A creative teacher is a teacher that students remember. This type of teacher is a pleasure to be around, makes you laugh and makes you want to come to class every day. This course will arm educators with the positive and fun strategies they will need to be the creative teacher they want to be. Strategies such as games in the classroom, exciting cooperative learning activities, and how to build positive and strong relationships that inspire your students will be discussed. By the end of this course educators will feel that they have enough strategies to inspire their students for free exploration and an open atmosphere in the classroom. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.
*New Course
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
3 Credits In Service Course (45 Hours)
Dates: Summer 2025 – August 4th-8th
Course Description:
The learning process takes a village. It’s not just important to have the teachers, guidance and administrators on your side, but you must have a supportive family behind you. This course will work with educators and their families to build important relationships. Educators will work on strategies that connect all students to learning and to the learning process. Teachers will be able to share the importance of learning, mindset, communication and more. Educators will work on daily routines to build support with their students. Practices will also be shared that can be brought home and worked on with your family. By the end of this course, educators and families will realize how important it is to make and keep these positive connections for the sake of the students, the family relationships and the learning process. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.
*New Course
Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia- gaylelumia@yahoo.com
Summer 2025 Dates – August 4th-August 8th
Course Credits- 3 Credits/45 Hours
Course Description:
High academic achievement can create more opportunities for students indefinitely. The study skills, social skills, knowledge, and problem-solving abilities that students learn at school will support them throughout their entire lives. This course will cover the practical and effective ways to boost students’ academic achievement, as well as the ways in which to develop students’ missions, goals, and core strategies of learning. Participants will delve into the most efficacious ways to instruct their students, including problem-based instruction, differentiated modalities, technological sources, as well as many other creative modalities.
*A Must for K-12 Educators*
*New Course
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
3 Credits In Service Course (45 Hours)
Dates: Summer 2025 – August 11th-15th
Course Description:
Using creative writing in all subjects will provide our students with the capacity to better read, research, reflect and more. Educators will discuss interdisciplinary writing rules, the 7 different types of writing, creative writing assignments and how to better reflect as we write. Educators will work on strategies for structuring creative writing no matter what the subject. Activities will also be shared for how to strengthen the writing of all students in all areas. A plethora of creative writing prompts will be shared for all subjects and areas of teaching. By the end of this course students will learn how to open their minds, be imaginative and work towards the goal of clarity, completeness and creativity. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.
*New Course
Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia- gaylelumia@yahoo.com
Summer 2025 Dates – August 11th-August 15th
Course Credits- 3 Credits/45 Hours
Course Description:
Mastering the art of vocabulary instruction is tantamount to student success and must entice all learners. Vocabulary knowledge is the biggest predictor of student success. Within this course, participants will comprehend how to explicitly instruct vocabulary to their students. They will learn creative modalities that spark student interest and enable them to visualize concepts and relationships. Seven principles of vocabulary instruction will be explored, as well as evidence based literary strategies for all disciplines.
*A Must for K-12 Educators*
*New Course
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
3 Credits In Service Course (45 Hours)
Dates: Summer 2025 – August 18th – 22nd
Course Description:
Connecting literature and reading to the daily lives of our students is a tremendous task. Educators who take this course will work on text connections, human connections and deeply engaging with text. Teachers will work on literary activities such as theme, literary devices, figurative language, plot, quotations and characterization just to name a few. Activities and strategies will be shared on uses of literary symbols and connections to text and our students’ lives. Symbolism through art and literature will also be discussed. Learning how to teach these symbolic and artistic connections and continue to engage our students will lead them to a more effective and positive future. This course is a must for all educators of all grades K-12.
*New Course
Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia- gaylelumia@yahoo.com
Summer 2025 Dates – August 18th-August 22nd
Course Credits- 3 Credits/45 Hours
Course Description:
Fostering deep and engaging classroom discussions is essential for promoting critical thinking and student engagement. Too often, classroom discussions tend to be blasé. This course will instruct participants on the tricks to tantalizing their learners. Teaching tools include effective communication and discourse, Socratic Seminars, innovative role-play, friends without pens, fishbowl, and many more!
*A Must for K-12 Educators*
*New Course
Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia – gaylelumia@yahoo.com
Summer 2025 Dates – August 25th- August 29th
Course Credits – 3 credits/45 Hours
Course Description:
Having the means to successfully maintain a positive classroom environment teeming with intrinsic motivation, enthusiastic students, minimal disruptions, and impactful lessons can be achievable via this new course. Participants will be able to identify the modalities in which students learn most efficiently – differentiated instruction, cooperative learning, guided research. Participants will be equipped perfectly and learn to manage and create optimum learning environments.
*A Must for K-12 Educators*
*New Course
Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com
3 Credits In Service Course (45 Hours)
Dates: Summer 2025 – August 25th-29th
Course Description:
This course will deal with the tried-and-true form of teaching learning. As educators we should teach our students to work smarter, not harder! This course will provide teachers with simple strategies that will make students’ time in your classroom worth it! Students will learn and study more effectively and make learning stick. Educators will discuss in this course research on how the brain works and thus retains information. Teachers will discuss the day-to-day reality of teaching and learning strategies to a dynamic classroom of students of all levels. Educators will discuss the basics of how the brain takes in and stores information, as well as best practices for retrieval of daily information. Easy-to-implement strategies will be shared to help guide any educator through lessons that can improve outcomes for all students. This course is a must for all educators grades K-12.