Description
Strategies for Enhancing Student Engagement and Self Direction covers the topics of student engagement and self-regulation in the classroom. It provides a framework of ideas relative to creating experiences that afford students the opportunity to learn more and to learn better. It describes characteristics that allow students to be leaders of their learning, take responsibility for it, and be engaged in learning tasks. Teachers play a crucial role in creating the conditions that allow students to accomplish this task. This course is designed for K-12 educators who want to hone their knowledge and add to their best practices toolkit in such a way that they can be the “guide on the side” for the students in their classrooms.
This course is for professional development credit only. VirtualSC PD courses do not count towards any type of degree.
Course Outline
Week 1: Student Orientation
Week 2: Engagement and Learner’s Current Level of Understanding
Week 3: Learners Understand Where They Are Going
Week 4: Learners Select Tools to Guide Their Learning
Week 5: Learners Monitor Their Progress and Adjust Their Learning
Week 6: Learners Seek Feedback
Week 7: Learners Recognize Their Learning and Teach Others and Responding to Disengagement
Prerequisites
This is an advanced level course for teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists, or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers with Internet access. They will also need speakers and a microphone (or a headset or telephone) to participate in the Virtual Meeting sessions. In addition, participants should be proficient with browsing the Internet, uploading and downloading content, navigating to computer files, and with using word processing software, email, and attachments.
Required Materials
Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning: A Playbook on Engagement and Self-Regulation, K-12 (The Corwin Visible Learning Official Collection) First Edition is a required professional book for this class. It can be ordered from Amazon as a digital edition for $16.74 or in paperback for $29.99. All materials in this course are the property of the South Carolina Department of Education Office of VirtualSC PD. All course materials needed/required for the course, other than the book mentioned above, are available online.
Registration
When you register for a graduate course there are two steps: first with VirtualSC PD and then with The College of Charleston. Upon registration with VirtualSC PD, directions will be emailed to you for completing registration with The College of Charleston. Check the email used to create your Genius account often.
- Registration with The College of Charleston is required for each graduate course in order for credit to be awarded.