Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 4210 Independence Drive Schnecksville, PA 18078 

610‐769‐4111 www.cliu.org 

  

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Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21

4210 Independence Drive Schnecksville, PA 18078

610-769-4111 www.cliu.org

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Do you have great ideas and resources for Professional Development? Are you interested in offering your courses online to your peers and other teachers for Act 48? You can make a little extra money for your effort. Please contact Dr. Charlotte Golden at goldenc@cliu.org or call 610-769-4111 ex. 1201.

(6 weeks, 18 hours Act 48, $60.00 per course Register @ www.cpetracker.org

or call Sandy Bowen @ 610-769-4111 ex. 1201) Online Teaching Part I (Sept 16 - Oct 25, 2013) This foundational course will help teachers understand online teaching and learning in K-12 schools and the key components for successful online teaching based on the iNACOL (National Standards for Quality Online Teaching). Including classroom management and feedback strategies, teachers will discuss quality online teaching standards and practice online organization and feedback skills. Personal Learning Networks for Educators (Oct 21 - Nov 29, 2013) The utilization of social networking and learning communities, the focus of this course, will empower participants to increase student achievement through the transformational power of these tools. Social networking and media give educators the ability to make digital integration a holistic component of their instructional and personal learning methods. This course will provide the resources, connections, and the learning needed to increase digital literacy in our schools, and empower educators to comfortably connect with technology within their current positions. Online Teaching Part II (Dec 2, 2013 - Jan 17, 2014) In continuing development of the competencies necessary for quality online teaching, this course will help teachers learn strategies to encourage active learning and explore reliable assessment methods for online classes. Participants will have the opportunity to design an engaging discussion and develop an authentic assessment that could be used in an online course. Participants will also explore the use of synchronous meeting tools to create engaging online learning environments. Effective Questioning Techniques (Jan 6 - Feb 14, 2014) How can we support our students to take their learning deeper? Learn how different types of questions posed by the teacher and by the students can be used to assess learning, advance learning, build deeper understanding, and strengthen communication. Online Teaching Part III (Feb 10 - March 21, 2014) Participants in this course will continue to develop competencies outlines in the iNACOL (National Standards for Quality Online Teaching). This course will focus on strategies to differentiate and/or individualize instruction and use course data to remediate or enrich for students. A final aspect of this course will give participants the opportunity to learn about accommodations and interventions to meet IEP and/or 504 plan requirements.

Getting in Gear with Google (March 17 - April 25, 2014) This course explores the basic functions of your account with Google Drive, Google Plus, Hangouts, and Google Chrome extensions such as “Add to Drive,” “Google Calendar,” and “PicMonkey” to optimize your Internet browsing and provide your students with the Web 2.0 learning experience they need. Google is more than just a search engine as it continues to evolve and prove itself as an effective tool for personal use, as well as in the classroom. Designing Learning Objects for Online/Blended Learning (April 21 - May 30, 2014) In this project-based, online course, teachers will learn about tools and resources to help them build online learning objects to use as lesson content for online or blended learning objects. Through tutorials, peer review, and instructor feedback, teachers will complete the course by creating their own module of content that they can use in an online or blended environment. Writing Standards Aligned Assessments (May 26 - June 30, 2014) This course will provide educators with a rationale for standards-aligned assessment and an understanding of the design and analysis of assessments that can be employed in a standards-based classroom. Summative, formative, benchmark, and diagnostic assessment will be explored and analyzed. Participants will have the opportunity to develop standards-aligned assessments for use in their classrooms.

Intel Course #1 Project-Based Approaches (Oct 2 - Nov 13, 2013) In this online course, you will explore the features and benefits of project-based learning with classroom scenarios that help you to engage students with self-directed learning. Intel Course #2 Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms (Jan 8 - Feb 19, 2014) In this online course, you will learn how to plan, develop, and manage student-centered assessment strategies that can benefit your teaching and your students’ learning. Intel Course #3 Collaboration in the Digital Classroom (March 5 - April 16, 2014) In this online course, you will plan and manage collaboration activities that integrate online tools, which are increasingly an integral part of our digital, global world. Intel Course #4 Thinking Critically with Data (April 23 - June 4, 2014) In this online course, you will examine critical thinking with a focus on data analysis. This course will help you prepare students to think analytically in our global, knowledge-driven world.

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(6 weeks, 30 hours of Act 48, $125.00 per course Register @ www.cpetracker.org

or call Sandy Bowen @ 610-769-4111 ex. 1201)

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