EDUP 9139: Producing Creative Science Strategies for Today’s Classroom

This course is designed to provide science educators like you the opportunity to earn professional development credit for the extra work and effort you devote to making your curriculum more up-to-date, motivational, and inspiring. As a science teacher, you spend hours researching and developing creative strategies to use in your science classroom to promote and scaffold student learning. In recognition of the fact that you go the extra mile to make your class inviting and interesting, Teacher Friendly, through this course, offers the option to earn up to 6 graduate-level semester credits for the time you dedicated to producing creative science strategies for use in your classroom. To earn PD credit for your invested time, you just have to submit (1) a short description of the new strategies you have discovered or plan to earn credit for (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.