What are the UNI Professional Teacher Competencies Workshops?
A series of seven courses that incorporate the fourteen Teaching Competencies.

The UNI Professional Teacher Competencies Workshops
The following are the courses presently available and the courses soon to be available. Under each course title, you will find which competencies are addressed in that course.

Instructional Design for K-12 Educators

• Knowledge of Content and Skills Areas
• Instructional Planning
• Use of Problem-Solving/Decision Making Strategies
• Assessing/Diagnosing/Evaluating Strategies
• Use of Technology

Teaching with Technology

• Use of Technology
• Instructional Planning
• Knowledge of Content and Skills Areas

Learning Styles: Instructional Strategies Using Technology

• Knowledge of Learners and the Learning Process
• Use of Instructional Strategies
• Use of Problem Solving/Decision Making Strategies
• Assessing/Diagnosing/Evaluating Strategies
• Use of Technology

Motivating Students in the K-12 Classroom

• Use of Motivation Strategies
• Use of Instructional Strategies
• Use of Technology

Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective

• Use of Multicultural Gender Fair (MCGF) Strategies
• Learning Environment and Classroom Management
• Use of Problem-Solving/Decision Making Strategies
• Use of Technology

Community Relations: The Partnership of Teacher, Student, Home, and Community

• Home-School-Community Relations
• Human Relations Skills
• Professional Characteristics/Personal Qualities
• Use of Technology

Additional Professional Teacher Competencies Workshops

Project Management for Educators

• Introduction to Project Management
• Participants develop a Project Management Plan
• Project is the one developed in Instructional Design workshop
• Ideally, students should take Project Management for Educators before Instructional Design

Design of all classes

• Focus on Constructivist philosophy - all courses utilize activities that require the learners to incorporate new knowledge into projects they can then utilize in their classes
• Include activities of analysis/discussion, reflection, collaboration, and development of projects
• Reference Web-based readings, carefully selected for pedagogical soundness
• Incorporate the InTime Model elements appropriate for each course
• Incorporate InTime videos as demonstrations of best practices

Testimonials
Please read the feedback we have received from students who have participated in our workshops.

Registration

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Jacky.Abromitis@uni.edu

Frequently Asked Questions
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For Information

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Jacky.Abromitis@uni.edu

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