Instructor: |
Stephanie Sumner |
Location: | Online |
Dates and Times: | July 1, 2023 – August 11, 2023.Asynchronous, four Zoom meetings (times can be adjusted by cohort agreement). July 6th, 20th, and August 1st and 8th – 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. |
Credits: | 3 graduate |
Tuition: | $1,195 |
The landscape of classroom management is changing rapidly in our schools and it requires teachers to create learning environments in which all students can succeed. This course will dig into evidence-based and practical strategies and engage participants in reflecting on their students as individuals, and their instructional practices (SEL and academic) through examining and emphasizing restorative, culturally responsive approaches and the social-emotional learning of teachers.
Audience:
If you are a preschool or elementary classroom teacher, school counselor, SEL/Behavior Support coach, or staff member, this class is for you. This is also an excellent course for elementary school leaders looking to support their students and educators in creating cultures of care, belonging, and agency within their classrooms and schools. The social-emotional development and diversity of Vermont schools have changed dramatically for many reasons and it requires a deeper look into recent evidence-based research AND our own specific environments to create learning environments that are safe, learner-centered, affirming, engaging, and appropriately rigorous for their current and future students.
What types of learning activities will we do in class?
We will use a combination of discussion, critical analysis activities, experiential activities and action-research within our school settings. Participants will focus much of their coursework around a specific area of change they want to focus on, and connect course activities to their day-to-day roles.
Remote Learning Technologies:
Participants in this course will reflect upon, evaluate and re-envision the practices that shape their classroom culture to better serve an increasingly diverse student populations as they increase their knowledge of:
Course Objectives:
Participants will understand and be able to
Stephanie Sumner has Bachelor's degrees in Elementary Education and Psychology from the University of Vermont (1996), a Master's of Education degree in Science Education K-8 from Johnson State College/ Vermont Science Initiative (2012), and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Educational Leadership from St. Michael's College (2017). Since 1996, she has worn many hats as an educator. She has been a classroom teacher in grades 4, 5 and 6 within several models (self-contained, specialized content areas, teaming and looping). She has also served as a curriculum consultant and instructional coach across content areas. As a school leader, her instructional leadership and professional development has focused greatly on social-emotional learning (and related areas of culturally-responsive and trauma-informed practices), and elementary mathematics, science and literacy instruction. Additionally, she has led professional learning communities engaging in professional development related to developing and sustaining Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, structured literacy, science of reading, math best practices and high leverage concepts, social emotional learning and executive functioning.
From Behaving to Belonging: The Inclusive Art of Supporting Students Who Challenge Us
Julie Causton & Kate McLeod (2020)
These Kids are Out of Control: Why We Must Reimagine Classroom Management for Equity
***I don’t love this title, but the content is spot-on!
Other Suggested/Recommended Readings
Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
Carla Shalaby (2017)
We will be using many current articles and online resources throughout the course. These will be provided on Canvas.
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