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Course Orientation Week
All OPEN NH courses begin with an optional face-to-face orientation, allowing participants to become familiar with course login procedures and overall course requirements. Orientation to the course continues online during the first week, so that participants become familiar with course expectations and get acquainted with their instructor and fellow classmates.

Six Weeks of Online Activities
Following the orientation, courses continue for six weeks, emphasizing theory-to-practice applications. Course work includes online discussions, reflections, readings, and projects. Course participants receive a certificate of participation that may be applied to their individual professional development plans.

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BP-01 Creating and Using Meaningful Rubrics that Assess Student Work
As defined by rubric guru Heidi Goodrich, a rubric as "a scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece of work or 'what counts.'" This course will give teachers the tools to clearly identify the goals and objectives of a student product and to assess various aspects of those student products. Participants will investigate various theories for creating rubrics, visit websites with online rubric creators and develop their skills for creating meaningful rubrics that can enhance the quality of their student work. Participants will engage in readings, discussion, exploratory activities and create rubrics that assess student products for learning while focusing students on the goals and objectives of their assignments.

BP-02 Utilizing a Mentoring Program Effectively
Mentoring is an effective way of keeping new teachers in the profession. Coaching is an essential tool the mentor uses to help new teachers develop. Coaching involves being non-judgmental, helping teachers to solve their own challenges, and using data collected during observations to help new teachers solve problems that they’ve identified. This course will provide the trained mentor with additional practice in coaching techniques so they can be more effective at guiding new teachers.

BP-03 Data Driven Teaching
No Child Left Behind and high-stake testing have changed the way teachers conduct and apply assessments in their classroom. This course will prepare you to make data driven decisions in your teaching. This course is intended to introduce participants to various types of assessments used in the classroom, focusing primarily on the use of formative and summative assessments. During the course, participants will develop their understanding of formative and summative assessments and be able to determine how assessments can guide teaching decisions. This class is designed for both Regular and Special Educators.

BP-04 Using Differentiated Instruction Effectively in the Classroom
This course is designed for K-8 educators. Kindergarten through grade 8 classroom teachers will be attracted to this course which is well suited for teachers with either novice or intermediate level knowledge of differentiated instruction (DI). The course will provide a model for DI in the classroom and assist teachers in the development of lesson plans that meet the needs of all students. This resource rich online course is a must see and do!

BP-05   Understanding the Follow the Child Philosophy
Participants will study the critical attributes of the Follow the Child Initiative in New Hampshire, analyzing the 8 Conditions that Make a Difference and reflecting on the presence of those conditions in their schools and educational experiences. Participants will understand the relationship between No Child Left Behind and Follow the Child and work together to identify best practices for the complementary implementation of both initiatives. Throughout the course, action plans will be developed that address the 8 Conditions that Make a Difference that can be used in your schools to ensure the success of all students.


CE-01 Designing a Virtual Field Trip for the Elementary Classroom
Are there places you’d like to take your classroom to enrich your curriculum, but can’t due to budget, time constraints and distance? You can still visit those places with a virtual field trip! This course will enable teachers in grades 1-6 to use Internet resources to design a virtual field trip to extend and enrich their curriculum. Participants will become familiar with strategies and resources, and tips and tricks that will allow you and your students to “visit” any place in the world. By the end of the course participants will design effective and engaging virtual field trips that are aligned to state and national standards.

CE-02 Engaging K-12 Students with Digital Portfolios
This course is for teachers interested in helping their students develop a reflective digital portfolio that meets New Hampshire's ICT Literacy Program standards and that engages and motivates students. Participants will learn about characteristics of reflective portfolios, be introduced to tools and process steps for creating digital portfolios, and review examples of portfolio contents and organization. As a final product, each course participant will work with a cohort of K-12 students to create their own samples of student digital portfolios.

CE-03 Aligning Curriculum with Grade Level Expectations
This course will guide kindergarten through eighth grade teachers through the process of aligning curricula to the Grade Level Expectations/Grade Span Expectations. Teachers will learn how read the GLEs/GSEs, how to identify GLEs not currently addressed and adjust lesson plans to incorporate them. The importance of the GLEs in the NECAP assessments will be addressed. Participants will choose 1 Cluster/Strand of the GLEs and align their existing curricula to it. Participants will use the Backward Design Process to set new learning goals and create or modify curriculum. This course is meant to be the first step in an ongoing process for teachers in aligning curriculum to the GLEs.

CE-04 Meeting the New Standards for School Approval
This course is designed for school administrators and leaders who want to understand the changes in the minimum standards for school approval. Every public school up for school approval will have to meet the new minimum standards of Ed 306, which were adopted in July of 2005. There are many changes and new requirements in the standards that might be challenging for some districts to meet. There are resources, such as technical advisories and comparison charts, issued by the DOE that will be used to help participants understand the changes and what they mean to schools and districts. A timeline for implementation of the new standards will be created for use by a school-reform committee. 

CE-05 Developing Competencies for High School Courses
This course has been designed to provide educators with a tool kit to translate New Hampshire Grade Level/Span Expectations (GLEs/GSEs) into competencies to guide instruction. Throughout this seven-week course, exemplary practices and research will be analyzed to encourage a deep understanding of competency-based instruction. Participants will gain practical knowledge about design strategies and will be skilled in writing quality competencies that can define their course content.

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        Last update: May 9, 2008