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2021 ASCA@Home - (EW 52167) - 1 Graduate Credit
2021 ASCA@Home - (EW 52168) - 2 Graduate Credits

Join other school counseling professionals for two days of inspirational keynote sessions, informative breakout sessions, in-depth looks at hot topics in the school counseling profession and networking opportunities, all from the comfort of your home! Watch live or any time through March 31, 2022.

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Science of Reading Part III & IV - (EW 51005) - 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.

• FH - Blended Learning Workshop - (EW 52020) - 2 Graduate Credits
• FH - Advanced Digital Learning With Google Tools - Level 2 - Elementary - (EW 52138) - 3 Graduate Credits
• FH - Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic & Cultural Inequities in Communities - (EW 52139) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Facilitating a 21st Century Classroom - Elementary - (EW 52014) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Instructional and Assessment Practices for English Learners (K-12) - FH - (EW 52020) - 1 Graduate Credit
• FH - Shifting the Balance - (EW 52140) - 2 Graduate Credits
• FH - 102 - Love and Logic - (EW 52196) - 2 Graduate Credits

LABW New Staff Induction Program - (EW 51961) - 1 Graduate Credit

To grow and retain educators in the profession of their calling, long-term commitments in the form of induction to support new educators is necessary. As a comprehensive and coherent professional learning process, induction is designed to train, mentor, support, and retain new educators. Through induction, novice educators progress to a model of lifelong learning and reflection.

K-12 Geospatial 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. Currently, there are only a handful of educators in the State of Missouri with spatial thinking and GIS technology backgrounds. 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 - Access to the technology is affordable/equitable to school districts across the state, but training on the technology for educators has been left to volunteer efforts.

Required Courses for above certificate:

Course 1 - EW 52066
The Geo-Inquiry Process
1 Credit Hour (15 hours)
January 24 – February 4

GIS technologies are only as good as the questions asked them - educators in this class will learn the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry process: Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create, Act. Educators will learn about the administration side of their ArcGIS Online Organization and how to navigate the details involved in getting their class GIS enabled.

Course 2 - EW 52067
Mapping in the Field
1 Credit Hour (15 hours)
February 7 – February 18

Get students out of the classroom and outdoors mapping. Learn to collect spatial data using mobile apps - Educators will learn how to design a project using Survey123 and ArcGIS Field Maps.

Course 3 - EW 52068
GIS Data Visualization
1 Credit Hour (15 hours)
February 21 – March 4

Educators will learn how to communicate/report data findings using Story Maps and Configurable Apps with ArcGIS Online.

• MAEA Leadership Council Board Study 2020 - (EW 51498) - 1 Graduate Credit
• MAEA Executive Board Study 2020 - (EW 51498) - 1 Graduate Credit

Trauma & Learning - Math & Movement - (EW 52176) 1 Graduate Credit

This virtual learning course includes a deep dive into the history and research of ACEs and toxic stress, as well as its impact on brain research, the damaging consequences for students with ACES, the appropriate role of the educator, and innovative strategies to calm students and help them learn. ALL of your students - present and future - will benefit from the practical techniques and strategies included in this course. Your attendance in this course is the best first step you as a trauma-informed educator can take to support your students’ social, emotional, and physical wellness.

St. Louis AOSA - 2021 - (EW 51649) - 1 Graduate Credit

This course will provide hands on musical experiences through the use of singing, dancing and playing of instruments. These experiences will model the teaching process used in the elementary music classroom and suitable to early childhood and elementary age students.

Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Teaching & Learning - (EW 52124) - 2 Graduate Credits

Using SEL Strategies to Expand Practices - (EW 52158) - 2 Graduate Credits

Get Smart!Podcast Study - (EW 52125) - 2 Graduate Credits

Podcasts make us smarter! Participants will meet monthly during the school year to listen to podcasts and watch videos that deal with current issues/trends in our world today. We will have a guided discussion after the podcast or video. Between studies, participants will do further study and expand their knowledge and thinking. Each month, participants will listen to a podcast and take part in a guided discussion afterward. When students leave the session, they will be asked to spend time in further study, including reading pertinent articles and listening to related podcasts.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain - ROE 9 - (EW 50968) - 2 Graduate Credits

Throughout the course, educators will read, analyze and apply how neuroscience impacts learning and how a student’s culture and teacher’s culture influence learning. Participants will examine and develop a philosophy of culturally responsive teaching and practices and systems necessary to create independent learners experiences, and best practices.

New Teacher Induction Program I - St. Charles SD - (EW 51336) - 1 Graduate Credit

The goal is to provide new teachers the support to succeed in the teaching field by providing a variety of opportunities for meaningful and focused engagement surrounding educational issues related to instruction, curriculum, relationships, classroom management, communication, and student-centered practices.

• Teaching with Technology Leadership Academy - Master Level II - (EW 52162) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Teaching with Technology Leadership Academy - Professional Level II - (EW 52163) - 3 Graduate Credits
• Teaching with Technology Leadership Academy - Specialist Level II - (EW 52164) - 3 Graduate Credits

Science Coach 2021-2022 - (EW 51388) - 3 Graduate Credits

The course “Science Coach” is designed to educate science teachers and indirectly their students, in the process of entering a high-level science project into a juried competition. Each teacher will have a Head Coach (Instructor) to provide customized training and communication as you guide students to decide on a topic, develop a advanced authentic question/problem to be answered/solved, collect data with appropriate equipment, analyze results, infer an appropriate conclusion and finally, enter their project into a juried competition. Specific focus early on will be on ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) paperwork as well as the definition of advanced authentic research.

Supporting a Beginning Educator (BTAP) - SSD - Special School District - (EW 51412) - 1 Graduate Credit

The goal of the BTAP through SSSD is to provide new teachers the support to succeed in the teaching field by providing a variety of opportunities for meaningful and focused engagement surrounding educational issues related to instruction, curriculum, relationships, classroom management, communication, and student-centered practices.

Tower Garden Implementation - (EW 52131) - 1 Graduate Credit

Professional Development - 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.

• Math Workshop Book Study - (EW 52058) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Total Participation Techniques Book Study - Wentzville - (EW 52059) - 2 Graduate Credits
• 4 Essential Studies Book Study - Wentzville - (EW 52060) - 2 Graduate Credits
• Wentzville Educator Induction program - (EW 51391) - 2 Graduate Credits