6-week online class (45 total clock hours completed when it's convenient for you)
Cost: $299 (discounts available for early-birds, groups and previous school/district clients)
This class qualifies for 3 CEUs or 3 undergrad/grad semester hour credits from UCCS (at additional cost). Check re-licensure requirements for your area.
Required text: Strategies for Teaching Boys & Girls: Elementary by Gurian, Stevens & King (March 2008).
Upcoming 2009 Course Dates: January 18, 2010 - February 23, 2010.
Register now at www.gurianinstitute.com.
The Strategies for Teaching Boys & Girls: Elementary Online Course is an exciting opportunity to study the origin and nature of gender differences in the classroom and to acquire the field-tested classroom strategies you need to be successful with all students. This class and the accompanying text will truly blend the science and the art of teaching in a way that teachers never experienced in their teacher preparation.
Now, teachers, administrators and coaches have the unique opportunity to become a part of this Professional Learning Community with educators from around the world under the guidance of one of the book's authors.
This one-of-a-kind course will arm you with new perspectives and understandings, as well as a toolkit filled to the brim with powerful gender-friendly strategies to transform your classroom and your school.
Save gas and time! Class is asynchronous - Study when it fits your busy schedule!
Your online teacher is Kelley King, co-author of both of the Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls books and Director of the Gurian Institute Education Division. Kelley is an international presenter whose work has been featured in the national media, including Newsweek, the Today Show, and Radio Health Journal.
Kelley has been a school principal, special education teacher, gifted teacher and regular education teacher during her 23 year career as a public educator. As a school principal, Kelley led her school in a highly-successful initiative to close the gender achievement gap in literacy.
Kelley is also the proud mom of a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl.