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CUR/555

Continuing Education for Teachers

Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement

Online

Format

$1,620

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

6 weeks

Course length

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Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

Course level: EDU Graduate

Learners will examine the relationship of professional and personal learning to school, teacher, and student need. Learners will gain an array of effective ideas, strategies, plans, methods, and tools on designing and implementing professional development to promote the intellectual and self-reflective development of teachers, as they collaborate to raise student achievement. Topics include components of high-quality staff development and learning networks.

This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New York.

Prerequisites

This graduate level course requires proof of completion of a Bachelor's degree. Be prepared to provide documentation during the checkout process.

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

  • Identify the characteristics of a reflective practitioner.
  • Identify protocols for reflective practice.
  • Explain how the idea of the reflective practitioner is tied to the teacher as learner.
  • Analyze the effect reflective practice has on student learning and achievement.
  • Determine how ongoing professional development contributes to the teacher as learner.

  • Identify components of an effective professional development plan.
  • Utilize knowledge of components of a professional development plan to create professional development needs assessment.
  • Analyze data from a school needs assessment to determine professional development needs.
  • Develop and present a professional development plan based on needs assessment that includes components of effective professional development.

  • Develop plan for implementing initiatives-based, schoolwide professional development.
  • Determine how the professional development plan will be implemented.
  • Determine accountability and sustainability parameters for the professional development plan.
  • Analyze the effectiveness of an initiatives-based, schoolwide professional development plan.

  • Create a schoolwide initiative study group.
  • Identify protocols for schoolwide study groups.
  • Generate suggestions for grade-level collaborative study.
  • Identify and develop protocols for successful peer coaching for collaboration.

  • Identify different coaching protocols for individual professional learning.
  • Identify coaching focus based on the student needs assessment.
  • Analyze various classroom observation tools.
  • Utilize knowledge of classroom observation protocols to develop a collegial walk-through model for peer observation.

  • Analyze the components of a schoolwide professional development plan.
  • Identify different protocols for looking at student work.
  • Design a grade-level plan to implement a learning initiative based on results from reviewing student work.
  • Apply the professional learning community (PLC) model.
  • Evaluate reflective practitioner model.

Why UOPX

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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Before you enroll in a course, check with your school of choice to make sure they will accept our transfer credits and to understand any requirements or limitations. Then you can complete your course, and request your official transcript be sent to your school. That’s it!

How to request your transcripts

Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. Although our continuing teacher education courses are accepted by some state agencies in the United States toward teacher certifications and endorsements, this may not be the case in all states or foreign jurisdictions. If you plan to use courses for certification or endorsement, please check with your own state agency and your school district for applicability. Continuing teacher education courses are not eligible to apply to degree programs at University of Phoenix. These courses are not eligible for federal financial aid. Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.