MTI 571 – Rediscovering Your Passion For Teaching
GRADUATE CREDITS: 3
Textbook:
Teach Like a Pirate, Burgess, Dave, Dave Burgess Consulting Inc, San Diego, California, 2012. ISBN# 9780988217607
Course Description:
This course will provide teachers with strategies and resources to understand different methods to engage their students and implementing those strategies within lessons for their classrooms. Teachers will be guided to improve teaching and learning through collaboration, instructional design as well as reflecting on their current practices.
Learning Outcomes/Competencies:
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Recognizing how diverse learners process information and develop skills, the teacher incorporates multiple approaches to learning that engage a range of learner preferences. InTASC 1, 2, 3 7, 8
- Engage learners in assessing their strengths and learning preferences and identifies various ways to promote each student’s growth. InTASC 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- Manage the learning environment, organizing, allocating and coordinating resources (e.g., time, space, materials) to promote learner engagement and minimize loss of instructional time. InTASC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
Universities, Course Formats & Pricing
Distance Correspondence
Available Anytime
Transcripts:
Available within 1 week of receiving your grade.
Assignments:
- 10 text questions
- 2 applications
- 1 action research project
- 1 essay
- 10 journal entries
Online Instructor-Led:
Feb 10-Mar 15;
Mar 16-Apr 19;
Apr 20-May 24;
May 25-Jun 28;
Jun 29-Aug 2;
Aug 3-Sep 6
Transcripts:
Available within 1 week of receiving your grade.
Assignments:
- 5 discussions
- 10 discussion responses
- 2 applications
- 1 action research project
- 1 essay
- 10 journal entries
Distance Correspondence
Available Anytime
Transcripts:
Available within 1 week of receiving your grade.
Assignments:
- 10 text questions
- 2 applications
- 1 action research project
- 1 essay
- 10 journal entries
Online Instructor-Led:
Feb 10-Mar 15;
Mar 16-Apr 19;
Apr 20-May 24;
May 25-Jun 28;
Jun 29-Aug 2;
Aug 3-Sep 6
Transcripts:
Available within 1 week of receiving your grade.
Assignments:
- 5 discussions
- 10 discussion responses
- 2 applications
- 1 action research project
- 1 essay
- 10 journal entries
Distance Correspondence
Available Anytime
Transcripts:
Available within 4 weeks of receiving your grade.
Assignments:
- 10 text questions
- 2 applications
- 1 action research project
- 1 essay