Provider: Johns Hopkins CTE

Graduate Credit NOT available for this course

In this course, learn how to best capitalize on students’ strengths in order to motivate and engage them. Learn strategies for expanding teaching and assessments to create a richer learning environment. By making linkages between your learning style and those of your students, you will be able to design more effective instruction to meet students’ unique learning needs.

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Provider PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available from participating universities for an additional fee.
Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

This course focuses on how to promote equity in mathematics education for students with disabilities. Learners will develop new instructional strategies for making mathematics more accessible for students with disabilities and develop a plan to incorporate accessibility strategies into their daily teachings.

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Provider: PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available from participating universities for an additional fee.
Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

The Internet can be a fantastic tool to promote student learning at the primary level when teachers know how and when to integrate it effectively into their curriculum. In this fully facilitated, online course, participants review the National Educational Technology Standards in relation to the K-2 classroom. They have an opportunity to search for, evaluate and select appropriate Internet resources for their K-2 Language Arts classrooms. As the course proceeds, developing high-quality Language Arts lesson plans, technology integration, classroom management considerations for technology use, and online safety issues at the K-2 level are covered.

Contact your local Continuing Professional Development Liaison to determine if this course will meet a state reading requirement for you.

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Provider: PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available from participating universities for an additional fee.
Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

Discover the tools and background needed to successfully use the Internet as a research tool in the K-12 classroom. Explore methods of Internet research and learn to use them effectively and efficiently. You will also gain an awareness of some of the ethical and legal issues that may arise when using these new tools in the classroom. As a course assignment, you will practice using your new skills and knowledge by searching through the Internet for appropriate lesson materials to build an enriching resource library.

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Provider: PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available for an additional fee from participating universities.Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

ATTENTION TEACHERS: THIS IS A 10 WEEK COURSE APPROVED FOR 3 MSDE CPD CREDITS
Enhance your understanding and teaching of life science. In addition to developing content knowledge, you will be introduced to the constructivist learning model, discover a range of effective teaching methodologies, and experience a media-rich learning environment to use with your students.

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Provider PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available for an additional fee from participating universities.  Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

Discover the advantages of teaching methods that engage multiple intelligences and explore ways to implement them. You will also learn to teach and assess students differently based on their individual intellectual styles.

Provider: PBS TeacherLine

Graduate credit options available from participating universities for an additional fee.
Contact teacherline@mpt.org for more information.

ATTENTION TEACHERS: THIS IS A 10 WEEK COURSE APPROVED FOR 3 MSDE CPD CREDITS

Increase your content knowledge about the physical science topics of energy transfer, light and waves, heat transfer and density and solubility. Learn methods including scientific reasoning, prediction and critical thinking to optimize your teaching experiences.

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Provider: Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education (CTE)

Graduate credit NOT available for this course

The information and activities in this self-paced course provide a systematic way for you to develop the habits of a reflective practitioner. Throughout the course you will read materials in print and online that support research related to the role of reflection in teacher learning. You will participate in activities that clarify and emphasize the steps to becoming a reflective practitioner, in be able to connect educational theory and your own classroom practice. You will also reflect upon your own practice and areas of growth, and use a rubric for assessing your personal level of reflection to track your progress toward becoming a reflective practitioner.

This is a self-paced course in which participants work at their own time and pace. You may finish the course at any time in the 8 weeks. The enrollment for the course is rolling so you may register even after the course start date has passed.

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