Online Courses
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ONE CREDIT/CTLE 15 HOUR COURSES
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This course discuss with educators the what, how and why to differentiate instruction. Educators will explore division of teaching time and strategies for varying ability levels in the classroom. A 1-credit course for educators of all subjects and grade levels K-12.
ON-LINE (1 credits/15 hours) or (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only **choose which option when you add to cart
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
**not eligible for any discounts if choosing the 1 credit course | Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com | |
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This course will explore techniques for effective classroom management. Educators will discuss a variety of strategies for building a well managed classroom atmosphere. A 1-credit course for educators of all subjects and grade levels K-12.
ON-LINE (1 credits/15 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
**not eligible for any discounts | Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com | |
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This course will implement strategies for a mindful classroom. Teachers will discuss encouraging students to be mindful while being aware of how mindfulness helps us cope in the classroom. A 1-credit course for educators of all subjects and grade levels K-12.
ON-LINE (1 credits/15 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
**not eligible for any discounts | Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com |
THREE CREDIT/CTLE 45 HOUR COURSES
 | Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com No matter what subject you teach or what topic you may bring up in class, having your students communicate with each other is key to a successful educational environment. The “Turn and Talk” is a way for students to share how they feel about a lesson, a quote, a story, a historical event, etc., by simply turning toward a neighbor and sharing ideas. This course will focus on how to use Turn and Talk ideas as a way for students to center their learning and focus on higher order thinking. Educators will practice the Turn and Talk so it can be modeled for their students as well as collaborate to create appropriate Turn and Talk topics. This course is designed for educators of all subject areas grades K-12. | Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com | |
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Being able to challenge our students and enhance their learning is dire. Identifying the ways in which students critically think can greatly increase their comprehension. Modifying and addressing various scenarios of learning is tantamount to our students’ success. In this course, participants will be introduced to a wealth of ideas and current trends that maximize the learning for their classroom. They will learn to identify and create activities that enhance students’ comprehension and subsequently engage in strategies that fully indoctrinate the learner into any classroom atmosphere. A must for K-12 educators!!!!!
ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only | Gayle Meinkes-Lumia gaylelumia@yahoo.com | |
 | Course Description: This course is designed for educators to examine diversity, multiculturalism, and language obstacles that we find today in our schools. As many students enter our education systems from foreign countries, many teachers have to be armed with the skills to help them work successfully to meet our education standards. This course will help teachers learn effective ways to work with, and often learn from, these assimilating students of diverse cultural backgrounds. Participants will focus on effective strategies to deal with our ever-changing school communities. Educators will discuss language collaboration, how to plan your curriculum and focus your lessons, and how to successfully promote your lower functioning students due to language or cultural barriers. Many techniques will be shared on how to educate your multicultural, diverse, classroom, and move these students to the next level. This course is a must for all educators levels K-12.
(3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
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 | Instructor: Lisa Bernstein Email: LBernsteinLIIPS@gmail.com 3 Credits/45 Hours Course Description: More than 211,000 children and teenagers have lost their primary caregivers due to Covid-19. These children are grieving and need support, especially in school. This requires more understanding and awareness by educators on the topic of grief and bereavement in order to support our students and their families. This course will teach educators how grief impacts our students, both academically and emotionally, and to help make school a safe and supportive place for these students. Educators will learn strategies and resources to help our students. This course is for all K-12 educators and related service providers. | Lisa Bernstein Lbernsteinliips@gmail.com | |
 | The new standards of common core can seem confusing and overwhelming to some when figuring out how to include them in daily lessons. This course will explore how the new common core math standards can be integrated into regular lesson plans in a fun and creative way. We will explore the standards of mathematical practice as the CCSS are a new way of teaching. At the end of this course, teachers will feel comfortable implementing the new standards and creating lessons that move students down the pathway of success and college and career readiness. Recommended for all Educators K – 12.
