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Course number CL255 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Studies have shown that students that read more achieve more. Standardized tests, across all subject areas and grade levels, require students to possess strong reading skills in order to succeed. This course will provide teachers with specific ideas and strategies that will allow them to design and implement a literacy program in their classroom. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 in-service hours. Required Texts: Reading Without Limits by Maddie Witter ISBN:  978-1-118-47215-6 and Omni Learning Guide to Reading Comprehension Strategies:  Omni Learning Center Educational Guides by:  Lorraine Gerstl ISBN:  978-1-950134-26-7         Read more

Course number CL955 This course should be not be taken in conjunction with Making Everyone an Independent Reader CL255 due to the fact that is based on the same text and contains the same quizzes. Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.    Studies have shown that students that read more achieve more. Standardized tests, across all subject areas and grade levels, require students to possess strong reading skills in order to succeed. This course will provide teachers with specific ideas and strategies that will allow them to design and implement a literacy program in their classroom. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 15 in-service hours. Required Text: Reading Without Limits by Maddie Witter.  ISBN:  978-1-118-47215-6Click the image to order the required text. Read more

Course Number JM200 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Scores of students hate and fear math, so they end up leaving school without an understanding of basic mathematical concepts.  How can we help all children know they have vast mathematical potential?  How can teachers instruct in a way that brings this belief to life? Mathematical Mindsets shows how the entire approach to math teaching and learning - from paying attention to math questions and reviewing the tasks students work on to the methods teachers and parents use to encourage or grade students - needs to be changed to help students realize the joys of learning and understanding mathematics. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development. ISBN:  978-0-470-89452-1   Click here to order the text. Read more

Course Number GP230 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Microsoft OneNote is an application for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration, within any type of infrastructure.. It gathers users' notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. OneNote is available as a part of Office 365, Windows 8 and Windows 10. It is also available as a free standalone application for almost all platforms ranging from computers to smartphones. A web based version of OneNote is provided as part of OneDrive or Office Online and enables users to edit notes with a web browser.   Click on picture to order text. Read more

Course Number GP200 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. This course is intended for Windows versions of Word. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Word 2013 is the latest version of the successful Microsoft Office Suite. As you upgrade from previous versions of Word, 2007 or 2010, you will find the improvements dramatic and highly efficient. If you are new to Word, then you are in for a well deserved change and update to the previous outdated and antiquated word processing programs. Word is the world wide standard in office productivity and personal communication. Using Word when paired with One Drive opens new pathways to improved productivity by being able to share documents and to collaborate in real time and across the country or world, all without leaving your computer. This course is meant for the novice or the professional and all levels in between. Use the course to guide yourself to learn, or re-familiarize yourself with the powerful Word features available today, to be able to create documents, collaborate and inspire your yourself in the classroom or at home. Using the self guided workbook, you will read and follow along, learning the features using Word 2013, as you complete real projects. This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 hours of professional development. Required text:  Word 2013 Step-by-Step by Joan Lambert & Joyce Cox ISBN:  978-0735669123 Click this image to purchase the Read more

Course number CL215 Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included. Seek prior approval to ensure that these courses fulfill the necessary requirements of your school district. Plagiarism will result in automatic failure and forfeits any right to credit or refund.  Teachers, both new and veteran, are short on one thing, time. Distractions from teaching, such as paperwork, filing and other administrative tasks take away from a teacher's first priority, teaching. This course is designed to help teachers become more organized and efficient. Strategies for developing routines and filing systems allow teachers to manage their time and materials for maximum efficiency.      This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 in-service hours.   Required Text: Organized Teacher, Happy Classroom: A Lesson Plan for Managing Your Time, Space and Materials by Melanie S. Unger.  ISBN:  978-1-4403-0915-1 Click the Images to buy the required texts.     Read more