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eLearning Course Descriptions
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Bridges Into Health: Strategies to Reduce Inequities and Increase Health Outcomes |
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This session will provide concrete strategies for addressing health inequities as well as an overview of the research and Bridges
Out of Poverty constructs that dovetail with this research.
The Bridges Into Health overview will outline social determinants of health research regarding social coherence, working
environments, and living conditions. It will also cover related concrete Bridges Out of Poverty strategies within three areas: 1) health inequities,
2) patient care, and 3) clinical staff education. The session uses an engaging format targeting real solutions for your community.
Participants will review key health disparities studies that link poverty and racial/ethnic discrimination to health inequities and identify
1) that social capital and social interactions can be redesigned to improve health outcomes, 2) tools for using Robert Sapolsky’s Theory
of Social Coherence in order to increase “access” to health care within our health care systems and community health initiatives, 3) an
analysis of the protective and risk factors related to health disparities in the participant’s community, and 4) a strategy overview and
continuum for reducing health inequities and increasing economic sustainability.
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Link: #bridges
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Building Fluency and Comprehension in Science |
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Science teachers struggle with finding ways to help their students comprehend highly sophisticated text and concepts.
English language learners, students who live in areas of high poverty, and students who experience difficulty with
reading need additional mental models to support their acquisition of science vocabulary and abstract concepts. A
large percentage of assessment items center on a student’s ability to define and/or describe science terms and concepts
to the level of application and beyond.
Participants will learn processes to identify academic and content vocabulary, mental models to build fluency with
vocabulary and concepts; instructional strategies for identifying main idea, summary, sequence, compare/contrast,
and comprehension strategies to help make connections with science text and concepts.
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Link: #building_fluency
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Developing the Emotional Resources of Your Students |
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Learn the significance and impact emotional resources exert on the decision-making processes of students, parents, faculty, and
staff members. Anger management techniques and the role of mutual respect will be reviewed.
- Develop a working definition of emotional resources.
- Examine internal and external boundaries.
- Identify events or actions that trigger emotional responses.
- Review the process of anger escalation.
- Utilize an emotional resource checklist.
- Compare deposits to withdrawals in an emotional bank account.
- Develop a working definition of emotional safety.
- Analyze strategies to develop mutual respect.
- Utilize a mutual respect checklist.
- Study effective communication skills.
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Link: #develop_emot_resource
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End of Course Math Strategies |
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Using research-based math strategies provides educators with hands-on techniques that help them narrow and then eliminate the
achievement gap for all students, especially under-resourced students. These math strategies will improve your effectiveness. The
strategies included with this training package can be readily imple¬mented and integrated into any math curriculum or math program
and will raise student achievement. Educators will find the processes to be based on their needs, including analyzing data, targeting
instruction to standards, understanding the assessment blueprint and test expectations, aligning instruction with those expectations,
targeting interventions, and more—all tailored to the particular math instruction needs of their students.
Participants need to have their state blueprints for their tests and their curriculum guides or textbooks. For the second session they
will need their students’ most recent test scores, along with their test breakdown information.
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Link: #end_of_course
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Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World Facilitator Training * |
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Getting Ahead facilitates a process for people from poverty to investigate the impact that poverty has had on themselves and their
community and to use this information to build resources for a better life and community.
Learn how to use the Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin'-By World workbook for adults in poverty. This program shows them how to
use the hidden rules of class to build up financial, emotional, social, and other resources. Understanding the hidden rules of middle
class and wealth, and choosing to use them, can open doors to such resources as new relationships and new jobs, among others.
Facilitator training includes the following topics: philosophy, theory, motivation and incentives, long-term support, mental models,
content and process, and practice sessions.
For those of you thinking about getting involved with the Circles Campaign, Getting Ahead is a core component of Circles, and
you may want to start with Getting Ahead.
"The information we have learned has been invaluable!"
–Michelle Archuleta, Health Promotion Consultant, Indian Health Services, Bemidji Area, MN
Read more comments.
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Link: #getting_ahead
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How to Motivate Students to Increase Performance |
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Receive tools to improve student performance and motivation. This course guides participants through an investigation of issues related
to student motivation, including:
- Why do some students appear to lack motivation to perform well in coursework?
- Why don’t they get motivated?
- If student motivation is part of my responsibilities, how do I accomplish this?
- Should I reward students for good performance?
Take away a set of strategies for building student motivation and the tools to develop, organize, and create other strategies.
See testimonials from past attendees.
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Link: #how_to_motivate
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Investigations Into Economic Class in America – An overview |
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Increase retention and persistence for first-generation low-income college students.
Engage students on campus .
Raise the consciousness of students, faculty, and staff about one of the most influential but least addresses
barriers to educational achievement—the impact of poverty
Consider the impact of economic class on under-resourced college students. In this workshop you will explore
materials and strategies that bridge the gap between your institution and the students who stand to gain the
most from a college education.
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Link: #investigations
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Meeting AYP with 6 Simple Processes * |
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In today’s world of accountability, decreased funding, and increased federal and state demands, teachers and administrators
need simpler processes that yield significant increases in student achievement levels.
This session presents an overview of a straightforward, six-step process that educators can use to raise students’ scores—easily,
quickly, and effectively.
While there is no “silver bullet” that will raise student achievement, this six-step process delivers a method that works, step-by-step
instructions for implementation, and strategies for working with staff to incorporate this collegial model.
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Link: #meeting_ayp
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Reading for Meaning |
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Develop sophisticated, reliable intervention strategies. Using research-based reading strategies provides educators with hands-on techniques that help them narrow and then eliminate the achievement gap for all students, but especially under-resourced ones. The training provides strategies that can be readily implemented and integrated into any curriculum or program and will raise student achieve¬ment. In this training, you will be introduced to reading strategies, their explanations, relevant research, and how using it all in the classroom makes a difference for your students!
- Processes and strategies are sustainable
- Improve AYP
- Improved vocabulary comprehension
- Identify interventions for individual students
- Teach translation of registers of language
- Teach students to use and create mental models
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Link: #rfm
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Response to Intervention (RTI) |
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Maximize student achievement and reduce behavior problems. This course explains the what, the why, and the how of Response
to Intervention (RTI) and the under-resourced learner. This course will address the power of the student intervention team, the
rationale behind the RTI mandate, and the intervention process for student achievement. The course will focus on the three tiers
of intervention, alignment to curriculum, and the progress monitoring of student growth.
Develop the strategies and a process to implement effective student intervention teams on campus. The course will address
the timeliness of the intervention and the need to use research-based interventions with fidelity. Get tools for progress monitoring
addressed through a classroom-friendly process that is measurable.
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Link: #rti
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All courses are 2½ hours over multiple days, except courses marked with an asterisk (*),
which are six hours in length over two to four days.
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Not all online training is created equal. Each of these online courses offers direct instruction,
activities, interaction, and individual feedback. This coaching is specific to your job and your
situation. These live online sessions enable learners to connect with subject matter, experts,
and each other—without the added time and expense of travel. Anyone can participate,
regardless of their location. Participants just need a computer, an Internet connection, and a headset.