Seven Simple Secrets for Teachers
Course Outline
Course Fee: $90
ACF Approved CEH: 15 Hours
Subject Area: Culinary Education
Course Approved By: The American Culinary Federation
Instructor: Amber Johnson
The fee for this course includes access to all online course materials and an official certificate of completion from chefcertification.com. Once your course is completed, your course completion will be authenticated, and a certificate of completion will be generated. This official certificate of completion will be uploaded to your account, and available through the course dashboard for this course.
Introduction/Course Description:
Want to know a secret? The absolute best teachers are not the absolute best because they were born the absolute
best. They're not the absolute best because they have the highest IQs. They were not the absolute best
when they first started teaching. So why are they the absolute best? They're the absolute best because
they share something in common—seven simple secrets. That's right—seven simple secrets that can and will
change your life as a classroom teacher.
Course Objectives/Program Outline
Module One-The Secret of Planning
Learning Objectives:
- Define key parts to planning a lesson.
- Describe the benefit of over planning your lessons.
- Review strategies for managing your lesson plans in small increments of time.
- Demonstrate the importance of flexibility in teaching.
- Evaluate the importance of developing clear objectives for each lesson plan.
- Apply strategies for promoting student activity in learning.
- Differentiate between being proactive and reactive in teaching.
Project 1: The Secret of Planning - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Two-The Secret of Classroom Management
Learning Objectives:
- Build key aspects of an effective teacher's classroom.
- Identify the difference between rules and procedures.
- Create rules and procedures for classroom management.
- Name ways to provide reminders and practice for classroom procedures.
- State the strategy of teaching bell to bell.
- Evaluate strategies for dealing with discipline challenges in a proactive manner.
- Create alternatives to raising your voice in frustration.
Project 2: The Secret of Classroom Management - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Three-The Secret of Instruction
Learning Objectives:
- Apply main concepts of your lesson to student's current life to increase engagement.
- Describe the importance of intentional student involvement in a learning environment.
- Analyze the importance of teaching to each child's individual level.
- Create three or more strategies to incorporate technology into classroom.
- Align lessons to test what and how you teach your students.
- Define key aspects of setting the pace of your lessons.
- Create lessons to be able to teach anything to anyone.
Project 3: The Secret of Instruction - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Four-The Secret of Attitude
Learning Objectives:
- Model a positive attitude and behavior to be the most effective teacher.
- Develop strategies for maintaining a positive attitude around negative teachers and/or administrators.
- Define ways to temper negative attitudes in your students.
- Establish guidelines for accepting responsibility in teaching outcomes.
- Choose ways to defuse negative coworkers.
- List three ways you can emulate most effective attitude in the faculty.
- Evaluate your attitude towards parents.
Project 4: The Secret of Attitude - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Five-The Secret of Professionalism
Learning Objectives:
- Justify reasons for dressing professionally as a teacher.
- List three ways to "fit in" with positive/effective teachers without "falling in" to gossipy/negative
teachers.
- Develop key strategies for maintaining professionalism with social media channels.
- Define importance of continued professional growth and learning.
- Describe best attributes of those teachers who exhibit highest level of professionalism.
- List attributes of teachers that do their best every day.
- Ask yourself this question with every lesson or decision, "Is this what's best for my students or easiest
for me?"
Project 5: The Secret of Professionalism - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Six-The Secret of Effective Discipline
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the secret to hiding your inflammatory spots, aka "buttons" from your students.
- Evaluate your discipline practices to increase consistency.
- Outline ways to use psychology to relieve stress and discipline problems in your classroom.
- Choose alternatives to negativity and bitterness.
- Justify reasoning for giving students what they want and need.
- Display qualities of self-discipline.
- Recognize the good in every child.
Project 6: The Secret of Effective Discipline - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Module Seven-The Secret of Motivation and Inspiration
Learning Objectives:
- Display techniques to motivate your students using excitement and positive attitude.
- Distinguish how to make every student feel important and special.
- Recognize the importance in knowing your students personally as well as in the classroom.
- List the seven components of praise.
- Identify how to use rewards and recognition to improve the behavior of students.
- Adapt your personality traits to motivate unmotivated students.
- Create strategies to maximize the power of you and your influence on your students.
Project 7: The Secret of Motivation and Inspiration - Checklist
Quiz: Multiple-choice questions that pertain to objectives above.
Final Exam
Multiple choice questions taken from each module
Final Learning Statement
Learning statements should be in a narrative format – as opposed to an outline format. Depending on individual
writing styles Learning statements should be 2-3 pages. The learning statement can vary according to
individual style. Your learning statement should answer the broad question of "what did you learn?".
To help get you thinking, here are some suggested questions:
- What are the major concepts of the course that you have learned?
- What new professional language have you acquired relating to the topic?
- What teaching techniques for implementing new strategies in the classroom did you come away with?
- Thinking back to your project reflections, were you surprised at the outcomes?
- What new resources did you find in the study of the content?
- As an educator, what new concepts will you now integrate into your teaching?
- Are there any ideas that presented themselves as enlightening and useful?
Requirements for Course Certificate of Completion
The following are the general course requirements for issuing a certificate of completion for this course:
- Student must receive 80% or better on each module quiz as well as the final exam
- Student must complete all course projects as outlined within the course (if included in course)
- Student must complete a Final Learning Statement at the end of this course
Not Currently Teaching/Summer Option
If you are not currently teaching (ie. Summer break, you are a substitute teacher, etc.), each class offers you the ability to complete coursework independent of a classroom assignment.
