Educational Workshops
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Educational Workshops
The education workshops offered through MVNU feature a variety of topics to keep you informed about the most current issues surrounding education today.
Offered through our Master of Arts in Education Curriculum and Instruction program, our highly qualified instructors encourage interactive learning with a focus on integrating faith and values with education.
Cost & Registration
Workshops completed for graduate credit cost $225 per workshop and earn the participant one graduate semester credit (unless other wise noted).
Self-Paced Online Workshops
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Fall 2023
September 11: Workshops Open
November 20: Last day to register for online workshops
December 1: All online work must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m.
Winter/Spring 2024
January 15: Workshops Open
March 25: Last day to register for online workshops
April 8: All online work must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m.
Summer 2024
May 6: Workshops Open
August 5: Last day to register for online workshops
August 16: All online work must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m.
*All workshops are offered each term.
STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTION
- Action Teaching/Learning with Impact in Class and Online
- Beginning Grant Writing
- Bibliotherapy and Poetry Therapy in the Classroom
- Blizzard Bags - Creating Calamity Day Online Assignments
- Close Reading in the K-8 Classroom
- Computer Science and Computational Thinking
- CRA (Concrete, Representational, Abstract) Teaching in Math for Grades K-12
- Creating and Hosting Effective Online Synchronous Class Meetings
- Culturally Responsive Teaching: Knowing Yourself and Others
- D-School: Design Thinking for Project-Based Problem Solving
- Developing and Using Creative Thinking Skills in the Classroom
- Digital Citizenship for Students
- Dissecting the Writing Rope
- Dyslexia And Reading Disabilities in The General Education Classroom
- Escape Rooms and Virtual Escape Rooms for Classroom Instruction
- Evaluating And Choosing Writing Programs For K-12 Classrooms
- Genius Hour: Inquiry & Project Based Learning in the Classroom
- Google Basics for Teachers
- Linking Content Standards to Enhance Virtual Instruction
- Math Conversations K-5
- Principles of Global Education
- Professional Learning Communities for Teachers
- Seeing Thinking: Making Student Metacognition Visible
- STEM Labs and Makerspaces
- Strategies For Helping Low Readers Meet Success
- Teaching College Readiness Skills to Middle and High School Students
- The Three "E's" of Post-Secondary Options (Enrollment, Enlistment, Employment)
- Token Economies: Manage Behavior and Teach Math at the Same Time
- Universal Design for Learning
- Using Persuasive Writing and Debate in the Classroom
- Using Visualization Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension
ASSESSMENT
- A4L: Assessment for Learning
- Assessment Literacy for Teachers
- Designing Online Assessments with Purpose
- Understanding Connections Among Objectives, Standards, Formative and Summative Assessment
- Using Formative Assessment to Determine Strategies for Reteaching Or Teaching A New Way
INTERVENTIONS/SPECIAL EDUCATION
- Anchor Charts, Scaffolds, And Interventions to Support All Students in The General Education Classroom
- Awareness of Dyslexia in Ohio: Best Practices
- Data Collection for Progress Monitoring of RTI and IEP Goals
- Developing Effective Transition Practices for Students with Disabilities
- Emphasizing Self-Advocacy and Independence for Exceptional Students Online and In-Person
- Executive Functioning
- Implementing, Evaluating, and Improving Instructional Practices in Inclusion Settings
- Providing Accommodations and Modifications In The General Education Classroom
- Providing IEP/504/RTI (MTSS) Services Through Remote Learning
- Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to Cohesively Meet Student Needs
- Writing IEP Goals for Behavior Change
DISCIPLINE
- Behavior Analysis for Teachers
- Behavior Supports Community of Practice Summer Workshop
- Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessment in the Classroom
- Improving Student Behavior in the Classroom
- Reducing Aggression with Functional Communication
- Social Justice
- Targeting Behavioral Function to Change Behavior
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING
- Activities to Calm the Amygdala
- Applied SEL: Activating Emotional Awareness
