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THE SCIENCE OF READING (3 credits/45 hours) In service only Instructor: Jessica Uebel juebelliips@gmail.com Course Description: What is the Science of Reading? This very on-trend hot topic in education has been filtering into schools across the country via the podcast, “Sold a Story” by Emily Hanford. It has teachers everywhere questioning methods, philosophies, programs, texts and publishers in all things related to learning how to read. This course will dive deep into the expose podcast and discover the history of why schools and teachers taught reading the way they did, and more importantly, where do we go from here? How do we take the science behind the way humans learn to read and apply it to the classroom appropriately? Teachers will share and reflect on their own methodologies, research programs, and design lessons and activities.This course is best suited for educators in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Time Management Strategies for All Educators Course Description: As an educator, do you ever feel that you just don’t have enough time in the day to get all your things done? Do you feel like you just don’t want to take your paperwork and grading home? Well, this course is designed to help educators with proper time management strategies. Tips from planning lessons, to contacting parents, to grading will be discussed. Together we will examine how to prioritize your tasks, use your time more effectively, and stop procrastinating! You’ll also learn how to teach your students the skills to do it as well. Teachers will discuss the importance of time management skills and planning, and how this is a skill we will use for life. This course is a must for all educators levels K-12. ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) in-service credit only Instructor: Kim Kittredge kkittredgeliips@gmail.com $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Transforming the Classroom via Historical Documents Imagine taking a trip through time with your students (Gettysburg, 1863 :Lincoln; Farewell address, 1796: Washington; Topeka, Kansas, 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education). These time periods in history enable the classroom to spring alive with action. Interactive learning opportunities through history will foster critical thinking skills in almost any discipline: English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Business. Through DBQ analysis, picture book studies, primary and secondary source writing, historical documents inculcate a wealth of learning opportunities for students. They will spark their voices and transform them into active participants in society, thus increasing their literary awareness. A must for all K-12 educators!!!! ON-LINE (3 credits/45 hours) In-Service Credit only $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Turn and Talk: Communicate and Participate 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Tweaking the Toolbox for our Learners – Establishing Successful Tools for the Trade 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Understanding Diversity and Multiculturalism in Our Schools 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Understanding Grief/Bereavement and how we can Support our Students and their Families 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Understanding the Common Core Math Standards This course explored the Common Core Math Standards from Kindergarten through high school. Teachers enrolled in this course will become familiarized with these standards and will be better able to incorporate them into their lesson and unit plans. Applicable to math teachers. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Understanding the LGBTQIA+ Community and how we can Support our Students and their Families 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Understanding the SIFE ELL and Supporting their Needs Instructor: 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Unpacking Students’ Strategic Thinking Skills New Course Summer 2025 Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia –* gaylelumia@yahoo.com Course Credits – 3 Credits/45 Hours Course Description: Students go through the course of their days absentmindedly listening to teachers, abiding by rote rules of instruction, and mindlessly completing work. This course will instruct participants on leveraging their students’ ability to discover and reach their learning goals via self-awareness, goal setting, metacognition, and task analysis. Strategic learning behaviors will be analyzed for best practices, as well as learning to utilize the learning environment for students’ optimum success. *A Must for K-12 Educators* $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Using Al to your Advantage 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Using the Computer for Personal Productivity In & Out of the Classroom 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Vocabulary a Go-Go New Course Summer 2025 Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia- gaylelumia@yahoo.com 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* $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Watch the Gap! But How to Close it? 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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here
We’re All in the Together…Creating a K-12 Classroom Community One Change at a Time 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Welcome Back: Promoting Positivity and Production Course Description: 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
What Great Teachers Do 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) $250.00$280.00 Buy here
What Great Teachers Do Course Description: 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
When Students are in Crisis 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking – SEL Techniques for K-12 Teachers Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia – gaylelumia@yahoo.com In-Service Course – 3 Credits – 45 Hours Course Description: Teaching students responsibility and accountability extends way beyond the home. Providing life lessons and inspirational, profound imprints on kids guides them for the rest of their lives. This course will tackle the ways in which teachers can provide a plethora of Social Emotional Instructions for their students. Topics as mindfulness, emotion management, positive affirmations, read aloud, collaborative discussions, empathy, and nurturing the whole learner will be discussed. Poetry and learning in all disciplines will be covered. *A must for K-12 educators* $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Why Are American Teens so Sad- A Teacher’s Perspective? (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!! $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Writing the Perfect Lesson Plan 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 $250.00$280.00 Buy here
Zen for Gen Z (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. $250.00$280.00 Buy here

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