ON-LINE (3credits/45hours) In-service credit only | Liz Brenner Lbrennerliips@gmail.com | |
 | More and more students today are identifying as LGBTQIA+. This requires more understanding and awareness by educators on gender identity and sexual orientation in order to make sure our students feel safe and accepted at school. It is important to understand the history of LGBTQIA+ and all of the terms that are included in order to help support our students. There are many challenges that LGBTQIA+ youth face today and it is important to provide them with resources and supports in order to make them feel safe and accepted. In addition to our students, parents need help as well. It is important to learn how to help both our students and parents navigate through these new experiences in order to support their children. This course is for all K-12 educators and related service providers. | Lisa Bernstein Lbernsteinliips@gmail.com | |
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Nicole Martinez
nmartinezliips@gmail.com
3 credits/45 hours In service credit only
Course Description:
English Language Learners (ELLs) are a diverse group of students who are faced with learning a new language and content at grade level while simultaneously immersing themselves into a new cultural and school setting. This challenge becomes even harder when the ELL student has interrupted or inconsistent formal education, also known as, SIFE. SIFE ELLs come with a unique set of needs and aspirations. As teachers we must get to know our students, understand the issues they may face, and provide the support they need on their level. Participants of this course will gain an understanding of who SIFEs are, what makes their needs unique, support at school-wide and classroom levels, as well as actionable practices. Suitable all educators and staff K-12. | Nicole Martinez nmartinezliips@gmail.com | |
 | While AI has been in the education technology space for a while, adoption has been slow. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual learning forced the industry to shift. Al helps streamline the student education process by offering access to suitable courses, bettering communication with tutors, and giving them more time to focus on other life aspects.
Al enhances the personalization of student learning programs and courses, promotes tutoring by helping students improve their weak spots and sharpen their skills, ensures quick responses between teachers and students, and enhances universal 24/7 learning access. Educators can use AI for task automation, including administrative work, evaluating learning patterns, grading papers, responding to general queries, and more. Here are eight ways Al is used in education. | Richard A. Faber fabes888@gmail.com | |
 | The overall goal of this course is for learners to develop and implement a plan that will use the computer to increase their personal productivity. By the end of this course, learners will understand and be able to use technology inside and outside the classroom in a manner that increases productivity, understand how to use technology to improve communication with parents, colleagues, and students; create lesson plans; manage information; and develop teaching materials and assessments; make best use of the software, hardware, and internet resources that they have available at their school to improve personal productivity; incorporate the use of the computer for personal productivity into their professional teaching practice. Recommended for all educators K-12.
ON-LINE (3credits/45hours) In-service credit only
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| Instructor: Paige MacLeod
Email: PMacLeodLIIPS@gmail.com
Description:
In the middle of a well-organized and prepared lesson, have you ever realized your students do not have the background knowledge to complete the task or understand the concept? You suddenly find yourself doing a quick Google Image or YouTube search, drawing diagrams on the SmartBoard or scrounging up some sort of visual to help provide that background knowledge, and essentially, fill that gap. We try to anticipate these setbacks and incorporate the background knowledge or skills, but it is impossible to predict them all until you are in the moment.
As educators, we are well aware of the basic fact that there are challenges and “gaps” that our ELL students face. These challenges are present despite where the student is in their academic career, or when they entered the American educational system. There is an overwhelming number of inequities, so it is important that we try to pinpoint the most common, detrimental, and even the ones that may be less obvious.
Objective: Course participants will have an understanding of the array of systematic and societal challenges of being an ELL and how these challenges contribute to widening the academic gap for them. | Paige MacLeod pmacleodliips@gmail.com | |
| Creating a solid classroom community where students are eager to take risks is essential for all grade levels. This course gives teachers concrete ways to incorporate small and meaningful changes into their daily routines. Energizers, brain breaks, group activities, greetings, and community shares, will all be | Jessica Armbruster jarmbrusterliips@gmail.com | |
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A new school year comes with new challenges on how to welcome our students back to our rooms and promote positivity. As educators we need to find ways for our students to feel calm and less stressed, while also helping them to become productive individuals in our classrooms. This course is designed to assist educators with “welcome back” procedures as well as promoting a well-balanced classroom. Teachers will learn how to promote effective strategies for positivity and comfort while examining how to maintain a working classroom climate. A variety of practical and effective techniques for relaxation, behavior and over-all positivity will be shared. This is a must for all teachers of all disciplines K-12.
ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
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This course discovers the specific things that great teachers do. What makes them effective? What are their strategies? What are their skills, and how do they promote academic excellence? In this course we will explore the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric in the best classrooms and schools. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.
3 Credits In service (45 hours) | Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com | |
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This course discovers the specific things that great teachers do. What makes them effective? What are their strategies? What are their skills, and how do they promote academic excellence? In this course we will explore the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that form the fabric in the best classrooms and schools. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.
ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
| Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com | |
 | Purpose of the class: To understand the roles the school based SLP has in children’s literacy acquisition.
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The student will understand and describe the connection between spoken language and the written word.
The student will understand and describe what SLPs are trained in when identifying, assessing and in managing children with SLP difficulties.
The student will be able to define the following commonly used SLP terms:
articulation, phonology, dyspraxia, language, phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, intonation and stress and prosody.
The student will identify and describe the connection between oral language and reading.
The student will be able to define phonological awareness and describe the connection between phonological awareness and early reading.
The student will be able to describe the role the SLP has in helping the reading teacher. (7 roles)
ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) In-service credit only | Kim Marino Zakgm@optonline.net | |
 | Schools experience a wide variety of crises that have the potential to harm the mental and physical health, learning environment, and safety of students and educators. A school crisis is any traumatic event that seriously disrupts coping and problem-solving abilities of students and school staff. It is typically sudden, unexpected, dramatic and forceful and may even threaten survival. A crisis can cause a drastic and tragic change to the environment. This change is generally overwhelming and uncontrollable as well as unwanted and frightening. It may create a sense of helplessness, hopelessness, and vulnerability combined with a loss of safety.
This course will provide resources, tools, recommendations, and evidence-based practices for incorporating best practices in school mental health into school crisis plans. Different types of crisis will be discussed and strategies will be developed for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas.
ON-LINE (3 Credits – 45 hours) In-Service Credit only | Richard A. Faber fabes888@gmail.com | |
 | (3 credits/45 hours)- In service credits Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia – gaylelumia@yahoo.com Course Description: The rising rates of depression among young people are increasing. Mental-health crises are ubiquitous amongst teenagers, particularly post-pandemic as suicide contemplation increased and persistent feelings of hopelessness are on the rise. This course will investigate the reasons behind teen angst and the ways in which their sadness impacts the classroom. Participants will develop strategies that conquer and combat these issues and instruct their students to persevere as they utilize a myriad of coping mechanisms available in the course. Lessons that combat depression utilizing texts and articles will be centered on. *A must for K-12 educators!!* | Gayle Meinkes-Lumia gaylelumia@yahoo.com | |
 | Course Description: This course is designed to simplify the process of writing a terrific lesson plan. Educators will work together to create and execute the perfect lesson plan for your students. Teachers will share ideas and lessons they have previously used and discuss what makes an effective lesson. From the Do Now, to the Procedures, to the use of the standards and expectations, teachers will be armed with the tools to move forward with ease. Lesson plan writing does not have to be difficult; it could be perfect.
ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
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 | (3 credits/45 hours) In service credit only Instructor: Jessica Armbruster Jarmbrusyerliips@gmail.com Course Despecription: Incorporating social-emotional learning strategies into your classroom will create a more mindful and emotionally safe environment for your K-12 students. Calming practices such as guided meditations, breathing techniques, yoga for the classroom, and incorporating sensory input will be explored. | Jessica Armbruster jarmbrusterliips@gmail.com |