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Continuing Education for Teachers

The Spring Schedule is Live! Featuring 5 new topics designed to meet your learning and schedule needs!

Spring 2024 Classes

Online Self-Paced Courses

  • Available 24/7 in our online classroom
  • Start anytime within 60 days of enrollment
  • Work at your own pace
  • Interact with the course instructor
  • Finish in 12 weeks or less

Online Structured Courses

  • Available 24/7 during a specific date range
  • Assignments due weekly
  • Interact with the instructor and other participants
  • Offered in 4-week or 8-week formats

Interactive Courses - with Zoom

  • Conveniently scheduled for specific dates
  • Available 24/7 during a specific date range
  • Assignments due weekly
  • Engaged Instruction and group collaboration
  • Offered in 4-week or 8-week formats

Site Based Courses

  • Scheduled at convenient times during a specific date range
  • Instructor-lead with an emphasis on group collaboration
  • Assignments due throughout the course
  • Curriculum available in our online classroom

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Relevant Curriculum

We are constantly researching and developing new and relevant courses to keep you at the top of your class.

Modern Environment

We have our own in-house technical team to ensure the delivery of our classes are using the most modern and accessible standards available.

Top-Tier University Partners

We have partnered with many top universities in the country to provide a broad selection of accreditation choices and we are continuously pursuing new partnerships.

Professional Instructors

Our instructors are experts in their fields of study and are focused on delivering consistent results to our students.

Multiple Delivery Formats

Choose between online self-paced, structured or more traditional on-site classroom formats.

Happy Students

We're focused on our students' success and it shows with excellent pass rates and returns.

The course was great! The information was on point and the instructor was very supportive throughout the class.

Darek Radziszewski - River Forest, IL

I loved the enthusiasm the instructor brought to class every day, the overall course content, and the relevant assignments.

Max Zbilut - Kenosah, WI

The professor was very knowledgeable and helpful about the content area and had so many great ideas that I plan on using with my class this year and beyond. I was surprised at how many resources there are for outdoor education and how beneficial it is to kids.

Lori Chandler - Buffalo Grove, IL
Returning Students 80%
Pass Rate 99%
Career Advancement 100%

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Over 80% of our students return to us again and again to take additional courses. And because we develop robust curricula, partner with top-tier universities and work with an amazing team of instructors, our students receive high marks on their studies and receive more pay increases providing high marks for us.

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Integrating STEM/STEAM into your Curriculum

Participants will learn to develop, create, implement, and assess a STEM/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) program, lessons and units. A variety of frameworks will be reviewed and discussed to allow for easy replication of /STEAM units and activities. A variety of STEM/STEAM careers will be explored and highlighted in resources. Educators will leave the course with a roadmap to better implement STEM/STEAM into their classroom, promote STEM/STEAM questioning, and develop STEM/STEAM PBL (Project Based Learning) units.

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ADHD: Teaching and Learning Strategies

Course participants will gain a deep understanding of the impact attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has on the performance of students in the classroom. Research-based instructional strategies and behavior management strategies will be explored, along with methods to improve executive function skills. The implementation of appropriate accommodations, modifications, and interventions will also be highlighted. This course engages participants with meaningful, applicable, and practical activities with a focus on success for students with ADHD.

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Mindfulness in the 21st Century Classroom

This course is designed to give educators at all levels an overview of recent research on mindfulness practices and to provide step by step guidance on how to integrate these practices into the classroom. Participants in this course will learn what mindfulness is, why it is important, and how to creatively apply research-based mindfulness techniques in meeting the diverse learning needs of students. Attention will also be given to ways educators can use mindfulness to enhance their own professional and personal experience as teachers.

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