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DLN: Foundations of Restorative Practices & Circles →

  • Price: $20
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 5 SCECHs

Zero tolerance discipline policies aim to be punitive for breaking rules, but do little to address causes of behavioral issues. Conversely, restorative practices can repair harm done and break cycles of poor behavior. This results-oriented course introduces you to restorative practices and circles while serving as a guide to implement this form of discipline in your school. These skills will improve future interactions with students by allowing you to understand their behavior, examine your actions and implicit biases, and mend relationships through productive restorative circles.

In this course, you will:

  • Identify shame triggers and responses,
  • Analyze, measure, and improve adult/student relationships,
  • Understand the physiological, emotional, and psychological needs of students, and
  • Gain valuable resources to help you implement restorative practices and circles in your school.
  • 5 hrs
  • Self-Paced
  • MASSP - Digital Learning Network
Free

DLN: Understanding Human Behavior Through Restorative Practices →

  • Price: $20
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 3 SCECHs

Utilizing restorative practices can help students and staff turn unwanted behavior into positive interactions and progress. This topical course will allow you to explore what restorative practices are and how to apply them to adult/student relationships when handling adolescent behavior. You will identify the physiological, emotional, and psychological needs of students, recognize shame triggers and responses, discuss the steps of the circle process, and review serious infractions and the removal process.

In this course, you will:

  • Learn the four key features of restorative approaches,
  • Identify shame triggers and responses,
  • Understand the physiological, emotional, and psychological needs of students, and
  • Analyze, measure and improve relationships between adults and students.
  • 3 hrs
  • Self-Paced
  • MASSP - Digital Learning Network
Free

Solving Classroom Discipline Problems →

  • Price: $115
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 24 SCECHs

Managing behavior is a significant part of your job as a teacher and all teachers want to help their students succeed and become well-adjusted members of society. In this professional development course, you will gain a better understanding of what causes common behavioral problems in the classroom and the best ways to cope with them. You will develop researched-based knowledge to move away from coercive discipline styles and instead focus on plans and strategies that work for today’s students. This course is part of the Solving Classroom Discipline Problems series.

In this course, you will:

  • Determine what changes in society have created a demand for evolving disciplinary practices,
  • Create an effective classroom discipline plan to cover day-to-day behavioral issues, and
  • Interpret how to put ideas into action in your classroom through real-life scenarios set in elementary, middle and high school.
  • 24 hrs
  • Self-Paced
Free

Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II →

  • Price: $115
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 24 SCECHs

In this professional development course, you’ll get the teacher training you need to deal effectively with serious discipline problems and help even the most challenging students make more responsible choices. You’ll learn how to use a new research-based six-step approach to solve severe and chronic discipline problems such as bullying, fighting, using abusive language, stealing, and refusing to work. We’ll look at numerous real-life examples so you can see how to put the ideas into action in your own teaching situation. This course is part of the Solving Classroom Discipline Problems series.

In this course, you will:

  • Discover a six-step approach to dealing with chronic behavior problems including bullying, fighting, and refusing to work,
  • Uncover 12 actions you and your colleagues can take to prevent problems in common school areas,
  • Identify how to make adjustments for special circumstances including students with attention deficit disorder, and
  • Interpret how to put ideas into action in your classroom through real-life scenarios set in elementary, middle and high school.
  • 24 hrs
  • Self-Paced
Free

Survival Kit for New Teachers →

  • Price: $115
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 24 SCECHs

If you feel a little trepidation entering your classroom as a new teacher, newly credentialed graduate, or someone who is transitioning into full-time teaching, you are not alone. This informational and interactive course will provide you with proven tools, tips, and tricks to make your early years in the classroom run smoothly. You will practice how to write winning lesson plans, reach diverse learners through differentiated instruction, communicate clearly, plan memorable events, and most important, keep stress at bay so you can focus on becoming a teacher of excellence.

In this course, you will:

  • Discover how to be confident in your first classroom,
  • Understand the core instructional strategy in today’s classrooms,
  • Explore strategies to stay organized with smart classroom routines,
  • Design classroom events that dazzle students and parents alike, and
  • Balance work and personal life to make your first year less stressful.
  • 24 hrs
  • Self-Paced
Free

Understanding Adolescents →

  • Price: $115
  • Classroom Management
  • Credit Hours: 24 SCECHs

As many changes occur to emotional, physical, and cognitive development, navigating the stages of adolescence can prove to be complicated for young individuals and those who care for them. This informative course will help you gain insight into the workings of the adolescent mind and how to be supportive in the important role you as an adult play in meeting their needs. With a perspective of understanding and appreciation, you will be able to cope with the stress that comes with guiding teens through their formative years.

In this course, you will:

  • Learn through an experienced social worker a deeper understanding of and appreciation for adolescent development and behavior,
  • Study how different relationships and you as a family member, teacher, mentor, counselor, coach, etc. can help support physical and mental growth, and
  • Recognize how teenagers are affected by stress including defense mechanisms, coping techniques, and common mental health issues.
  • 24 hrs
  • Self-Paced

Keep up with the latest Michigan Virtual has to offer

Limited Course Capacity

We’re sorry to inform you that we have reached capacity for several of our Semester 1 and Trimester 1 courses. You’ll notice when attempting to enroll students in our Student Learning Portal that some courses are unavailable. While we are no longer accepting new enrollments for these courses at this time, many courses continue to remain open for enrollment.

With many students across the state 100% remote, demand for our online courses is greater than ever before. Because every course we offer is taught by a Michigan-certified teacher, this high volume of enrollments has created capacity issues for our teachers who provide each and every student with individual feedback.

While the Michigan Virtual team anticipated and planned for significant increases in student enrollments this Fall, the increased demand we’ve experienced has been unprecedented. As a result, we are taking steps to hire even more part-and full-time teachers to support larger numbers of student enrollments for Semester 2 as well as for Trimester 2 and 3. 

For schools that still need online learning options this year, please fill out the form at the bottom of our virtual pathways page to meet with someone to discuss other solutions. While some of our teacher-led courses are full, we may still have the capacity to help you in upcoming terms or can discuss timing to implement a whole-school or collaborative program in which local teachers from your school/district use our online course content to teach students. We also have free course content and resources available for you to use.

We know this is an incredibly stressful time for all, and we’re sorry if the courses you’re looking for are unavailable. We never want to turn away a student who wants to learn from us. Our top concern, however, is student success, and we have a policy to not take on additional enrollments if we cannot guarantee that all students will have a quality online learning experience. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate the unusually high volume of enrollments we are receiving.