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D100 – Teaching in a Digital Environment

Given recent events, it’s likely you’ve been informed that you must deliver your school’s curriculum at a distance, using the Internet. For some educators this is nothing new and they have a high level of comfort in delivering course content online....

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E100 – Planning Essentials

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E100 – Planning Essentials

Welcome to Planning Essentials, the first course in the series Planning and Building. This course is a primer on what is expected of the new teacher. It explores the dynamics of interactions in the classroom among the teacher, the students, and the environment...

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E101 – Ethics and Professional Behavior

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E101 – Ethics and Professional Behavior

Welcome to Ethics and Professional Behavior, the second course in the series Planning and Building. The professional educator accepts personal responsibility for teaching students character qualities that will help them evaluate the consequences of and...

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E102 – The Michigan Standards

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E102 – The Michigan Standards

Welcome to The Michigan Standards, the third course in the series Planning and Building. This course provides an orientation for professional educators on the standards of professionalism, conduct, and teaching and learning required by the Michigan Department...

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Teacher Proficiency Assessment

The Teacher Proficiency Assessment is aligned with the Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) model core teacher standards for K-12 educators. The assessment is comprised of a series of multiple choice questions based on the 10...

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E101 – Planning Essentials

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Planning and Building - Elementary

E101 – Planning Essentials

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E102 – Ethics and Professional Behavior

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Planning and Building - Elementary

E102 – Ethics and Professional Behavior

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E103 – Developing a Classroom Climate

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Planning and Building - Elementary

E103 – Developing a Classroom Climate

Welcome to Developing a Classroom Climate, the third course in the series Planning and Building. New teachers may feel overwhelmed with the demands of the job. This course looks at many key things you can do to create the ideal learning environment for...

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E104 – Planning the Environment

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Planning and Building - Elementary

E104 – Planning the Environment

Welcome to Planning the Environment, the fourth course in the series Planning and Building. This course looks at the practical things a teacher can do when designing how to use classroom space to promote a purposeful and dynamic learning environment....

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E105 – Essentials of Brain-based Learning

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Child Development - Elementary

E105 – Essentials of Brain-based Learning

Welcome to Essentials of Brain-based Learning, the first course in the series Child Development. This course provides basic knowledge and strategies for developing a brain-compatible learning environment. Your challenge as an educator is to embrace emerging...

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E106 – Early Childhood Development

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Child Development - Elementary

E106 – Early Childhood Development

Welcome to Early Childhood Development, the second course in the series Child Development. The early formative years are crucial to the development of literacy skills. The more young children can be exposed to language, the better they become at reading,...

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E107 – Middle Childhood Development

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Child Development - Elementary

E107 – Middle Childhood Development

Welcome to Middle Childhood Development, the third course in the series Child Development. Children between the ages of 6 and 12 are in the age period commonly referred to as middle childhood. These years universally mark a distinctive period between...

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E108 – Principles of Diversity

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Family and Community - Elementary

E108 – Principles of Diversity

Welcome to Principles of Diversity, the first course in the series Family and Community. School populations of are becoming increasingly diverse. Students come from a variety of different cultures, speak languages other than English, and have a range...

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E109 – Effective Parent Relationships

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Family and Community - Elementary

E109 – Effective Parent Relationships

Welcome to Effective Parent Relationships, the second course in the series Family and Community. Research establishes, unequivocally, that parent engagement has a positive impact on students’ academic achievement, behavior in school, and attitudes about...

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E110 – Community Partnerships in the School

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Family and Community - Elementary

E110 – Community Partnerships in the School

Welcome to Community Partnerships in the School, the third course in the series Family and Community. This course provides strategies and best practices for developing and sustaining meaningful relationships and partnerships in the broader school community....

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E111 – Planning Effective Lessons

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Instruction - Elementary

E111 – Planning Effective Lessons

Welcome to Planning Effective Lessons, the first course in the Instruction series. This course looks at the practical things you can do when planning and delivering lessons to enhance student learning. It provides guidelines on how to develop lesson...

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E112 – Results-focused Lesson Study

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Instruction - Elementary

E112 – Results-focused Lesson Study

Welcome to Results-Focused Lesson Study, the second course in the Instruction series. Most classrooms are scenes of constant activity, ongoing routines, and regular interactions that are part of teaching and learning. Teachers are consistently engaged...

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E113 – Effective Questioning Strategies

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Instruction - Elementary

E113 – Effective Questioning Strategies

Welcome to Effective Questioning Strategies, the third course in the Instruction series. One of the most important things that teachers do is question. Not surprisingly, Callahan and Clarke (1988) identified questioning as one of the most important teaching...

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E114 – Best Teaching Practices K-6

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Instruction - Elementary

E114 – Best Teaching Practices K-6

Welcome to Best Teaching Practices K-6, the fourth course in the Instruction series. This course combines several elements of effective teaching and learning in a series of best practices that beginning teachers should work to master as quickly as possible....

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E115 – Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition

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Instruction - Elementary

E115 – Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition

Welcome to Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition, the fifth course in the Instruction series. What we believe about success has been shown to have a direct impact on motivation and achievement. However, students don’t always realize the...

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