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Course Instructor:
Louise M. Jacobs M.A. |
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Catalog
Description
Aurora University
Course Number
OEDW 5009
3 sh graduate
credits
9 continuing
education credits
(equivalent to 45
CPDUs) |
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Framed about
the Illinois Social-Emotional Standards, this course supports
educators to deepen their understandings and skills so they can
support their students to do likewise.
Focus is placed on
self-awareness and interpersonal skills, specifically on the
relationship of thoughts, emotions, actions, goal-setting,
emotional health management, communication, conflict-resolution,
and responsible decision-making. |
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"This course supports
professionals to "be well and take care" of themselves and their
students, as all are faced with lifelong social-emotional challenges."
Louise Jacobs |
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PLEASE NOTE: Participants who completed OED
W5610 through Aurora University from 2005-2007 are
ineligible to take this course through Aurora University
for graduate credit.
Contact
Pathways by E-Mail or telephone with any questions. |
Course Overview
This course
requires learning about and practicing self-awareness and
interpersonal awareness skills that contribute to
the social-emotional health of teachers and students and ultimately
to a more healthy democratic society. The assumption is
that self-knowledge and clarity about personal goals serves as a
critical frame for building and maintaining positive
interpersonal relationships and for making responsible decisions
about how constructively to approach and address problems as
they inevitably occur.
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Central to this
course is understanding the relationship of thoughts, emotions,
and actions and learning to develop habits which nurture that
healthy relationship. Rational and irrational thoughts
create emotions which motivate actions. This requires that
individuals not only understand and positively manage their own
thoughts and emotions, but understand how patterns of thoughts
emerge into powerful belief systems. Individuals learn the skills of
effective listening, communication, conflict resolution, and
goal-setting so their social relationships are supported by
positive beliefs and emotional health habits. |
Teachers in the
State of Illinois are mandated to support the developmental
social-emotional needs of their students. This course
specifically aligned with each of the Illinois Social-Emotional
Standards, is built on the premise that teachers cannot give
what they do not have. Once they have the
social-emotional understandings and skill-sets themselves, they
are in a position pedagogically to pass those gifts along to
their students.
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Learner Outcomes
The
learner outcomes of this course are designed to conform
to standards established by the Illinois State Board of
Education. To view the standards applicable please
click
State
Standards.
As a
result of this course, participants will be able to:
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establish long and short term goals that support
social-emotional health
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evaluate factors which may be positively and/or
negatively impacting social-emotional behaviors and
health
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evaluate the relationship between
rational/irrational thoughts and emotions and
consequent actions.
• develop strategies for refuting
irrational beliefs and moving thoughts and emotions
toward socially healthy actions
• use
effective listening, communication and conflict
management skills to support positive social
relationships
• frame
a developmentally appropriate action plan for supporting
the social-emotional health of those served in one's
professional practice. |
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Pathways
to Learning, 414 Grouse Lane South, Deerfield, Il. 60015
 Telephone
(847) 459-3315 Fax (815) 642-0076
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