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Focus	Course Title	Brief Description	Course Date(s)	Location
Language	Enhancing Language Development in Childhood	Help your children become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course provides ways to stimulate your child's continued speech, brain, and language development in enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural ways.	On Demand	Online
Technology	Integrating Technology in the Classroom	Discover simple ways to integrate technology in your classroom to enhance subject material and meet Common Core standards and other course goals. This course provides ways to integrate technology across curriculum with tools that will engage auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners.	On Demand	Online
Learning Styles	The Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention Connection	Learn how to combine two powerful educational approaches so you can enable every student in your classroom to succeed. This course shows you how to use Differentiated Instruction and Response to Intervention in your day-to-day classroom teaching and lesson planning.	On Demand	Online
Learning Disability	Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities	Learn how to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities in your classroom through easy, practical, and creative strategies developed by an experienced special educator. This course explores the total special education process and help you understand and empower your special needs students.	On Demand	Online
Creativity	The Creative Classroom	Learn how to use creativity as a powerful engagement tool in the classroom, regardless of what subject you teach. This course provides new approaches to field trips, learning labs, exercises, and evaluation methods that will challenge and motivate your students to become creative thinkers.	On Demand	Online
Language, Spanish	Spanish in the Classroom	Bridge the communication gap between you, your Spanish-speaking students and parents with essential Spanish for teachers. This course starts with Spanish basics and provides survival phrases for parent-teacher conferences so you can discuss progress, deal with academic and behavior problems, and provide grades and homework.	On Demand	Online
Reading	Response to Intervention: Reading Strategies That Work	Discover reading strategies that work without the need for special pull-outs or extra attention. This course will introduce you to the tools needed to creatively help your struggling readers and make steady progress throughout the school year.	On Demand	Online
ADHD	Teaching Students With ADHD	Learn the simple and practical steps you can take to help children with ADHD thrive in their school environment. This course will teach you how classroom space, structure, rules, and expectations can be adapted to suit the needs of students with ADHD and help them manage their own behavior.	On Demand	Online
Learning Structures	Creating Classroom Centers	Discover how easy and effective classroom centers can really be. This course introduces a simple system for creating a center schedule and shepherding students through the process. You will see what makes a truly successful center, what pitfalls to avoid, and gain tips for keeping your planning to a minimum.	On Demand	Online
Adult Teaching	Teaching Adult Learners	Learn the most powerful techniques for reaching and motivating adult learners. This course will teach you the latest and greatest educational methods to create the perfect student-centered classroom.	On Demand	Online