Support Your Students Who Struggle with Time Management and Organization
Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom:
Online Professional Course
Are you frustrated with the challenge of helping students with Executive Functioning (EF) deficits and ADHD?
In this online, self-paced course, Marydee Sklar will foster a deep understanding of the brain to help you develop your students’ executive function skills.
The Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course is designed to help you:
- Develop a strong understanding of the brain to improve your students' EF awareness
- Analyze how your students' behaviors are affected by their brain's development
- Teach time management, planning and organization skills to your students
- Help your students to become better learners and be more successful at retaining classroom content
Next Course Starts:
April 6, 2020
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Upcoming Dates:
UPDATE: In response to COVID-19, we have decided to temporarily open this course at a deeply discounted rate for teachers.
Added Course: April 6th - June 7th
Includes Two Live Session Dates:
Friday April 17, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
9am-10am Pacific Time
The next course will occur as scheduled,
June 22, 2020 - August 30, 2020
Temporary Cost: $395 $199*
*This price does NOT include college credit. If you are interested in earning 2 graduate level credits (an additional $55 per credit) for this course, please register through our accrediting agency, Seattle Pacific University via the button below.
All students who complete this course will receive a certificate of completion which you may choose to use for professional development credit.
This Course Transformed Me As An Educator
I have never learned so much from a course as I have from this one, thanks to you. I am truly excited to share what I have learned and how it has transformed me as an educator. Thank you for enriching my life both professionally and personally.
About The Course
- This is a self-paced online course designed to accommodate teachers' busy schedules
- You will have 10 weeks to finish the course but content will be available to you for one year.
- Course content includes video recordings, interactive communication with your peers and instructor, and written assignments
- Available for two graduate level credits
How it works
Instructional video recordings will be made available via our secure, online classroom for one year after your enrollment is processed.
Complete written assignments and add your impressions, questions and reflections to the online classroom.
Complete the course with clear, well-defined goals and strategies to apply in your classroom.
This course is appropriate for:
- Teachers, grades 3 - 12
- Graduates of the Teaching Seeing My Time Professional training course, who would like to learn even more about the brain, executive functions, and how to help their clients
Course content will include:
- Current perspectives on brain development and EF skills as they relate to successful classroom behaviors
- Visual instruction models to teach key concepts that are the foundation for developing and improving EF skills
- Hands-on activities and downloadable forms to use with your students as you develop their metacognition, time-management and planning
- A simple and effective binder system for your student's paper management organization
- Practical information about the brain that will improve your effectiveness as a teacher
- Tips and strategies to improve your own time-management, planning and organization skills
Please Note: There are some overlapping concepts from the Teaching Seeing My Time program woven throughout this course, though each is a stand alone class.
How to Register:
- Register for the course using the 'Add to Cart' button below.
- If you are taking the course for credit, please use the link above to register with Seattle Pacific University directly.
- Once your enrollment is processed, you will receive an automated email with information on how to log in to the secure, online classroom and begin watching, posting and learning. NOTE: Please keep an eye out for this email in your spam and promotions folders.
This Course is a Game-Changer
The Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course is wonderful! I think the term I've used is "game changer" with district administration. You've done such a great job taking the incredibly complex world of neuroscience and making it accessible and practical for us all.
FAQ
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We Learned So Many Teaching Strategies!
"Not only has the Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course provided a streamlined organizational process for our students, but the strategies learned guide our lesson planning across the curriculum. By far, this has been the most applicable and beneficial class we have taken as educators over the last 13 years. We look forward to continued success for our students and ourselves."
