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Organizational Communication: Power, Politics, and Diversity |
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Power is the ability to influence someone to do something that they would not do without encouragement. Various types of power and power strategies depend on the level of influence. The existence of different levels of power in an organization gives rise to organizational politics.
Politics can arise between individuals who differ from each another. To avoid confrontation arising from differences, it is important for people to recognize the benefits of diversity within their organization.
In this course you will learn to: identify different levels and types of power, identify strategies to manage diversity and to communicate in different cultures, and identify the steps and guidelines for empowerment. |
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Organizational Communication: Power, Politics, and Diversity (Instructor Guide) |
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Power is the ability to influence someone to do something that they would not do without encouragement. Various types of power and power strategies depend on the level of influence. The existence of different levels of power in an organization gives rise to organizational politics.
Politics can arise between individuals who differ from each another. To avoid confrontation arising from differences, it is important for people to recognize the benefits of diversity within their organization.
In this course you will learn to: identify different levels and types of power, identify strategies to manage diversity and to communicate in different cultures, and identify the steps and guidelines for empowerment.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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Organizational Communication: Relational Context and Organizations |
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The relational context of a communication exchange includes the circumstances, within an organization, that necessitate this exchange between employees. A number of factors affect the relational context, including the status of the employees within the organization, their motivation, and their relationship with other employees. All communication within an organization depends on the intent of the participants.
In this course you will learn to: identify the relational context and the factors that influence it, and identify the different personality types, and develop individual-organizational relationships. |
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Organizational Communication: Relational Context and Organizations (Instructor Guide) |
0.75 |
The relational context of a communication exchange includes the circumstances, within an organization, that necessitate this exchange between employees. A number of factors affect the relational context, including the status of the employees within the organization, their motivation, and their relationship with other employees. All communication within an organization depends on the intent of the participants.
In this course you will learn to: identify the relational context and the factors that influence it, and identify the different personality types, and develop individual-organizational relationships.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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Organizational Communication: Technology in the Workplace |
0.84 |
The impact of technology has sped up the communication process in organizations. As a result, communication can occur at any time and place. To facilitate effective communication in an organization, you need to identify and use different communication technologies.
In this course you will learn to: identify the various categories of technologies, identify the impact of technology on organizations, and identify the guidelines for applying technology in an organization. |
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Organizational Communication: Technology in the Workplace (Instructor Guide) |
0.84 |
The impact of technology has sped up the communication process in organizations. As a result, communication can occur at any time and place. To facilitate effective communication in an organization, you need to identify and use different communication technologies.
In this course you will learn to: identify the various categories of technologies, identify the impact of technology on organizations, and identify the guidelines for applying technology in an organization.
This Instructor's Edition of this course includes notes and suggestions to assist you in presenting the material, whether in an in-person classroom setting, or as an instructor-led online or distance-learning course. It also provides you with the answers to questions found in mid-lesson activities, as well as in the quiz that concludes the course. |
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OSTPD - Promoting Positive Youth Development |
1.00 |
This training will define Positive Youth Development, benefits of Positive Youth Development and how to implement Positive Youth Development. |
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OSTPD - Supporting Alternative Pathways through Service Learning |
1.00 |
This training will cover a number of areas regarding how after school programs can support alternative pathways by using service learning. The course will review what service learning is and provide a solid foundation of this concept. It will then look at the benefits of service learning followed by how service learning supports youth’s alternative pathways. It will conclude with information on how to get started and creating a path to implement service learning in your own program.
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OSTPD - Supporting Attendance through After School Programming |
1.00 |
This training will cover a number of areas regarding how after school programs can support youth attendance in school. By looking at and exploring the connection between after school programming and attendance in school, we see how after school programming supports attendance at school as well as how to coordinate with the school in order to maximize the positive impact of after school on school attendance through collaboration. |
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Outdoor Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |
0.50 |
Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as “PPE,” is equipment worn to minimize exposure to various hazards. Examples of PPE include gloves, foot, and eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs), hard hats, respirators, and full-body suits. This course covers protecting yourself from hazardous work-related activities with Personal Protective Equipment. |
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Overview of Enforcement for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis (TB) |
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This course covers a brief overview of OSHA’s enforcement policy for occupational exposure to tuberculosis. OSHA’s tuberculosis policy is found in CPL 02-00-106 – CPL 2.106 – Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis. |
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Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination based on disability by protecting qualified individuals with disabilities from employment discrimination, and by requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations. The Americans with Disabilities Act also protects qualified persons with disabilities from discrimination in many areas of higher education, including admission, academics, and research. It applies to all post-secondary educational programs, whether or not they receive federal financial assistance. |
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Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act Topic 1: Overview of the ADA (Corrections) |
0.25 |
Welcome to the Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Topic 1: Overview of the ADA. |
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Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act Topic 2: Reasonable Accommodations (Corrections) |
0.25 |
Welcome to the Overview of Americans with Disabilities Act, Topic 2: Reasonable Accommodations. |
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Pain Self Management |
1.00 |
Many older adults suffer from pain that is so bothersome it interferes with their daily activities. Often the pain is chronic, sometimes persisting for many months or even years, and is associated with depression, isolation, and decreased quality of life. This program covers five techniques that can be helpful in taking the edge off of pain to improve life quality. While this presentation is designed for home health aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aides, any member of the care team (including families!) can help older adults learn these strategies to help control their pain.
