Summer 2022 Online Education Workshops

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  • Workshops marked are online workshops. Please note that all online courses and workshops have an additional distance learning fee of $12 per credit hour.

Please Note: Both undergraduate and graduate tuition are subject to change for all Summer 2022 workshops. 


Adobe Acrobat PDF Basics: An Overview of PDF Files as a Tool

Communicating effectively and efficiently with audiences, peers, and employers is crucial in a society that is moving at a rapid pace. An effective, easy tool for communicating electronically is a PDF file. This Adobe Acrobat workshop is designed to equip the beginner or novice user with the skills needed to downsize and convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files. You will also be able to e-mail and create secure passwords for each PDF file. 

Required Textbook:
Fridsma, L., & Gyncild, B. (2015). Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book (1st ed.). Adobe Press. (Free e-book and lesson downloads available. Information will be emailed.)

ONLINE; July 19 - August 17
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13773
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13774
Dr. Marian Maxfield, Instructor, TLC

Classroom Management: Addressing All Students’ Behavioral Needs

Difficulty managing student behavior is among the most frequently cited reasons why teachers leave the profession. Don’t be scared, be prepared! This workshop provides in-depth coverage of research-based principles and practices for effective classroom and behavior management. Workshop materials include step-by-step guides for implementing behavioral interventions at the group and individual levels. Multimedia podcasts reinforce key knowledge and include video demonstrations of real teachers modeling effective practices. Valuable information and guidance for all school-based professionals and anyone interested in supporting student success at school.    

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 19 - June 8
3 undergraduate credit hours, $1,395
SPED 40093, CRN # 13697
3 graduate credit hours, $1,608
SPED 50093, CRN # 13699
Dr. Brian Barber, Associate Professor, LDES

Controlling Stress: Creative Ways to Make Stress Work for You

This workshop focuses on minimizing student and athlete stress through creative brain science techniques by maximizing performance in the classroom, in the workplace, or on the playing field. In each of the presentations, teachers, coaches, workers, and students will benefit from the newest applications of brain science and practical approaches to handle stress in effective ways that will actually make stress work for you!

Textbook (Optional for Undergraduates, Required for Graduates): Donnelly, D. (2016). Think like a warrior: The five inner beliefs that make you unstoppable. Shamrock New Media, Inc. ISBN: 0692705465

ONLINE; May 20 - June 3
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13713
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13714
Timothy Berger, Instructor, TLC

(The) Culture of Poverty: Understanding the Hidden Rules

This fully online, asynchronous course will explore the notion of a "culture of poverty." Teachers and other professionals will learn practical strategies for working with students and clients who come from a background of poverty. An emphasis on relationship-building and issues of communication will be found in the readings and discussions. Payne's work will be examined through multiple lenses including critiques by Paul Gorski. This content is applicable in many different professions.

Required Textbook: Payne, Ruby K., Ph.D. (2013).  A Framework for Understanding Poverty (5th ed.). Aha Process Incorporated. ISBN: 10:1938248015 or 13:9781938248016

ONLINE; May 23 – June 3
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
CI 40093, CRN # 13717
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CI 50093, CRN # 13718
Dr. Kathryn Knapp, Associate Professor, TLC

Designing Web Sites: An Overview

The World Wide Web is used extensively in educational and business settings as a means of presenting original information. The variety and availability of programs for web designs have increased; however, it is important to first learn basic Web designing principles and skills. This workshop provides skills in organizing and writing information for the Web, structuring a site, enhancing site usability, and evaluating one's efforts. Participants will create a blueprint of a website in this workshop that will assist in the future creation of the website. This workshop is independent of and does not teach specific software and other technologies used in building the site. 

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 5 - 19
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13763
1 graduate credit hour, $536
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13764
Dr. Marian Maxfield, Instructor, TLC

Developing an ePortfolio with WordPress

WordPress is one of the most highly used platforms on the web. It provides users with the tools needed to create blogs or websites with ease. Within minutes, beginners can create a dynamic website or blog with a sharp design and zero coding required…for free! In the two-week workshop, students will complete an ePortfolio that showcases their KSU coursework all with the WordPress.com environment.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; June 13 - July 10
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13729
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13730
Dr. Richard (Ben) Hollis, Instructor, TLC

Flipping Your Classroom

How do you reach every student, in every class, every day? Create a flipped classroom. This type of classroom inverts traditional teaching methods, delivering instruction online outside of the classroom, and moving homework into the classroom. Students will learn how to create an engaging, interactive environment that is student-centered. Workshop participants will create an instructional video that can be used for flipped learning in their classroom.

