by nglissmann | Oct 6, 2022 | eNetLearning, eNetLearning Courses, Online Learning, Professional Development, Resources
For more information on each course, please click on the class title. To view the complete eNetLearning Course Catalog click here.
Early Childhood I and Early Childhood II – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Early Childhood I – This Education course is designed to provide an overview of the expectations and roles of the early childhood educator. The course provides details about childhood development, health, nutrition, and guidance strategies to help students understand the exciting and unique opportunities that a career in early childhood education can offer. The course is intended to prepare teachers for challenges they may face, but to emphasize the rewards of being able to influence the life of a young child. Early Childhood II – The Early Childhood Education Two course is designed to provide an overview of the professional expectations of being an early childhood educator. Throughout the course, participants will learn about what it means to be a professional, including the significance of professional development in any educational role. They will review observational methods and the history of education in the United States, with a focus on early childhood and school-age programs. They will spend a significant portion of the course learning about the importance of Developmentally Appropriate Practice and how to implement DAP strategies. Designing physical, social, and temporal environments will also be a major focus of the course, as will developing relationships with families and communities to strengthen their position and knowledge. To register for this course, please click here.
Early Childhood I and Early Childhood II – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Early Childhood I – This Education course is designed to provide an overview of the expectations and roles of the early childhood educator. The course provides details about childhood development, health, nutrition, and guidance strategies to help students understand the exciting and unique opportunities that a career in early childhood education can offer. The course is intended to prepare teachers for challenges they may face, but to emphasize the rewards of being able to influence the life of a young child. Early Childhood II – The Early Childhood Education Two course is designed to provide an overview of the professional expectations of being an early childhood educator. Throughout the course, participants will learn about what it means to be a professional, including the significance of professional development in any educational role. They will review observational methods and the history of education in the United States, with a focus on early childhood and school-age programs. They will spend a significant portion of the course learning about the importance of Developmentally Appropriate Practice and how to implement DAP strategies. Designing physical, social, and temporal environments will also be a major focus of the course, as will developing relationships with families and communities to strengthen their position and knowledge. To register for this course, please click here.
FREE COURSE – Transitioning to Remote Learning – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – In this course, you will learn several techniques and helpful resources to make your transition to remote learning be a successful one. You will review examples of remote teaching and reflect on considerations that should be taken into account when transitioning to remote learning. To register for this course, please click here.
PMIEF – Project Management – Toolkit for Teachers – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – The PMI Educational Foundation has sponsored the creation of the course materials and has chosen eNetLearning to deliver the content. The Project Management Toolkit for Teachers™ online course is a facilitated experience that integrates the best practices of project-based learning with skills and tools for project management. The course will guide you through the Project Management Toolkit for Teachers, a resource that can be used with elementary through high school students. To register for this course, please click here.
Show Me the Money – Writing Winning Grants – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – This six-week online asynchronous course provides a structured framework and run entirely online for educators wanting to learn how to write clear, concise, and competitive grants. The information, resources, and strategies offered in this course will help educators use their newly acquired grant writing skills to bring “free money” to their school. To register for this course, please click here.
NEW COURSE – It is Time to Get Organized – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – We challenge you to try the strategies you will learn in this course. You will explore the outside resources – websites, digital storage resources, books, and magazines. We wish you success in your journey to a more organized life. To register for this course, please click here. To register for this course, please click here.
Designing Blended Learning – Anytime and Anyplace – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Designing Blended Learning is an e-learning course for teachers that explains and demonstrates blended learning with interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples. The course helps teachers transition to creating blended learning experiences. It provides the background rationale, planning strategies, and suggested technology tools. It offers suggestions for assessing student learning in a blended course and managing the day-to-day blended environment. Participants will also learn how to create course areas within Google in the Classroom and Moodle platforms. To register for this course, please click here.
Designing Blended Learning – Anytime and Anyplace – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Designing Blended Learning is an e-learning course for teachers that explains and demonstrates blended learning with interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples. The course helps teachers transition to creating blended learning experiences. It provides the background rationale, planning strategies, and suggested technology tools. It offers suggestions for assessing student learning in a blended course and managing the day-to-day blended environment. Participants will also learn how to create course areas within Google in the Classroom and Moodle platforms. To register for this course, please click here.
The Future of Education – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – This course is designed to prepare future educators/administrators for the classroom and school, they will inherit! It starts with a history of education and how blended, adaptive, and personalized learning are coming to the forefront in learning. It then explores new and emerging technologies, along with their current and future impact on education. Throughout the course, students will explore a wide range of career possibilities in the education field and evaluate both the promises and pitfalls of technology in education. To register for this course, please click here.
Project-Based Approaches – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Using specific classroom scenarios, teachers explore the characteristics and benefits of Project-Based Learning (PBL). Throughout the Intel® Teach – Project-Based Approaches course, teachers consider their own teaching practice as they follow a teacher new to project-based learning who discusses strategies with a mentor teacher. Planning and project design modules guide teachers through organizing the curriculum, the classroom, and students for successful 21st century projects. The assessment module demonstrates strategies for assessing students’ 21st century skills throughout an open-ended project. The course offers opportunities to apply the PBL concepts with action-planning exercises. To register for this course, please click here.
Inquiry in the Science Classroom – Starts OCTOBER 6TH – Inquiry in the Science Classroom is an e-learning course for teachers that will give an indepth explanation and demonstration of the inquiry process. Using interactive activities and locally relevant classroom examples, this course is more than just for science teachers. It is a course for all teachers who would like to incorporate inquiry within their curriculum areas. The course will build a foundation for inquiry and provide the rationale and research basis, common misconceptions, and specific strategies for inquiry as part of any science learning, regardless of the science discipline. It will promote best practices for improving scientific inquiry and will help both the teacher with weak science inquiry background but it will also reinforce teachers more experienced with inquiry. To register for this course, please click here.
For any additional information or questions, please contact any of the following eNetLearning staff: Carolyn Gardner at carolyngardner@eNetLearning.org, Jane Brown at jane@springshosting.org or Dan Morris at danmorris@eNetLearning.org.
by Carolyn Gardner | May 19, 2020 | eNetLearning, eNetLearning Courses, Events, News, Online Learning, Professional Development, Resources, Summer Courses, Virtual Conference, Webinars, Workshop
Check out our highly recommended online asynchronous professional development courses to help and support you in this new blended/hybrid instructional ever-changing environment. https://www.enetlearning.org/course-catalog-and-descriptions/
If your school district is needing high-level trainings, workshops, webinars in online environments and resources, please contact the following:
by nglissmann | Jun 16, 2018 | Professional Development, Resources, Workshop
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is requesting your brilliant input. As part of their work to make interacting with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science easy and fun, they are seeking in-person feedback. They need your insights and opinions once you have taken their brand new online reservation tool for a test drive, to help us ensure an experience that meets your needs.
Please RSVP to join them for one of the dates listed below. You’ll receive a $50 gift card in exchange for a lively, fun, informal conversation and a sneak peek into this new tool. We have 10 spots per day that will be filled based on the order we receive your RSVPs. Please RSVP with the following information to lindsey.housel@dmns.org to secure your spot:
Full name
Contact phone number
Contact email
Preferred Date (Option A or Option B)
OPTION A
Wednesday, June 20, 3–5 p.m.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205
OPTION B
Monday, June 25, 4–6 p.m.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205
by nglissmann | Dec 14, 2016 | Professional Development, Resources, Student Opportunities, Talk
NCAR/UCAR with the NSF
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) invites you to join them for their Explorer Series. Get an inside look at the advances our scientists are making in areas of study that stretch from Earth’s oceans, forests, and cities up through the layers of the atmosphere to the scorching swirls of plasma on the Sun. Recommended ages 12+.
Also available are videos of the 2016 Explorer Series.
For more information and a list of speakers and dates for the 2017 Explorer Series, please click here. The series is free to all that attend, but seating is limited so get your tickets now!
by nglissmann | Sep 26, 2016 | Professional Development, Resources
Apps, sites, and text hotlines help kids cope with issues from cyberbullying to suicide.
