Course Description
This course is designed for educators who seek to enhance their lessons and teaching strategies with innovative ideas inspired by professional development training. In Developing New Ideas in Education, you will transform new ideas gained from your professional development experiences into specific activities that support and promote student learning. You can choose from any ideas or strategies you learned in professional development sessions you have attended–whatever resonates the most with you. The method you choose to best convey the information will drive the project format. Once you have completed/applied the project, you will complete a reflection paper detailing why you chose this particular idea and how it fits into your professional development needs or those of your learners to submit, along with your time log and proof of your completed assignment, for evaluation and credit.
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:
- Identify meaningful professional development experiences to support your work as an educator.
- Apply strategies and insights gained to an Innovative Project that you will use in your work.
- Reflect on how these professional development experiences will impact future growth.
- Engage in meaningful professional development experiences to supplement your role as an educator.
- Integrate and apply relevant strategies and insights acquired to a final project that will be used in your work setting.
- Reflect on the professional development experiences, specific to your future growth.