How to Teach Online Series

The participant will:

• Identify factors that contribute to healthy and unhealthy relationships.
• Identify factors of relationships that are unique to online learning.
• Identify similarities and differences in building relationships face-to-face versus online.

The participant will:

• Understand the importance of building a foundation.
• Learn how to offer choices in an online classroom.
• Understand how to use technology to your benefit.
• Understand how allowing for creativity deepens engagement and learning.

The participant will:

• Understand the importance of establishing class routines and expectations for online learning.
• Develop projects and discussion boards for online classes that foster collaboration among students and encourage higher-level thinking skills.
• Develop lessons that incorporate play in an online classroom.
• Incorporate authentic learning experiences into an online classroom.
• Learn to respond to students who struggle to stay engaged in online learning.

The participant will:

• Understand that there are different needs and levels of participation in online teaching versus in the physical classroom.
• Learn ideas and strategies to engage students.
• Identify methods for reaching the underachievers.

The participant will:

• Recognize the benefits of videoconferencing and video instruction in the age of digital learning.
• Determine the goal or purpose of each videoconference and communicate that information to all participants.
• Examine the role of schools in preparing for videoconferencing.
• Examine the role of teachers in preparing for videoconferencing.
• Set videoconferencing expectations for students with the first invite.

The participant will:

• Recognize the benefits of online discussion boards for middle and high school classes in an age of distance learning.
• Determine the goal or purpose of each online discussion.
• Set online discussion expectations for equal student participation.
• Examine the teacher's role in online discussions.

The participant will:

• Accept that all students and families will have different needs in the distance learning environment.
• Learn methods to create and maintain relationships.
• Identify strategies to engage students and their parents.

The participant will:

• Learn why it is necessary to cut out the fluff in an online environment.
• Learn methods for cutting out fluff in your curriculum.
• Understand the basic structure for units in an online environment.

The participant will:

• Understanding the different types of grading.
• Learn why grading is important.
• Understanding what graceful grading looks like in an online environment.

The participant will:

• Learn methods for creating a schedule for teaching at home.
• Understand the importance of flexibility.
• Understand the importance of self-care.
• Learn ways to set limits and boundaries.

The participant will:

• Recognize the importance of maintaining and/or improving physical and emotional health through exercise and mindfulness activities.
• Understand that pursuing creative interests and challenging oneself intellectually can help reduce stress and anxiety.
• Understand the benefits of socializing even while socially distancing.
• Learn to listen to one's own messages to manage stress and anxiety.

The participant will:

• Explore approaches to integrate social and emotional learning in the online or blended classroom.
• Gain critical insight into the various facets of social and emotional learning.
• Discuss what constitutes a meaningful relationship.
• Reflect on personal practices and approaches when building relationships and instructing students.

The participant will:

• Learn the importance of creating a consistent structure to the classroom, especially in an online environment.
• Analyze various theories and online tools that can be applied to the online classroom.
• Be able to create effective opening and closing routines.

The participant will:

• Recognize how student learning environments change.
• Learn how to define success.
• Find ways to empower stakeholders.
• Learn how to set boundaries.
• Identify resources.
• Discover ways to ask for what you need.
• Acknowledge the role of risk, experimentation, disappointment, and failure.

The participant will:

• Recognize technology challenges for students and parents/caregivers.
• Create a plan to address technology challenges that empowers students and parents/caregivers.
• Identify resources to support the teacher, student, and parents/caregivers.
• Generate structures to organize lessons, communications, resources, etc.

The participant will:

• Understand the importance of social-emotional learning.
• Understand how to use your face-to-face time wisely.
• Learn various tech tools to aid you.
• Learn various strategies to cut your workload.
• Understand the importance of flexibility.

The participant will:

• Understand the difference between concurrent or synchronous learning and nonconcurrent or asynchronous learning.
• Learn strategies that work in both environments.
• Understand how to build and maintain student relationships in various learning environments.
• Learn tips and tricks for dealing with students who regularly bounce between in-person and remote learning environments.
• Learn some self-care strategies to ensure less burnout.