| 1. | Nature and Needs of Gifted/Talented Students-Online Training
Audience: Campus/District Administrators, Counselors, Educators, K-12 |
| Analyze the historical, legal, and conceptual understandings of gifted education. Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and behaviors of the gifted learner. Participants will also become familiar with the social and emotional needs of ... |
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| 2. | Web Instructor's Certification, Online: Part I
Audience: Educators, K-12 |
| Prepares the online teacher for the experiences of teaching, evaluating, and managing students in a non-traditional classroom. The Web Instructor's Certification, Part I course is designed to provide a comprehensive mastery of skills for teaching cou... |
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| 3. | Assessing Student Needs for G/T Programs-Online Course
Audience: Campus Administrators, District Administrators, Elementary Teachers, Gifted/Talented Teachers, High School Teachers, Junior High/Middle School Teachers |
| Examine the process of nominating, screening, selection and placement of students in gifted programs. Review the state adopted guidelines for identifying the gifted learner. Learn how to assess giftedness across ALL student populations. Explore quali... |
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| 4. | Section 504 Online Course
Audience: Campus/District Administrators, Counselors, Special Education Teachers |
| Learn about requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for providing programs and services for students with disabilities. Learn about the differences and similarities between Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act (A... |
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| 5. | Nutrition: Planning for Healthy Meals - Home Study Course
Audience: Child Nutrition Administrators, Supervisors/Coordinators |
| Learn about healthy menu planning for school meals. Review the nutrition goals established by USDA's School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children including Recommended Dietary Allowances, children's calorie requirements and the recommendations of the... |
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| 6. | Safety in the Kitchen Home Study Course
Audience: Child Nutrition Staff |
| Identify the responsibility of the food service employee to maintain a safe work environment. Explain what accidents are and how to eliminate them. Identify different types of accidents that occur in a kitchen and their causes. Explore preventive saf... |
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| 7. | TBSI Online Training Course
Audience: Educators, K-12, Special Education Teachers |
| Review national and state level legislative issues and policy papers that serve as driving forces for Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Initiatives. Examine the rationale for PBS supports in school. Learn about schoolwide, classroom and individual in... |
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| 8. | Modeling With Mathematics: A Bridge to Algebra II - Textook Implementation Online Professional Development
Audience: Mathematics Teachers 8-12, Supervisors/Coordinators |
| Adopters may participate in this online 12-hour professional development designed to facilite the implementation of the Modeling With Mathematics: A Bridge to Algebra II textbook. Participants must have adopted the Modeling with Mathematics: A Bridge... |
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| 9. | Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty-Online Book Study
Audience: Administrator, Counselors, Teachers, All Levels |
| Explore issues of equality, environment and opportunity, hidden rules of poverty, as it relates to assessing giftedness in poverty through a book study using Dr. Paul Slocumb and Ruby Payne's book: "Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty." Particip... |
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| 10. | When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers-Online Book Study
Audience: Administrator, Counselors, Teachers, All Levels |
| Explore general characteristics of gifted children, emotional dimensions of giftedness, and how to create a gifted-friendly classroom through a book study using Dr. Jim Delisle's book, "When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers." Participants will ... |
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