Secondary Teachers

Teachers are Learners Too! Creating Robust Professional Development based on Adult Learning Theories

klomax@washington.edu — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:52:57 +0000

Teachers are Learners Too! Creating Robust Professional Development based on Adult Learning Theories

Teachers spend their career exploring how children learn best. They take courses on child development, learning theory, and pedagogy. However, those who teach teachers, rarely study adult development, adult learning, and andragogy (the art and science of teaching adults). This course provides opportunities for anyone supporting teacher learning to explore these topics and consider implications for the upcoming school year in collaboration with others.

In this three-session online course, we will explore theories of adult development and workplace learning, discuss how the theories can be applied in the context of K-12 schooling, and utilize the theories as individuals and teams to plan for the 2025-2026 school year.

If you are interested in how teachers learn best, whether through formal professional development or informal interactions with one another, this course is for you!

A discounted registration rate is available for individual educators paying for their own registration out-of-pocket.

Credit Type

Clock hours

Credit Hours

Cost

225

Course Format

Online Interactive Session

Event Date

Tue, Jul 8 2025, 9 - 11am Tue, Jul 15 2025, 9 - 11am Tue, Jul 22 2025, 9 - 11am

Course Registration URL

Course Registration Ends

2025-07-03

Course Objectives

Open to Anyone

Instructor Name

Maxine Alloway

Audience

District Leaders School Leaders Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers

Media Literacy Institute 2025

klomax@washington.edu — Mon, 05 May 2025 21:51:34 +0000

Media Literacy Institute 2025

In the AI age, media literacy education has never been more important. This course addresses the pressing need for K-12 students to develop media literacy skills, including critical thinking and deeper insights about the media messages they consume and produce each day. Media literacy promotes inquiry into stereotypes, representation, biases, ethical challenges, and other concerns that must be addressed in a world where AI s becoming ubiquitous.

Media literacy is not just an essential subject, but also an engaging approach to support teaching in all disciplines. Washington State is in the process of updating its English Language Arts standards to include media literacy. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) both have issued position papers on the importance of media literacy to each of their disciplines.

Through the Media Literacy Institute, participants will gain skills to effectively utilize the Center for Media Literacy's evidence-based framework so that users of AI can create engaging lessons that empower students. The course will employ active learning techniques that are sure to yield "Aha!" moments. By the end of this program, educators will have the confidence and knowledge to foster media literacy in their classrooms.

This course is a collaboration between UW Center for Excellence in Media Literacy and the Center for Media Literacy.

Credit Type

Clock hours

Credit Hours

Cost

300

Course Format

Online Interactive Session

Event Date

Mon, Aug 4 2025, 9 - 11am Fri, Aug 8 2025, 9 - 11am

Course Registration URL

https://uweducation.learningcart.com/products/Media-Literacy-Institute-2025.aspx

Course Registration Ends

2025-07-31

Course Objectives

In the AI age, media literacy education has never been more important. This course addresses the pressing need for students to develop media literacy skills, including critical thinking and deeper insights about the media messages they consume and produce each day.

Open to Anyone

Audience

Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers Informal Educators

Every Teacher Can Lead: Finding Your Niche as a Strengths-Based Teacher Leader

klomax@washington.edu — Mon, 05 May 2025 21:45:32 +0000

Every Teacher Can Lead: Finding Your Niche as a Strengths-Based Teacher Leader

All teachers are capable of impacting student growth and systemic change, both within and beyond their own classroom. In this interactive session, we will use a strengths-based approach to explore the various ways you can bring your passion, knowledge, and equity-focused orientation to a variety of teacher leadership roles, ranging from leading teams to coaching and mentoring colleagues, and much more. We will look at the unique dispositions and skills that promote collegial learning among teaching peers, with a specific focus on why teacher leadership is more important now than ever. This course is recommended for classroom teachers, teacher-leaders, instructional coaches, or administrators hoping to gain an understanding of how they might promote teacher leadership at their school site(s).

A discounted registration rate is available for individual educators paying for their own registration out-of-pocket.

Credit Type

Clock hours

Credit Hours

Cost

225

Course Format

Online Interactive Session

Event Date

Tue, Aug 5 2025, 9 - 11am Wed, Aug 6 2025, 9 - 11am Thu, Aug 7 2025, 9 - 11am

Course Registration URL

Course Registration Ends

2025-07-31

Course Objectives

Open to Anyone

Instructor Name

Sylvia Bagley

Audience

Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers School Leaders District Leaders

Supporting Parents with Challenging Behaviors at Home

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:40:35 +0000

Supporting Parents with Challenging Behaviors at Home

This training will explore current practices in the implementation of online parent coaching for challenging behaviors at home. The focus is for early childhood staff working with families around behavior support. This training will teach educators best practices in providing parent coaching. In addition, this training will focus on decreasing engagement in challenging behavior through the implementation of preventative, antecedent strategies, and appropriate replacement behaviors. Lastly, will also discuss factors affecting the consistent implementation of strategies at home, ensuring the strong contextual fit of proposed interventions.

Credit Type

Clock hours

Credit Hours

Cost

Course Format

Online Self-Paced

Course Registration Ends

2024-06-29

Course Objectives

Participants will learn current online practices in parent coaching around challenging behavior at home.
Participants will learn preventative strategies to decrease challenging behavior at home.
Participants will discuss the factors and variables that affect the consistent implementation of interventions at home.

Open to Anyone

Audience

Early Childhood Professionals Elementary Teachers Secondary Teachers Special Education Professionals