Anna feels so strongly that the Teacher Friday Workbox® is the solution to ease the overwhelm and increase teacher retention, she created a course in the formal setting of a university. She’s here today to give a peek inside the course.

She knew based on her previous life in the education world that not all courses qualify to be reimbursed. There needs to be a focus on how the student would benefit from the teacher completing this course. Proactively, she knew to include SEL (social and emotional learning) standards. SEL being included makes the course even more attractive to those that would be approving reimbursement because schools are starting to require these skills to be taught, but there isn’t a lot of material out there for teachers yet. AND in this course, Anna provides lesson plans for the teachers enrolled in this course. 

We alluded to schools having funds that were for personal development. And they are Region 10 from Covid funds and in schools that have innovation as one of their core objectives; you can access funds earmarked for innovation workforce readiness in either essential or soft skills. Schools will reimburse for 60%-100% once you produce your transcript. 

Anna took time in this episode to read the course description. She was sure to stress the importance of learning organizational systems to support executive function. It explains how teachers will learn how to streamline their administrative tasks. And then she went over the modules. Module 1 is getting started and an introduction from yours truly. In Module 2, there will be a focus on ADHD for students and teachers and you get to listen to the ADHD podcast. Module 3 is so much fun as you set up your workbox, label your slash pockets, and dive into the app. Module 4 is learning how to support students' organizational skills and learn about the Lisa Binder; this is the module with the lesson plans helping students to develop SEL standards like self management competency. The last module will reiterate the importance of practicing all the skills and systems you have been taught.

Curious?

We tried to anticipate some questions you may be having and we want to put your curious mind at ease. I can’t recap them all so you will definitely want to listen to the full episode.  

1. Yes, you can take advantage of this course if you have the Teacher Friday Workbox® already. You’ll be lucky enough to have two workboxes AND the graduate credits plus all the other goodies.

2. You can simply take just this one course through Ashland University.

3. If you have existing products with Organize 365®, all products will be consolidated in one account.

4. This is a work at your own pace course so you can be creative as to how and when you complete course work. 

5. This will be an evergreen course offered multiple times during the year. 

Anna is conducting surveys before and after the course. We cannot wait to see the results, share them with you, and continue to improve the course. Now go get registered!

Managing Executive Functions with the Teacher Workbox Course $900

• 3 graduate credits once you complete the course and transcript

• Teacher Workbox to set up and keep

• Lifetime Access to online community

• Weekly Co Working Sessions

• 5 Day Teacher Camp (there is a replay)

• Last day to register for this specific course is 7/1/2024

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Teacher Friday Workbox®

• Managing Executive Functions with the Teacher Workbox (Ashland University)

• Sign Up for the Organize 365® Newsletter 

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