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INDEPENDENT BOOK STUDIES (ONLINE)


This is an exciting new learning format for learners to gain university credit as they choose one or more books that are of interest to them as well as beneficial for their classroom or organization.  CCC’s self-paced Independent Book Studies courses offer the ultimate in convenience for busy educators.

These flexible on-line classes offer the learner graduate level college credit by 1) downloading the support materials from this site; and 2) completing the associated college credit assignments. The course book must be ordered separately.
 
Independent Book Studies is a new format.  This format allows the learner to use Books and Journals as the main focus of their research. 
 
To find courses, click on on the Subject Area below, click on the ALL INDEPENDENT BOOK STUDIES tab below, or go to the ALL COURSES page to sort by Format and/or Subject Area.

All INDEPENDENT BOOK STUDIES (ONLINE) Courses

COURSE # COURSE TITLE / SUBJECT AREA PROVIDER GRADE LEVEL
Arts and Humanities
EDUX 7828(G ,H) Responsive Classroom for Music, Art, PE, and Other Special Areas PDE K-16
EDUX 7829(G ,H) Geography Through Art PDE K-16
Classroom Management
EDUX 7828(G ,H) Responsive Classroom for Music, Art, PE, and Other Special Areas PDE K-16
EDUX 7841(G ,H) Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7844(G ,H) Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain PDE K-16
EDUX 7845(G ,H) Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Clinicians
EDUX 7800(H ,G) Use Your Brain to Change Your Age ACI K-16
EDUX 7801(H ,G) Change Your Brain, Change Your Life ACI K-16
EDUX 7802(H ,G) Unchain Your Brain ACI K-16
EDUX 7804(H ,G) Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time ACI K-16
EDUX 7805(H ,G) Making a Good Brain Great ACI K-16
EDUX 7824(G ,H) How the Brain Learns PDE K-16
EDUX 7830(G ,H) Preventing Alzheimer’s - B PDE K-16
EDUX 7831(G ,H) Healing Anxiety and Depression - B PDE K-16
EDUX 7832(G ,H) Healing the Hardware of the Soul - B PDE K-16
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
EDUX 7816(G ,H) Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers PDE K-16
EDUX 7818(G ,H) Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College PDE K-16
EDUX 7821(G ,H) What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know PDE 6-8
EDUX 7837(G ,H) Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning PDE K-16
EDUX 7839(G ,H) Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation PDE K-2
EDUX 7840(G ,H) In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7843(G ,H) Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms PDE K-16
EDUX 7847(G ,H) Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Educational Theory and Issues
EDUX 7819(G ,H) The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve PDE K-16
EDUX 7822(G ,H) Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential PDE K-16
EDUX 7831(G ,H) Healing Anxiety and Depression - B PDE K-16
EDUX 7833(G ,H) Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade PDE 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
EDUX 7834(G ,H) The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs PDE K-16
EDUX 7837(G ,H) Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning PDE K-16
EDUX 7838(G ,H) How Learning Works PDE 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
EDUX 7839(G ,H) Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation PDE K-2
EDUX 7843(G ,H) Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms PDE K-16
EDUX 7844(G ,H) Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain PDE K-16
EDUX 7845(G ,H) Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7846(G ,H) Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7848(G ,H) Supporting Student Mental Health PDE K-16
Language, Literature & Literacy
EDUX 7815(G ,H) Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades PDE K-6
EDUX 7816(G ,H) Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers PDE K-16
EDUX 7820(G ,H) When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do PDE 7-12
EDUX 7836(G ,H) A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2 PDE K-2
EDUX 7840(G ,H) In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7842(G ,H) Picture-Perfect Science Lessons PDE 3,4,5,6
Leadership and Administration
EDUX 7827(G ,H) Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools PDE K-16
EDUX 7835(G ,H) Home, School, and Community Relations PDE K-16
Mathematics
EDUX 7817(G ,H) Number Talks: Whole Number Computation PDE K-16
EDUX 7822(G ,H) Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential PDE K-16
Methods of Instruction
EDUX 7803(H ,G) Secrets of Successful Students ACI 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
EDUX 7818(G ,H) Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College PDE K-16
EDUX 7819(G ,H) The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve PDE K-16
EDUX 7821(G ,H) What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know PDE 6-8
EDUX 7825(G ,H) Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12 PDE 7-12
EDUX 7826(G ,H) Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks PDE K-16
EDUX 7834(G ,H) The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs PDE K-16
EDUX 7838(G ,H) How Learning Works PDE 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
EDUX 7843(G ,H) Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms PDE K-16
EDUX 7847(G ,H) Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Science / Health
EDUX 7802(H ,G) Unchain Your Brain ACI K-16
EDUX 7804(H ,G) Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time ACI K-16
EDUX 7805(H ,G) Making a Good Brain Great ACI K-16
EDUX 7826(G ,H) Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks PDE K-16
EDUX 7832(G ,H) Healing the Hardware of the Soul - B PDE K-16
EDUX 7833(G ,H) Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade PDE 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
EDUX 7842(G ,H) Picture-Perfect Science Lessons PDE 3,4,5,6
Social Science
EDUX 7801(H ,G) Change Your Brain, Change Your Life ACI K-16
EDUX 7802(H ,G) Unchain Your Brain ACI K-16
EDUX 7805(H ,G) Making a Good Brain Great ACI K-16
EDUX 7824(G ,H) How the Brain Learns PDE K-16
EDUX 7835(G ,H) Home, School, and Community Relations PDE K-16
EDUX 7841(G ,H) Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7844(G ,H) Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain PDE K-16
EDUX 7846(G ,H) Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7848(G ,H) Supporting Student Mental Health PDE K-16
Social Studies and History
EDUX 7825(G ,H) Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12 PDE 7-12
EDUX 7829(G ,H) Geography Through Art PDE K-16
Special Education
EDUX 7801(H ,G) Change Your Brain, Change Your Life ACI K-16
EDUX 7823(G ,H) From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide PDE K-16
EDUX 7846(G ,H) Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EDUX 7847(G ,H) Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support PDE 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Classroom Management