Required Textbook: 
Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class & Every Day, (2012). Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams, International Society for Technology in Education. ISBN: 10 1564843157 or 9781568483159

ONLINE; June 13 - July 3
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13735
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13737
Dr. Julee Henry, Instructor, TLC

From IEPs to Manifest Determination: Everything Teachers, Parents, and Paraprofessionals Need to Know About Special Education Law

Teachers nowadays are not just educators — they are also social workers, nurses, and lawyers. Designed specifically for teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents, this workshop provides an introduction to the many legal issues involved in educating children with disabilities. Topics covered include (but are not limited to): identifying and assessing children with disabilities, developing and implementing appropriate IEPs, disciplining students with disabilities, maintaining confidentiality, and dispute resolution.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 1 - August 17
3 undergraduate credit hours, $1,395
SPED 40093, CRN # 13759
3 graduate credit hours, $1,608
SPED 50093, CRN # 13760
Dr. Robert Cimera, Professor, LDES

Google Classroom

Create a virtual classroom by using Google Classroom! By using Google Classroom and interacting with students in a web environment, you will increase student engagement and advance instructional methods. Using Google Classroom allows you to communicate with students quickly in real-time by using announcements and discussions. You can post discussion prompts, share videos and websites, attach documents, and create assessments anytime. Use these tools to keep organized, save time, and facilitate more efficiently.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 19 - June 8
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13700
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13701
Jamie Rhoads, Instructor, TLC

Halfway Up the Stairs: Early Middle-Level Education and Effective Teaching and Learning in Grades 4-5

Are you an early childhood teacher planning to work with students in grades 4-5? In this workshop, you will explore this philosophy, curriculum, and organization of schools and educators serving children in grades 4-5. Strategies, programs, practices, and curriculum for children in grades 4-5 will be examined.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; June 27 - July 8
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13755
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13756
Dr. Kathryn Knapp, Associate Professor, TLC

Intrapersonal Conflict and Stress Management

This fully online course addresses the question: "What is intrapersonal conflict and stress (conflict within one's own self), and how can it be addressed more effectively—for myself, and for the clients/students that I serve?” Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to do the following: distinguish between different types of stress; describe the impact of traumatic stress on children and adults: identify aspects and types of dissociation; identify and evaluate preferred techniques through practice, application, and reflection; and describe the benefits and intentions of your preferred techniques to others. Developed for teachers, counselors, social workers, and psychologists, this course is helpful to anyone working with people experiencing inner conflict and stressful life situations, and includes the opportunity to try out and develop ways of sharing stress reduction techniques with your clients or students.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 23 - June 19
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CES 50093, CRN # 13719
Dr. Jennifer Maxwell, Instructor, LDES

Making ADHD a Gift

Taught by an individual with ADHD, who happens to have a Ph.D. in special education, this fully online workshop will not only discuss ADHS is and isn't, but it will also explore ways of making ADHD a gift! Parents and individuals with ADHD are welcome, as are teachers, counselors, and other professionals. This workshop will examine the history, etiology, and characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), as well as strategies, accommodations, and technologies that may make having ADHD be a positive outcome.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 1 - August 17
3 undergraduate credit hours, $1,395
SPED 40093, CRN # 13761
3 graduate credit hours, $1,608
SPED 50093, CRN # 13762
Dr. Robert Cimera, Professor, LDES

Managing and Negotiating Conflict in your Personal and Professional Life: A Workshop for Educators, Counselors, and Social Workers

Conflict is a part of life – it can lead to positive change and growth, or it can be waged in intensely destructive ways. This fully online course is designed to help participants develop an enhanced ability to use communication and listening skills and negotiation strategies to manage conflict in a more productive manner. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of how conflict styles, temperament, power, and cultural differences impact how conflict is waged. They will experiment with and practice techniques to deal with conflict with “difficult people,” anger, and aggression. Finally, they will be able to use their enhanced skills and knowledge to develop programs to teach this information to their students or clients.

