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Distance Education

August 24, 2021 Distance Education

Earthquakes and Tsunamis for the Classroom

Registration for this course can be completed online via UA Online.  See pages 3-7 of this packet for step-by-step registration instructions.  If you are unable to complete the online registration process, please contact the PACE office for assistance 907-786-1934.

Alaska is one of the most seismically active places on Earth. This online course will introduce educators to various seismology principles and techniques for using data in their classrooms.  We look to provide educators with Alaska specific information to tie in a sense of place and investment for Alaska’s students. Each lesson will include videos and
hands-on activities that accompany the videos with homework, discussion forum requirements and reflection assignments. The homework will help educators become acquainted with earthquake science, where the discussions and weekly reflections will encourage educators to think about their specific needs and methods for using the lesson resources and information.  This course is offered through  a partnership with the Alaska Earthquake Center and the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology’s Seismographs in Schools program. IRIS’s Seismographs in Schools Program serves teachers across the country and around the world using seismic instruments or real-time seismic data in K-16 classrooms.

This is a 2-credit, 500-level professional development course designed for classroom teachers at all levels. No prior knowledge of seismology or software is required. * Course participation is limited to the first 50 registrants.  Applicants who successfully complete the Seismology in the Classroom course will have their fees reimbursed.

September 26, 2019 Featured Distance Education

New Courses – STEM Across the Curriculum and Teaching Climate Change

3 Credits – Graded 
500-Professional Development Level Credit through Alaska Pacific University
Meets State of Alaska upper division requirements for teacher recertification.

  • Registration opens January 13. Last day to register January 27.
  • Course runs January 27 – April 20, 2020.
  • Coursework will take place on the Alaska Professional Learning Network (AkPLN) 

STEM Across the Curriculum

This course is for K-12 teachers of all subjects who are curious about integrating STEM concepts into their current curriculum. Absolutely no math or science background is needed. 

Learn simple and engaging strategies for incorporating STEM into what you already do in the classroom. Explore STEM concepts and resources, design and implement a STEM lesson, and reflect on your practice.  

Participants will engage in collegial conversations with educators within and outside of their school regarding STEM integration. Simple and complex integrations will be explored and participants will construct short and long-term plans for future STEM concept instruction within the context of their own classroom.


Teaching Climate Change

This course is for K-12 teachers of all subjects who want to address climate change but are not sure where to start. Teaching climate change can be challenging, especially in the politically charged era in which we now live. Learn strategies for teaching students about climate change in an unbiased way that is hopeful and inspiring, rather than doom and gloom. Explore climate change concepts and resources, design and implement climate change lessons, and reflect on your practice.  

Participants will engage in collegial conversations with educators within and outside of their school regarding teaching climate change. Simple and complex integrations will be explored and participants will construct and short and long-term plans for future climate change instruction within the context of their classroom.

June 7, 2019 Distance Education

Register Today!

ASDN now partners with Learners Edge to offer these one-credit courses:

  • Connecting and Creating in Your Online Classroom
  • Consumer to Creator: Coding and Kids
  • Grief and Your Students: Honoring, Sharing, Healing
  • Special Education Law 101
  • Reading Fluency Toolbox

Self-paced, media rich, online courses with textbooks mailed right to your doorstep.

  • Registrations Accepted May 30 – October 1, 2019
  • Coursework Due: November 15, 2019.  You may complete earlier and your grade will be processed upon your completion.
  • All courses approved by UAA PACE for 500-level professional development credit and may be used for Alaska teacher recertification.

NEW TWO, THREE & FOUR CREDIT COURSES

  • Anxiety Awareness: Empowering Students with Help and Hope (3 Credits)
  • Building Strong Relationships in the Classroom: Care to Connect (2 Credits)
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Reflective Introduction (4 Credits)
  • Curriculum Design and Instructional Strategies: Education’s Dynamic Duo (3 Credits)
  • From Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Invested: Creating a Culture of Safety (3 Credits)
  • Going Above and Beyond Academics for English Learners (3 Credits)
  • Improving Outcomes for Students in Poverty: The Difference Makers (3 Credits)
  • Solving the Reading Puzzle: Using Assessment to Drive Intervention (3 Credits)

January 11, 2018 Distance Education

NEW COURSE! Six Traits of Writing Model: Teaching & Assessing

Tuition Level 1/Level 2 Member Districts): $310 / $360
EDUC 57150 • 2 credits • Alaska Pacific University • Graded A-F
Instructor: Karen Lea, Virtual Education Software, Inc.
Click here for more info and registration »

November 1, 2017 Distance Education

Growth Mindset Micro-Credential

October 2-November 10  – 

Join educators from across the country for a six-week national pilot program through BloomBoard and Digital Promise. The Growth Mindset Micro-credential is a competency-based learning program to help teachers use growth-oriented feedback and language to reinforce a focus on student growth. The program will be facilitated by a senior BloomBoard instructional leader who has specific training and expertise in leading groups of educators through collaborative, competency-based virtual professional learning experiences.The BloomBoard facilitator will help foster collaboration, provide guidance, and ensure individual progress as the group works towards earning their Growth Mindset micro-credential. After earning the micro-credential, your will receive one graduate-level credit and a digital micro-credential badge to showcase your accomplishment. This is a pilot project, 10 spaces are available. Target Audience: K-12 teachers.

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