3

Responsive Classroom for Music, Art, PE, and Other Special Areas Enroll


3

Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges Enroll

EDUX 7841 Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges.  This course supports teachers in identifying the problems and lagging skills causing challenging behavior as presented by Dr Ross W. Greene in his book Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them.  Students will focus on the true factors contributing to challenging classroom behaviors, empowering educators to address these factors and create helping relationships with their most at-risk kids.  The course provides practical guidance for successful planning and collaboration among educators, parents, and kids.



ISBN-10: 1501101498
ISBN-13: 978-1501101496 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain Enroll

EDUX 7844 Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain  

This course explains how brain science—what we know about how the brain works—can be applied to social-emotional learning, as presented by Marilee Sprenger in her book Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain: Strategies to Help Your Students Thrive. Students will explore howto build strong, caring relationships with students to give them a sense of belonging, and teach and model empathy, so students feel understood and can better understand others. The course supports teachers in creating supportive classroom environments and improving outcomes for all our students.

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3

Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management Enroll

EDUX 7845 Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management  

This course provides effective strategies for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together as presented in the book Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management. Participants will examine how to establish procedures and expectations for student behavior that encourage the development of positive interpersonal skills. The course offers tools to develop a non-confrontational rapport with even the most challenging students.

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Clinicians


2

Use Your Brain to Change Your Age Enroll

EDUX 7800 Use Your Brain to Change Your Age

This course explores effective strategies for improving overall brain health, mental clarity and performance. Participants will examine how to boost memory, mood, attention and energy. The course offers suggestions for promoting the healing of brain damage, reducing the outward signs of aging, and dramatically increasing the chances of living longer. Students will learn a brain-smart plan to slow, or even reverse, the aging process in the brain.

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2

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Enroll

EDUX 7801 Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

In this course, participants will study the brain systems and which mental disorder correlates with each different part of the brain. Students will review strategies to quell anxiety, fight depression, curb anger, conquer impulsiveness, and stop obsessive worrying. The course introduces Dr. Daniel Amen’s methodology to optimize brain function and improve one’s life.

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2

Unchain Your Brain Enroll

EDUX 7802 Unchain Your Brain

This course presents a practical, step-by-step program that shows how to improve brain health and function in order to overcome bad habits. Students will explore six different types of addiction based on brain types and how to find the best treatment solutions. The course provides an essential understanding of addictions and other psychological disorders, as well as strategies such as hypnosis and meditation to unchain the brain.

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2

Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time Enroll

EDUX 7804 Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time

This course presents a prescriptive breakthrough program based on nutritional supplements, herbs, and simple mind-body therapies that will help to increase energy, sharpen the mind, elevate mood, relax the body, and beat stress. Historical tidbits, ample charts and diagrams, scientific data, and case studies from the authors’ practices create a compelling argument for natural alternatives. Participants will learn various methods to reduce stress, increase energy, and enhance one’s life.

