Category Archives for Social Emotional

Bullying and Harassment: A Legal Guide for Educators

- 1 Graduate Credit -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will learn about the legal background associated with school bullying or harassment and their responsibility and authority to address these issues.
2. Teachers will explore other areas of concern, such as sexual or gender-based bullying and other forms that may considered as student harassment in schools.
3. Participants will evaluate how their school and district policies address these problems and what procedures they should and must follow in the reporting process.
4. Participants will examine student threats and violence in schools, and analyze ways to address those issues. They will also look at harassment by adult staff personnel in schools.
5. Educators will learn about the new internet forms of bullying, harassment, and threats that have developed with the use of "Face Book" and other internet forums.

Resilience Revolution: Discovering Strengths in Challenging Kids

- 2 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will explore the topic of resiliency in students and how or why some students are able keep moving through adversity and persevere regardless of difficult personal circumstances.
2. Teachers will examine how to build trust in students who have difficulty with personal trust issues. They will develop ways to identify and use the student strengths, gifts and talents of each student.
3. Educators will be presented with ways of instilling purpose in young people as well self- empowerment regarding students with low self worth so they will behave in a positive manner.
4. Teachers will have the skills and knowledge to utilize the book information to improve their understanding and relationships with students to assist them with personal and educational success.

Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will review the way humans are wired to connect with others in a natural WiFi system and instinct for altruism that defines social intelligence.
2. Teachers may explore self awareness as it relates to social intelligence in a variety of settings and why genes are not destiny in developing SI skills.
3. Students will be presented with the need for a secure base and to develop personal set points for happiness that facilitate positive webs of attachment.
4. Teachers are exposed o how the mind and medicine are interrelated and how to manage the heart regarding trauma and emotional relearning.
5. Educators will examine how biology, stress and the lack of social connectedness can affect how we utilize social intelligence techniques in school environments.

Motivation and Learning

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Teachers will review student relationships and how to make learning easier without lowering standards. They will learn how to use various teaching tips and strategies.
2. Students will read about various quick-tips for increasing motivation and learning. They will examine and apply the various ideas for possible applications into their teaching environment.
3. Educators will examine how motivation works in human behavior and how to get students to be intrinsically motivated. The video: The Law of Attraction and are also viewed to blend mental consciousness concepts into motivation applications.
4. Educators will examine the motivation tips as they relate to instructional content and teaching for classroom implementation.
5. Teachers will learn about assessments, testing, and grading tips as they check for validity regarding testing and how they can be used for motivating students

Module B: Understanding Hispanic Students and Issues

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Analyze statistical, educational, and social demographics of Hispanic students.
2. Review the Mexican era 1821, United States era 1847 and 1900's to 2015.
3. Review contributions of farm labor, industrial manufacturing & service industries.
4. Examine the origins of Mexican stereotypes and myths regarding immigration.
5. Learn about and contrast various Hispanic cultural views, behaviors, and traits.
6. Understand Hispanic religious beliefs and the immigrant assimilation process.
7. Discern between traditional cultural behaviors and U.S. media social forces.
8. Learn about and discuss the current social- political issues affecting Hispanos.
9. Learn diagnostic skills- strategies to improve student academic achievement.
10. Examine the social backgrounds of Hispanic families and inter-ethnic diversity.
11. Learn about the various Hispanic educational obstacles and school dropout issues.
12. Review learning theory-methodology for improving instructional effectiveness.
13. Learn about current Latino/Chicano social subcultures and political ideologies.
14. Research, design and apply instructional units/lessons for classroom use.

Eliminating Student Excuses

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will develop an understanding of how the mind is programmed to believe and behave in certain negative or positive patterns that are socially conditioned.
2. Participants will analyze the social and psychological beliefs of the 18 most commonly utilized excuses for not exploring or experiencing new ideas, goals or endeavors.
3. Educators will learn about the seven excuses be-gone principals for reprogramming thoughts in order to change limiting, preconditioned beliefs and self-defeating behaviors.
4. Participants will examine the paradigm shifts needed for a new way of thinking and shedding subconscious habits and acquire strategies to develop a new way of being.
5. Educators will write an application essay and develop a lesson or project activity that applies the course content to classroom instruction and school learning environments.

Emotional Intelligence: Why Can it Matter More Than IQ

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will review the emotional brain and what emotions are for in human development and interactions along with the anatomy of emotional connections.
2. Participants will explore self awareness of knowing thyself and the consequences of excessive passion or emotional hysteria that can be unproductive.
3. Educators will be presented with general concepts of why and how aptitude, empathy and emotions are interrelated within the human social arts.
4. Participants are presented with how the mind and medicine are interrelated and how to manage the heart regarding trauma and emotional relearning.
5. Educators can examine how the lack of emotional literacy can be costly in human relations and how to use emotional intelligence concepts in school environments.

Understanding Eating Disorders for Schools

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will acquire a framework of the culture of poverty and the role of language.
2. Participants will learn about the hidden roles among social classes and how those roles influence how students work, behave and perceive the school experience.
3. Educators will learn about the characteristics of generational poverty and how the patters of behavior, problems and world views are passed to future generations.
4. Participants will explore the resources, role models, discipline and support systems.
5. Educators will research the culture of poverty issue regarding alternative theories and conclusions presented in the book, as well as present a variety of solutions.
6. Teachers will develop a lesson or unit plan that utilizes strategies or activities in the book and how to use instructional techniques to improve student achievement.

Coaching for Success: A Teacher's Guide

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will learn how to bring the coaching spirit into the classroom and develop trust and relationships that go beyond the general standard instructional format.
2. Teachers will review basic listening, feedback and questioning techniques. Paradigms of situational coaching will be presented for using intuition and a responsibility for results.
3. Educators will be presented with clarifying life goals and school purposes along with visualization techniques so students can set specific goals and visualize outcomes.
4. Students will be able to use the Law of Attraction to enhance their learning and school experience and preserver regardless of obstacles and setbacks to achieve academic goals.
5. Teachers will develop writings, lessons and affirmations for classroom and student applications that make their students dreams possible as well as for educator success.

Character Education in Our Schools

- 3 Graduate Credits -

Course Objectives

1. Educators will review the case for teaching values and character (VC) in schools as well as the why? and what concepts should be taught.
2. Teachers will review what values and good character are and strategies on how to teach respect and responsibility as a roll model, caregiver and mentor.
3. Educators will be presented with strategies to present Moral Discipline in a democratic classroom community and school environment.
4. Students will learn to be able to teach values through the curriculum in a cooperative learning structure as well as how to teach controversial issues in schools.
5. Teachers will develop writings, lessons or activities for implementing values and character education concepts for classroom and school implementation.