General Education Courses

These courses are on-demand and self-paced. Most courses are 20 hours, but some are 60. Participants will receive a certificate of completion once all assignments are successfully completed, and a quiz is passed with at least 80%.

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keyboard_arrow_down 21st Century Literacies
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Digital Literacies: Grades K-12 No. 106

Participants will explore the hybrid world of digital technologies and what it has to...

21st Century Literacies
Flip Your Classroom With Digital Technologies, Grades K-12 No. 266

Flipping a classroom takes commitment and time because is an inverted method of trans...

21st Century Literacies
Motivating and Engaging 21st Century Adolescents, Grades 6-12 No. 115

What are the classroom conditions that motivate and engage our 21st century learners?...

21st Century Literacies
All About Critical Literacy, K-12 No. 152

Critical literacy isn't about reading critically. It is a process by which students r...

21st Century Literacies
Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning: Grades K-12 No. 128

Inquiry-based teaching and learning begins with strategy, commences with inquiry and ...

21st Century Literacies
keyboard_arrow_down Assessments and Use of Data
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Best Common Assessment Practices, Grades K-12 No. 173

Participants will be introduced to a number of common assessment practices (useful fo...

Assessments and Use of Data
Formative Assessment for the Common Core, Grades K-5 No. 171A

Assessment of learning or for learning? Balanced, summative interim and formative ass...

Assessments and Use of Data
Assessment of Special Education Students, Grades 6-12 No. 210

Scientifically-proven and research-based practical and authentic assessments will be ...

Assessments and Use of Data
Assessment that Drives Instructional Decision-Making, Grades K-12 No. 203

Using assessment criteria to drive instruction requires the use of reliable data. Tea...

Assessments and Use of Data
Data-Driven Instructional Strategies, K-12 No. 185

Instructional decision-making hinges on variables that can change by the minute, the ...

Assessments and Use of Data
Formative Assessment for the Common Core Grades, 6-12 No. 171B

Assessment of learning or for learning? Balanced, summative interim and formative ass...

Assessments and Use of Data
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Creating a Cognitive-Friendly Learning Environment, Grades K-12 No. 154

Neurons pass information along at speeds of up to 200 miles an hour. With this speed,...

Brain-Based Literacy/Cognition and Learning
Working the Brain Into Teaching and Learning: Grades K-12 No. 103

Using assessment criteria to drive instruction requires the use of reliable data. Tea...

Brain-Based Literacy/Cognition and Learning
Cultivating and Nurturing the Art Brain, Grades K-12 No. 129

Thanks to new advances in neuroscience, it is confirmed that changes in brain plastic...

Brain-Based Literacy/Cognition and Learning
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Building Student Grit, Grades K-12 No. 141

The building of student grit is counterpart to the rigor and academic success that re...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Classroom Management That Motivates and Inspires, Grades 6-12 No. 108

The social-emotional learning that leads to academic success has strong links to char...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Classroom Management That Motivates and Inspires, Grades K-12 No. 158

The social-emotional learning that leads to academic success has strong links to char...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
No Bullying Allowed: Creating a Classroom of Tolerance, Grades K-12 No. 137

The social and emotional dynamics that underlie bullying will be examined closely for...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Organizing and Maintaining Successful Classroom Environments, Grades K-6 No. 202

Organizing and maintaining multi-cultural classroom environments of respect and rappo...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Research-Based Practices for Effective Classroom Behavior Management, Grades 6-12 No. 233

Research-based practices are those that have been legitimized by virtue of having bee...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Organizing and Maintaining Successful Classroom Environments, Grades 6-12 No. 207

Aligned to: Danielson Domain 2, Marzano Domain 4. Organizing and maintaining classroo...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
Classroom Management That Cultivates Respect and Rapport: Grades K-12 - No. 300

This e-course, based on Danielson’s Domain 2a: Creating an environment of respect a...

Classroom Management and Learning Environment
keyboard_arrow_down Standards-Based Literacy and Math
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Common Vocabulary Strategies, Grades 3-8 No. 250A

Acclimating adolescents into effective vocabulary understanding and use is one challe...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
Aligning Curriculum to Common Core and State Standards, Grades K-12 No. 169

Understanding the key concepts of the Common Core Standards will aid participants in ...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
Content Area Questioning Strategies, Grades K-12 No. 181

From key idea and details to integration of knowledge and understanding, there will b...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
Instructional Strategies: Citing Evidence, Grades 6-8 No. 168

Students must find evidence before they can cite it. Participants will learn strategi...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
Instructional Strategies: Teaching Students How to Use and Cite Evidence, Grades 3-12 No. 190

Students must find evidence before they can cite it, and the sooner they learn the ea...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
Modification Strategies for a Common Core-Aligned Curriculum in the Reading and Writing Strands, K-12 No. 243A

After an overall introduction to the an example of Common Core curriculum using the E...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
The Florida State Standards, Math and Literacy: Process Versus Product, K-12 No. FL-195A

K through 12th grade math classroom that supports literacy development is one in whic...

Standards-Based Literacy and Math
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The Art of Differentiation, Grades K-12 No. 112

The art of differentiation happens through design, re-design, and new strategies. Par...

Differentiated Instruction & Collaborative Learning
Best Practices for Differentiating in Inclusive Classrooms, K-12 No. 254A

Acclimating adolescents into effective vocabulary understanding and use is one challe...