Christine Elgersma Senior Editor, Apps| Mom of one 9/6/2016
Many parents wonder how they would fare as a teenager in a world filled with social media drama, texting troubles, and cyberbullying. Whether they’re the cause or symptomatic of deeper issues, the same tools kids use to connect can also trigger anxiety, depression, and even thoughts of suicide. For today’s struggling kids, there’s some hope. Popular apps, sites, and services offer guidance and help when, where, and how kids need it. Let kids know where they can find support. Read the rest of her article at Common Sense Media and sign up for the great articles useful for Educators and Parents, alike.
by nglissmann | Sep 18, 2016 | Professional Development, Resources, Webinars
What Does it Take to Navigate our Education System?
by Rebecca Kisner
To kick off the 11th season of DK Hot Lunch, we’re hosting EdNavigator, a New Orleans-based nonprofit launched in 2015. EdNavigator supports families as they navigate and engage with the school system. Local employers provide EdNavigator’s services – personalized educational support – as a benefit to their employees. Participating employees (parents) are paired with expert Navigators who “help them choose schools, understand and track their child’s progress, support learning at home, and advocate for their children’s needs.” If this is the first time you’re hearing about EdNavigator, spend some time reading their recent blog series with insights from their first year.
One of the reasons we’re so excited about EdNavigator is because we believe they fill a particular gap in our current landscape: an organization whose primary purpose for existing is to help families support their kids, without being beholden to any single institution or ideology. As they describe themselves, they’re like “a family’s pediatrician, only focused on educational, not physical, health.” They also have a smart and creative business model, which leverages the opportunity for socially-conscious employers to improve the lives of their lower-wage employees with something that’s of critical importance to them: their children’s education. If you’re as intrigued as we are, tune in for Hot Lunch on September 16th with Ariela Rozman and Rameisha Johnson.
But here’s the thing: organizations like EdNavigator are in short supply. Most families are navigating education on their own and as we know, a lot more goes into a student’s success than what’s outlined in a lesson plan each day. Families jump through various hoops in multiple systems on a daily basis to try to get their kids’ needs met, and often times, they don’t.
Imagine having to apply for a health insurance reimbursement to cover the cost of your child’s eye exam and reading glasses, or having to prove your eligibility for Free/Reduced priced lunch in order to secure affordable internet at home. Imagine needing to request time off from work just to show up to your church on the day registration opens for a highly competitive, first-come first-served spot in summer camp. Think about the time and effort it takes to coordinate your daughter’s carpool to and from after-school tutoring, or to set up a meeting to appeal to the principal about switching your son to a different homeroom, so he’ll no longer be anxious about school because of persistent bullying.
The process of achieving any one of these tasks can be painful, and often depends on timing, luck, or superheroes who go far beyond their job descriptions to make the lives of kids and parents easier. But the point is, the system requires that sophisticated degree of navigation for people to be successful.
As these examples illustrate, effectively navigating the system to meet the needs and aspirations of learners is significantly challenging for people across the socioeconomic spectrum. Even the savviest parents with the most social capital affirm how helpful an Advocate would be throughout their journey. While all kinds of people (counselors, teachers, nurses, social workers, coaches, and many more) serve in formal and informal Advocate roles to resolve daily hurdles to success, it’s also important to hold the long view: how can we ensure we’re building the agency of learners and families over time to navigate their own learning and lives with confidence?
For the ReSchool Colorado initiative, we believe in a new age of the Advocate role. In the system we envision that’s built around the learner, an Advocate Network is integral to the learner’s life trajectory. Learners and their families choose into an Advocate Network as their initial act of joining the system, and co-design a path together that meets the learner’s unique and evolving needs across age and circumstance.
One essential function of the Advocate Network is to connect a learner with what we call their “Best Match Learning Home Base.” For the vast majority of kids, this is a school. Our current system is responsible for this task now, although a Home Base is often assigned without choice and is not necessarily the best match for that learner at that time. We believe there are vital activities that must occur before and beyond this matching, starting with a deep understanding of who a learner is and who they aspire to be.
Stay tuned for the next installment of this series, where we respond to the question: Is supporting success during the school day enough in today’s exciting and complex world of learning?
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