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2

Making a Good Brain Great Enroll

EDUX 7805 Making a Good Brain Great

This course provides a positive and practical road map for enriching and improving one’s greatest asset – the brain. Participants will learn how to protect the brain from injuries and toxic substances, nourish the brain with supplements, and rid the brain of negative thoughts. The principles and exercises in this course, based on years of cutting-edge neuroscience research and the experiences of thousands of people, provide a wealth of practical information on how to achieve the best brain possible.

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3

How the Brain Learns Enroll

EDUX 7824 How the Brain Learns

This course applies brain research to enhance student learning as presented by David A. Sousa in his book How the Brain Learns. Students will explore practical activities and advice in cognitive processing and creativity. The course supports teachers in improving student working memory capacity, exploring how technology is affecting the brain, and examining brain hemispheric specialization.




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3

Preventing Alzheimer’s - B Enroll

EDUX 7830 Preventing Alzheimer’s - B

In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Dr.William Rodman Shankle and Dr. Daniel Amen in their book Preventing Alzheimer’s to understand and reduce the risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease. Students will learn how to detect problems early and obtain an accurate, prompt diagnosis and treatment plan. This course examines the latest research and methods for preventing, delaying, and treating the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease.



NOTE: Students who have completed EDUX 7403 may not register for this course.

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3

Healing Anxiety and Depression - B Enroll

EDUX 7831 Healing Anxiety and Depression - B  

In this course, participants will explore practical strategies presented by Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Lisa C. Routh in their book Healing Anxiety and Depression to understand the major anxiety and depression centers of the brain. The course provides guidelines and diagnostic tools to determine the specific type of disorder. Course participants will discover how medication, diet, supplements,exercise, and social and therapeutic support can help reduce anxiety and depression.



NOTE: Students who have completed EDUX 7404 may not register for this course.

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3

Healing the Hardware of the Soul - B Enroll

EDUX 7832 (G) Healing the Hardware of the Soul -B

This course evaluates the five brain systems that are key to achieving and maintaining a healthy brain – soul connection from the book Healing the Hardware of the Soul by Dr. Daniel Amen. Participants will learn how to develop focus and improve decision making, leading to healthier relationships by integrating physiology,psychology, and spirituality. The course includes tools needed to repair and strengthen relationships, child-rearing practices, and work and study routines.


NOTE: Students who have completed EDUX 7405 may not register for this course.

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Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment


3

Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers Enroll

EDUX 7816 Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers

 In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers (Serravallo, 2015) to help developing readers make progress every day. Course participants will learn how to help their students develop reading goals, implement reading strategies, and increase their fluency and comprehension. This course will help teachers adjust their instruction to meet individual student needs and move their students forward.
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3

Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College Enroll

EDUX 7818 Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College

In this course, participants will perfect their teaching practice by implementing the strategies and resources presented by Doug Lemov in his book Teach Like a Champion 2.0. Course participants will learn how to help put their students on the path to college readiness.This course will help teachers create a safe environment in their classroom, maximize student engagement, and refine their lesson plans.
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3

What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know Enroll

EDUX 7821  What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know

In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Dave Brown and Trudy Knowles in their book What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know to best serve the needs of young adolescents. Course participants will examine the impact of technology, recent research on developmental processes, and concrete ways to meet content standards. This course will help teachers integrate curriculum, create a democratic classroom, and provide their students with dynamic learning experiences.


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3

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning Enroll

EDUX 7837 Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning.  This course explored effective strategies for improving student learning based on the book Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher (Willis, 2006).  Participants will examine how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves material and which instructional strategies help students learn most effectively and joyfully.  The course offers suggestions for captivating and holding the attention of students and how to enhance their memory and test-taking success.  Students will learn innovative techniques for designing assessments and adjusting teaching practices to ensure that all students reach their potential.



ISBN-10: 1416603700
ISBN-13: 978-1416603702 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation Enroll

EDUX 7839 Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Sue Bredekamp in her book Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation to help develop children's executive function, self-regulation, and positive approaches to learning.  Course participants will learn developmentally appropriate practices for early childhood education to help make a difference in children's lives.  Teachers will learn how to support and protect the role of play in children's education, STEM teaching and learning, and culturally responsive curriculum.



