDUC 5180 Our Multiple Intelligences: Translating Theory into Practice (1-5 credits)

Please see computer prerequisite C in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Provides updated information and ideas for using Multiple Intelligences theory to help students learn and understand. From an overview of the theory itself to practical and proven ways to use it with students, this course will help participants use the theory of Multiple Intelligences to make learning come alive. Class not open to: Undergraduate level.
Term CRN Instructor Credits
Winter 2010 27145 Rolling, Julie (1-5 credits)
Jan 1-Mar 15 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.
Autumn 2009 8074 Rolling, Julie (2 credits)
Sep 1-Dec 31 On-line Course completion time: up to six months.
Tuition: $40 per credit
Register: To register for this course, please contact Judy Burrell at 425/917-7817 or email jburrell@psesd.org.
Fees: Additional $99 course fee payable to Puget Sound ESD. Course medium: Internet.

 
 
 

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