Required Textbooks: None

ONLINE; June 20 - July 17
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CES 50093, CRN # 13731
Dr. Jennifer Maxwell, Instructor, LDES

Mental Motivation 

This workshop focuses on maximizing motivation in the classroom,  in the workplace, or on the playing field by teaching students and athletes to develop their thinking process in a systematic fashion used by successful athletes, administrators, and students. The materials presented will challenge you to “think” in new ways as you teach, manage, or coach. This course is not a “pep” talk” or a “collection” of encouraging sayings, but a road map of “how” to increase motivational thinking. Participants will benefit from the newest applications of brain science and practical approaches to improving success and motivation. Ready for more? Take the Inspiring Excellence series offered each semester!

Textbook (Optional for Undergraduates, Required for Graduates): Rotella, B. (2014). Golf is not a game of perfectDowntown Press. ISBN: 9780743492478

ONLINE; May 20 - June 3
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13715
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13716
Timothy Berger, Instructor, TLC

Mentally Awesome for Maximum Mental Performance

This workshop is designed to assist instructional/teacher-coaches & administrators to build a mental toolbox by utilizing the latest brain science for maximum mental performance. The cognitive tools presented in this class will serve the practical daily demands of improved thinking in all types of situations! By the end of the workshop, you will have built a mental toolbox that will allow you to apply knowledge of practical brain science used in some of the most successful organizations in the world. These tools will assist your students, workers, or athletes in better critical thinking, concentration, stress reduction, and confidence-building.

Textbook (Optional for Undergraduates, Required for Graduates): Donnelly, D. (2016). Think like a warrior: The five inner beliefs that make you unstoppable. Shamrock New Media, Inc. ISBN: 0692705465

ONLINE; June 17 - July 1
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13752
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13753
Timothy Berger, Instructor, TLC

Mindfulness in Education

As students, educators, and administrators alike navigate unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety, incorporating mindful practices into a daily routine can help calm anxiety and build healthy coping skills. Mindfulness practice in educational organizations has been shown to: positively impact academic performance, reduce behavioral and attention issues, and improve interpersonal communication and conflict resolution skills. Join mindfulness instructor Becca Hollis online to explore the application of mindfulness in educational settings. Participants will gain an understanding of mindfulness practices and techniques and develop strategies for applying mindfulness in educational settings as well as personal/family contexts.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; June 13 - 26
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13738
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13739

ONLINE; July 18 - 31
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 13770
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13771
Rebecca Hollis, Instructor, TLC

Mobile Technologies for Educators

Technology but more specifically mobile devices and applications have become integrated into the daily lives of people on a personal, educational, and professional level. The use of mobile devices and the methodological and best practice in K-12 classrooms are essential in the 21st-century classroom. It is important for participants to be able to understand the basics and integration of mobile technologies to engage, motivate, and assist students in the learning process and achievement. Mobile technologies are increasing in society and within the learning and teaching environments because mobile technologies are readily available and are easy and effective tools to aid in effective and efficient teaching and learning. Participants will review the current mobile technologies and how they can be implemented into a unit lesson for student learning and achievement. 

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 19 - June 3
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13711
1 graduate credit hour, $536
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13712
Dr. Marian Maxfield, Instructor, TLC

Photoshop® I

Focus on the fundamental operations and controls of Photoshop. The workshop will feature lectures, demonstrations, and tutorial lessons from the text.

