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Catalogs

Title	Duration (hours)	Description
Project Management - Advanced: Project Integration and Plan Development	0.50	This course will cover how to measure data during project integration and differentiate between project and product life cycles. You will also learn how to identify the importance of developing a project plan, the elements of a project plan, the key input required for project plan development, and methods used in project plan development.
Project Teams: Preparing Teams for Project Work	1.00	Building a project team is more complex than assigning employees to the team. Team members must feel a sense of dedication to other team members, as well as to the project itself. Members who are not dedicated to the project team often disregard meetings, deadlines, and commitments, causing the entire team to suffer. To avoid these problems, the team managers and supervisors need to encourage team building to benefit the project, the team members, and the organization. In this course you will learn to: empower and motivate a project team and develop positive culture in a project team, identify the causes of change in a team and manage change, and improve existing project teams.
Health and Stress Management for Paraprofessionals	1.00	Every day, paraprofessionals dedicate themselves to caring for and nurturing students and families. Often, paraprofessionals are so dedicated to serving others, they neglect their own needs. When this happens, paraprofessionals can experience stress that causes them to become overwhelmed, exhausted, frustrated, dissatisfied with job responsibilities, and unappreciated. When they maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle, paraprofessionals are in a much better position to face the challenges of supporting and nurturing children and families with positive energy, enthusiasm, patience, and empathy. By developing self-awareness, linking their personal and professional goals, developing a healthy balanced lifestyle, and identifying and managing stressors effectively, they can create and maintain a positive sense of well-being that allows them to maximize their ability to build positive relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and others.
GED: Social Studies - Unit 5: Post-Test	0.25	Welcome to Unit 5: Post-Test. This post-test covers civics and government, US history, economics, and world geography. At the end of this post-test is a table that matches each test question to the content it covers. Use it to review and content you haven't mastered.
Project Management - Basic: Scope Definition, Verification, and Change Control	1.50	This course will cover how to identify the process and benefits of scope definition and verification, and develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and work package. You will also learn how to identify the types of information that stakeholders need in order to verify a project’s scope, and determine the timing of scope verification. You will be able to better understand how to control changes in project scope, identify the benefits of a scope change control system, and describe why it’s important to create a project database.
Machine Guarding and Amputation Hazards	1.00	This course covers the sources of amputation hazards as well as the possible protection methods against them. Different machine guarding for various types of machines and tools will also be discussed.
Understanding the Behavior of Children and Youth	2.00	The development of children and youth can cause them to behave in ways that can be trying for even the most knowledgeable and experienced staff. When staff understands what is driving the behavior, they can help to guide and encourage acceptable behaviors. This course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent unwanted behavior by meeting the needs of children and youth before they act out.
Iceberg Thinking	0.25	This course covers the fundamentals of iceberg thinking. Iceberg thinking is about questioning the world around you. Whether you’re a teacher, student, or self-directed learner, this course explores ideas about everyday life that everyone can relate to. Iceberg thinking is just one of many courses we offer. This course will help you learn about what iceberg thinking is and how it can help you see things differently in your day-to-day life.
Human Relations Skill Development: Communication and Team Building for Paraprofessionals	1.00	Being able to communicate effectively is an essential human relations skill for paraprofessionals. To be a good communicator, paraprofessionals need to understand the components of communication, and how the communication process works. They need to identify barriers to clear communication and develop strategies for minimizing or eliminating barriers to communication. Assessing the current status of personal human relations skills helps each professional identify priorities for making improvements to these skills.
Sales Skills: Advanced: Developing a Winning Strategy	0.50	This course will focus on examining consulting strategies and developing solutions for clients.
Creativity and Innovation: Personal Creativity	1.34	Creativity is often considered a talent that some people have. Actually, creativity's a skill that everyone can nurture through exercise and practice. You can prepare yourself both mentally and physically to be creative. In this course you will learn to: prepare yourself mentally and physically to be creative, and use your experiences, innocence, intuition, and sense of adventure to increase your creativity.
Motivation: Identifying, Planning, and Implementing: Using What You've Learned	0.50	In life, to be a successful, you must have a plan. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said, “Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.” This course has provided you with the information and—we hope—the inspiration to improve your motivational skills and work toward personal success. The final two steps are up to you: You must implement what you have learned and continue to work on improving your skills. In this course you will learn to: work toward improving your motivational skills by using the 21-day habit and satori, and use resources, including websites and books, to continue working on your motivational skills.
CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-003 Exam Prep	1.00	Exam Prep to accompany 30 Bird's CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-003 course.
Collaboration with Team Members for Paraprofessionals	1.00	This course covers collaboration with team members for paraprofessionals. You will learn what collaboration looks like in the school setting and what it means to use effective collaboration strategies. This course will also dive into what it means to be an effective communicator in the professional setting.
African Penguins	1.00	This course presents historical and current threats to this endangered species, along with what is being done to help save them. Dive into their wet and wild world and discover details of how these birds behave.
E-Mail Etiquette: E-Mail Messages	0.50	In this course, you will learn how to take advantage of the headers in e-mail messages. You will learn about the “To” field, in which you should type the recipient’s e-mail address. You will also learn when to send carbon copies and blind carbon copies of messages. You will learn the importance of writing a proper subject field for e-mail messages and that the header also includes the date and time of sending messages. Finally, you will learn how to construct the body of an e-mail message, add a personal touch to your messages by including a proper greeting, relay information by placing it in the appropriate order, and use different types of lists effectively. You learned the correct way to write long e-mail messages to keep recipients interested in the information and how to effectively close e-mail messages.
Construction Safety & Prevention Program: Incident Investigation Procedure	0.50	Incident Investigation Procedure is part of a twelve-part construction safety and prevention program. This course covers the purpose of incident investigation, the approaches to investigating an incident, how to establish an incident investigation program, and more.
School-Age Care as a Family Service: Emphasis on Planning Opportunities for Family Involvement	2.00	The foundation for getting parents involved in school-age programs is to keep parents well informed about what is happening in the program. Quality programs also provide parents with opportunities to make suggestions and give feedback on program services through suggestion boxes, feedback forms, and surveys. When parents are encouraged to have input in the program, they develop trust and confidence in the program, and feel a sense of pride and ownership. They are more likely to participate as resourceful partners with program staff when they know their ideas are welcome and valued. Finally, because parents are all different from each other, it's important to provide many different opportunities for them to connect with the program. Staff in quality school-age programs recognize that all parents don't have to be involved in the same way.
Microsoft Windows 11	8.00	30 Bird Media's Microsoft Windows 11 course provides the basic knowledge needed to use and perform basic configuration of a computer running Windows 11; this includes basic operating system features, using and installing apps, managing files and common external devices, using network connections and applications, configuring system settings, and personalizing Windows environment and privacy features. You will benefit most from this course if you are the primary user of a Windows 11 computer and wish to become proficient with its features, but are not yet a power user or computer technician. This course assumes you are familiar with using a keyboard and mouse, accessing the internet with a web browser, and other basic aspects of using a modern computer. It does not assume you have used earlier editions of Windows or other specific operating systems, or that you have owned or managed a computer before.
Business Accounting: Stockholders' Equity	1.50	This course will cover how to identify various types of stocks and calculate the value of a corporation’s stock as well as how to use financial ratios to calculate book value and market value per share. You will also learn how to identify the components of stockholders’ equity and report stockholders’ equity on financial statements.
HEPA Standards 2.0 and the Self-Assessment Tool	1.00	In 2011 the National AfterSchool Association adopted standards for healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) in out-of-school time. In 2018, the HEPA Standards were updated to Version 2.0. This interactive e-learning course, commissioned by the Kentucky Out-of-School Alliance (KYOSA) and designed by CypherWorx, will explain how the HEPA Standards were created and how they should be used, as well as presenting the Standards in their entirety. We will also cover the HEPA Standards 2.0 Self-Assessment Tool and how to use it.
I Belong: Supporting Social Awareness and Interpersonal Skills	2.00	We all have lived full lives with varied experiences, both positive and negative. Whether we are aware or not, our experiences, including our social, political and cultural beliefs and background, affect our practice with youth. During this course, participants will learn about how culturally grounded beliefs and background affect our practice with youth, how to help raise our awareness of those factors, and reflect on current and new strategies that support the development young people’s social-awareness and interpersonal skills.
SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Keeping Babies Safe	1.50	This course will give participants a brief overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Participants will learn about recent research and statistics, the importance of child care providers, AAP SIDS Task Force recommendations, and how to implement polices in child care.
Cultural Competence for Paraprofessionals	0.75	Culture and cultural elements are essential components of people's identities. Understanding the cultural elements as paraprofessionals allows for a greater appreciation for students and can improve relationships. Cultural elements may include race and ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status. These elements of culture are not separate from the larger cultural context in which we live and work, especially as paraprofessionals. It is important to recognize that many culturally and linguistically diverse families have specific customs and traditions that may not necessarily be connected to a particular cultural group. By understanding cultural competence, paraprofessionals can provide responsive instruction and support to students from all backgrounds.
Business Finance: Portfolio Risk	0.75	This course will focus on how to use the diversification principle to invest in portfolios as well as how to use the Capital Asset Pricing Model. You will also learn how to calculate different types of financial ratios.