Professional Development Courses: Schedule
All three credit courses require 42 hours of instructional work throughout the duration of the course. Whether it is in-person class time or online alternative instruction, it is your opportunity to put your new knowledge into immediate practice. The frequency of online discussion/interaction with instructor and classmates is throughout the course. It is available 24 hours a day. For course descriptions simply click on the course name or visit our course catalog. 10 days prior to the course you will receive a Welcome email with directions and any other instructions for the course. If you have any questions about our scheduling please feel free to contact us at info@thomstecher.com.
Registration for courses closes 5 days before the first day of class or if the course is filled.
An official Grade Receipt Letter will be mailed by Neumann University at the conclusion of the course.
Fall 2024
EDU 526 - Safe Schools: Conflict Management, Anger Control, and Violence Prevention (Online)
- Price: $900.00
- Dates: August 26th – October 20th, 2024
- Professors: Larry Newman
- Location: Online- Canvas online platform
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This course is designed to provide concrete, immediate, experiential, prevention/intervention skills to deal with the issues of conflict, anger, and violence. Conflict is constant in the lives of ever-changing human beings, but conflict, left unchecked, becomes unhealthy. Anger and subsequent violence have brought fear into our schools, classrooms, and our children’s daily experience. No one is perfect. It is unrealistic to think we can avoid conflict and anger completely. Furthermore, it is unrealistic to think these emotions cannot be harnessed in a safe, healthy manner. In this course, we will cognitively and experientially understand the “seeds” of violence and develop healthy individual and school system responses.
EDU 526 - Sonic SEL: Classroom Connection Through Sound (One MANDATORY In-person session and Online)
- Price: $900.00
- Dates: September 30th - November 24th, MANDATORY in-person meeting date Sunday, October 13, 2024
- Professors: Ed Luckey
- Location: Online via Canvas and One Mandatory In-Person session at Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
Sonic SEL is an exciting new course designed for educators of all grade levels, emphasizing student engagement and connection through sound. This course is one that is experiential as educators will be exposed to various modes of engagement that invite both teacher and students to interact, create, reflect, and respond to sound. We will also discuss how sound and the other senses are intimately and innately connected to memories; educators will discuss research that highlights the potential of student engagement utilizing both sound and SEL that can complement and enrich the classroom community.
EDU 526 - Self-Care Coaching for the Selfless Educator (Online)
- Price: $900.00
- Dates: October 21st – December 8th, 2024
- Professors: Jessie McFarland
- Location: Online via Canvas online learning platform
This course is designed to provide educators with increased opportunities for self-care through full group interaction as well as one-on-one coaching. We will focus on creating awareness around current well-being trends and providing manageable solutions and ideas on how to nourish your mind, body, and spirit and alleviate stress. This course is designed to address the reality of the overabundance of educator stress and potential burnout.
We will take self-care to a new level by providing educators with their own personal wellness coach who will work with them to create self-care goals. In addition, each week will cover one of the “Pillars of Self-Care” where educators will have the opportunity to learn more about these topics and apply the content to their own lives, both in the classroom and personally.