The Courage to Care: Working with At-Risk Students
3 credits/60 Clock hrs
3 Graduate Credits for $375 or 60 Clock Hours for $199 - You Choose!
(all course materials included)
How can you engage the disengaged, connect with the disconnected, and reach the growing number of students in your classroom that are considered at-risk? Gain a better understanding of the contributing factors that put your students at risk and arm yourself with strategies to reach and teach this challenging population of students.
Goals and Objectives: As a result of participation in this course, students will be able to:
- Identify characteristics and contributing factors for being "at risk".
- Analyze the difference between obedience and responsibility and the implications for schools.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to “reclaim” at-risk students.
- Apply knowledge of at-risk issues to their teaching/classroom.
What your colleagues are saying about this course:
"I have never felt so attached to class work in my life. I found myself talking out loud and commenting on the text. This class, plain and simple, made sense."