This course provides teachers with an overview of Attention Deficit Disorder which will include: characteristics, how it affects the classroom, how it is diagnosed, what is the most effective model for helping these children, medication issues and practical strategies for teachers and their students with Attention Deficit Disorder. In addition, participants will examine how they can work in partnership with parents and mental health providers to assist these children.

This course is especially designed for teachers instructing students in grades pre-school through grade 8. The focus of the class will be to create a setting that motivates both the teacher and the students to become "marinated" in good books. Each participant will develop an ABC book, a Readers’ Theatre script, and a song tied into narrative or informational material. Participants will discover artifacts that make books come alive. Over 30 graphic organizers will be presented for extending reading and writing activities along with literature artifacts, book vests, songs, book teasers, story cubes, class books, and shadow boxes of which participants will create three. The development of comprehension skills will also be stressed. Participants should come prepared with ways they bring books to life in their classroom. Also, bring in 3 books published after 1995 and tell how they would (do) be used in their curriculum.

A $10 materials’ fee will be collected the first class.

This course is designed for classroom teachers of grades K-12 who facilitate lessons related to civics and citizenship. This course will focus on techniques to get students to interact with the subject matter through discussions, simulations, and guest speakers. Included in this instruction will be an evaluation of teaching methodologies and student learning styles.

Participants will read from the U.S. Constitution, Pennsylvania Constitution, Pennsylvania Manual, ACLU of Pennsylvania’s Know Your Rights, Pennsylvania Bar Associations’s One Nation Indivisible: Law Day 2003 Lesson Book, K-12, and the Pennsylvania Standards in Civics and Government. These readings will help participants better understand state standards as they related to the following topics: the Constitution, civil liberties, civil rights, special interest groups, campaigns and elections, the media, public opinion and voting, immigration, policymaking, political ideology, the executive branch, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and foreign policy.

This course is designed to support the implementation of the Pennsylvania Academic Standards in Civics and Government. Specifically evaluating 5.1 Principles and Documents of Government, 5.2 Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship, 5.3 How Government Works, and 5.4 How International Relationships Function.

This course will meet a minimum of 45 instructional hours and will have out of class reading, research, or other directed activities. Prerequisites include Instructional I or Specialist I certification.

This course is designed for educational professionals who are interested in learning about the dynamics of bullying and victimization. Much focus has been placed on the bully and bully free classrooms. This course looks at the role of the victim, the relationship between bully and victim, and the consequences of long term victimization. Causes, consequences and how educational professionals can help will be reviewed. This course will meet a minimum of 14 instructional hours per credit. Outside of class, participants will engage in professional reading for literature circles, create a group project to promote tolerance and diversity awareness and develop and action plan based on best practices for application of new learning.

ONLINE COURSE
This is an on-line credited course. Students log-on for an introductory chat session. Web address is: http://adultedcenter.homestead.com/IU22criticalreading.html

PLEASE NOTE: Session information states 1 day from 9am-12pm. This is ONLY the first day and time information.

Contact: Dr. Kim Shienbaum at ctcdirector@yahoo.com

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This online 45 hour 3 credit graduate level course provides teachers with tools for teaching critical reading more effectively, thereby enabling them to enhance the abilities of their students to think more carefully about what they read and to make logical inferences from the texts.

The course goal, to offer teachers an opportunity to achieve a more sophisticated understanding of text and its structure, is to be accomplished by addressing 2 key aspects involved in the process of reading comprehension:
a) the rhetorical and linguistic organization of texts
b) the specific references within the texts and their relevance to each writer´s message.

This will be achieved by integrating lexical, grammatical and cultural issues mentioned in the texts. Furthermore, questions at the end of each section challenge the reader´s cognitive, writing and organizational skills.

This course is designed for educational professionals working with children of all developmental levels and focuses on helping educators and other professionals to support children through times of stress, crisis and trauma. An overview of stress, its physiological and psychological effects, and the impact acute and chronic stress, crisis situations and trauma have on learning and behavior. Ways to identify and address these issues as well as an ongoing plan to deal with daily as well as life changing stress and trauma will be presented.

Prerequisite: A bachelor-level degree is required in order to enroll in this graduate level course. Pre-service teacher preparation, or a similar education-related training or experience, is recommended.

This course is designed for educational professionals who are interested in learning about the impact of child abuse and neglect and related risk factors on the educational, behavioral and psychological well-being of youth. Issues such as child maltreatment, drug and alcohol abuse, parental mental health issues, suicidal behaviors and confusion regarding sexuality will be examined. Best practices regarding support and interventions will be reviewed.

Prerequisite: A bachelor-level degree is required in order to enroll in this graduate level course. Pre-service teacher preparation, or a similar education-related training or experience, is recommended.

