3 Credit Courses

EDUO 9057: Enhanced Flipped Learning
In an effort to help you transition your classroom to online learning, we are offering a FREE 12-step roadmap for a ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $585

EDUO 9086: Music and Rhythm in the Early Childhood Classroom
Enhance the learning in your Early Childhood Classroom through music and rhythm. Explore how young learners’ pre-reading skills, comprehension, engagement, classroom ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9087: Early Childhood Development & SEL
Garner success in the early childhood classroom by cultivating an in-depth understanding of how young children progress through physical, cognitive, language, ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9088: Foundations of Learning
Build a strong foundation for learning in your early childhood classroom by exploring a framework built on fundamentals such as: executive ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9089: Partnering with Families and Community in ECE
Develop an understanding of the varying types of families that are represented in your community. Explore best practices for initiating and ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9090: Phonemic Awareness for Early Childhood Education
Explore how Phonemic Awareness, the ability to isolate, blend, segment and manipulate the individual sounds of spoken language, directly affects children’...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9096: Empathetic Teaching
As educators we strive to create a positive culture and strong learning community in each classroom and school. We want our ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9101: Fundamentals of Google Docs and Drive
Teachers have always held the key to student success. But their role is changing. There are new skills and pedagogical insights ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9104: Teaching and Learning with IPad
Mobile devices continue to make inroads into the modern day classroom, and iPad is in a class by itself! Go to ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $507

EDUO 9107: Getting Up to Speed with Cool Tech Tools
A textbook is no longer required for this course. Tech changes occur rapidly, outdating print within a short time. The heart ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9135: Technology Integration
Participants will examine and explore technology integration strategies and workflow within K-12 environments using devices specific to the learner's environment.
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9143: Creating and Maintaining the Technology-Infused Classroom
Every teacher’s current use of technology to best facilitate student learning is unique. Provided with varying levels of technology resources ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9249: The Art of Reading Comprehension with CCSS in Mind
Discover how the Brain learns to read and gain knowledge of the skills of what good readers do when reading fiction ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $480

EDUO 9153: Video Toolbox
Using video in the classroom is one of the most powerful instructional assets a teacher can utilize.Explore different tools, strategies ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9154: Building a Google Integrated Classroom
This class explores the potential for the use of Google web-based applications for educators and in the classroom. Google offers an ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9173: Creating an Online Learning Environment
Explore the components that create a successful online learning environment.Research the various elements in choosing a Learning Management System that ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9174: Personalized Learning
Examine the current best practices for personalized learning of students in K-12 classrooms.Explore aspects of theory, research, policy, tools, and ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9200: Balanced Literacy: The Reader’s Workshop
Balanced Literacy is an approach with a goal of developing lifelong readers and thinkers. It exposes students to the habits of ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9201: Balanced Literacy: Building a Community of Writers
Participants will learn how to create a classroom environment that is conducive to writing and supports effective writing instruction for all ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447

EDUO 9207: Teaching the Foundations for Skillful Writing: Assessing the Traits of Writing
Welcome to Teaching the Foundation for Skillful Writing, a series of courses designed by Dominican University of California, Division of Continuing ...
- Semester Credits/Units: 3
- USD $447
FAQ: 3-Credit Courses for Teachers
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).