Nurture a Meaningful and Engaging Learning Community Course Overview
Explore strategies to get to know your learners, embed social emotional learning (SEL) into your learning experiences and build community with learners leading to deeper and more meaningful learning experiences.
COURSE MODULES
Modules will include videos, lessons, reflection activities, checks for understanding, additional resources and a performance task to apply what you learn.
| MODULE | WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO |
|---|---|
| Module 1 Introduction |
Self-reflection on this courses’ competencies. |
| Module 2 Build relationships |
Design a learning experience where learners get to share about themselves. |
| Module 3 Plan & Design for Equitable SEL |
Develop a plan for embedding SEL into your learning environment and learning experiences. |
| Module 4 Build Community with Learners |
Co-create classroom agreements and design learning experiences and routines that build community. |
| Module 5 Reflection |
Reflect on practices |
Course Competencies
Build relationships
I invest time to get to know my learners and for my learners to know me.
Plan & Design for Equitable SEL
I design learning experiences that develop social and emotional skills and model my own social-emotional learning for learners.
Build Community with Learners
I build learners’ ability to be in community with others, especially those of different backgrounds, identities and strengths.
Course Enrollment
Enrollment includes:
- 1 year of access to the course in the Thinkific platform
- Access to an online community of learner-centered educators.
- Access to team members available to answer questions within 48 hours.
- Certificate of completion upon finishing course
Questions? Email learning@learnercentered.org
Course Credit Options
MICRO-CREDENTIALS
Earn a Digital Promise micro-credential—a digital certification verifying your competence in a specific skill or set of skills.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
Upon approval of your performance task receive 1.5 quarter units of post-baccalaureate, salary-scale applicable credit offered by UCSD.
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Explore Learner-Centered Strategies
Our learner-centered strategies feature actionable steps educators can take to create personalized, competency-based, authentic, inclusive and equitable learning environments. Check out our inclusive and equitable learning strategies for amplifying learner voice below. Or explore our full library of strategies.