ISBN-10: 0135177375
ISBN-13: 978-0135177372 Read More... Course Requirements


3

In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice Enroll

EDUX 7840 In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice (Layne, 2015) to support, sustain, and celebrate the power of read-aloud.  Course participants will learn why the practice of reading aloud throughout the grades is not only viable but also best practice.   The course presents the research base to defend the practice of reading aloud in grades K-12 and provides practical advice about how to use read-alouds most effectively.



ISBN-10: 1625310404
ISBN-13: 978-1625310408 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms Enroll

EDUX 7843 Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms

In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Dr. Katie Novak in her book UDL Now!: A Teacher's Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms to help all learners meet high standards. Course participants will examine the framework for inclusive education that aims to lower barriers to learning and optimize each individual's opportunity to learn. This course will help teachers use the UDL Guidelines to plan lessons, choose materials, assess learning, and improve instructional practice.

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3

Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support Enroll

EDUX 7847 Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support  

In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Catherine C. Collier in her book But What Do I DO?: Strategies From A to W for Multi-Tier Systems of Support to resolve specific learning and behavioral challenges. Course participants will learn how to progress monitor, document, and modify instructional strategies.  The course shows how to meet the needs of all struggling students including those who are at-risk and linguistically diverse.

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Educational Theory and Issues


3

The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve Enroll

EDUX 7819  The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve

This course provides effective strategies for fostering a growth mindset classroom as presented by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley in their book The Growth Mindset Coach.  Participants will examine hands-on lesson plans and research-based activities to unleash students’ potential. The course offers tools to motivate students to believe in themselves, understand that their intelligence is not limited, and become empowered to achieve.

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3

Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential Enroll

EDUX 7822 Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential

This course bridges the gap between theory and practice in math education as presented by Jo Boaler in her book Mathematical Mindsets. Students will explore practical activities and advice in improving math education for all. The course supports teachers in giving students a positive math mindset, turning mistakes into valuable learning experiences, and providing rich mathematical activities in the classroom.

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3

Healing Anxiety and Depression - B Enroll

EDUX 7831 Healing Anxiety and Depression - B  

In this course, participants will explore practical strategies presented by Dr. Daniel Amen and Dr. Lisa C. Routh in their book Healing Anxiety and Depression to understand the major anxiety and depression centers of the brain. The course provides guidelines and diagnostic tools to determine the specific type of disorder. Course participants will discover how medication, diet, supplements,exercise, and social and therapeutic support can help reduce anxiety and depression.



NOTE: Students who have completed EDUX 7404 may not register for this course.

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3

Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade Enroll

EDUX 7833 Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Dr. Daniel Amen in his book Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade to optimize one's brain, change habits, and succeed in school.  Students will learn how to study more effectively, learn faster, and stay focused in order to achieve academic goals.  This course examines the latest research and methods for identifying learning styles, adopting smarter study practices, and improving memorization.



ISBN-10: 1948836858
ISBN-13: 978-1948836852 Read More... Course Requirements


3

The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs Enroll

EDUX 7834 The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs.  This course explored effective strategies for developing student skills in the classroom from the book The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs (Hoerr, 2016).  Participants will examine how to teach empathy, self-control, integrity, embracing diversity, and grit.  The course offers suggestions for improving classroom culture.  Students will learn how to successfully strengthen their social and emotional skills.



ISBN-10: 1416622691
ISBN-13: 978-1416622697 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning Enroll

EDUX 7837 Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning.  This course explored effective strategies for improving student learning based on the book Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher (Willis, 2006).  Participants will examine how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves material and which instructional strategies help students learn most effectively and joyfully.  The course offers suggestions for captivating and holding the attention of students and how to enhance their memory and test-taking success.  Students will learn innovative techniques for designing assessments and adjusting teaching practices to ensure that all students reach their potential.



ISBN-10: 1416603700
ISBN-13: 978-1416603702 Read More... Course Requirements


3

How Learning Works Enroll

EDUX 7838 How Learning Works.  This course explores how effective organization enhances retrieval and use of information.  Through a book written by several researchers, How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching (Ambrose, et al. 2010), participants will examine what impacts motivation.  The course offers suggestions for refining teaching approaches and strategies that more effectively foster student learning in specific contexts.



ISBN-10: 0470484101
ISBN-13: 978-0470484104 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation Enroll

EDUX 7839 Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Sue Bredekamp in her book Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building a Foundation to help develop children's executive function, self-regulation, and positive approaches to learning.  Course participants will learn developmentally appropriate practices for early childhood education to help make a difference in children's lives.  Teachers will learn how to support and protect the role of play in children's education, STEM teaching and learning, and culturally responsive curriculum.