Optional Textbook: 
Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book, (2017). Andrew Faulkner & Conrad Chavez, San Francisco, CA: Pearson Adobe Press, ISBN-13: 978-0134663456 (e-book available) 

ONLINE; June 13 - July 10
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13740
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13742
Dr. Richard (Ben) Hollis, Instructor, LDES

Reflecting on Professional Identities: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Professional practice is increasingly becoming more complex, demanding, dynamic and diverse. This fully online, asynchronous course is designed to address the growing need for education professionals on all levels to engage in reflection on professional practice with the aims of understanding and professional growth. In this workshop, you will learn interdisciplinary methods for exploring professional identities and identifying critical issues in professional practice with the aim of clarity and goal setting. Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the multiple factors shaping professional identities and identify critical issues impacting professional identities. Participants will gain skills in using interdisciplinary approaches for ongoing reflection on professional practice.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; June 6 - 27
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 13726
Dr. Sheri R. Klein, Instructor, TLC

Response to Intervention: A Promising Practice for Identifying and Helping Struggling Learners

Participants will obtain a solid understanding of the logic behind RTI, how RTI is implemented in schools, and how RTI can be used to identify students who have learning disabilities.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 19 - June 8
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
SPED 40093, CRN # 13709
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
SPED 50093, CRN # 13710
Dr. Brian Barber, Associate Professor, LDES

Social Networking for Educators

Social networking has become a common means of communication among students and faculty alike. The purpose of this workshop is to teach the fundamentals of social networking and the impact it has on education. This online workshop will help participants: identify various social networking tools to use as teaching aids, recognize ways in which social networking can enhance teaching and learning, and identify the pros and cons of social networking.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 5 - 24
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13765
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13767
Dr. Julee Henry, Instructor, TLC

Stress & Life Management: Being All Things to All People

In this workshop, you will enhance your power of thought, focusing on the positive and keeping life’s events in their proper perspective. You will learn specific techniques to deal with stress, change and worry, along with time management and goal-setting strategies.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 29 – August 9
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CI 40093, CRN # 14555
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CI 50093, CRN # 14556
Dr. Mandy Cenker, Instructor, TLC

Supplemental & Intensive Math Instruction for Struggling Learners

This workshop introduces the knowledge and skills needed to plan, deliver, and evaluate supplemental and intensive math instruction using research-based programs and practices. Participants learn how data-based individualization is used to determine what and how to teach to promote the acquisition and mastery of critical math skills and concepts. Participants learn effective strategies and instructional approaches for improving outcomes for students experiencing persistent difficulties learning math including students with disabilities.

Required Textbook:
Direct Instruction: Mathematics (5th ed. series), (2017) Stein, M., Kinder, D., Rolf, K., Silvert, J., & Carnine, D.W. Merrill Education/Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. ISBN13:978-0134711225

ONLINE; May 19 - June 8
3 undergraduate credit hours, $1,395
SPED 40093, CRN # 13695
3 graduate credit hours, $1,608
SPED 50093, CRN # 13696
Dr. Andrew Wiley, Associate Professor, LDES

Teaching Conflict Management in the Classroom K-12

Many K-12 students struggle with handling conflict in a productive manner, which results in teachers spending inordinate amounts of time dealing with conflictual behavior between students and directed at teachers themselves. This workshop will assist educators in building an individualized conflict-management curriculum for their students that can be incorporated into a variety of subjects as well as addressing the social and emotional teaching mandates for their particular grades. Course participants will conduct a quick needs assessment in order to put together a curriculum based on their own individual needs in the classroom and select materials to teach to their students – listening and communication skills, dealing with anger, saving face, being assertive rather than aggressive, problem-solving and conflict management techniques. The course is taught by Dr. Jennifer Maxwell, a Kent State University Emeritus Professor who has taught conflict management skills at the university level for over 40 years. Dr. Maxwell holds a current State of Ohio Professional Teachers License in both Social Studies (7-12) and Art (K-12) and a current Ohio License of Social Work (LSW).

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; June 20 – July 17
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
CI 40093, CRN # 14423
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CI 50093, CRN # 14424
Dr. Jennifer Maxwell, Instructor, TLC

Teaching with Tablets

Tablets are changing the way people communicate and the possibilities for utilizing these devices to engage in technology-supported activities are limitless. The ability to collaborate anytime, anywhere benefits teaching, learning, and so much more. In this online workshop participants will explore the many uses of tablets in varying fields and environments. Students will learn to identify various apps for teaching aids, recognize ways in which tablets can enhance teaching and learning, and identify both the benefits and challenges of tablets.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; May 23 - June 12
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13720
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13721
Dr. Julee Henry, Instructor, LDES

