Online Courses
The Professional Development/Continuing Education office offers post-baccalaureate credit and/or clock hours for online courses for educators.
We invite you to contact the following organizations directly to learn more about the online courses that they are offering for Seattle University post-baccalaureate credit. Please note that these courses are open to all educators.
Online ASCD Courses
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development offers interactive, multimedia online courses, which provide flexibility to participants without sacrificing meaningful content. Each course includes activities, reading materials, and access to a learner forum. Puget Sound ESD has approved some of these courses for college credit with Seattle University.
Ongoing 2008-2009 courses include:
- Classroom Management: Building Relationships for Better Learning
- Contemporary School Leadership
- Creating and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities
- Designing Performance Assessments
- Differentiating Instruction
- Effective Substitute Teaching
- Embracing Diversity: Respecting Others
- English Language Learners
- Helping Struggling Readers
- Inclusive Classroom
- Managing Challenging Behavior
- Maximizing Assistance: Supervising Paraeducators in Your Classroom
- Middle School Mathematics
- Parents as Partners in Schooling
- Student Portfolios: Getting Started in Your Classroom
- Success with Differentiated Instruction
- Successful Strategies for Literacy and Learning
- Surviving and Thriving in Your First Year of Teaching
- Teacher Behaviors that Promote Assessment for Learning
- Teaching Better with Technology
- Tech in Schools: Teaching Better
- The Brain: Memory and Learning Strategies
- The Brain: Understanding the Mind
- The Brain: Understanding the Physical Brain
- Understanding by Design: An Introduction
- Understanding by Design: The Six Facets of Understanding
- Understanding by Design: The Backward Design Process
- Understanding Student Motivation
- Using Assessment in the Differentiated Classroom
- What Works in Schools: An Introduction
All Classes:
- Have a course fee of $99
- Offer 2 Seattle University credits for $70
- Target Audience: Teachers and administrators, grades K-12
- Start at the participant's convenience
- Must be completed within 6 months of beginning class online
To view course descriptions and registration information please visit the Puget Sound Educational Service District website or contact Registration at 425-917-7817 or registration@psesd.org for more information.
Online Experience Music Project
- Teaching and the Oral History of Artists
- American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
For more information on either of these courses, call (206) 770-2765 or e-mail celebrateeducators@empsfm.org.
Online ESL Courses
- Teaching English as a Second Language; Theory and Application
- Teaching Grammar to ESOL Students
- Materials Selection and Development in TESOL
- Developing ESOL Literacy
- Cultural Variables in Teaching ESOL
- Teaching Content to English Language Learners
- Linguistics for ESOL Teachers
- Testing and Evaluating ESOL Students
- Student-Centered Learning in TESOL
- Self Analysis and Improvement in TESOL
- Computer-Enhanced Language Teaching in ESOL
- Professional Leadership in TESOL
- Teaching English to Young Learners
Please visit the School of Teaching ESL website for admission requirements and detailed course information. Contact Kim Darcy at (206) 781-8607 or hasegawa@seattleu.edu.