During this 16-hour, asynchronous course, you will dive into Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement and analyze your students’ literacy needs as well as your instructional resources to determine the best way to support your struggling readers. Finally, you will create lessons for targeted groups of struggling readers using the evidence-based instructional practices in Ohio’s Plan and readily available instructional resources. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

During this 8-hour, asynchronous course you will gain a better understanding of the brain including trauma-related behaviors, learn settle strategies, and strategies to reach and teach trauma-impacted students so that they can re-engage in learning. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

This 8-hour, self-paced course explains the eight types of parents/caregivers you may interact with each year. As you discover each type of parent, you will reflect on your past experiences and make connections between engagement and support. Then, apply that awareness to enable yourself to build stronger parent/caregiver engagement. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

This 8-hour, self-paced course explores advantaged differentiation as an effective instruction method that is responsive to the learner’s preferences and interests. Create, implement, and improve a lesson plan to engage all learners. Participants will learn through various articles, videos, examples, strategies, and resources to be able to be proficient in starting to adapt lessons to meet all needs of students in their classroom. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

This 8-hour, self-paced course teaches differentiation as an effective teaching method that is responsive to learner’s preferences and interests. Included are many resources and strategies to help meet the learing needs of students. Participants will learn through various articles, videos, examples, strategies, and resources to be able to be proficient in starting to adapt lessons to meet all needs of students in their classroom. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

This 8-hour, self-paced course for K-6 teachers and intervention specialists, will foster your understanding of problem-based learning and support you in applying this knowledge to your own classroom. You will have the opportunity to implement a mini-lesson and receive feedback. This course includes ‘office hours’ to encourage collaboration. This course can be completed any time over the next year.

This 8-hour, self-paced course is designed for K-6 teachers and intervention specialists. Design thinking and STEAM resources are introduced to effectively engage the minds of young learners. Participants will create, implement, and improve a lesson plan that integrates STEAM and literacy instruction while practicing these new skills within your own work setting. This course includes ‘office hours’ to encourage collaboration. This course can be completed any time over the next year.