Building Relationships During Online Learning, Wilkin, Spring 2021

Course Number:	EDU 5515 C10
Instructor:	Edward Wilkin
Location:	Online
Dates and Times:	February 28 – March 27, 2021
Credits:	3 Graduate Credits
Tuition:	$975

Note: Course payment or purchase order of $975, payable to Castleton University, is due at the time of registration. A purchase order number can be entered into the online registration form and the purchase order can be uploaded to the registration form. If paying by check, please mail the check to: Financial & Registration Services, Castleton University, 62 Alumni Drive, Castleton, VT 05753. To help us ensure that your payment is applied to the correct course, PLEASE WRITE “CFS” IN THE CHECK MEMO LINE. Thank you.

Course Description

Through an examination of reflective practices, teachers and school leaders can practically apply concepts of building relationships to teaching, learning, K-12 leadership, and higher education leadership while working entirely or partially online. Through an exploration of practical learning tools for relationship building, leaders and teachers will discuss, reflect, and refine methods and techniques to directly apply new learning into the real-world situations in which the student currently works.

Audience: Any Educator, Leaders K-12+, Higher Ed Leaders

Course Goals & Objectives

Throughout this four (4) week course, students will be introduced to several methods and techniques of building relationships in the online/digital world through personalized coaching between instructor and student. Using real-life practices and current methods of online delivery, students will reflect on their current practices and refine what methods and techniques will work best for the online learning world and, most importantly, will develop a Plan of Action. Facilitation will be through group discussion and individual meetings. On completion of the course, the successful student will be able to:

Define effective positive relationship building in the online world as it relates to the individual students' current role (i.e., teacher, school leader, etc.)
Understand effective techniques to build positive relationships while working entirely or partially online.
Implement new learning into the real-world situations in which the student currently works, simultaneously as course learning is moving forward (Plan of Action)

Required Texts

Required Texts are not included in the course tuition.

Brown, B. (2018). Dare to lead: brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts. New York: Random House. ISBN: 978-0399592522 ($20)

Schwartz, K. (2016). I wish my teacher knew: How one question can change everything for our kids. Boston, MA: Da Capo Lifelong Books. ISBN: 978-0738219141 ($20)

For additional course information

Edward Wilkin
(201) 575-1233

For additional registration information

Bethany Sprague

(802) 468-1325