2026 Spring Courses   

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   Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator
                

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January 15th & 29th (5:00-9:00)

January 17th, 18th, 31st, & February 1st  (8:30-4:40)

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Course Description:  EDUC-580-

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This experientially oriented workshop focuses on developing creative and engaging lessons that draw student in and help establish rapport with students in the classroom. In the course we discuss lesson planning including everything from the “hook” used to capture students’ attention at the beginning of class to the exit slip students write before leaving the classroom. As teachers, if we want students to be engaged, we need to offer engaging lesson every day. Pirate is an acronym for Passion, Immersion, Rapport, Ask and analyze, Transformation, and Enthusiasm.

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Location:  ZOOM

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Reducing Stress for Teachers and Students

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Dates:

February 12th & 26th (5:00-9:00)       

Feb. 14th, 15th, 28th, & March 1st (8:30-4:30)            

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Course Description:  EDUC-580-

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This experientially oriented workshop is designed to empower educators with practical tools and research-based strategies to reduce stress for teachers and students in the classroom. Teachers will explore the impact on student behavior, effective ways to create a calm, emotionally supportive classroom culture. Topics include the psychological and physiological effects of stress on teachers and students, how to integrate short, evidence-based stress reduction strategies into daily classroom routines, and how to develop personal wellness routines that prevent burnout.

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Location:  ZOOM

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Boosting Teacher Morale

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Dates:

March 12th & 26th (5:00-9:00)  

 March 14th, 15th, 28th, & 29th (8:30-4:30)

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Course Description: EDUC-580-

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This experiential course focuses on fun and effective strategies that teachers and staff can implement to improve morale in their buildings. Teachers make up the largest part of the school and spend the most time with students. Research indicates that poor teacher morale negatively impacts student achievement; conversely, high teacher morale boosts student performance. This course offers a multitude of strategies that teachers can do in their buildings to boost morale for their colleagues and their students.

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Location: ZOOM

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​Creating Cultures of Thinking, Part 1

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Dates:

April 9th & 23rd (5:00-9:00)

April 11th, 12th, 25th, & 26th, 2026 (8:30-4:30)           

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Course Description: EDUC-580-

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This online course examines Ron Ritchhart’s book, Creating Cultures of Thinking: 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Our Schools. It is designed to help teachers facilitate an environment where students develop critical thinking skills, listening skills, and questioning techniques that will shape meaningful collaboration that increases student learning. Teachers will develop ways to integrate technology for inquiry, problem and project-based learning assignments.

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Location: ZOOM

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