Prepare your students to thrive in a rapidly evolving world by integrating the essential skills of modern learning into your everyday instruction. In this engaging professional development experience, participants will explore the “4Cs” — critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration — and discover practical, powerful ways to weave these learning and innovation skills into existing curriculum.
Examine how AI and emerging technology tools can enhance instructional design, deepen student engagement, and support meaningful skill development. Walk away with ready-to-use strategies that elevate learning and empower students for success in today’s dynamic landscape.
Audience:
- Current PreK-12 teachers
- Current district or school instructional coaches/curriculum leads
- Anyone interested in embedding critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity into curriculum and instruction.
| The Details
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| Dates | Starts June 8 |
| Time | Asynchronous |
| Cost | $145 |
| Location | Online |
| Graduate Credits Available | 1 |
Purpose & Outcomes
- Learn a framework for 21st century learning and innovation skills that can be embedded across prek-12th grade classrooms
- Apply the 4Cs to daily instruction through adapting pre-existing curriculum.
- Interrogate the use of AI and other tech tools into the classroom curriculum
Alison Stickney joined The School of Education & Human Development in 2023 as an Alternative Licensure Instructor with the ASPIRE to Teach Program. Before that, she spent 12 years in the public school system as a teacher of grades 2nd through 6th and as an assistant principal and instructional coach. Her passion for working with students and teachers is why she continues to support alternatively licensed teachers in the classroom in both elementary and special education pathways.