Useful for RACE TO THE TOP funds

This Online Course, whether via the seven week Whole Course, or Tutorial or Module version helps:

(italics quoted below from R to T criteria)

States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform; achieving significant improvement in student outcomes, including making substantial gains in student achievement, closing achievement gaps, improving high school graduation rates, and ensuring student preparation for success in college and careers;

All educators know that better classroom management enhances learning.

Recruiting, developing, rewarding, and retaining effective teachers...

A teacher cannot be effective if s/he cannot prevent and handle disruptive behavior.

(D)(2) Improving teacher and principal effectiveness based on performance (58 points)

(D)(4) Improving the effectiveness of teacher and principal preparation programs (14 points)

(D)(5) Providing effective support to teachers and principals (20 points)

(F)(2) Ensuring successful conditions for high-performing charters and other innovative schools (40 points)

(F)(2) Ensuring successful conditions for high-performing charters and other innovative schools (40 points)

(vi) Creating school climates and cultures that remove obstacles to, and actively support, student engagement and achievement;

(i) ... provisions that allow alternative routes to certification (as defined in this notice) for teachers and principals, particularly routes that allow for providers in addition to institutions of higher education;...Developing teachers and principals, including by providing relevant coaching, induction support, and/or professional development;

Plans for (i) and (ii) may include, but are not limited to, the implementation of incentives and strategies in such areas as recruitment, compensation, teaching and learning environments, professional development, and human resources practices and processes.

Alternative routes... (a) can be provided by various types of qualified providers, including both institutions of higher education and other providers operating independently from institutions of higher education.