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EDUO 9630: Selective Mutism- Creating Understanding and Progress

Explore approaches to understand and support students with selective mutism. Learn the underlying psychological and developmental factors contributing to selective mutism, ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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EDUO 9821: Success for Everyone – UDL Readiness

This course will introduce the participant to the major principles and components of Universal Design Learning theories and methods. The course ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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Early Childhood Education

EDUO 9353: Developing Early Childhood Observation Skills

Develop and put into practice observation skills that will bring you a deeper understanding of young children through their interactions with ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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Early Childhood Education

EDUO 9341: Inquiry Based Learning

Build on your students’ natural curiosities to conquer learning outcomes through inquiry and discovery. Explore Inquiry Based Learning methods that will ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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EDUO 9846: Educational Travel #6

This Educational Travel program is structured to enable teachers who are creating their own travel plans to develop and carry out ...

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EDUO 9845: Educational Travel #5

This Educational Travel program is structured to enable teachers who are creating their own travel plans to develop and carry out ...

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EDUO 9844: Educational Travel #4

This Educational Travel program is structured to enable teachers who are creating their own travel plans to develop and carry out ...

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EDUO 9843: Educational Travel #3

This Educational Travel program is structured to enable teachers who are creating their own travel plans to develop and carry out ...

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EDUO 9842: Educational Travel #2

This Educational Travel program is structured to enable teachers who are creating their own travel plans to develop and carry out ...

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EDUO 9841: Educational Travel

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EDUO 9255: Communication Skills for Early Childhood Classrooms

Ignite learning through your students’ natural curiosities! Elementary Teachers can tackle the learning outcomes through inquiry and discovery! Explore Inquiry Based ...

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  • USD $477
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EDUO 9579: Neuroplasticity with CCSS in Mind

Discover and Explore the adaptive power of the brain to meet learning challenges. Learn the characteristics of Neuroplasticity and its role ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $573
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EDUO 9840: Teaching Art to Children: Giving Teachers the Tools to Teach Fine Art

Welcome to Teaching Art to Children. This course is designed to help classroom teachers give hands-on fine art lessons to their ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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EDUO 9838: Academic Expeditions Educational Travel Course (Trip Leaders or Chaperones)

  1. Before enrolling in the course you must first register for the Academic Expeditions Educational Travel trip through the AE ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 2,3
  • USD $318 - $477
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EDUO 9839: Discovery Expeditions Educational Travel Course (Trip Participant or Leader)

  1. Before enrolling in the course you must first register for the Academic Expeditions Educational Travel trip through the DE ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 2,3
  • USD $318 - $477
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EDUO 9815: Elementary Classroom Music

This course is designed to help teachers create a music program that will enhance the classroom environment while adding new dimensions ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $477
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EDUO 9813: Art is Essential

Collaborate with colleagues in an online discussion as you compare and contrast the rich and diverse cultures of our world. Teaching ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
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EDUO 9812: Where in the World? Teaching Geography Through Art

Even though technology has enabled our world view to expand, many people are still geographically challenged. Teaching and learning physical geography ...

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  • USD $477
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EDUO 9785: Design Lessons that Target Complex Texts

It is important to provide opportunities for students to read a wide variety of texts across content areas for different purposes ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 2,3
  • USD $318 - $477
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EDUO 9780: Crafting Your Plan for Health and Wellness

This course supports the notion that creating and maintaining health and wellness is a skill that can be learned and sustained. ...

  • Semester Credits/Units: 3
  • USD $447
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Continuing education (CE) is a vital part of nearly every teacher’s career. Not only does it keep a teacher current in their own development, it satisfies state requirements for license renewal. The numbers vary by state as far as time frame and credits needed, but a common license renewal requires at least six graduate credits or 75 professional development hours every five years. In addition, continuing education can be a key element toward moving up the salary scale and/or increasing eligibility for promotion. At Dominican University we offer hundreds of professional development courses, ranging from one to six credit hours each. Three-credit courses for teachers are some of our most popular, both because they allow students to dig more deeply into a desired subject and because they help accomplish those CE credits more quickly.

Q. Are Dominican’s 3-credit courses all graduate-level?

A. Yes. All credit is post-baccalaureate, graduate-level credit. It is suitable for professional-development or salary-advancement requirements. The Continuing Education and Professional Development division of The School of Liberal Arts and Education is responsible for all the courses listed on this website.

Q. How many 3-credit courses are available at Dominican?

A. We offer more than 70 online three-credit teacher continuing education courses, ranging across a variety of needs and subjects. If desired, some can be taken for fewer or more credits, but three-credit courses for teachers online continue to be our most popular.

Q. For veteran teachers who have taken many CE courses over the years, can you highlight your newest 3-credit courses?

A. At the top right of this page, where it says “Sort by,” you can click on “All,” “Popular,” and “New.” Clicking on “New” will show you such classes as Developing Executive-Function Skills in the Primary Classroom (EDUO 9243), Enhanced Flipped Learning (EDUO 9057), Social Emotional Learning in Practice (EDUO 9971), The Art & Science of Emotional Intelligence (EI/EQ) In Mind (EDUO 9972), Personalized Learning (EDUO 9174), STEM/STEAM in the Primary Classroom (EDUO 9245), and Teaching for Retention (EDUO 9978). We’ve also added a virtual Vietnam Visit class (EDUO 9992), which covers history, geography, economics, culture, and tourism and is an addition to our Visiting Virtually courses, which include Germany (EDUO 9993) and Chile (EDUO 9682).

Q. How do I find the specific courses that will give me a certain number of credits?

A. Down the left-hand side of our web page, under Credits, we classify courses by number of credits, one through six. Clicking on a number will take you to all the qualifying courses offered. Some courses are available for different numbers of credits depending on the coursework you do. The EDUX Summer Course, Powerful Possibilities: Navigating Your 2021-2022 School Year (EDUX 9955), for example, can be taken for two to six credits. Two credits require 50 hours of logged work; three credits require 75 hours; four credits require 100 hours; five credits require 125 hours; and six credits require 150 hours.

Q. I want to take a different kind of 3-credit course, something that’s really creative. What are my options?

A. Are you interested in technology? Try Getting Up to Speed with Cool Tech Tools (EDUO 9107), in which you’ll learn more about the use of blogs, cloud documents, digital presentations, and publications, or Video Toolbox (EDUO 9153), where you’ll expand your tools, knowledge and ideas for integrating video into your classroom. Are you a hands-on sort of teacher? Consider taking Implementing a Maker Space in your School (EDUO 9871), which encourages learning and play through a combination of science, arts, technology, and crafts. Or check out Bringing Adventure to the Classroom; Sparking the Mind into Authentic Learning (EDUO 9763), which explores the Adventure Model of teaching and how it can be applied to everyday classrooms.

Q. I’m interested in specific faculty members. Can course offerings be sorted by the professor teaching them?

A. Yes! Go to the “About” drop-down menu at the top right of this page and click on “Instructors.” You’ll see an alphabetical list of our faculty, with their educational qualifications. You can click on a teacher’s name for more information, or click on “Courses” by a specific individual to see what he or she teaches.

Q. I might be interested in 1-credit or 2-credit courses. Can you direct me?

A. Sure. For one-credit courses, click here. For two-credit courses, click here.

Q. Are all Dominican courses fully online?

A. Yes, all our classes are online and self-paced.

Q. What is the cost for a 3-credit course?

A. The majority of Dominican’s three-credit courses have an enrollment fee of $447, or $149 per credit hour, though the range is from $̧327 to $596.

Q. Is Dominican University fully accredited?

A. Yes. Dominican University of California is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).