French River Education Center

Fall 2008 Graduate Course Listing

 

 

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You will receive a confirmation of registration one week prior to the course start date.

Please retain that confirmation as your receipt of tuition payment.

 

Grade Reports: Grades are no longer generated on paper and mailed to students. Grades are now online for both Worcester State and Framingham State Colleges. You will receive a letter or email from the college with a code and instructions on how to access your records.

If you mistakenly discarded this letter or email from Worcester State College:

·         Call the Tech Support office – 508-929-8856. For Worcester State College credit, official transcripts can be ordered by logging onto www.Worcester.edu and clicking on “Quick Links”. Transcript request forms are found there and can be printed out and mailed, faxed or dropped off to the registrar’s office. No code is needed to access this option.

If you mistakenly discarded this letter or email from Framingham State College:

·         You may follow the instructions below or call the Helpdesk at 508-215-5950 or email shd@student.framingham.edu during regular business hours.

 

o   To access your grades at Framingham State: Go to http://my.framingham.edu, the portal login page. Enter a username and password:

·         Your username is: your first initial and last name

·         Your default password is as follows: the two digit month of your birth + day of your birth + year of your birth (MMDDYY)

·         Example – if your birthday is August 4, 1972, your default password would be 080472

·         Once you have logged in, to access grade information, click on Academic Information. Navigate to My Grades on the lower left side of the page. You may print this screen for your records.

Tuition: Member price: $475 – Non-Member Price: $560

 

Payment: French River accepts Credit Card (VISA, MasterCard, or Discover) or checks for tuition payment

 

Text/Material Fees:  All materials fees are payable to the instructor at the first class. Textbooks should be purchased by the first class session.

 

Graduate Courses: 3 college credits is equal to 67.5 PDPs. Courses are approved through Worcester State College or Framingham State College.

 

Withdrawal Policy: Full refund prior to first class; 80% after first class; no refund thereafter. This policy is consistent with Worcester and Framingham State Colleges. Withdrawals must be in writing, mailed, emailed or faxed to French River.

 

Attendance: 100% attendance is expected. Participants cannot receive a grade of A if absent for more than 6 hours.

 

Additional Information: Contact Maddy Dudley, Programs Coordinator at: 508-987-0219 Ext.104 (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) or mdudley@frec.org

 

 

COURSE LISTING

 

 

 

OUT OF DISTRICT COURSES ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM

 

 

NEW – JUST ADDED  on October 20, 2008

 

ED971-R88 Reading & Writing Connection

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Wednesdays - 3:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28

 

Warren Comm. Elem. School

West Warren, MA

 

Click for Course Flyer and Registration form for this course

 

Instructor: Tammy Howe

 

This course is designed to explore how reading and writing are closely related. It emphasizes workshop approaches to teaching reading, writing, and poetry. Time will be spent exploring the value of independent reading and literature study. Participants will learn and experience how genre study can model and support good writing.

 

Materials Fee: $15 to instructor at first class.

 

 

 

15.769 Preparing Educators to Use Technology I

(3 Graduate Credits - Framingham State College

 

Mondays - 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

September 22—December 15

 

Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School

Old Muggett Hill Road

Charlton, MA

 

Instructor: Sharon Schliapa

 

For all educators, this course is designed to teach participants how to use the latest version of Microsoft Office Suite—Office 2007—and how to successfully incorporate this software into daily lesson plans. Software components covered will include Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Excel 2007 and Publisher 2007.

 

Bring a USB flash drive to class.

 

 

ED971-R58 Legal Awareness for School Administrators

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Mondays - 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

September 22—November 24

 

Auburn HIGH SCHOOL

Auburn Street

Auburn, MA

 

Instructor: Dr. Richard Brown

 

For all district, K-12 administrators, guidance counselors, and those interested in pursuing administrative licensure, this course is designed to bring awareness of how today’s legal decisions have a direct impact on administrators, staff, and students, as well as the entire community. Topics covered are students’ rights (expulsion-suspension), Special Education law updates, sexual harassment, school safety, student records, confidentiality, teacher liability, CHINS Laws, drugs and court decisions.

 

Materials Fee: $15

 

 

ED971-R100 Curriculum Design for Differentiated Instruction

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Mondays - 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 22—November 24

 

David Prouty Regional High School

Main Street

Spencer, MA

 

Instructor: Kathy Dubuque

 

For K-8 and special education teachers, this course is designed to assist educators in designing curriculum that will address the learning needs of students with varying levels of mastery and also will accommodate the struggling and fluent learner. Classroom management with differentiated instruction and flexible-grouping will be discussed. Strategies to incorporate learning processes that produce independent learners will be a major focus. Educators will be designing curriculum for their own implementation into the classroom.

 

 

16.748 Integrating Reading and Writing Strategies

(3 Graduate Credits - Framingham State College

 

Wednesdays - 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 24—November 19

 

Oxford High School

Main Street

Oxford, MA

 

Instructor:  Kathy Dubuque

 

For K-8 and special education teachers, this course is designed to demonstrate processes of development of curriculum where reading and writing are extensions of each other. Literature samples, children’s writing, learning center activities and writing environments are shared. Participants develop appropriate curriculum for their classrooms.

