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STEM and Learning Standards |
1.00 |
STEM is an intentional, integrative approach to teaching and learning that can occur across all knowledge areas; it is not a specific curriculum.
The STEM approach focuses on providing opportunities for students to explore and develop a comprehensive set of concepts, competencies, and thinking skills.
STEM competencies include a vocabulary rich in the language of science, technology, engineering and math—words like hypothesis, gravity, buoyant, balance, temperature, and battery. STEM competencies also include basic principles of engineering, like problem-solving and planning; of science, like experimentation and observation; of technology, like using tools to complete both a task and solve real world problems; and of math by recognizing that basic principles of math are part of everyday activities, like comparing and contrasting, counting, and dividing a whole to create equal parts.
Course Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how learning standards for early childhood promote the development of STEM concepts, competencies, and thinking skills. |
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STEM and Supportive Practices |
1.00 |
STEM is an intentional, integrative approach to teaching and learning that can occur across all knowledge areas; it is not a specific curriculum. The STEM approach focuses on providing opportunities for students to explore and develop a comprehensive set of concepts, competencies, and thinking skills.
In this course, we’ll see how the Supportive Practices found in Learning Standards for early childhood promote the development of STEM concepts, competencies, and thinking skills.
Course Learning Objective:
- Use the supportive practices to promote the development of STEM concepts, competencies, and thinking skills. |
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STEM and You |
1.00 |
As early childhood professionals, we’ve all heard the term STEM. It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. But do you think you would recognize STEM in action if you saw it? Let’s find out!
Course Learning Objectives:
- Define STEM in the context of early childhood education.
- Recognize the impact of a teacher’s attitude toward STEM on their instructional practice. |
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Stop Bullying |
1.00 |
In this course you will learn the role kids play in bullying, who is at risk, warning signs and effects of bullying, and the targeted groups of bullying - race, religion, LGBTQ, and youth with disabilities. |
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Suicide Prevention |
1.25 |
This course covers suicide prevention measures and suicide prevention organizations as well as the disparities found in suicide data.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Distinguish the disparities in suicide statistics
Identify the risk factors that can lead to suicide
Apply techniques to help prevent suicide
Describe the work that suicide prevention programs are doing |
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The Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) for Administrators |
1.50 |
Welcome to The Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) course. This course is designed for anyone who works in a school. It is just one of the many K-12 courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about students and will help you understand how DASA is implemented within schools. |
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The Indian Child Welfare Act |
1.00 |
The purpose of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is to protect the rights of Native American communities and prevent Native American children from being unjustifiably removed from their families. This course will give you a general knowledge of how ICWA contributes to the preservation of Native American culture. |
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Understanding Autism in Your Community |
1.00 |
This course is designed to educate communities on how they can work together to be more inclusive and accepting of people with autism. It will give you an overview of the struggles people with autism face and some ways in which communities can make themselves more accessible and autism-friendly. |
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Understanding the Immigration Process |
1.00 |
This course is designed to provide information about the immigration experience and process children, youth, and their families have gone through to come to the United States. Strategies for supporting the emotional well-being and academic success of immigrant students will be provided. We hope this course will help you understand your immigrant English learners and their families a little better. |
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Water and Energy |
2.00 |
CalSAC has partnered with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to bring the Energenius® Out-of-School Time Program to our online training platform. This FREE environmental stewardship curriculum is designed to engage children and youth to think about how they use energy, how energy is measured, paid for, and ways to save energy. Children and youth will understand how they can help reduce the impacts of energy use and production on the environment, and also practice influencing others to take energy-saving actions. Additionally, the curriculum is uniquely and intentionally designed to engage families in energy and water conservation habits.
Water and Energy is Activity Guide #3 in 4-part Energenius® Out-of-School Time Program. The curriculum and activities are designed to engage children and youth to think about water – where it comes from, how it’s used, and how to conserve this natural resource. This course will prepare participants to deliver the activities from the Water and Energy Activity Guide as well as help children and youth bring water saving resources home. |