This course will be devoted to assisting K-12 teachers in motivating and stimulating learning along with aiding in the retention of basic skills. Research, methods, techniques, demonstration, simulation, modeling, creating lessons, and the development of projects in a laboratory-type setting will be employed to assist teachers in both understanding ways to utilize instructional games along with creating artifacts that can be used in small or large group situations. Participants will develop and share several lessons with specific techniques discussed in class incorporated.
Participants should bring to the first class several games they already use, a teachers’ manual, markers, scissors, and a yardstick.

A $30 materials’ fee will be collected the first class.

This course is designed for K-12 educators who are searching for education, techniques, and ideas on integrating technology in the classroom. Participants will learn how to use technical resources to bring a higher level of interactivity to their students with the use of the internet, web-based applications, software and hardware. In addition, participants will complete the course having created several new technology tools and artifacts to bring back into their schools.

ONLINE COURSE
This is an on-line credited course. Students log-on for an introductory chat session. Web address is: http://itcfacultybb.homestead.com/IU22welcome.html

PLEASE NOTE: Session information states 1 day from 9am-12pm. This is ONLY the first day and time information.

Contact: Dr. Kim Shienbaum at ctcdirector@yahoo.com

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This 30-hour, 2-credit online course is designed to present interesting and relevant activities that teachers can use to introduce, illustrate and explore various concepts from algebra, number theory and problem-solving. It is intended to increase understanding of various topics found within the middle school and high school curricula, grades 8-12, by offering practical examples and hands-on activities that teachers can use directly in the classroom with student participation. In this way, the students guess, compute and algebraically resolve problems that have already appealed to their mathematical curiosity. Many of the activities involve technology by way of calculators.

This course, while developed for all middle school and high school mathematics teachers who wish to offer interesting and appealing mathematics to their students, is also highly recommended for gifted-education teachers who may be looking for more challenging problems to explore with their students.

Instructional strategies
Using the flexibility and convenience of the web, this workshop will employ a variety of online instructional strategies including the delivery of course content, message boards and e-mail links with the instructors. These forums provide all members of the course an opportunity to interact.

The lessons all take the form of modules that teachers use interactively in class with their students. Included with the explanations of the activities are suggestions on how to present and perform them, along with details on how they work. In this way teachers try out the activities directly with their students and develop their own understanding along with their students.

The focus of this one credit course will be the creation of a positive learning environment that balances kindness (to show respect for the student) with firmness(to show respect for the teacher). Positive discipline is based on the research of Adler, Dreikurs, and Jane Nelsen. This system allows teachers to be kind and encouraging to students and to also teach them what they need to know to lead happy, productive lives. Students will be taken by video into classrooms where Positive Discipline is utilized and will have an opportunity to conduct a class or family meeting to assess the methods. Teachers will study (and have as a later resource) Dr. Jane Nelsen’s book: Positive Discipline: A Teacher’s A-Z Guide. Teachers should bring a set of markers to each class. The books and other necessary materials for the development of projects will be provided.

The materials fee for the class is $30.00 and payable at the first class.

           Rethinking Globalization: Enhancing the Social Studies Curriculum

ONLINE COURSE
This is an on-line credited course. (Students log-on for an introductory chat session. Web address is: http://ctcfacultyayubi.homestead.com/pawelcome2.html

PLEASE NOTE: Session information states 1 day from 9am-12pm. This is ONLY the first day and time information.

Contact: Dr. Kim Shienbaum at ctcdirector@yahoo.com

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This course is designed to present a relevant and in-depth examination and understanding of the benefits from, and the challenges to, globalization, as well as practical applications for teaching this subject matter within the high school curriculum through grades 10-12.

This is achieved through the integration of materials which encompass social studies, (with world history/government and civics/ economics and geography as integral components) as well as an emphasis on reading, writing, use of technology and other relevant skills sets.

This content-focused course addresses the historical context within which globalization was conceived prior to the Second World War (and includes early 20th. experiences with trade liberalization, the adverse effects of subsequent global protectionism on world trade and its implications for the Great Depression).

Next, the workshop focuses on the forms of contemporary globalization (military, environmental economic, political and cultural) and its benefits.

It concludes with an in- depth examination of the multiple challenges to globalization which have become more organized since the 9/11 attacks. These come from nations who reject globalization; from nations who are unable to compete under its terms; from others struggling to implement its principles and from first world critics who oppose what they view as the degradation of environmental and labor standards by multi-national corporations.

This course, while developed for all junior and high school social studies teachers who feel the need to keep current, is highly recommended for gifted education teachers who need to update their content knowledge in this evolving and dynamic subject area.

Instructional strategies

Utilizing the flexibility and convenience of the web this workshop will utilize a variety of online instructional strategies including the delivery of: in-depth course content, reading extracts, a discussion forum (which will include a virtual discussion group, live chat room, message boards and email links with the instructor). These forums provide all members of the course an opportunity to interact in a group setting.

It will also provide educators with links to important national and international web sites related to globalization (such as The World Bank, United Nations, The European Union) and provide access to a variety of instructional sources and materials such as journals and newspapers, including sources of purchase.