This independent study course is designed to help teachers in all academic areas, not just reading instructors, to broaden their knowledge on how to motivate students to read in any subject area.
So long as teachers are promoters of learning, they also need to be promoters of reading. This course promotes reading in all subject areas by covering concepts, tools and strategies that teachers of all subjects can implement in their own classrooms.
In this course you will:
- Learn new strategies to motivate students of all reading levels, in all subject areas to become better readers
- Create and develop your own reading ideas and examples to implement in the classroom
- Reflect on current strategies used in the classroom and understand how to modify those strategies to create stronger reading environments
- Develop reading techniques unique to your own classroom subject area
- Acquire skills beneficial not only for your students, but for yourself as an educator as well.
- Reflect on the effects of implementing particular reading techniques in the classroom
- Learn practical techniques to improve students’ vocabulary development, phonics and comprehension
- Use assessment tools to diagnose individual readers’ problems and implement strategies for solutions to these problems
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“I enjoyed learning about how I can bring reading into my classroom more than I already do and how beneficial it can be for both me and my students.”– Alex G., OH
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“This course helped give me new strategies and helped me evaluate the practices I use when working with readers–productive and applicable!”–Nate P., NE
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“I found this class incredibly useful for developing some new strategies and techniques to help the struggling readers in my classroom. I plan to implement some of these strategies this coming school year. Overall, the class was well designed and instructions were clear.”–Nathan C., NE
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“The self-paced course provides convenience and flexibility. Creating an Action Plan provides an opportunity to ensure “course to classroom” integration. Both make Be A Great Teacher an educational resource worth the return!”–Anne M., OH
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“I enjoyed the topic of this course! Reading is so important in all subject areas. Being a third grade ELA teacher, this subject is very near and dear to my heart, and I love learning new information/ideas. I appreciate that your courses are always easy to follow and flexible. Thank you so much!”–Shelly C., OH
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“I enjoyed the topic of this course with the importance of reading in all subject areas. I have many new ideas to try out when teaching my second graders that I know will fulfill their reading block each day. The timing of this course was perfect with school starting next week. Thank you!”–Amy J., OH
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“This course helped me to find some new ways in which I can encourage other teachers to use reading strategies to help our students.” –Kelley K., NE
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“This was an amazing class, and have already seen results with my summer school students. I look forward to implementing these strategies during the 2023-2024 school year! I learned so many new concepts and strategies such as: TAPS, Door Magic, Collection Bank and other fun and engaging activities. I am a K-5 ELL teacher, and now I have so many new strategies to incorporate to ensure my lessons are fun and engaging. I really liked the book, as it is a wealth of information and resource. I really enjoyed how the class incorporated self-reflection into the lessons. I always self-reflect, but I feel like this class made me look deeper and be more honest with myself especially with the multiple intelligences. I loved how the components were devised so I could use them with my students or colleagues during Professional Development. Thank you again for all the work and time you put into this amazing class! I look forward to taking more classes in the future.” –Lori M., NE