Creating Presentations that Teach, Engage, Motivate, and Transform Instructor: Jaime Alford 1 credit Grade Levels: ALL Delivery: Online
Tuition: $180 Instructor Fee: N/A
Are you a principal, instructional coach, teacher leader, or someone in a profession that finds themselves having to “in service” adult learners? Are you a secondary teacher who has to “fill” 90 minutes or more of instructional time and wonders why the kids don’t remember everything you taught? If you answered “yes” then this is the workshop for you! In this workshop you will learn the finder points of planning for and delivering presentations that will have a lasting and positive impact on your learners and leave them wanting more! In this workshop some of the topics include: active engagement strategies for adults and students, presentation styles and how they affect learners for different results, communicating with the entire brain of your audience, making learning active, room arrangement to enhance presentation, use of visuals, how to work with special situations (nervousness, avoiding unintended offense, ways to redirect resistance), responding to questions and maintaining credibility, deciding what content is most important and understanding the content and process “teeter totter”. This is an online class and will be delivered using Moodle. There will be opportunities to share with one another in blogs, and videos for practice as well as learn from, and give feedback to one another. Join us as we learn to navigate the skill of presenting in engaging and transformative ways, together! This course is an online class. Participants will use Moodle to complete their work. Additional computer requirements may be found at: www.friends.edu/technology/. Enrollment closes prior to start date to allow time to establish Moodle accounts. If you need assistance with Moodle prior to class start date, please call Help Desk at 316-295-5767 or email at helpdesk@friends.edu. For course information, contact Jaime at jaime_alford@friends.edu. Learning Forward Standards: 2, 6 KEPPS Standards: 9, 10 Book: No books are required for this course. The instructor will reference several books that students may find of use in the future. Materials Fee: N/A Supplies: N/A Prerequisites: N/A
CRN: 10629 Course #: EDUC 5725-01 Meeting Dates: 11/19/2021-12/08/2021 Enrollment Ends: 11/16/2021 Location: Online
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Davis Laughlin Workshops Essential Keys for Influential Teaching Instructor: Davis Laughlin Grade Levels: ALL Delivery: Online
2 credits
Tuition: $200 Instructor Fee: $110
Had enough? Not sure you can teach another year? Frustrated with the current trends in education? This workshop will revive your teaching by focusing on researchbased keys to powerful teaching, along with strategies that need to be in every teacher’s toolbox. Through original songs, workshop discussions, practical assignments, helpful tips and lots of fun, teachers will rediscover their passion and purpose as an educator, all with the focus on improving student achievement. Your time in this workshop may just be the turning point in your career. Expect to laugh, vent, think, and be challenged. An additional fee of $110, payable by check to Davis Laughlin, is due the first day of class. This course is an online class. Participants will use Moodle to complete their work. Additional computer requirements may be found at: www.friends.edu/ technology/. Enrollment closes prior to start date to allow time to establish Moodle accounts. If you need assistance with Moodle prior to class start date, please call Help Desk at 316-295-5767 or email at helpdesk@friends.edu. For course information, contact Davis at davis_laughlin@friends.edu.
Learning Forward Standards: 1, 2, 5, 6 KEPPS Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Book: N/A Materials Fee: N/A Supplies: N/A Prerequisites: N/A
CRN: 10640 Course #: EDUC 4977-31 Meeting Dates: 10/02/2021-11/02/2021 Enrollment Ends: 10/12/2021 Location: Online