ISBN-10: 0135177375
ISBN-13: 978-0135177372 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms Enroll

EDUX 7843 Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms

In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Dr. Katie Novak in her book UDL Now!: A Teacher's Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms to help all learners meet high standards. Course participants will examine the framework for inclusive education that aims to lower barriers to learning and optimize each individual's opportunity to learn. This course will help teachers use the UDL Guidelines to plan lessons, choose materials, assess learning, and improve instructional practice.

 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain Enroll

EDUX 7844 Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain  

This course explains how brain science—what we know about how the brain works—can be applied to social-emotional learning, as presented by Marilee Sprenger in her book Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain: Strategies to Help Your Students Thrive. Students will explore howto build strong, caring relationships with students to give them a sense of belonging, and teach and model empathy, so students feel understood and can better understand others. The course supports teachers in creating supportive classroom environments and improving outcomes for all our students.

 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management Enroll

EDUX 7845 Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management  

This course provides effective strategies for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together as presented in the book Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management. Participants will examine how to establish procedures and expectations for student behavior that encourage the development of positive interpersonal skills. The course offers tools to develop a non-confrontational rapport with even the most challenging students.

 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Enroll

EDUX 7846 Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports  

This course examines schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports to help create an encouraging, productive school culture as presented by Jason E. Harlacher and Billie Jo Rodriguez in their book An Educator's Guide to Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Integrating All Three Tiers. Students will explore the key elements of the three tiers of support. The course provides an efficient and explicit problem-solving approach for ensuring quality data-based decision making.

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3

Supporting Student Mental Health Enroll

EDUX 7848 Supporting Student Mental Health 

This course provides effective strategies for identifying and supporting students with mental health challenges as presented by Michael Hass and Amy Ardell in their book Supporting Student Mental Health: Essentials for Teachers.  Participants will examine strategies for responding to students’ mental health needs, such as relationship-building,behavioral observation, questioning techniques, and community resources. The course emphasizes the importance of creating safe, welcoming, and supportive classrooms.

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Language, Literature & Literacy


3

Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades Enroll

EDUX 7815 - Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades

This course explores effective strategies for improving literacy and math in the elementary classroom from the book The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades (Moser & Boushey, 2014). Participants will examine how to structure class time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention. The course offers suggestions for engaging learners, addressing common challenges, and developing student accountability. Students will learn how to successfully integrate the Daily 5 and enhance their classroom practice.




ISBN-13: 978-1571109743
ISBN-10: 1571109749 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers Enroll

EDUX 7816 Reading Strategies: Developing Skilled Readers

 In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers (Serravallo, 2015) to help developing readers make progress every day. Course participants will learn how to help their students develop reading goals, implement reading strategies, and increase their fluency and comprehension. This course will help teachers adjust their instruction to meet individual student needs and move their students forward.
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3

When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do Enroll

EDUX 7820  When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do


This course explores effective strategies for helping middle and high school students who can’t read. Through a book written by Kylene Beers, When Kids Can't Read - What Teachers Can Do:A Guide for Teachers 6-12, participants will examine how to assist struggling readers with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation. The course offers suggestions for improving readers skills, attitudes, and confidence. Read More... Course Requirements


3

A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2 Enroll

EDUX 7836 A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2.  This course supports teachers in implementing evidence-based phonics instruction from A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2: Common Causes of Failure and 7 Ingredients for Success (Blevins, 2016).  Students will explore lessons, routines, word lists, tips for ELL and advanced learners, and advice on pitfalls to avoid regarding pacing, decodable texts, transition time, and more.  The course supports teachers in understanding how to implement effective phonics and reading instruction.



ISBN-10: 1506326889
ISBN-13: 978-1506326887 Read More... Course Requirements


3

In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice Enroll

EDUX 7840 In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from In Defense of Read-Aloud: Sustaining Best Practice (Layne, 2015) to support, sustain, and celebrate the power of read-aloud.  Course participants will learn why the practice of reading aloud throughout the grades is not only viable but also best practice.   The course presents the research base to defend the practice of reading aloud in grades K-12 and provides practical advice about how to use read-alouds most effectively.