Teen Dating in the 21st Century: The Impact of Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex

This workshop is designed to provide parents, students, and professionals with the skills and tools to work with teenagers who are involved in dating. Teenage dating has evolved during the 21st century to a point that teens as young as twelve and thirteen are now dating and engaging in sexual activities, as well as the use of drugs and alcohol. It is conceivable that today’s youth are engaging in these adult-like activities without the maturity or knowledge of how to protect themselves from harm. It is paramount that parents and professionals learn what is needed to assist teens in making good decisions and being safe in today’s society. Those who understand and provide appropriate guidance can make a difference in teenagers being safe or being harmed by others, or by situations in which they are vulnerable.

Required Textbook:
Reality Gap: Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex - What Parents Don't Know and Teens Aren't Telling, (2008). Wallace, Stephen, Union Square Press, ISBN: 978-1-4027-5304-6 

ONLINE; May 23 - June 27
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CES 40093, CRN # 13722
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CES 50093, CRN # 13723
Dr. Sandra Miller-Jones, Instructor, LDES

Thrive with Google Drive

Did you know that you could actually teach and learn through the use of Google Drive? The goal of this workshop is to introduce you to the many tools available through Google Drive. Through this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how Google Drive can increase collaboration and communication, creativity and innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Don’t get left behind, thrive using Google Drive!

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 25 - August 14
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
ETEC 40093, CRN # 13775
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
ETEC 50093, CRN # 13854
Dr. Julee Henry, Instructor, TLC

Understanding and Working with Difficult Children

This workshop is designed to provide individuals who are working with children or plan on working with children, pertinent information regarding recognizing and understanding behavior problems in children. Not all children with behavior problems will display identical difficulties. Eclectic approaches are needed to address specific behavior issues. Workshop participants will be educated on the diversity of problems and children. Referrals and assessment needs will be discussed. 

Required Textbook:
Transforming the difficult child: The nurtured heart approach, (2016 revision). Glasser, H. & Easley, J., AZ: Nurtured Heart Publications, ISBN: 9780967050707

ONLINE; July 11 - August 8
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
CES 40093, CRN # 13768
1 graduate credit hour, $536
CES 50093, CRN # 13769
Dr. Sandra Miller-Jones, Instructor, LDES

Understanding Power and Control in Interpersonal Relationships: A Course for Educators, Counselors and Social Workers

This course has been developed for professionals to enhance their ability to recognize power inequalities and the effects of coercion and force in the context of trust-based relationships. The effects of trauma and disassociated coercion in battering relationships, domestic violence, and child abuse will be explored, as well as models of collaborative and balanced power in interpersonal relationships. Participants will be provided with information designed to enable them to develop individualized screening and assessment plans.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 18 - August 14
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CES 50093, CRN # 13772
Dr. Jennifer Maxwell, Instructor, LDES

Understanding "Tweens": No Longer Children, Not Yet Teens

This workshop will provide participants with knowledge of early adolescent development appropriate for grades 4-5 to meet partial requirements for ODE Early Childhood Generalist Endorsement. Students will gain an understanding of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of "tweens," children ages 9-11. The contemporary family and societal context and their implications for development at this age will also be examined. Students will apply their learning in an observational setting. 

Required Textbook: Brighton, K.  (2007). Coming of Age: The Education and Development of Young Adolescents. National Middle School Association, ISBN: 978-1-56090-211-9

ONLINE; June 13 - 24
1 undergraduate credit hour, $465
HDFS 41093, CRN # 13743
1 graduate credit hour, $536
HDFS 51093, CRN # 13744
Dr. Kathryn Knapp, Associate Professor, LDES

Worksite Coordinator

This is a CBI Pre-Service workshop and is open to CTE and CBIP students only. For more information contact Dr. Davison Mupinga at dmupinga@kent.edu in the Career Technical Teacher Education office.

Required Textbook: None

ONLINE; July 14 - 29 
2 undergraduate credit hours, $930
CTTE 40093, CRN # 14260
2 graduate credit hours, $1,072
CTTE 50093, CRN # 14261
Dr. Emily Mupinga, Instructor, TLC