 

 

NEW COURSE FOR FALL 2008!!

 

ED971-R245 Writing, Numbers and Human Communication

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Wednesdays - 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.

September 24—November 12

 

Burgess Elementary School

Burgess School Road

Sturbridge, MA

 

Instructor: John Baron

 

For teachers, grades 3—12, this course is designed to examine, through lecture and hands-on activities, the evolution of writing words and numbers and how this historic development effects and confounds learners of all ages, based on the Mass ELA, Math, and History and Social Science Frameworks. Visual and verbal communication systems make humans unique from other animals and are at the basis of our modern educational system. 

 

Required Field Trips:  Sundays, Oct. 19 (MFA) and November 16 (WAM), 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

 

 

ED971-R158 Interactive Strategies to Enhance the Math Curriculum

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Thursdays - 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

September 25—December 18

 

Oxford High School

Main Street

Oxford, MA

 

Instructor: Janice Berthiaume       

 

For teachers, grades K-6, this course is designed for participants to gain a multitude of strategies to improve math instruction in support of the Mass Frameworks, through the use of hands-on activities, games, manipulatives, and web sites. 

 

Materials Fee: $25

 

 

ED971-R145 Aligning Curriculum Standards to the Learner

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Fridays & Saturdays - Fri. 4:30—8 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

September 26, 27, Oct. 31, November 1, 14, 15

 

Auburn High School

Auburn Street

Auburn, MA

 

Instructor: Kathy Dubuque

 

For K-8 teachers, this course is designed to assist teachers in preparing lessons that connect standards with the many levels of learners in the classroom. Demonstrations of curriculum that focus on the cognitive aspect of skills but also on the writing component will be shared and the rationale for this approach will be explained. Participants will design curriculum and assessment to map solid, well-defined goals.

 

 

 

OUT OF DISTRICT COURSES

TUITION is $575 for members & non-members

 

Fall 2008

 

 

 

ED971-R100 Curriculum Design for Differentiated Instruction

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Tuesdays - 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.

September 23 — November 25, 2008

 

Phelps School

689 Main Street

Agawam, MA

Click here for map and directions

 

Instructor: Kathy Dubuque

Tuition: $575

 

Click here for course flyer and registration form for this course

 

For K-8 and special education teachers, this course will assist educators in designing curriculum that will address the learning needs of students with varying levels of mastery and also will accommodate the struggling and fluent learner. All curriculum demonstrated is teacher-designed and tested and can be adapted to all areas. Classroom management with differentiated instruction and flexible-grouping will also be discussed. Educators will be designing curriculum that will be valuable for implementation into their classrooms.

 

Please bring the following to the first class: oaktag, poster board, glue stick, rubber cement, clear contact paper, scissors, pencil, ruler, black fine-line markers, and colored markers (broad and fine-line).

 

 

 

15.733 Interactive Reading and Math Curriculum

(3 Graduate Credits - Framingham State College)

 

Fridays and Saturdays

Oct. 3, 4, 17, 18, 24, 25

Fridays, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Saturdays 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 

 

Roderick School

120 Taunton Street

Wrentham, MA 02093

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Instructor: Kathy Dubuque

Tuition: $575

 

Click here for course flyer and registration form for this course

 

For K-8 and special education teachers, this course is designed to demonstrate how to involve children in everyday reading and mathematics activities. Strategies for making literacy connections to reading and math are shared through children’s work, teacher-designed materials, interactive classroom centers, and techniques that involve student feedback. Teachers will be developing their own curriculum materials for the classroom.

 

Please bring the following materials to the first class: oaktag, poster board, glue stick, rubber cement, clear contact paper, scissors, pencil, ruler, black fine-line markers, and colored markers (broad and fine-line).

 

 

 

ED971-R17 Violence in Society

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Tuesdays - 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

October 7—December 9, 2008

 

Hunking Middle School

98 Winchester Street

Haverhill, MA

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Instructor: Dr. Richard D. Brown

Tuition: $575

 

Click here for course flyer and registration form for this course

 

For all educators at all levels, this course is designed to make participants aware of the forms of violence in today’s society (child abuse, domestic violence, teen dating violence, etc.) and see what is being done to curb violence. Schools and courts are attempting to deal with the problem on a daily basis. No one is immune to violence: it is in the streets, in the home, and in the schools.

 

Materials Fee: $15 payable to instructor at first class.

 

 

 

ED971-R128 School Law Basics

(3 Graduate Credits - Worcester State College)

 

Wednesdays - 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

October 8 - December 10, 2008

 

Woburn Police Department

22 Harrison Avenue

Woburn, MA

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Instructor: Dr. Richard D. Brown

Tuition: $575

 

Click here for course flyer and registration form for this course

 

For all educators at all levels, this course is designed to provide an overview of important state and federal statutes that every educator should know. The area of Education Law continues to develop as a result of federal and state initiatives regarding education reform and new statutes and case laws. Educators will get a solid foundation of legal understanding