Summer Learning at GHAEA!

1. Improving Your Job Coaching Skills - Course #168758
1. June 10, 11, and 12 in Creston and Council Bluffs OR June 17, 18, and 19 in Avoca
2. This course contain 18 module lessons focusing on improving participants job coaching skills.  The lessons focus on:
1. Foundation of Employment Services
2. Performance Coaching and Support
3. Strategies for Job Development
3. Upon completion of all 18 lessons, participants will be able to receive a job coaching certificate
2. Blending/Flipping Your Classroom - Course #168532
1. June 11, 12, and 13 in Avoca
2. Work in virtual groups learning about Blended Models and learn about and analyze the four common models of blended learning. Determine DOK levels of tasks. Brainstorm what items that are done that would fall into the Lower Level of Blooms. Deconstruct Lesson looking for connection to Blooms and Assessments. Create a flipped video. Share what the modern learner looks like. Participate in a Socratic Circle. Write essential questions. Create their own blended learning opportunity for students or adults.
3. Fundamentals in Sentence Writing - Course #180141
1. June 12 in Red Oak
2. Instruction in Fundamentals in the Sentence Writing Strategy is appropriate for students who need a thorough grounding in basic concepts and terms, such as "subject," "verb," or "infinitive." Fundamentals in the Sentence Writing Strategy can be used as a developmental writing curriculum or as a quick set of lessons to improve students' understanding of these concepts. Once students have that basic understanding, they may move on to Proficiency in the Sentence Writing Strategy. Together these components constitute a strategy for recognizing and writing 14 sentence patterns with four types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. In studies, students who have learned the Sentence Writing Strategy consistently produce written products that contain 100 percent complete sentences and at least 40 percent complicated sentences. Their written products include more words, more sentences, and a greater variety of sentences than those of low-achieving students who have not learned the strategy.
4. Understanding Writing -  Course #160652
1. June 13 and 14 in Red Oak OR July 30 and 31 in Avoca OR August 5 and 6 in Creston
2. This course is content developed by the members of the Iowa Statewide Literacy Leadership Team, which includes AEA and LEA representatives. The modules in this course will deepen teachers’ understanding of teaching writing with topics including Iowa Core Writing Standards, effective evidence-based practices for teaching writing, and ways to assess student writing. In addition, the content provided within this course may be used together or in parts by instructional coaches and teacher leaders to lead professional development around writing.
5. Yoga for Teachers: How to Use Yoga & Meditation in the Classroom - Course #167702
1. June 13 and 14 in Council Bluffs OR July 15 and 16 in Avoca OR July 24 and 25 in Red Oak
2. The course is designed to help teachers create a classroom atmosphere that fosters peace, inner growth and physical movement through the practice of yoga and meditation.  The teachers will come to understand how to use meditation and yoga in the classroom through a series of games, stories and breathing exercises.  The teachers will explore the manual Yoga For Teachers:  How to use yoga and meditation in the classroom and put to practice lessons and activities from the manual. Some of the manual will give detailed lesson plans and other short ideas on how to spread yoga and meditation into the regular classroom day.
6. Paraeducator Courses
1. The participant will understand and be able to complete requirements of being a certified paraeducator regarding Ethical and Professional Practices and Professional Relationships of this position.
2. See link for dates and times and to register!

Check out all of the summer course offerings in the Green Hills AEA Course Catalog
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