Differentiated Instruction & Collaborative Learning
Differentiation as a Behavior Management Strategy for Special Needs Students, Grades 9-12 No. 224

Managing behavior balances with understanding our learners and their learning styles....

Differentiated Instruction & Collaborative Learning
keyboard_arrow_down Early Literacy
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Building Reading Comprehension in Primary Grades, PK-3 No. 130

The building blocks to effective reading comprehension begin in the primary grades wi...

Building Reading Muscle of Struggling Learners, Grades PK-5 No. 133

Building reading muscle requires training, perseverance, and constant progress monito...

Taking Running Records, Grades K-12 No. 302

This 5-hour course is designed to teach participants how to take and score running re...

keyboard_arrow_down Literacy in all Content Areas
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Best Practices in Literacy, K-12 No. 259

After analyzing lessons and units to determine the best embedded practices as they su...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Growing Readers and Writers in all Content Areas: Grades 6-12 No. 105

Participants will explore the essential ingredients that grow and scaffold good readi...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Literacy Strategies for Struggling Learners: Grades 3-12 No. 138

Consistent use of reading and writing strategy across all content areas continues to ...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Reading and Writing Strategies For All Content Areas: Grades 3-12 - No. 104

Intentional, consistent and rigorous teaching of reading and writing strategy across ...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Research-Based Literacy Strategy For All Content Areas, Grades K-12 No. 123

Participants will be introduced to sound and scientific research as it promotes liter...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Common Vocabulary Strategies, Grades 3-8 No. 250A

Acclimating adolescents into effective vocabulary understanding and use is one challe...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Writing Strategies For All Content Areas: Grades K-12 No. 134

Focused exclusively on sound and research-based writing strategy, participants will b...

Literacy in all Content Areas
ELA and Next Generation Science, Grades 6-8 No. 199

The Next Gen Science Standards and expectations that align with the Common Core Stand...

Literacy in all Content Areas
ELA and Next Generation Science, Grades K-5 No. 198

The Next Gen Science Standards and expectations that align with the Common Core Stand...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Teaching With Tape Diagrams, Grades 6-8 No. 255

Tape Diagrams are found in many math modules on the EngageNY.org resource web site. ...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Math and Literacy: Beyond Right Answers, Grades K-12 - No. 195

K through 12 math classrooms that support literacy development are those in which stu...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Tiering Tasks Not Text, Grades 3-8 No. 260

Participants will learn how and when to meet specific learners’ needs without compr...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Classroom Strategies for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening: Grades 6-12 No. 157

While many students will develop their own methods to read complicated text, answer h...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Close Reading Strategies: What are they, and how do we teach them? Grades 3-8 No. 177

While many students will develop their own methods to read complicated text, answer h...

Literacy in all Content Areas
ELA and Next Gen Science, Grades 9-12 No. 197

The Next Gen Science Standards and expectations that align with the Common Core Stand...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Differentiating Reading Instruction and Assessments, Grades K-12 No. RL-112

Participants will understand and apply knowledge of the socio-cultural, socio-politic...

Literacy in all Content Areas
Content Area Questioning Strategies, Grades K-12 No. 181

From key idea and details to integration of knowledge and understanding, there will b...

Literacy in all Content Areas
The Florida State Standards, Math and Literacy: Process Versus Product, K-12 - No. 195A

K through 12th grade math classroom that supports literacy development is one in whic...

Literacy in all Content Areas
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Accountable Professional Learning Communities No. 135

Participants in this e-course will learn the nuts and bolts behind successful profess...

Professional Learning Communities
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Effective Instructional Planning and Preparation, Grades K-12 No. 201

Aligned to: Danielson Domains 1 and 2, Marzano Domains 2 and 3 Strong knowledge of c...

Teacher Effectiveness: Planning, Preparation, Professionalism
keyboard_arrow_down Reading and Reading Intervention
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Implementing RtI: Tiered Intervention Strategies Grades K-12 No. 221B

Using a tiered instructional framework model, participants will learn how to deliver ...

Reading and Reading Intervention
Remediating Learning Difficulties Grades K-12 No. 235

Through a tiered instructional framework, participants will be introduced to tools an...

Reading and Reading Intervention
Building Reading Comprehension in Intermediate Grades No. 132

In this e-course, participants will examine effective strategy for reading comprehens...

Reading and Reading Intervention
Building Reading Muscle of Struggling Learners, Grades 6-8 No. 133A

Building reading muscle requires training, perseverance, and constant progress monito...

Reading and Reading Intervention
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ESOL Instructional Leadership ELL-299

Participants will develop clear understanding of the role of and responsibilities of ...

Leadership and Administration
Coaching Teachers No. TL-105

This course is appropriate for instructional coaches, department chairs, team leaders...

Leadership and Administration
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The Six Analytical Writing Traits for Grades 6-12 No. 246B

Through the power of the six analytical writing traits - ideas and content, organizat...

Writing and Writing Process
The Six Analytical Writing Traits, K-5 No. 246A

Through the power of the six analytical writing traits - ideas and content, organizat...

Writing and Writing Process
Writing Strategies for All Content Areas, Grades K-12 No. 134

Focused exclusively on sound and research-based writing strategy, participants will b...

Writing and Writing Process
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