K-12 Continuing
Education Course Offerings

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ASCA 2022: No Limits - 1 Credit Hour - (EW 52169) - 1 Graduate Credit

ASCA 2022: No Limits - 3 Credit Hours - (EW 52170) - 3 Graduate Credits

Archeological Excavation Program
(EW 52321) - 1 Graduate Credit

Instructor:
Gail Lundeen
gail@lundeenweb.com
(816) 206-1754

Thursday, July 21 - Friday, July 22, 2022 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (16 in class hours)

Text: none

Participants will learn to conduct archaeological site surveys. Shovel testing of areas, including screening for artifacts and recording information on site forms will be carried out. Laboratory work, which includes washing artifacts, conservation techniques, and cataloging of artifacts will be carried out.

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Our Community Listens - (EW 523115) - 2 Graduate Credits

What if you could improve every single one of your relationships — personal and professional— by discovering more about yourself and how you interact with others? Through this deeply personal exploration of how you listen, relate, discern, and communicate, you’ll:

• Explore how the Communication Cycle forms the foundation of all your interpersonal communication.
• Improve your ability to attentively listen and see how it can be the most important thing a person can do for another.
• Appreciate the impact your non-verbal behavior has on your verbal communication.
• Develop a more effective way to have difficult conversations.
• Feel empowered to strengthen and facilitate healing in broken relationships.
• See and celebrate the good in others; see and celebrate the good in yourself.

Held in-person on the campus of Lindenwood University, educators will benefit from the developmental activities and networking. With two dates to choose from, and a discounted price of $295, the course provides incredible benefit for both educators and the students in their classrooms.

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Spaces are limited, select your preferred date below to register.

• June 20-22
• July 26-28

Participants may earn two graduate credit hours through Lindenwood University. For more information, please contact Lindenwood’s Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) team.

(EdPlus) Science of Reading Part I - (EW 51751) - 3 Graduate Credits
(EdPlus) Science of Reading Part II - (EW 51752) - 3 Graduate Credits

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) is designed to bridge current research to practical strategies for instruction in the classroom. These strategies may be used to get the most of any curriculum. Unit 1 focuses on why reading is difficult and how we can identify those students who need support. The focus of Unit 2 is the role phonology plays in learning to read.

(EdPlus) Science of Reading Part III - (EW 51754) - 3 Graduate Credits
(EdPlus) Science of Reading Part IV - (EW 51755) - 3 Graduate Credits

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) is designed to bridge current research to practical strategies for instruction in the classroom. These strategies may be used to get the most of any curriculum. Unit 3 focuses on teaching beginning phonics, word recognition and spelling. The focus of Unit 4 is on advanced decoding, spelling, and word recognition is the role phonology plays in learning to read. The course will utilize a blended approach to professional learning by using both in-person and online learning experiences. The blended learning approach will include face-to-face sessions, online lessons, assigned reading, quizzes, and a case study.

(EdPlus) Science of Reading Early Childhood - (EW 52025) - 3 Graduate Credits

This three-day series is designed to deepen your understanding of the what, why and how of early literacy and language development, including assessment and instruction strategies. LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) provides the “science of reading” application of research into the classroom no matter the curriculum or program. The blended learning format of this series includes three days of virtual training and self-paced online tutorials/videos of effective early childhood classroom instruction.

• Advanced Integration of Google Tools - Level 2 - Elementary (EW 52137) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain  (EW 51974) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Teaching with Love and Logic (EW 51823) - 2 Graduate Credits
• The Joyful Teacher  (EW 52197) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Balance with Blended Learning Book Study  (EW 52081) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Shifting the Balance  (EW 52140) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Google Fundamentals for a Tech Integrated Classroom - Level 1 - 1 Graduate Credit

Imposter Syndrome and Gifted (EW 52231) - 1 Graduate Credit

This Speaker: Megan Margherio is the Gifted Coordinator for the School District of Clayton.  She is also a Gifted Specialist at Wydown Middle School and Clayton High School.  Mrs. Margherio has been teaching for 15 years, the last 10 have been spent working with gifted learners.  As a gifted adult and the mother of a gifted child, Mrs. Margherio knows all too well the joys and struggles of this unique population.  She has presented multiple times at the National Association for Gifted Children’s annual conference and the Gifted Association of Missouri’s annual conference.  She is also a National Board Certified Teacher.

2022 STEM Alignment with Gifted Standards  (EW 52234) - 3 Graduate Credits

IAGC Learning Modules in Gifted Education:  Foundations for Teaching Advanced Learners in Today’s Classrooms (EW 52141) - 2 Graduate Credit

Designed for classroom teachers and enrichment teachers who serve advanced learners in grades K-8, each module provides practical knowledge and evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of students who achieve and/or have the potential to achieve at high levels. Participants will gain an understanding of current, equitable and inclusive approaches in the field of gifted education and explore programming/instructional models, classroom structures, and collaborations to support advanced learners. Projects and readings are designed with an eye to applicability/relevance to classroom practice.

Each module includes 4 hours of synchronous learning (virtual or in person) and 6 hours of independent learning.

Teaching Archeology in the Classroom
EW 50550 1 Graduate Credit

Instructor:
Gail Lundeen
gail@lundeenweb.com
(816) 206-1754

Monday, July 18 - Wednesday July 20, 2022
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (22.5 in class hours)

Text: Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter

Class participants will learn how archaeologists investigate and interpret past cultures through their shelters. The scientific skills of observation, inference, classification, and context are taught through activities to be used in the classroom. Authentic archaeological data from a farmhouse excavation will be used to explore the lives of a Montana homestead family. Stewardship of archaeological resources will be emphasized.

Archaeology Excavation Practicum - EW 52321 - 1 Graduate Credit

Instructor: Gail Lundeen gail@lundeenweb.com
(816) 206-1754

Thursday, July 21 - Friday, July 22, 2022
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (16 in class hours)

Text: none

Participants will learn to conduct archaeological site surveys. Shovel testing of areas, including screening for artifacts and recording information on site forms will be carried out. Laboratory work, which includes washing artifacts, conservation techniques, and cataloging of artifacts will be carried out.

Fundamentals of Environmental Economics - (EW 52107) - 1 Graduate Credit

This course introduces students to the economic aspects of the environment among diverse individuals with special attention drawn to market-based versus government-managed solutions. It focuses on how private property rights and cooperative solutions can help individuals address environmental problems and compares the market-based approach with government-led approach.

GEO Spatial Science and Tech Educator Certificate

Due to the accelerated growth of the GIS industry within the St. Louis region, it is imperative that an education pipeline be established to train the needed workforce. Students must be introduced to Geographic/Spatial thinking and GIS technologies during their K-12 years. This certificate will support our Missouri educators by giving them the skills to integrate spatial thinking and GIS technologies into their classrooms, whether they are a Social Studies, English, Math, or Science teacher. ArcGIS Online technologies are FREE to K-12 institutions.

Required Courses for above certificate:

• Geo-Inquiry Process – Getting Started  (EW 52066) - 1 Graduate Credit 
• Mapping in the Field (EW 52067) - 1 Graduate Credit
• GIS Data Visualization (EW 52068) - 1 Graduate Credit

Virtual Special Topics:  Cooperative Teaching Fundamentals (EW 51725) - 3 Graduate Credits                

This workshop consists of a co-teaching strategies workshop (including pairs training) and mentoring/co-teaching with a teacher candidate in a school setting. It is designed to offer professional development to cooperating teachers as they work collaboratively with their teacher candidates on planning, instruction and assessment in the classroom. Those enrolled will be given the opportunity to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Lindenwood University Education Division’s tenet: Teaching is both an art and a science. A heavy emphasis will be placed on Standard #9: Professional Collaboration.