ISBN-10: 1625310404
ISBN-13: 978-1625310408 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Picture-Perfect Science Lessons Enroll

EDUX 7842 Picture-Perfect Science Lessons.  In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan in their book Picture-Perfect Science Lessons - Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6 to combine the appeal of children's picture books with Standards-based science content.  Course participants will examine ready-to-teach lessons that use high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books to guide hands-on science inquiry.  This course will present classroom-tested lessons in science that include comprehensive background notes, reading strategies, and clearly identified National Science Education Standards.



ISBN-10: 1935155164
ISBN-13: 978-1935155164 Read More... Course Requirements

Leadership and Administration


3

Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Enroll


3

Home, School, and Community Relations Enroll

EDUX 7835 Home, School, and Community Relations.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from Home, School, and Community Relations (Gestwicki, 2015) to help teachers and administrators create effective, culturally-competent partnerships with families.  Course participants will learn about the diversity and needs of families they will encounter.  This course presents both the benefits of creating productive partnerships and the barriers that teachers must overcome.



ISBN-10: 9781305089013
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Mathematics


3

Number Talks: Whole Number Computation Enroll

EDUX 7817  Number Talks: Whole Number Computation

This course supports teachers in implementing classroom talks as presented by Sherry Parris in her book Number Talks: Whole Number Computation. Students will explore classroom conversations around purposefully crafted computation problems that are solved mentally. The course supports teachers in understanding how to build student understanding in mathematics, how to design purposeful number talks, and how to develop specific strategies for their grade level.

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3

Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential Enroll

EDUX 7822 Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential

This course bridges the gap between theory and practice in math education as presented by Jo Boaler in her book Mathematical Mindsets. Students will explore practical activities and advice in improving math education for all. The course supports teachers in giving students a positive math mindset, turning mistakes into valuable learning experiences, and providing rich mathematical activities in the classroom.

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Methods of Instruction


2

Secrets of Successful Students Enroll

EDUX 7803 Secrets of Successful Students

In this course, participants will examine strategies to recognize and change their student’s bad study habits. Course participants will learn how to help their students prepare for classes, decrease overall study time, and organize their class work. This course will help teachers show their students how to reach their full potential. Participants will discover how to help their students choose the best study methods, increase their retention of information, and maximize their use of resources.

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3

Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College Enroll

EDUX 7818 Teach Like a Champion 2.0: Path to College

In this course, participants will perfect their teaching practice by implementing the strategies and resources presented by Doug Lemov in his book Teach Like a Champion 2.0. Course participants will learn how to help put their students on the path to college readiness.This course will help teachers create a safe environment in their classroom, maximize student engagement, and refine their lesson plans.
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3

The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve Enroll

EDUX 7819  The Growth Mindset Coach: Empowering Students to Achieve

This course provides effective strategies for fostering a growth mindset classroom as presented by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley in their book The Growth Mindset Coach.  Participants will examine hands-on lesson plans and research-based activities to unleash students’ potential. The course offers tools to motivate students to believe in themselves, understand that their intelligence is not limited, and become empowered to achieve.

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3

What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know Enroll

EDUX 7821  What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know

In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Dave Brown and Trudy Knowles in their book What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know to best serve the needs of young adolescents. Course participants will examine the impact of technology, recent research on developmental processes, and concrete ways to meet content standards. This course will help teachers integrate curriculum, create a democratic classroom, and provide their students with dynamic learning experiences.


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3

Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12 Enroll


3

Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks Enroll


3

The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs Enroll

EDUX 7834 The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs.  This course explored effective strategies for developing student skills in the classroom from the book The Formative Five: Fostering Success Skills Every Student Needs (Hoerr, 2016).  Participants will examine how to teach empathy, self-control, integrity, embracing diversity, and grit.  The course offers suggestions for improving classroom culture.  Students will learn how to successfully strengthen their social and emotional skills.



ISBN-10: 1416622691
ISBN-13: 978-1416622697 Read More... Course Requirements


3

How Learning Works Enroll

EDUX 7838 How Learning Works.  This course explores how effective organization enhances retrieval and use of information.  Through a book written by several researchers, How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching (Ambrose, et al. 2010), participants will examine what impacts motivation.  The course offers suggestions for refining teaching approaches and strategies that more effectively foster student learning in specific contexts.



ISBN-10: 0470484101
ISBN-13: 978-0470484104 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms Enroll

EDUX 7843 Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms

In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Dr. Katie Novak in her book UDL Now!: A Teacher's Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms to help all learners meet high standards. Course participants will examine the framework for inclusive education that aims to lower barriers to learning and optimize each individual's opportunity to learn. This course will help teachers use the UDL Guidelines to plan lessons, choose materials, assess learning, and improve instructional practice.

