Professional and Career Development
EDUX 8004 Mediation for Educators (1.0 CEU)
You can relax, you can concentrate, you can experience increased creativity, intelligence and peace of mind. Twenty minutes of meditation can make the difference between struggling through your workday and flying through the day with ease and effectiveness. This hands-on, minds-on workshop will provide educators and administrators with an introduction to the scientific literature on meditation, theories of consciousness and human development, and several easy-to-apply meditation techniques.
EDUX 8005 Kids Need Carrots to Learn (1.0 CEU)
“...no curriculum is brilliant enough to compensate for a hungry stomach or distracted mind.” The Federal Government mandate, Section 204 Child Reauthorization Act, will require schools to address nutrition and physical activity in the classroom. Will you be compliant?
Nutrition and physical activity are elementary...or they should be! Healthy children are more successful in the classroom, achieve higher test scores, and they interact better with peers and authority. However, nine million children (over age 6) in the U.S. are considered obese, an epidemic with serious physical and emotional health consequences. This workshop will show teachers and parents what they need to know to improve the health of children. By examining innovative models, known facts about nutrition and other successful programs nationwide, participants will learn how to implement this essential training successfully in the classroom.
EDUX 8006 Getting Results from Conferences & Meetings (1.0 CEU)
Could you use some meeting management skills to improve your next PTA, faculty, administration, teacher union, faculty or parent/student meeting? This course will focus on the practical tools and techniques you need to successfully plan and lead a school related meeting, or to influence its effectiveness using Roberta’s Rules of Order. Participants will learn methods for working with a diverse group of people, to keep the focus on results using constructive dialog and avoiding contentious debates, and to reach a shared understanding and agreement on next steps. If you spend a lot of time in conferences and meetings, this workshop could improve the quality of your work life!
EDUX 8009 Custom Curriculum Planning (3.0 CEUs)
This hands-on program enables K-12 teachers to develop activities for their own classroom in a fun, interactive environment. We will provide innovative techniques that enable you to address curriculum standards in a new and engaging way. Teachers are encouraged to create their own support materials, units, learning centers, and multimedia presentations...we provide the computer and internet access. While collaborating with colleagues and sharing creative project ideas, you will also be rejuvenating your curriculum, and freeing up the rest of your summer for travel and family fun.
EDUX 8011 Early Literacy, Music & Creative Dance (2.0 CEUs)
Music and creative movement create a natural bridge to reading for young children and second language learners. This course integrates language, music and movement through the Orff approach. Teachers will learn songs, rhymes, musical games, creative movement, folk dances, and instrumental activities which develop oral language, early literacy and English language skills. These activities also enhance music, dance and instrumental skills. Participants will create their own lessons which address the language arts, music and dance standards.
EDUX 8013 Teaching Reading & Writing Literacy (1.0 CEU)
This innovative reading, writing and language development workshop will provide participants with teaching strategies in differentiated instruction, incorporating the planning of mini-lessons and conferences to promote student literary analysis. Participants will explore a portfolio-based approach to teaching developmental reading and writing, and will learn techniques for both students’ self-evaluation and teacher evaluation.
Participants will learn to plan, sustain and evaluate standards-based reading and writing curricula that addresses the students’ emerging language, cognition and social development. The effects of diverse cultural, linguistic and learning style backgrounds will also be addressed. Particular emphasis is placed on linking assessment and instruction through utilization of scoring rubrics in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
EDUX 8017 Social Emotional Learning in Today’s Classroom (1.0 CEU)
As schools respond to state and federal accountability measures, teachers are finding they have less flexible time to address the social development of children. Many educators realize that healthy social development is a key goal of education and enhances learning in the school setting. This workshop offers teachers an introduction to practical strategies for integrating teaching practices into the school day that foster social emotional learning (SEL).
EDUX 8018 & 8008 Spanish for Communication (Beg/Int, Int/Adv) (3.0 CEUs)
This popular program provides an intensive, beginning-to-intermediate, and also intermediate-to-advanced language experience for teachers and students wanting to immerse themselves in language and culture. Participants improve oral and written communication skills through day-long immersion in the language. Discussions focus on the features of the different countries of Latin America, and students will prepare and enjoy foods created from regional cuisines.
EDUX 8019 Organization in the Classroom (2.0 CEUs)
Classroom Organization is intended for teachers (K-6) who seek to learn techniques for better classroom management. Participants will learn organizational skills and strategies to enhance their classrooms, and effective methods for implementation. Teachers will develop individual action plans that complement their own environment and needs, including their physical classrooms, files, student work and materials
EDUX 8020 Get Up and Move (1.0 CEU)
In this class you will learn multicultural songs, games and dances, creative movement activities, and rhymes with body percussion for K-3 students. Besides being fun, these activities address the California language arts, math, music and dance standards. They are a great way to start the day, provide a break during those long language arts lessons, or transition to other subjects.
EDUX 8021 Telling Tales (2.0 CEUs)
“Telling Tales” is for anyone who has ever wanted to publicly tell stories with ease and confidence. The course will cover basic terms and uses of the ancient craft of storytelling, explore research and adaptation techniques and hone vocal skills. By the end of the course participants will have learned methods for shortening or lengthening written stories, acquired tools to enhance narration and been given multiple opportunities to tell in front of the group. This is an active, playful, and rewarding course having no prerequisite other than enthusiasm.
EDUX 8022 Storytelling in the School Curriculum (2.0 CEUs)
Storytelling is one of our oldest art forms and a powerful means through which cultures pass down values from one generation to the next. We listen before we speak and speak before we read. This simple truism can translate into a dynamic model for the teaching of any area of the school curriculum be it science, math, language arts or social studies. Oral language activities can be used at every grade level and are found throughout the state’s standards. Learn how to enliven your own oral delivery, add to your students’ comfort with public speaking and fill your skilled teacher’s tool box with joyful, effective strategies.
EDUX 8524 Wonderful Water (1.0 CEU)
Explore water through music, creative dance, poetry, drama, instruments and science experiments. Learn watery songs, rhymes and dances. Experience the water cycle through creative dance. Delve into the concepts of polarity, hydrophilic molecules, solvents and emulsifiers when water, salt, oil and soap meet at the rock and roll dance. Create a puppet musical for the story of the Rainbow Fish. This workshop addresses the K-4 standards in science, language arts, music, and dance and integrates arts and academics.
EDUX 9108 Temperament and Children’s Behavior (1 extension semester unit)
Brent doesn’t listen; he won’t finish his work and disrupts the class with his antics. He is difficult to manage in a busy classroom! Shawna is an easy going girl...at home; but at school she won’t speak up and she stays by herself at recess. Is something wrong with her?
All children are unique and approach the world in a different way; understanding their temperament is vital to understanding their behavior. Designed for teachers, child care providers, healthcare providers, therapists and parents, this course examines temperament in children and how it affects development, learning, socialization, emotion regulation, and behavioral problems. From infancy through adolescence, we will explore the environmental effect of temperament as it impacts parenting, education, child care, therapy, and healthcare. Participants will learn how to improve their interactions with children and work more effectively with challenging behavior. This course is ideal for anyone who works with children, has a child, knows a child, or ever was a child.
EDUX 9179 Courage To Teach and Courage To Learn
A program of quarterly retreats for the personal and professional renewal of teachers, administrators, and others in the public schools. The program is designed for K-12 educators – on whom our society depends for so much, but for whom we provide so little encouragement and support. The retreats focus neither on “technique” nor on school reform, but on renewing the inner lives of professionals in education. Information meetings and retreats are being scheduled. For more information, please contact Margaret Golden at (415) 482-3593.
EDUX 9210 Career Development Facilitator Training
This program is designed for individuals who help others learn about themselves, learn about jobs, make career choices and carry them out. Participants achieve twelve career competencies endorsed by the National Career Development Association (NCDA). The program is presented in modules to enable customization and flexibility.
Native Voices Institute
The Native Voices Institute is designed to help educators improve curriculum content concerning California Indian cultures presented in the elementary classroom with a special emphasis on the ecological implications of native traditions on public policy. Specialists in curriculum development will guide teachers as they incorporate accurate and appropriate information into meaningful classroom experiences concerning California Indian cultures. For more information on this 3-day workshop, contact PACE 415-485-3255.