• Mental Health Crisis Interventions - (EW 52223) - 1 Graduate Credit

• Power School U Remote Plus - July 2022 - 1 Credit - (EW 52214) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Power School U Remote Plus - July 2022 - 2 Credits - (EW 52215) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Power School U Educators - July 2022 - 1 Credit - (EW 52216) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Power School U Boston - July 2022 - 1 Credit - (EW 52217) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Power School U Boston - July 2022 - 2 Credits - (EW 52218) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Power School U Anaheim - June 2022 - 1 Credit - (EW 52219) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Power School U Anaheim - June 2022 - 2 Credits - (EW 52220) - 2 Graduate Credits

• Learning about Illinois 2021 - (EW 51950) - 2 Graduate Credits
• ROE 8 - Deeper Reading Book Study - (EW 52228) - 2 Graduate Credits
• ROE 8 - Six Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Classroom - (EW 52229) - 2 Graduate Credits
• ROE 8 - Community Connections - (EW 52230) - 2 Graduate Credits
• ROE 8 - Collaboration Strategies: Game On! - (EW 52316) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Stateline Summer Institute 2022 - (EW 52227) - 2 Graduate Credits

• SMCAA - Champion Teaching SU 2022 - (EW 51980) - 1 Graduate Credit
• SMCAA - Curriculum Bootcamp 2022 - (EW 2296) - 1 Graduate Credit

Tower Garden Implementation for Your Learning Space - (EW 52131) - 1 Graduate Credit

This course will give current educators an in-depth look at the opportunities and enhancements a Tower Garden will have upon their campus and current instructional practices. Attendees will participate in a day-long professional development session with Tower Garden experts, Tim Blank, Jamie Vann and Traci Jansen. This opportunity will share strategies of success for acquisition, implementation, education and sustainable use of a Tower Garden within the classroom, school and local community.

• 201:Adapting mySci with Big Science Ideas & Practices (EW 52259) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Advanced Apple Instructional Technology Collaboration (EW 52041) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Apple Professional Learning - WSD – (EW 52173) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Assessment and Grading Strategies to Motivate Students (EW 52255) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Assessments Through Canvas-WSD– (EW 52270) - 1 Graduate
• Credit Building Clarity in PBL-WSD– (EW 52275) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Canvas Basics-WSD – (EW 52271) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Canvas Skills Checklist-WSD - (EW 52172) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Carneige Launch Days-WSD– (EW 52301) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Design Your Canvas Course for Student Success-WSD– (EW 52273) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Effective Class Meetings K-2-WSD - (EW 52246) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Effective Class Meetings 3-5-WSD - (EW 52247) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Everyone Can Create for Early Learners-WSD - (EW 52256) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Flexible Grouping - (EW 52174) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Fit in Science Time K-2-WSD - (EW 52260) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Fluency Beyond Facts-WSD - (EW 52268) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Fully Engaged: Practical, Playful Pedagogy-WSD - (EW 52274) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Getting Started with Algebra Tiles-WSD - (EW 52263) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Innovator’s Mindset: Create Something New & Bette-WSD - (EW 52175) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Integrating SEL Throughout Your Day - (EW 51783) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Integrating SEL Throughout Your Day Level 2 - (EW 52031) - 1 Graduate Credits
• Making the Most of iReady-WSD - (EW 52248) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Math Workshop: Making Math Memorable - (EW 52045) - 1 Graduate Credit
• New Quizzes-WSD - (EW 52272) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Put the Fun in Fundamentals of Literacy-WSD - (EW 52262) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Reading and Writing Workshop and Balanced Literacy - (EW 52054) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Seesaw Summit-WSD - (EW 52264) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Teaching with Tech Level 2 - (EW 52038) - 1 Graduate Credit
• The Road to Planning Small groups K-5-WSD– (EW 52267) 1 Graduate Credit Using Social Studies Centers - (EW 51794) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Using Universal Supports in Elementary School-WSD - (EW 52250) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Using Universal Supports in Middle School-WSD - (EW 52251) - 1 Graduate Credit
• Write on!-WSD - (EW 52261) - 1 Graduate Credit
• You To Can Do YouTube-WSD - (EW 52269) - 1 Graduate Credit