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3

Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support Enroll

EDUX 7847 Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support  

In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Catherine C. Collier in her book But What Do I DO?: Strategies From A to W for Multi-Tier Systems of Support to resolve specific learning and behavioral challenges. Course participants will learn how to progress monitor, document, and modify instructional strategies.  The course shows how to meet the needs of all struggling students including those who are at-risk and linguistically diverse.

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Science / Health


2

Unchain Your Brain Enroll

EDUX 7802 Unchain Your Brain

This course presents a practical, step-by-step program that shows how to improve brain health and function in order to overcome bad habits. Students will explore six different types of addiction based on brain types and how to find the best treatment solutions. The course provides an essential understanding of addictions and other psychological disorders, as well as strategies such as hypnosis and meditation to unchain the brain.

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2

Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time Enroll

EDUX 7804 Natural Highs – Feel Good All the Time

This course presents a prescriptive breakthrough program based on nutritional supplements, herbs, and simple mind-body therapies that will help to increase energy, sharpen the mind, elevate mood, relax the body, and beat stress. Historical tidbits, ample charts and diagrams, scientific data, and case studies from the authors’ practices create a compelling argument for natural alternatives. Participants will learn various methods to reduce stress, increase energy, and enhance one’s life.

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2

Making a Good Brain Great Enroll

EDUX 7805 Making a Good Brain Great

This course provides a positive and practical road map for enriching and improving one’s greatest asset – the brain. Participants will learn how to protect the brain from injuries and toxic substances, nourish the brain with supplements, and rid the brain of negative thoughts. The principles and exercises in this course, based on years of cutting-edge neuroscience research and the experiences of thousands of people, provide a wealth of practical information on how to achieve the best brain possible.

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3

Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks Enroll


3

Healing the Hardware of the Soul - B Enroll

EDUX 7832 (G) Healing the Hardware of the Soul -B

This course evaluates the five brain systems that are key to achieving and maintaining a healthy brain – soul connection from the book Healing the Hardware of the Soul by Dr. Daniel Amen. Participants will learn how to develop focus and improve decision making, leading to healthier relationships by integrating physiology,psychology, and spirituality. The course includes tools needed to repair and strengthen relationships, child-rearing practices, and work and study routines.


NOTE: Students who have completed EDUX 7405 may not register for this course.

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3

Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade Enroll

EDUX 7833 Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Dr. Daniel Amen in his book Change Your Brain, Change Your Grade to optimize one's brain, change habits, and succeed in school.  Students will learn how to study more effectively, learn faster, and stay focused in order to achieve academic goals.  This course examines the latest research and methods for identifying learning styles, adopting smarter study practices, and improving memorization.



ISBN-10: 1948836858
ISBN-13: 978-1948836852 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Picture-Perfect Science Lessons Enroll

EDUX 7842 Picture-Perfect Science Lessons.  In this course, participants will discover practical strategies presented by Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan in their book Picture-Perfect Science Lessons - Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6 to combine the appeal of children's picture books with Standards-based science content.  Course participants will examine ready-to-teach lessons that use high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books to guide hands-on science inquiry.  This course will present classroom-tested lessons in science that include comprehensive background notes, reading strategies, and clearly identified National Science Education Standards.



ISBN-10: 1935155164
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Social Science


2

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Enroll

EDUX 7801 Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

In this course, participants will study the brain systems and which mental disorder correlates with each different part of the brain. Students will review strategies to quell anxiety, fight depression, curb anger, conquer impulsiveness, and stop obsessive worrying. The course introduces Dr. Daniel Amen’s methodology to optimize brain function and improve one’s life.

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2

Unchain Your Brain Enroll

EDUX 7802 Unchain Your Brain

This course presents a practical, step-by-step program that shows how to improve brain health and function in order to overcome bad habits. Students will explore six different types of addiction based on brain types and how to find the best treatment solutions. The course provides an essential understanding of addictions and other psychological disorders, as well as strategies such as hypnosis and meditation to unchain the brain.

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2

Making a Good Brain Great Enroll

EDUX 7805 Making a Good Brain Great

This course provides a positive and practical road map for enriching and improving one’s greatest asset – the brain. Participants will learn how to protect the brain from injuries and toxic substances, nourish the brain with supplements, and rid the brain of negative thoughts. The principles and exercises in this course, based on years of cutting-edge neuroscience research and the experiences of thousands of people, provide a wealth of practical information on how to achieve the best brain possible.

