Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Module 1: Roles and Responsibilities

  • 3

    Module 2: Supporting Students with Medical and Specialized Needs

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Understanding Medical and Disability Information

    • 3. External Services and Specialized Supports

    • 4. Resources and Learning Journal
  • 4

    Module 3: Connecting with Community and Parents

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Introduction

    • 3. Confidentiality

    • 4. Do's and Dont's

    • 5. Responding to Parents and Community
  • 5

    Module 4: Responsive Relationships

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Responsive Relationships

    • 3. Relationship with Self: Self Awareness

    • 4. Relationship with Self: Strategy for Personal Triggers

    • 5. Relationships with Colleagues

    • 6. Relationships with Students
  • 6

    Module 5: Professional Communication and Interactions

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. What is Communication and Why is it Important?

    • 3. Effective Communication Skills

    • 4. Communicating with Students

    • 5. Communicating with Parents

    • 6. Skills for Effective Listening

    • 7. Nonverbal Communication
  • 7

    Module 6: Overview of Collaborative Response

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. What is Collaborative Response?

    • 3. What is the Continuum of Supports?

    • 4. Interventions, Strategies, and Accommodations - What's the Difference?

    • 5. Layers of Team Meetings
  • 8

    Module 7: Tier 1 Toolbox

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Tier 1 Classroom Instruction

    • 3. Essential Tier 1 Behaviour Supports

    • 4. Digging Deeper into Tier 1 Supports

    • 5. Tier 1 Toolbox Planning
  • 9

    Module 8: Tier 2 Toolbox

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Tier 2 Classroom Supports

    • 3. Tier 2 Supports: Differentiated Instruction

    • 4. Review of Tier 2 Supports

    • 5. Digging Deeper into Tier 2 Supports

    • 6. Using Tier 2 Behaviour Supports in Context
  • 10

    Module 9: Supporting Learning in the Classroom (Language)

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. What You Might Notice

    • 3. Vocabulary

    • 4. Oral Language

    • 5. Language for Teaching and Instruction

    • 6. Strategic Conversation
  • 11

    Module 10: Supporting Learning in the Classroom (Reading)

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Phonological Awareness

    • 3. Initial Sounds

    • 4. Rhyming

    • 5. Blending

    • 6. Segmenting
  • 12

    Module 11: Supporting Learning in the Classroom (Writing)

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Writing Introduction

    • 3. Stages of Spelling Development

    • 4. Supporting Early Writers

    • 5. Strategies to Support Writers - Adding Details to Writing

    • 6. Strategies to Support Writers - Building Sentences
  • 13

    Module 12: Responsive Behaviour Supports

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Introduction to Responsive Behaviour Supports (RBS)

    • 3. Explicit Behaviour Expectations

    • 4. What is Social-Emotional Learning?

    • 5. Responding to Behaviour Concerns

    • 6. Collecting and Analyzing Data

  • 14

    Module 13: Understanding Support Plans

    • 1. Getting Ready to Learn

    • 2. Alberta Education Curriculum

    • 3. Developing Student Support Plans

    • 4. What is a Student Support Plan?

    • 5. Creating a Student Support Plan
  • 15

    Module 14: Putting the Pieces Together

    • 1. Connecting Your Learning

    • 2. Congratulations

    • 3. Next Steps

    • 4. Thank You

Instructor(s)

Learning Associate

Barb Pears

Learning Associate - School and Classroom Behaviour Supports, Educational Assistant Supports Barb Pears is a skillful educator particularly in the area of behavior support and social emotional wellness. She is adept at fostering collaborative, respectful, supportive teaching and learning environments for students, families and staff. Barb believes a multi-disciplinary approach is essential to offer the best possible programming for students. She has had the opportunity with Jigsaw Learning to partner with students, staff, schools, external agencies, district, and community organizations to design optimum learning environments for all that value and respect all learners. In addition to extensive support in behaviour and well-being, Barb has engaged in programming support for educational assistants to ensure the best learning environments are established for all students.