Two Step Registration Process:

1. YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER IN PDENROLLER FOR THE CLOCK HOURS AND PAY THE CLOCK HOUR FEE ONCE THE CLASS HAS BEEN COMPLETED;

2. ALSO REGISTER WITH VESI IN ORDER TO PAY THEIR REGISTRATION FEE.  FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, BELOW IS A LINK WITH VESI'S CONTACT INFORMATION.    

  http://www.virtualeduc.com/direct_accounts/index.php?uid=8.  VESI’s phone number is 800-313-6744.

YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS COURSE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2023.

Traditional models of classroom discipline and management are grounded on punitive consequences in top-down authoritarian systems. Teachers make rules and enforce them, often without any discussion with students. This results in disequilibrium in the classroom, some students receiving praise and tangible rewards while others suffer the consequences of noncompliance.

Most educators are familiar by this time with Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, but the concept is limited to academics. Behavior management must be differentiated in the same way that instruction and learning experiences are differentiated. Academically, students have diverse learning styles and preferences that must be addressed if they are to reach their full potential. Why would we expect students to be any less diverse psychologically than they are academically? Some of our students have physiological or psychological disabilities that affect their behavior, such as ADHD, fetal alcohol syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome, autism, etc. Other students’ behaviors may be affected by environmental factors: divorce; incarcerated parents; foster care; physical, sexual, or emotional abuse; domestic violence; drug or alcohol abuse; poverty; gang influence; poor nutrition; transience; homelessness; negligence; etc. One set of rules, rewards, and consequences cannot possibly be expected to work with the diverse groups of students we have in our classrooms today