Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility
One of PLS's most popular and practical courses is Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility Online. In this course, participants discover how to model behaviors centered around choice and self-responsibility.
Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility Online also provides teachers with dozens of useful verbal skills and strategies that empower students to take responsibility for their actions and solve problems effectively.
PLS’s easy-to-navigate online format presents the material and activities in modules. Participants read about topics such as self-responsible language, personal power, accountability, choice, and consequences.
The assignments involve opportunities to model the material through the use of written work submitted to the course facilitator. In addition, course members interact through Discussion Boards where they participate in lively interchanges. Many facilitators report that these discussions can be more involved and engaging than those in face-to-face classes, as nobody is "shy" online! Each person has an opportunity to reflect before writing a comment or response and everyone learns from the comments of others in the group.
First-time online learners, veteran teachers, counselors, and administrators praise Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility Online. Their excitement shines through as they report increased student motivation, higher levels of accountability, decreased stress in the classroom, and fewer discipline problems. Together they and their students become more successful models of self-responsible behavior.
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Source: The above tips are based on PLS's graduate course Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility® For more information see "Featured Onsite Graduate Course" to the right.