- Building Motivation and Resiliency for At-Risk Students
- Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
- Counseling Techniques in the Classroom
- Culturally Responsive Teaching: Knowing Yourself and Others
- Fostering Fluid Intelligence & Crystalized Intelligence
- Growth Mindset in The Classroom
- Meeting Social/Emotional Needs Through Academics
- Mentoring for Student Growth
- Positive Peer Influences and Peer Tutoring
- Students in Crisis: Prevention & Intervention
- Supporting Students in Difficult Situations
- Teaching Emotional Regulation Skills to Your Students
- Trauma Informed Education
- Using Benefit Mindset to Enhance SEL in the Classroom
- Working with Students Who Exhibit Internalizing Behavior
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
- Autism in the Classroom: Adaptive Behavioral Skills
- Autism in the Classroom: Communication Skills
- Autism in the Classroom: Setting the Stage for Student Success
- Autism in the Classroom: Social Skills Instruction
- Autism in the Classroom: Transition Planning
- Teaching Students with Autism Using ABA Principles in Remote Learning
GIFTED EDUCATION
- Improving Practices in Gifted Education
- Instructional Design for Gifted Learners
- Instructional Strategies for Gifted Learners
- Introduction to Gifted Education for the Classroom Teacher
- Supporting the Needs of Gifted Learners
- Teaching Gifted Learners to Self-Assess and Set Goals
BOOK-BASED LEARNING
The Book-Based Learning options are asynchronous, self-paced online options that require a specific book that participants must obtain on their own prior to beginning the workshop.
- Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind
- Required book: Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind by Eric Jensen
- ISBN: 978-1-4166-1572-9
- Introduction to Multicultural Education
- Required book: Howe, W. A. & Lisi, P. L. (2020). Becoming a multicultural educator, (3rd ed.). Sage Publishing.
- Two credit workshop
- Book Study: The Importance of Being Little
- One credit workshop
- Required book: The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups
- ISBN: 9780143129981
- Book Study: The Innovator's Mindset
- One credit workshop
- Required book: The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
- ISBN: 978-0-9861554-9-9
- Book Study: Engage the Brain
- One credit workshop
- Required book: Engage the Brain: How to Design for Learning that Taps into the Power of Emotion
- ISBN: 978-1-4166-2628-2
- Book Study: Responsive Teaching
- One credit workshop
- Required book: Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
- ISBN 978-1-4833-0801-2
- Book Study: The Pattern Seekers
- One credit workshop
- Required book: The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
- ISBN: 978-1-5416-4714-5
- Book Study: Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible
- One credit workshop
- Required book: Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible
- ISBN: 978-1-5063-5277-0
- Book Study: What School Could Be
- One credit workshop
- Required book: What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America
- ISBN: 978-0-691-18061-8
- Book Study: How Children Succeed
- One credit workshop
- Required book: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
- ISBN: 978-0-544-10440-2
- Book Study: Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems
- One Credit Workshop
- Required Book: Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems by Mike Anderson
- ISBN: 978-1416630333
- Book Study: When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder
- One Credit Workshop
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Required Book: When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder by Teri James Bellis, Ph.D.
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ISBN: 978-0743428644
Face-to-Face Workshops
New workshops coming soon!
Collaborative Workshops in Conjunction with Mount Vernon City Schools
- Columbia Elementary - "What Happened to You?" (EDUC-6101-WK14V) 1 Credit Collaborative Workshop. Workshop start date Sept. 19, 2023.
- Twin Oak Elementary - "Deliberate Optimism" (EDUC-6101-WK15V) 2 Credit Collaborative Workshop. Workshop start date Sept. 18, 2023.
- Wiggin Street Elementary - "What Happened to You?" 1 Credit, Cost $175
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Pleasant Street Elementary - "Deliberate Optimism" (EDUC-6101-WK20V) 2 Credits, Cost $350
- MVMS - "Successful Middle School Teaming" (EDUC-6101-WK19V) 1 Credit, Cost $175
- MVHS - "Making Connections Through YA Literature" (EDUC-6101-WK21V) 1 Credit, Cost $175