Beginning Teacher Success: Teach this online course in your school for free
Posted February 2, 2009 · by Bill Ferris · in Online courses
As we all know, first-year teaching can be stressful. At LEARN NC, we can help alleviate the stress with our online course Beginning Teacher Success, designed to help new teachers develop their skills. Previously, the course was only offered through a LEARN NC instructor, but now if you’ve completed LEARN NC Moodle Training, you can teach the course at your school free of charge!
The goal of the course is for beginning teachers to explore what current educational research says, learn about best practices, implement effective strategies and tips, and become the best they can be in their new career. Now you can impart this valuable knowledge to new teachers in your school.
Click here for more information, including the course syllabus.
I am interested in this opportunity. Can you tell me any more about it? If I teach the course, what exactly would I do? Is the class already formatted, etc.? Would I advertise within my school to get first year teachers to sign up? The course is offered free to first year teachers but would I receive any pay for teaching it? Thank you.
Pam Navarra
Hello, Pamela. To answer your question, you’d teach this class within your own school or school system. The class is already formatted, but you’d be free to change it as you see fit.
Regarding pay, filling the course, etc., that would be completely up to your school system. The course would be part of your school’s regular curriculum, except that it would be offered online rather than face-to-face. This would allow you to include teachers from across your school system, as well as within your own school.
Administratively, LEARN NC’s only role would be to host the course on our server, and to provide technical support as needed. Other than that, it would be administered like any other professional development course run by your system.
I hope this answers your questions. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Bill Ferris
LEARN NC
Do you need to have taken the online Moodle Course in order to teacher the Beginning Teacher Course in your district?
Hello, Karen. Thanks for bringing this up. Yes, you must have completed Moodle Training prior to teaching Beginning Teacher Success. You can enroll in Moodle Training by clicking here.
Sincerely,
Bill Ferris
LEARN NC