Continuing Education

The way you teach is as important as what you teach. If you are interested in working with adult learners, this course, offered by our accredited school partners, will provide you with a better understanding of what it takes to aid in the education of working professional adult students. Today, teaching requires more creativity and understanding. Instructors need to be aware of the diversity of adult learners and instructors must retain a greater depth of skills than ever before. In this...

Children are all different, with unique strengths and weaknesses. Educators and parents must remember that when working with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Our Teaching Children with ADHD course discusses the basic structure of ADHD and various executive functions. We describe how to properly communicate with children and how to address challenging behaviors. We also explore how to help children set achievable goals and gain perseverance.

The Teaching Gifted Learners course equips educators with research‑supported strategies to effectively identify and teach gifted students through purposeful curriculum differentiation. Offered by our accredited school partners, the course addresses common challenges in meeting the diverse needs of gifted learners and provides practical tools to differentiate context, process, and product. Learners gain actionable techniques—such as curriculum compacting, tiered instruction, and creativity...

The Teaching Online: Foundations & Practices course prepares learners to design, deliver, and manage effective online and blended learning experiences. This program surveys the major models, tools, and techniques of online teaching, highlighting how online instruction differs from face‑to‑face classrooms and defining the evolving role of the online educator. Learners explore instructional design, assessment, technology integration, engagement strategies, and real‑world challenges, building the...

The Teaching the Struggling Reader course equips learners with practical, instructional strategies to help developing readers gain confidence, comprehension, and a love of reading. Grounded in proven literacy practices, the course focuses on showing learners how skilled readers think, by explicitly teaching reading strategies that proficient readers use automatically. Through structured, hands‑on techniques, educators and parents learn how to make reading approachable, meaningful, and...

The Effective Manager’s Toolbox equips learners with essential skills and perspectives needed to manage people, processes, and resources successfully. Through focused modules and realistic video‑based scenarios, learners develop the managerial mindset, strengthen leadership capabilities, and practice handling real‑world management challenges with professionalism and reduced stress.

The Flipped Classroom & Mastery Learning course introduces educators to the theory, rationale, and practical implementation of the flipped‑mastery instructional model. Learners explore the evolution and core concepts of the flipped classroom, learn how to justify and design effective flipped experiences, and apply mastery learning principles to support personalized instruction. The course culminates with actionable implementation strategies, assessment design, and classroom management...

This course focuses on three essential pillars of a happy and healthy life, sleep, nutrition, and relaxation, and how they contribute to recovery and well‑being, especially after stress or traumatic experiences. Learners explore practical techniques to improve sleep quality, make healthier nutritional choices, and use simple breathing exercises to promote calm and relaxation. The course emphasizes accessible, everyday strategies that learners can apply immediately to improve quality of life.

This course provides online course developers with a practical understanding of the technologies that power modern digital learning environments. Learners explore key concepts, vocabulary, software, and hardware used in online learning delivery, while examining best practices for content presentation, system integration, LMS functionality, and instructional technology decision‑making.

The Student Threat Assessment Systems & Prevention course introduces learners to the Salem‑Keizer System Threat Model and its application in school and community settings. The course examines the research‑based foundations of threat assessment, team‑based response structures, and strategies for identifying and addressing both student and adult threats. Learners explore system‑level implementation, communication protocols, and prevention approaches designed to reduce the risk of targeted...

Master the art and science of Total Rewards in this 10‑module course designed to help you build compensation, incentives, and benefits programs that attract talent, reinforce performance, stay compliant, and feel fair and motivating to employees. You’ll learn how to craft transparent pay philosophies, navigate legal requirements, design performance‑driving reward systems, and build benefits portfolios that balance cost, competitiveness, and employee experience. By the end, you’ll be able to...

The Introduction to the U.S. Legal System course provides learners with a foundational understanding of how law is created, interpreted, and enforced in the United States. Through focused lessons, learners explore the primary sources of law, the structure and function of the judicial system, and the remedies available when legal rights are violated. This course builds essential legal literacy for informed participation in academic, professional, and civic contexts.