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3

How the Brain Learns Enroll

EDUX 7824 How the Brain Learns

This course applies brain research to enhance student learning as presented by David A. Sousa in his book How the Brain Learns. Students will explore practical activities and advice in cognitive processing and creativity. The course supports teachers in improving student working memory capacity, exploring how technology is affecting the brain, and examining brain hemispheric specialization.




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3

Home, School, and Community Relations Enroll

EDUX 7835 Home, School, and Community Relations.  In this course, participants will examine practical strategies from Home, School, and Community Relations (Gestwicki, 2015) to help teachers and administrators create effective, culturally-competent partnerships with families.  Course participants will learn about the diversity and needs of families they will encounter.  This course presents both the benefits of creating productive partnerships and the barriers that teachers must overcome.



ISBN-10: 9781305089013
ISBN-13: 978-1305089013 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges Enroll

EDUX 7841 Lost at School: Kids with Behavioral Challenges.  This course supports teachers in identifying the problems and lagging skills causing challenging behavior as presented by Dr Ross W. Greene in his book Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them.  Students will focus on the true factors contributing to challenging classroom behaviors, empowering educators to address these factors and create helping relationships with their most at-risk kids.  The course provides practical guidance for successful planning and collaboration among educators, parents, and kids.



ISBN-10: 1501101498
ISBN-13: 978-1501101496 Read More... Course Requirements


3

Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain Enroll

EDUX 7844 Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain  

This course explains how brain science—what we know about how the brain works—can be applied to social-emotional learning, as presented by Marilee Sprenger in her book Social-Emotional Learning and the Brain: Strategies to Help Your Students Thrive. Students will explore howto build strong, caring relationships with students to give them a sense of belonging, and teach and model empathy, so students feel understood and can better understand others. The course supports teachers in creating supportive classroom environments and improving outcomes for all our students.

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3

Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Enroll

EDUX 7846 Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports  

This course examines schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports to help create an encouraging, productive school culture as presented by Jason E. Harlacher and Billie Jo Rodriguez in their book An Educator's Guide to Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Integrating All Three Tiers. Students will explore the key elements of the three tiers of support. The course provides an efficient and explicit problem-solving approach for ensuring quality data-based decision making.

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3

Supporting Student Mental Health Enroll

EDUX 7848 Supporting Student Mental Health 

This course provides effective strategies for identifying and supporting students with mental health challenges as presented by Michael Hass and Amy Ardell in their book Supporting Student Mental Health: Essentials for Teachers.  Participants will examine strategies for responding to students’ mental health needs, such as relationship-building,behavioral observation, questioning techniques, and community resources. The course emphasizes the importance of creating safe, welcoming, and supportive classrooms.

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Special Education


2

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Enroll

EDUX 7801 Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

In this course, participants will study the brain systems and which mental disorder correlates with each different part of the brain. Students will review strategies to quell anxiety, fight depression, curb anger, conquer impulsiveness, and stop obsessive worrying. The course introduces Dr. Daniel Amen’s methodology to optimize brain function and improve one’s life.

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3

From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide Enroll

EDUX 7823 From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide

This course provides effective strategies to plan, prepare, organize and acquire quality special education services as presented by Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright in their book Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide.  Participants will examine hands-on lesson plans and research-based activities to unleash students’ potential. The course offers tools to motivate students to believe in themselves, understand that their intelligence is not limited, and become empowered to achieve.




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3

Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Enroll

EDUX 7846 Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports  

This course examines schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports to help create an encouraging, productive school culture as presented by Jason E. Harlacher and Billie Jo Rodriguez in their book An Educator's Guide to Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Integrating All Three Tiers. Students will explore the key elements of the three tiers of support. The course provides an efficient and explicit problem-solving approach for ensuring quality data-based decision making.

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3

Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support Enroll

EDUX 7847 Strategies for Multi-Tier Systems of Support  

In this course, participants will examine practical strategies presented by Catherine C. Collier in her book But What Do I DO?: Strategies From A to W for Multi-Tier Systems of Support to resolve specific learning and behavioral challenges. Course participants will learn how to progress monitor, document, and modify instructional strategies.  The course shows how to meet the needs of all struggling students including those who are at-risk and linguistically diverse.

Read More... Course Requirements