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Program: Long Island - Suffolk
Location: Remote (n/a, n/)
Audience: Teachers
Dates: 9/14/2020 to 9/25/2020
CURI 6531 SUNY Empire State College
Inclusion, although no longer a new concept in education, remains as a challenging issue facing educators. Inclusive learning is a way to provide all students with access to flexible learning choices and effective paths towards achieving educational goals. It provides all children, regardless of their ability or disability, the opportunity to learn alongside their peers in a same age-appropriate classroom.
This course is designed for all educators, both general and special as well as related service providers, at all grade levels. Participants will develop skills for setting up an inclusive classroom that meets the needs of all the students in their classroom. The course emphasizes many strategies and activities to make inclusive education effective and efficient. Participants will also learn the three principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and how to apply them in an inclusive classroom. 3 graduate credits.
Program: Capital District/Northern New York
Location: Remote (n/a, n/)
Audience: Teachers
Dates: 9/14/2020 to 10/3/2020
CURI 6530 SUNY Empire State College
What is Digital Literacy? Digital Literacy is a broad term that encompasses nuts and bolts of skills and ethical obligations. (Common Sense Media, 2019) In January of 2020, the New York State Board of Regents approved the first ever learning standards for Computer Science and Digital Fluency. In a collaborative process that included an intense needs assessment, the K-12 standards have been organized into 5 categories: Impacts of Computing, Computational Thinking, Networks and Systems Design, Cybersecurity and Digital Literacy.
This course will focus on digital literacy but include a brief introduction to the 4 other components of the new standards. Digital literacy includes both seamless integration of digital tools and skills across content areas as well as purposeful direct instruction on topics that include but are not limited to digital citizenship, safety, etiquette, privacy, laws and wellness. Through the exploration of these topics, participants will acquire skills, tools and knowledge to incorporate digital literacy across content areas and grade levels appropriately to enhance instruction. 3 graduate credits.
Program: Syracuse
Location: Remote (n/a, n/)
Audience: Teachers
Dates: 8/31/2020 to 9/4/2020
CURI 6533 SUNY Empire State College
Now is the time to create classrooms, schools, and school districts that will offer students, teachers, and administrators a wide range of strategies to reclaim personalized learning. Personalized learning doesn't mean individualization of curriculum. This class will help educators restore equity and humanity to their classrooms and schools through personalization of education. The lessons will help teachers shape whole-class instruction, leverage small-group interactions, and nurture a student's inner dialogue. The class will also help teachers design curriculum with a flexible frame that helps to emphasize the state standards. Teachers will be able to design new lessons that create multiple opportunities for students to become global thinkers and prepare them for a changing world. The overarching goal will be that teachers will reclaim personalized learning for all students that they interact with. 3 graduate credits.
Program: Online Courses
Location: 10 week online course
Dates: On-Going (Ends Nov 20, 2020)
Location: N/A - 10 week online course
Dates 9/14/20-11/20/20
CURI 6526 SUNY Empire State College
This course will introduce participants to the concepts of emotional intelligence and the importance of incorporating social-emotional learning in the classroom in order to create academic environments that cultivate caring, empathic and successful students. Each component of social emotional learning will be discussed. Through research-based activities, participants will develop strategies to teach to the "whole child", review available programs and learn ways to motivate and engage students and promote positive interactions amongst students in order to increase academic achievement.
Program: Online Courses
Dates: On-Going (Ends Dec 11, 2020)
Location: 10 week online course
Course dates 10/5/20-12/11/20
CURI 6514 SUNY Empire State College
This course focuses on improving student outcomes by increasing teacher understanding of the impact of race, culture and language in the learning environment. Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) is a research-based method designed to enhance student engagement by implementing strategies to develop stronger relationships, culturally-inclusive curriculum and instruction techniques and positive learning environments. Participants examine the elements of Culturally Responsive Teaching through personal reflection and development of culturally competent strategies to effectively differentiate instruction for students from linguistically, culturally and racially diverse backgrounds. Participants deepen knowledge of their own cultural background and the impact on instruction while implementing strategies to increase connections with students and improve learning outcomes through culturally-relevant curriculum and instruction.
