Teacher Professional

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...

Everyone who reads written language employs reading strategies. When teaching students to read, you are showing learners the kinds of reading decisions that proficient readers make rapidly and automatically to understand the text. When readers use these strategies often enough in a conscious and deliberate way, at some point, the practices become unconscious skills that they apply automatically whenever they read. This course focuses on practical "how-to" instructions to practice while helping...

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 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...

The Technology Integration Across the Curriculum course equips educators with practical strategies to meaningfully incorporate technology into math, science, literacy, and social studies instruction. Learners explore tools, approaches, and best practices that enhance engagement, deepen understanding, and empower students as active creators of knowledge. The course emphasizes purposeful integration, moving beyond tools to impact learning outcomes across disciplines.

The way we communicate as a society has undergone massive changes throughout the years. Zoom allows us to reach out and collaborate easily, affordably, and reliability no matter where others are. It can be used in both a professional and personal setting. Our Zoom 101 course provides a thorough look at Zoom’s suite of communication tools and services and provides steps for setting up, connecting, making calls, and hosting meetings.