Presenter Katherine Beissner is Professor of Physical Therapy, and Gerontology Institute Fellow at Ithaca College. Her primary clinical interest is the improvement of function in older adults. Recent research has focused on the impact of using pain self-management strategies on the function, activity level, and quality of life of older adults. |
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Para-Educator Teaching Team |
1.50 |
This course is designed for both paraprofessionals and teachers. Throughout this course, you will acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to foster a collaborative environment that enhances the learning experience for your students. The goal of this course is to ensure every child is supported by a cohesive team of professionals striving to help the child find success in their education. This course will help you develop new knowledge about your student's team members and will help you understand what your role as a paraprofessional or teacher is. |
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Paraprofessional Math Skills 1: Number Sense and Basic Algebra |
3.00 |
This course covers Paraprofessional Math Skills: Number Sense and Basic Algebra. It is just one out of three Paraprofessional Math Skills courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these mathematical concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. This course can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Evaluate basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division expressions with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
Recognize multiplication as repeated addition and division as repeated subtraction
Interpret mathematical symbols
Understand basic mathematical terms
Recognize the position of numbers in relation to each other
Understand equivalent forms of a number
Understand place value for whole numbers and decimal numbers
Compute percentages
Understand basic concepts of exponents
Use the order of operations to evaluate math expressions
Use mental math and solve problems by estimation
Solve word problems
Solve one-step, single-variable linear equations
Understand the sequence of numbers |
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Paraprofessional Math Skills 2: Geometry and Measurement |
2.50 |
This course covers Paraprofessional Math Skills: Geometry and Measurement. It is just one out of three Paraprofessional Math Skills courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these mathematical concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. This course can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Understand and represent time and money in more than one way.
Convert between units or measures in the same system.
Identify basic geometrical shapes.
Perform computations related to area, volume, and perimeter for basic shapes.
Graph data on an xy-coordinate plane. |
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Paraprofessional Math Skills 3: Data Analysis |
1.50 |
This course covers Paraprofessional Math Skills: Data Analysis. It is just one out of three Paraprofessional Math Skills courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 math topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these mathematical concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be better prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. This course can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Interpret information from tables, charts, and graphs
Interpret trends over time, given a table, chart, or graph with time related data
Create basic tables, charts, and graphs
Compute the mean, median, and mode |
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Paraprofessional Math Skills Applied to Classroom Instruction |
2.00 |
This course will focus on how to use the information learned in our Math Skills and Knowledge courses. If you haven't taken them, we recommend you take the three skills courses before completing this one:
Paraprofessional Math Skills 1: Number Sense and Basic Algebra
Paraprofessional Math Skills 2: Geometry and Measurement
Paraprofessional Math Skills 3: Data Analysis
This course will help you build on all those skills, teach you a few more skills, and show you what using these skills might look like in the classroom with students.
The math application questions in this course will assess your ability to apply the three categories of math skills listed in a classroom setting or support classroom instruction. The questions focus on testing the mathematical competencies needed to assist the teacher with instruction. |
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Paraprofessional Reading Skills |
1.00 |
This course covers Paraprofessional Reading Skills. It is just one out of two Paraprofessional Reading courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you understand, interpret, and analyze a wide range of text. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. This course can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment. |
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Paraprofessional Reading Skills Applied to Classroom Instruction |
2.00 |
This course is designed to meet your professional development needs. It can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
This course covers Paraprofessional Reading Skills Applied to Classroom Instruction. It is just one out of two Paraprofessional Reading courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these reading concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment.
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Paraprofessional Writing Skills |
2.00 |
This course is designed to meet your professional development needs. It can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
This course covers Paraprofessional Writing Skills. It is designed to help you review and further develop fundamental writing skills. This course is one of two paraprofessional writing courses, and one of eight ParaPro prep courses that cover various K-12 topics. After completing these prep courses, you will be better prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. |
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Paraprofessional Writing Skills Applied to Classroom Instruction |
2.00 |
This course is designed to meet your professional development needs. It can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
This course covers Paraprofessional Writing Skills Applied to Classroom Instruction. It is one out of two Paraprofessional Writing Skills courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these writing concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment.
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Part-time Jobs |
0.50 |
A part-time job is one that involves working fewer hours than a full-time job in one week. This course will teach you some of the pros and cons of working part-time jobs, as well as things to keep in mind when considering this career choice. |
