Support Your Students Who Struggle with Time Management and Organization
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:
January 23, 2023
Upcoming Dates:
January 23 - April 2, 2023
Course offered in Winter and Summer
Includes Two Live Session Dates on Zoom:
Friday February 10, 2023 at 9am PST
Friday March 10, 2023 at 9am PST
(The live sessions are optional. They are recorded so you can watch later if you are unavailable on the above dates.)
Cost: $395*
*This price does not include college credit or books
All participants will receive a certificate of completion with which they can apply for professional development credit.
Participants wishing to earn 2 graduate credits from Seattle Pacific University can register below.
CRN: EDCT 5699
Course Reading:
There are two textbooks required for college credit students and highly recommended for non-credit students. The readings will enhance your experience of the course and be great resources in the future.
Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
by Christopher Kaufman, PhD
How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
This Course is the Missing Link I've Been Searching For!
This is one of the most valuable professional development courses I have taken in a LONG time! As an educator of 25 years and a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, I found this course to be the missing link I've been searching for. These are life skills I wish I'd learned when I was in elementary school. Marydee is an expert who knows how to present the material in a relatable way. She breaks the learning into small chunks and provides video, text and reading materials to help you learn in the best way possible. I found myself looking forward to each new topic being released. I can't wait to apply what I have learned to both my own life and to my teaching. Thank you Marydee!
About The Course
- Taught by Marydee Sklar, award-winning time management educator and creator of the Seeing My Time program
- This is a self-paced online course designed to accommodate teachers' busy schedules
- You will have 10 weeks to finish the course if you are seeking college credit. Everyone will have access to course content for one year from the start date.
- Course content includes video recordings, interactive communication with your peers and instructor (plus written assignments for credit students)
- Available for two graduate level credits from Seattle Pacific University
How it works
Instructional video recordings will be made available via our secure, online classroom for one year from the class start date.
Add your impressions, questions and reflections to the online classroom. Complete written assignments if you are seeking college credit.
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 'Register Here' button above.
- 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. NOTE: Please keep an eye out for this email in your spam and promotions folders if you don't see it in your inbox.
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."
