PDS 530 - Engaging Disengaged Learners

This course introduces Alternative Education teachers to an overview of strategies and tools to re-engage disengaged learners guided by the National Alternative Education Association (NAEA) exemplary practices. The course will explore how best practices, such as trauma informed instruction, responsive classroom, service learning, and integrated project-based learning align with the common core principles of the NAEA to encourage quality programming in the 6-12 Alternative Education setting. Learners in the course will also examine the “whys” of disengagement and the “hows” to leverage community resources to increase student engagement.

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Credits: 3

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