Credit Programs
We offer professional development opportunities for school teachers and others in the public and private sectors of the workforce. These classes and programs are offered throughout the academic year and summer.

 

  

 

Spring 2012 Workshops

 

Introduction to Powerpoint 2010

After having completed this course, the student should be able to demonstrate mastery of the basic skills related to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010. Instructor: Mike Kelley.

 

15526 CS 190

1 undergraduate credit

8:30am-5pm, Saturday

May 12, 2012

Room 219HH

 

Collaboration: Working Together

The concept that collaboration among public and private service providers improves the effectiveness of social services programs is an accepted reality. Often a requirement of funders, eager to realize greater impact with limited resources. The word collaboration, like community, can mean many things to all people. Collaboration refers to a process of working together to accomplish common aims and is typically motivated by the sense that one party cannot accomplish a task on its own, or not nearly as well, as it could by working together. Structuring and leading a successful collaborative effort requires a set of skills that students will explore. Instructor: Becky Edwards.

16665 EDTE 492M
1 undergraduate credit
8am-5pm, Saturday

May 19, 2012

Room 411BH

 

Substitute Teacher's Effectiveness in the Classroom

Schools utilize substitute teachers throughout the year.Our current economic times have brought a flood of laid-off teachers, retired teachers and other individuals into this market.This course has been researched and developed to provide the short-term and long-term substitute teacher with tools and strategies which will enable him/her to be more effective in the K-12 classrooms by maximizing instruction time and reducing problem areas.Instructor: Aleta Polley.

 

16247 EDTE 492M – 1 undergraduate credit

16479 EDTE 592M – 1 graduate credit
8am-5pm, Saturday

May 12, 2012

Room 411BH

 

Diversity in the Workplace

The purpose of this course is to provide the participants with educational opportunities not only to increase awareness of workplace diversity, but also to develop and enhance skills to help create a more inclusive work experience. The main goal of a successful diversity training program is to create a positive work environment by helping individuals recognize and be respectful of differences among co-workers. Instructor: Monica Jones.

 

16032 MGT 191

1undergraduate credit

8am-5pm, Saturday

May 12, 2012

Room 411BH

 

 

 

 

Summer Quarter 2012 Workshops

 

Introduction to MS Word 2010

This course will give the student the necessary skills to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft Word 2010 documents.  Topics include creating a basic document, editing a document, formatting text, formatting paragraphs, adding tables, inserting graphic objects, controlling page appearance and proofing a document.  Instructor:  Mike Kelley.

 

10807 CS 190

1 undergraduate credit

8:30am-5pm, Friday

June 29, 2012

Room 219HH

 

Introduction to MS Excel 2010

This course will give the student the necessary skills to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft Excel 2010 documents.  Topics include navigating in Excel, selecting data, entering data, modifying a worksheet, performing calculations, formatting a worksheet, developing a workbook, printing a workbook and creating custom layouts.  Instructor:  Mike Kelley.

 

15525 CS 190

1 undergraduate credit

8:30am-5pm, Friday

July 20, 2012

Room 219HH

 

MS Powerpoint 2010

The students will explore the Powerpoint environment and create a new presentation.  They will format text on slides to enhance clarity.  In order to enhance the visual appeal, they will add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them.  They will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form.  They will then finalize a presentation to deliver.  Instructor:  Mike Kelley.

 

15526 CS 190

1 undergraduate credit

8:30am-5pm, Friday

August 3, 2012

Room 219HH

 

Introduction to Personality Type Theory

The purpose of this course is to make the theory of personality type understandable and useful in people’s everyday personal and work lives.  Personality type theory as it relates to interpersonal communication, team building, teaching and learning styles will be explored.  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator will be the professional instrument used to determine each participant’s profile.  Instructors:  Jane Johnsen and Sandy Foster.

 

5291 EDCE 400
2 undergraduate credits
8:30am-5pm, Friday
June 22 & 29, 2012

Room 215BHH

 

 

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

The course will allow student to simulate the challenges faced by others due to poverty, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity/color, religion and age.  Instructor: Aleta Polley.

 

5290 EDTE 492M – 1 undergraduate credit

5616 EDTE 592M – 1 graduate credit
8am-5pm, Friday

June 22, 2012

 

 

Historical & Cultural Games

A collaborative workshop to train educators in school, hospital and youth leader settings to teach historical and cultural table/board games.  From Ovid’s early Rome through medieval England and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the 1960’s, we will discover the “Art of Gaming”.  For educators, emphasis will be placed upon Academic Content Standards in literature, history and mathematics.  Instructor: Ellen Ford.

 

5897 EDTE 492M – 1 undergraduate credit

6474 EDTE 592M – 1 graduate credit
9am-12nn, Monday, Wednesday & Friday

July 9, 11, 13, 2012

Room 215BHH

 

 

The Art of Storytelling

A one-credit undergraduate/graduate workshop via OULN demonstrating a unique way for teachers, youth leaders and counselors to incorporate storytelling into their presentations.  The participants will learn “how to lead” stories using a variety of historical techniques then integrate this experience into their workplace.  Academic Content Standards will be addressed for teachers.  Instructor: Ellen Ford.

 

5896 EDTE 492M – 1 undergraduate credit

6475 EDTE 592M – 1 graduate credit
4:30-6:30pm, Friday

July 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012

Room 208HH

 

 

 

 

Collaboration:  Working Together

The concept that collaboration among public and private service providers improves the effectiveness of social services programs is an accepted reality.  Often a requirement of funders, eager to realize greater impact with limited resources.  The word collaboration, like community, can mean many things to all people.  Collaboration refers to a process of working together to accomplish common aims and is typically motivated by the sense that one party cannot accomplish a task on its own, or not nearly as well, as it could by working together.  Structuring and leading a successful collaborative effort requires a set of skills that students will explore.  Instructor:  Becky Edwards.

 

4835 EDTE 492M
1 undergraduate credit
8am-5pm, Friday

August 3, 2012

Room 411

 

 

 

Grant Writing and Proposal Development

 

This workshop will provide a highly practical hands-on learning and implementing environment which will provide a framework for the student and grant-seeker to research grant opportunities and develop winning proposals.  A clear and systematic approach will explore grant research (where to look and what to ask) and the fundamentals of the proposal.  Instructor:  Becky Edwards.

 

16664 POLS 494G
1 undergraduate credit
8am-5pm, Friday

July 20, 2012

Room 418

 

 

 

Stress Management

 

The purpose of this Workshop in Applied Psychology course is to understand the psychological, cultural and biological influences on the stress response and to introduce you to a variety of psychological and physiological strategies designed to reduce stress and enhance the quality of your life.  Instructor:  Mark Shatz.

 

4759 PSY 190E

1 undergraduate credit

 9am-6pm, Friday

June 29, 2012

Room 411

 

 

Psychology of Death and Dying

 

There are to facts of death.  First, everyone you know, including yourself, will die.  Second, it is impossible to predict when those deaths will occur.  The purpose of this Workshop in Applied Psychology course is to help you understand how individuals and cultures acknowledge and confront the two facts of death.  Instructor:  Mark Shatz.

 

4758 PSY 190G

1 undergraduate credit

 9am-6pm, Friday

June 22, 2012

Room 411

 

Memory Training

 

To provide students with specific skills that will enable them to learn most information that they

encounter in college quickly and effectively.  Instructor:  Fred Chrisman.

 

5375 PSY 190Z

1 undergraduate credit

 8am-5pm, Saturday

July 6, 2012

Room 402