On-Demand Courses

ON-DEMAND 5 Discourse Moves to Strengthen Child-Teacher Interactions (let's learn) (let's learn - 4)


Description

You MUST have a MarcoPolo for Educators account in order to take this course.

If you do not, please reach out to helpdesk@marcopololearning.com and a team member will assist you. 


Course Description: The conversations between teacher and child throughout formal and informal parts of the day have a tremendous impact on the overall development of the child. Language can be an important part of classroom management, teacher sensitivity, quality of feedback, and regard for student perspective - all major components of the CLASS framework. This professional development will provide educators with effective and practical strategies to shape language that will have immediate impacts on teacher-child interactions.


  • This is an ON-DEMAND self-paced course 
  • You have 1 month to complete once you are enrolled 
  • At the end, you will receive an in-service certificate for 4 hours of training
  • The content in this course is exactly the same as the LIVE version. Please do not sign up for both.
  • In the "Files" tab below, you will find course related material, MarcoPolo Learning PD policies and procedures, and information on how to obtain CEU's for this course. 
Content
  • Introduction
  • MarcoPolo For Educators Account
  • Pre-course Survey
  • Instructional Videos
  • Video 1: Introduction to the Course
  • Video 1 Question: Discourse Methods
  • Video 2: Implementing Wait Time
  • Video 2 Question: Tooltips
  • Video 3: Using Open-Ended Questions to Enrich Talk
  • Video 3 Question: Sample Open-Ended Questions 
  • Video 4: Accessing Prior Knowledge
  • Video 4 Question: Prior Knowledge
  • Video 5: Using Meaningful Self and Parallel Talk
  • Video 5 Question: Sample Self and Parallel Talk Sentences
  • Video 6: Using Repetition and Extension to Enrich Talk
  • Video 6 Question: Extending a Child's Thinking 
  • Video 7: Supporting Student Talk with a Sentence Stem
  • Video 7 Question: Put It Into Practice 
  • Review and Quiz
  • Presentation
  • Discourse Content Quiz
  • Assignments
  • Video Tooltip 1: Using Language to Support Classroom Management
  • Video Tooltip 2: Language and Teacher Sensitivity
  • Blog: 3 Tips for Building Positive Teacher-Child Talk
  • Assignment: MPFE & Prior Knowledge
  • Video Tooltip 3: Using Language to Provide Quality of Feedback
  • Video Tooltip 4: Supporting Student Perspective
  • Evaluation
  • Discussion Board Post
  • Post-Course Survey
  • Final Quiz
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever