EDU3000 - Simple Strategies to Improve Academic Engagement, Behavior, and Social Skills

Kapiolani Community College - CECS

Course Description

Student engagement leads to improved social and cognitive development, and enhanced learning and achievement (Finn, 1993; Marks, 2000; Newmann, 1992). Despite the importance of student engagement, a long line of research has documented low levels of engagement in U.S. classrooms (e.g., Goodlad, 2004; Steinberg, 1996), and increasing student engagement and behavior problems are closely related. For example, behavior problems are more likely to emerge when school work is either too easy or too difficult. Participants are encouraged to bring a school-site team member or one other faculty member.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

Explore how teachers can examine their own student-teacher interactions in an effort to proactively support student engagement and behavior.
Use low-intensity strategies including pre-correction, active supervision, behavior-specific praise, increased opportunities to respond, high-probability request sequences, instruction feedback and appropriate error correction, and instructional choice.

Notes

Participants are encouraged to bring a school-site team member or one other faculty member.

If you are a student with a documented disability and have not voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability so that we may coordinate the accommodations you need, you are invited to contact the Disability Support Services Office (DSSO) in `Ilima 107, ph.734-9552 , or email kapdss@hawaii.edu for assistance. For students whose primary disability is Deaf or hard of hearing, contact the KCC Deaf Center in Manono 111C, ph. 734-9210 (V) or 447-1379 (videophone).

Please note: you will need to contact Kapi`olani CC's DSSO or Deaf Center to request accommodations in a Kapi`olani CC course even if you've already registered or receiving services at another UH campus's disability support program.

Kapiolani Community College Refund/Drop Policy:

100% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 10 business days or more prior to start date of course.

50% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made 5-9 business days prior to start date of course.

0% refund: Notification to Non-Credit Registration made less than 5 business days prior to start date of course.