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Guiding Questions
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Tool: Your Learning Log
Research References
Introduction to executive function skills
Which executive function skills are critical to school success?
FREE PREVIEWWhat is your executive function skills profile?
Where in the brain are executive function skills located?
What are the brain processes that impact executive function skill development?
How does the brain change over time?
Learning Log Reflection: What? So What? Now What?
Online Interaction
Five As Protocol
Response Inhibition
Working Memory
Emotional Control
Flexibility
Sustained Attention
Task Initiation
Planning/Prioritizing
Time Management
Organization
Goal-Directed Persistence
Metacognition
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Learning Log Reflection: What? So What? Now What?
Five As Protocol
What will you be able to do upon course completion?
Describe the main dimensions of executive function skills, the mental processes for building these skills, and the ways they can help us to navigate daily tasks.
Apply age-appropriate ways to strengthen executive functioning in students, from early childhood to adolescence, and adults.
Reflect on and reframe strategies for yourself as a teacher, and games, activities, and strategies to support building EF skills for specific tasks for your students, in areas such as improving focus, building working memory, developing self-control, making healthy choices, managing time, setting goals, and prioritizing tasks.
Directly impact yourself and your students to build EF skills with intentional and purposeful regular practice.
How will this course have a positive impact?
What are you still wondering?
Yes. Certification is awarded by MiniPD, from Faria Education Group.
You will need to complete all modules, learning activities in practice, and checking for understanding final assessment.
You will be awarded the Certificate of Completion in 'Building Executive Function Skills in Students'.
MiniPD is partnering with Kent State University, a R1 university in the United States, to grant graduate credits for completing MiniPD courses. To receive graduate credits, the learner must complete a required number of MiniPD Core or MiniCourses, and submit the completed MiniPD Learning Logs for each course. Details of the credit application process can be found at https://www.kent.edu/ehhs/offices/pd/minipd-courses. Please check with your license issuing authorities for details on the number of credits needed for your license renewal.
You will be presented with suggested pathways to support continued learning. These will include carefully designed resources, MiniCourses, and personalized coaching conversations.
We can support you to implement this course in your own school with suggested approaches for interleaved professional development days, professional learning communities, and ongoing job-embedded peer learning structures.