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Teaching Students to Get Along®
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Graduate Credit: 3 semester hours
Formats: Print & DVD or Online
Level: Grades K–6
Tuition: $495 / group rate $465
Registration Deadline: March 16, 2012
Complete by: June 30, 2012
Course #: EDUC-6919
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10 weeks after receipt of coursework |
Many students today lack the skills for resolving everyday conflicts in a positive manner. As a result, your classroom can erupt in teasing, arguing, and bullying. With this graduate-level course, you can learn how to create a positive learning environment where students get along, leaving you free to teach. Gain a variety of proven strategies that can be integrated into your existing lessons and activities.
Teaching Tangibles
- Learn how to increase students’ ability to resolve arguments on their own.
- Explore the difference between bullying and normal conflict between students.
- Discover how to help students to understand, respect, and accept differences in others.
- Use strategies to help students manage their anger and frustration.
- Design a classroom that fosters teamwork and positive social behavior.
- Learn the steps of the peer mediation process and how to implement it in your classroom.
More Information
Download a course fact sheet to share with your supervisor, principal, and other teaching colleagues who may be interested in learning more about Canter graduate courses. The overview includes a description of the course as well as information on:
- Course topics and outcomes
- Course assessment criteria
- System requirements (online format)
- Featured education experts
- Accredited partner universities
Lee Canter, M.S.W.
Lee Canter is a nationally recognized expert in behavior management. His programs have helped more than 1.5 million educators create more harmonious classroom and school environments where teachers can teach and students can achieve greater success.
Katia Petersen, Ph.D.
Dr. Petersen has 15 years of experience in child psychology, educational consulting, and teacher training. She has worked as the violence prevention coordinator and child abuse specialist in the St. Paul public school system for the past six years and has also authored a number of curriculum texts on conflict resolution and violence prevention. As the lead consultant for Argo & Associates, Dr. Petersen has implemented teacher training on conflict resolution and violence prevention throughout Minnesota.
Phyllis Steinberg
As director of Youth and Family Services in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Ms. Steinberg has spearheaded an innovative peer mediation program where each year hundreds of middle-school students resolve their conflicts with the help of peer mediators. She has trained more than 1,300 people and has served thousands in the peer mediation process.
The following course materials are included in the cost of tuition and will be delivered directly to you:
- Textbook: Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers, by David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
- DVD: Teaching Students to Get Along
(For online format, the DVD is provided as backup to streamig video online.)
If you order the print & DVD format, you will also receive the following*:
- Study guide: Teaching Students to Get Along
- Course information packet
*For online format, the study guide and course information packet are provided in your online classroom.
Prerequisite
This is a graduate-level course; therefore, you must have a bachelor's degree or above to enroll and receive credit.
Earning Graduate Credit
Total coursework for this course is equivalent to a 45 contact-hour course. Graduate credit will be issued when you successfully complete the following course requirements:
- Collaborate with study partner(s) (Print & DVD format only).
- Collaborate with colleagues through discussion boards (Online format only).
- View video segments.
- Complete required text/journal readings, assignments, and the final paper.
Course Completion Deadline
Print & DVD format: coursework must be postmarked on or before June 30, 2012
Online format: coursework must be submitted online on or before June 30, 2012
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