Renewal Credit General Definitions
- Transcript Credit – Registering and completing university-level courses
- Continuing Education Units (CEU) - The IACET and U.S. Department of Education task force defined the CEU standard of measurement as: 1 CEU = 10 contact hours
- Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) – Based on 60 minutes of instruction
Summer 2020
PSYC 4/592 - Tp: Science Based Drug Education
Companion course to Workshop held at Camp Rapid
Credits: 3
Course Dates: Aug. 17-21, 2020
Fall 2020
13th Annual Back to School Workshop - 8 am.-noon, Aug. 12, 2020
Brian Mendler
Keynote Speaker and Author of "Watch Your Mouth"
Brian Mendler is the keynote speaker for Northern's 13th Annual Back to School Workshop. The event will take place on August 12th from 8 a.m.–12 p.m. in the Johnson Fine Arts Center.
Mendler has extensive experience working with challenging students in general education, self-contained, and inclusion settings. He provides staff development training for K-12 educators throughout the world with the focus on how to be successful with even the most difficult students. He trains tens of thousands of educators every year and is a highly regarded dynamic speaker. Educators love his seminars because he provides strategies that work immediately for today’s youth.
Mendler recently authored "Watch Your Mouth," which features strategies for preventing and responding to difficult, disruptive, defiant, and unmotivated behavior. He is also the author of the best-seller "That One Kid" and has co-authored "Strategies for Successful Classroom Management," "Power Struggles," "TIPS for Teachers" and "Turning Tough Parents into Strong Partners." The books provide practical, in-depth ideas for working with unmotivated and disruptive students.
Mendler is a volunteer with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Special Olympics programs.
Workshop Handout – Please print and bring with you. Copies will not be available onsite.
Companion Course
EDFN 4/592 – Tp: Motivating and Managing Disruptive Students
Credits: 1
Seminar Date: Aug. 12, 2020
Course Dates: Aug. 29 – Dec. 8, 2020
Can’t join us on campus? Participate via Zoom!
Spring 2021
These courses, available at the graduate or undergraduate level, are offered for five weeks. Cost per credit is $351.25 (undergraduate) or $465.80 (graduate).
Driver Education Endorsement
DRED 4/560 - Driver and Traffic Safety Education
Credits: 3
Course Dates: Jan. 11-Feb. 12, 2021
DRED 4/580 - Special Methods in the Teaching of Driver Education
Credits: 3
Course Dates: Feb. 16-March 26, 2021
DRED 4/591 - IS: Curriculum & Instruction
Credits: 2–3
Course Dates: March 29-April 30, 2021
Summer 2021
These courses, available at the graduate or undergraduate level, are offered for five weeks. Cost per credit is $351.25 (undergraduate) or $465.80 (graduate).
Driver Education Endorsement
DRED 4/560 - Driver and Traffic Safety Education
Credits: 3
Course Dates: TBD
DRED 4/580 - Special Methods in the Teaching of Driver Education
Credits: 3
Course Dates: TBD
DRED 4/591 - IS: Curriculum & Instruction
Credits: 2–3
Course Dates: TBD
Arts Educator/Band Director/Choir Director Institute
Save the date: July 12–16, 2021
Course Information & Credits: TBD
