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Course Description

Foster a Classroom Culture that Encourages Growth

Bring Inclusion to Your Classroom with Classroom Management and Discipline: Creating Equitable and Restorative Learning Environments. This course is designed to empower K-12 educators with the strategies and tools needed to create an inclusive, supportive, and positive classroom and school environment. This course will focus on restorative practices, trauma-informed approaches, and culturally responsive practices to help educators break the cycle of punitive discipline that disproportionately affects marginalized students and contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline. Educators will learn how to foster a classroom and school-wide culture that encourages growth, equity, and academic success for all students through actionable techniques and reflection.

This course has content equivalency to the following course, and cannot be taken again:  EDU-X722U.

Learner Outcomes

  • Analyze the impact of disciplinary practices on student outcomes and the perpetuation of the school-to-prison pipeline
  • Evaluate restorative justice approaches and their effectiveness in addressing behavioral issues in the classroom
  • Examine existing biases and disciplinary practices to develop more empathetic and fair approaches to classroom and school-wide management
  • Design culturally responsive classroom and school-wide management strategies that promote equity and inclusion
  • Apply trauma-informed strategies to create a supportive and safe learning environment for all students

Course Details

Number or Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours

Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education to include K-12 educators, administrators, counselors and support staff in the field of education. This course is designed to benefit a wide range of professionals involved in the education system, with a specific focus on classroom teachers of all grade levels and subjects.

Course Materials:  There are no textbook requirements for this course.

Course Format: Online Self-Paced

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EDU PD - $504 credit (3 units) $504.00
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