Course Description
The internet has changed the way people read and process information, and educators who want to engage their students in the writing process must embrace new ways to teach writing through reading if they expect to reach their students in meaningful ways. Teacher Friendly realizes that much of your work developing new writing strategies in reading to enhance student learning is done on your own time, and has designed this course so dedicated teachers like yourself can earn graduate-level professional credit for work done to improve your curriculum. You can earn up to 6 units of credit (1 for every 15 hours of relevant work completed on your own time), for the extra time you dedicated to improving your curriculum and making yourself a better educator professionally. Earning credit is easy– when you’ve already done the work. All that’s needed to earn PD credit for your invested time is to submit (1) a short description of the new writing strategies in reading you developed to enhance learning in your classroom, (2) a self-created time log verifying the hours of work you have invested, and (3) selected proof of your completed objectives. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
About University of the Pacific
University of the Pacific, established in 1851, is California’s oldest private chartered university and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
The credits offered are post-baccalaureate, graded, graduate-level semester units of credit, provided directly through University of the Pacific, Benerd College. They are specifically designed to meet the needs of educators for Salary Advancement and Recertification. The credits/units are acceptable where local districts approve and applicable to state licensing where authorized. We always encourage you to check with your employer for acceptability of these credits/units. Course participants are responsible to determine acceptability of these credits for their intended use. Each graduate-level semester credit is equivalent to 15 hours of academic involvement.
Course Objectives
Upon successful mastery of this course, you will be able to:
- Apply strategies and insights gained to create a writing project that you will use in your work.
- Choose at least one new writing strategy to develop and “own” to integrate into your curriculum.
- Integrate and apply relevant strategies and insights acquired to a final student-created writing project.
- Reflect on how the new strategies impact your students’ writing.
- Reflect on how the new strategies impact your teaching, specific to your future growth.