“Start Anytime!” Improve your teaching skills from the comfort of your own home and earn graduate credit to increase your earning potential.
To register or for information
call Diane at 303-722-0472.
All Independent Study classes are: Ed 589Z 3 Credits
Adams State College Graduate Credit
$510 per course
For Recertification and Salary Advancement
After you register, you will receive a study
guide which will direct you through the assignments and how to submit the
work to Diane Morrison. Most courses can be sent as a PDF. Students are welcome
to assignments or mail hard copy to Diane Morrison Consulting
540 S Williams St Denver CO 80209
Learning in the 21st century involves a new way of looking at the mind. Revisit the latest theories of right brain/ left brain thinking. Discover the six essential aptitudes of design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. Enter the age of concept. Increase your ability to see patterns, to create beauty, and to craft a narrative. Enter the age of touch. Practice empathy with others. Understand the subtleties of human interaction. Prepare your students for the right brain rising!
Book: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink
Finding The Room To Write
The purpose of this course is to encourage the writing ability of students by providing them with practical writing tools. Students will become better attuned to their writing style and preferences. Finding The Room To Write teaches how to use writing: to trigger the brain to pay attention, to breakthrough learning blocks, to put goals in action, to achieve success. Every teacher needs good writing skills regardless of what they teach. How can we instruct students in this area without practicing writing ourselves?
Book: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
Designing A Healthy Lifestyle
The health and vitality of teachers can make all the difference in the classroom! Learn the latest principals of health, physical activity, and diet. Strategies that fuel physical and mental energy will be presented as well as techniques for applying those strategies in the classroom.
Book: The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy and Weight Loss by Marc David
Dealing With Change
Educators are constantly dealing with
change; change brings opportunity or turmoil.
This course gives you strategies for making successful transitions.
Book: Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes (Updated and Expanded; 25th Anniversary) by William Bridges
Kids and the Enneagram in the
Classroom
Use the Enneagram to understand the
personality types of children. Help children become more
confident by appreciating their own gifts and improve your communication
skills with children.
Book: The Enneagram of Parenting: The 9 Types of Children and How to Raise Them Successfully by Elizabeth Wagele
Reclaiming Your Power
The ability to take appropriate risks lies at the
the core of personal power.
Using the habits of effective people, the student will gain a framework
for risk-taking behavior that leads to increased power and the resulting rise
in self-esteem,
reduction in stress, and enhanced relationships.
Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
Channeling the Emotions to Maximize
Learning
All learning takes place within an emotional content.
We cannot separate academic achievement
from the emotions that help or hinder it. Develop techniques to improve emotional
learning.
Enhance your classroom and life skills.
Book: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel P. Goleman
Breakthrough to Your Peak Learning
Style
Reconnect to the sheer joy of learning. Tailor-make
a learning style that fits your singular interests,
personality, and goals. Find out how you can smash the learning barriers that
may have kept you
from reaching your potential. After this course, no subject will be out of
your reach!
Book: Peak Learning by Ronald Gross
Train Your Students To Be Competent
Leaders
Place yourself squarely on the cutting edge of education.
Learn six leadership styles based on emotional intelligence.
See for yourself how positively students will respond.
Book: Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel P. Goleman
Minding the Brain: Teaching
Smart In The Classroom
This class focuses on how the brain influences
learning. It exposes teachers to ideas and methods that will enable
them to reshape their classroom instruction so that it is more in line
with the way students actually learn. As a result, teachers will be
able to promote creativity, elevate student enthusiasm for learning,
and help them better achieve academically.
Book: Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen
