Educating Diverse Populations in Your Classroom

In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this one-hour course will teach you about diverse student populations, including educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn how understanding Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs will assist you in providing the right support strategies to students who need it most.

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Course code: T14710

This teacher professional development course will teach you about the varied needs of educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students in your classroom. Your students come to you with a diverse set of needs, and you will need to implement strategies that help support each student's success in your classroom. You will analyze Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, consider the needs of your own students, and then work to evaluate and implement strategies for support in your classroom. The course comes with a downloadable PDF of the content, a student needs checklist, and various strategy plans you can utilize for implementation in your classroom so you will be empowered to work with at-risk youth.

What you will learn

  • Define diverse student populations through the lens of at-risk and educationally disadvantaged student needs
  • Evaluate the struggles and needs of diverse populations
  • Analyze, select, and implement strategies for support

How you will benefit

  • All students in your class will feel supported and will receive the care they require for their unique needs
  • Your relationship with your students and their families will improve
  • You will learn varied ways of helping all students, utilizing multiple strategies to support any child who needs it

How the course is taught

  • Self-Guided, online course
  • 3 Months access
  • 1 course hours
  1. Educating Diverse Student Populations Course Content
    1. The video and article will provide you with an understanding of diverse student populations. You will learn about educationally disadvantaged and at-risk students. You will consider their varied needs and plan for specific strategies to support all students in your classroom. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
  2. Quiz
    1. You will answer questions related to supporting a diverse set of students in your classroom. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
  3. Implementation Reflection
    1. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
  4. Considerations for Implementation
    1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
  5. Videos and Further Reading
    1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of Educationally Disadvantaged and At-Risk students in your classroom.
Self-Study

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 10 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word Online
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Your course begins immediately after you enroll.​

You have 3 months of access to the course. After enrolling, you can learn and complete the course at your own pace, within the allotted access period. You will have the opportunity to interact with other students in the online discussion area.

There is no time limit to complete each lesson, other than completing all lessons within the allotted access period. Discussion areas for each lesson are open for the entire duration of the course.

Because this course is self-guided, no extensions will be granted after the start of your enrollment.

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Fundamentals
A Guide to Blooms Taxonomy and Cognitive Thinking
Fundamentals
Building Reading and Writing Fluency
Fundamentals
Checking for Understanding in Elementary Math
Fundamentals
Collaborative Learning in the Classroom
Fundamentals
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles
Fundamentals
Inspire Family Engagement with Positive Communication
Fundamentals
Growth Mindset in the Gifted Classroom
Fundamentals
Literacy Stations for PreK-2nd Grade