Course Description

Instructor(s)

Kelli Thorton-Varley

  • Learn at your own pace.
  • Enroll at any time.
  • Completion time frames vary for the courses listed, but most take 3 or 4 months to complete.
  • You must have earned a bachelor’s degree if registering for credit.

In Cultivating Genius, students will learn the four-layered framework-identity, skills, development, intellect, and criticality-as they design historically responsive learning goals and lesson plans to reach all young students, especially students of color who traditionally have been marginalized by learning standards, government policies and school practices.

 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will:

  • Understand what it means to be historically responsive in literacy instruction.
  • Identify layers of the historically responsive literacy framework for teaching and learning.
  • Demonstrate understanding of content through the implementation of ideas within the classroom setting.
  • Extend learning of course content through researching additional evidence that supports the author’s ideas about literacy.
  • Develop skills to reflect on & improve their teaching practices.

Course Registration

To register for this course, you will need to follow these steps:
Step 1:
– Follow the LINK to the Colorado State University-Pueblo Graduate Studies in Teacher Education Page.
– Click on Registration Form and follow the steps (choose Lifelong Learning in the drop-down list of providers) to register for each course.

Step 2:
– Click HERE to submit your registration information to Lifelong Learning.
– Once registered, the course syllabus and steps for obtaining the necessary materials to complete the course will be sent via the email address provided on the registration form.

Step 3:
– Select your course(s) from the choices below.
– You will be directed to the Lifelong Learning Store.
– Add each course you’re registering for to your cart and follow the checkout directions to submit payment.
– You will receive an email with course information once all registration steps have been completed.

*Note: Be sure to also register with CSU-P (Step 1); you will not receive credit without registering through CSU-P.

 

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Online Graduate Professional Development &
Continuing Education Credit Courses for Teachers