Act 48 • About Time We Have Fun Again: Teaching Strategies to Improve Achievement and Engagement
45 Act 48 Hours. Online & Self-Paced.
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Choose the UMass Global edition of this course. Your 3 graduate credits go on an official letter-grade UMass Global transcript, and no Act 48 hours are posted to PERMS for that course.
Each course is one route or the other, never both. Your district decides what it accepts for salary lane movement.
Choosing the UMass Global edition? For district approval, that course is EDZU 9917. See all UMass Global course numbers.
Newer Pennsylvania teachers must convert an Instructional I certificate to Instructional II (Level II) within 6 years of service, and that conversion takes 24 post-baccalaureate credits. The 3 graduate credits from a UMass Global edition can count toward those 24: PDE accepts graduate credits from accredited degree-granting universities and reviews each transcript.
These are graduate-level, non-degree professional development credits, issued on an official UMass Global transcript. Level II certification also requires satisfactory service, PDE-approved induction, and the PDE evaluation, and you apply for it yourself through PDE (TIMS). Confirm your specifics with your district or PDE.
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Course Description:
Join teacher-wellness guru Chanelle Walker, M.Ed., as she guides you through reimagining learning environments as places where educators and students are having fun while achieving. This course is designed to help you recognize the critical role of joy in enhancing student engagement—and, in turn, achievement—in the classroom.
By integrating fun into everyday teaching practices, participants will learn to foster curiosity, motivation, and stronger learning outcomes across grade levels. Through research-based strategies, practical tools, and a custom classroom “Fun Playbook,” educators will discover how joy improves retention, builds positive attitudes toward learning, and strengthens classroom culture. With expert insights and interactive activities, this course will transform how you teach—and how your students learn.
What You’ll Learn:
- Evidence-Based Strategies: Explore the science linking joy, engagement, and academic achievement, and use it to design learning experiences that resonate with your students.
- Making Reading Fun: Reignite a love for literacy through gamification, interactive storytelling, and creative challenges that make reading engaging for all learners.
- Fun for the Neurodivergent Learner: Adapt fun-oriented strategies to create inclusive, joyful classrooms that support neurodivergent students and help every learner thrive.
- Fun for the Educator: Discover wellness-focused, joy-infused approaches to prevent burnout, manage stress, and reignite your own passion for teaching.
- Implementing Fun for All: Put your new knowledge into action by creating, testing, and refining your own “Fun Playbook” tailored to your classroom.
Why Educators Choose This Course:
- Joy-Driven Results: Learn how infusing fun directly boosts student motivation, participation, and achievement.
- Inclusive & Practical: Gain a menu of adaptable, evidence-backed strategies that work for diverse learners and grade levels.
- Wellness & Sustainability: Support both student engagement and teacher well-being with strategies that make classrooms thrive long term.
Build a Thriving Classroom Today:
This course empowers educators to make joy an intentional part of their teaching practice. By addressing burnout, fostering inclusivity, and prioritizing student engagement, you’ll transform your classroom into a space where learning feels exciting, motivating, and achievable for every student.
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Start your journey toward a joyful, sustainable classroom — and create a learning environment where both you and your students can thrive.
Self-Paced, Online, and Built for Busy Teachers
Practical, self-paced professional learning designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish the course whenever it’s convenient. You don’t need to be working with students to complete it, and there are no scheduled meetings. The course is 100% self-paced and self-guided — so you can work whenever and wherever it fits your life.
- ✔️ 100% Online & Self-Paced — Start and finish anytime.
- ✔️ Classroom-Ready Coursework — Readings, discussions, quizzes and practical written assignments for your own classroom; no meetings.
- ✔️ PreK–12 Relevant — Applies to all grades, subjects, and roles.
Use the enrollment button at the top of this page to get immediate access to your online classroom.
- ✔️ Full access to all course materials
- ✔️ 45 Act 48 hours uploaded to PERMS the same day you finish
Start anytime. Finish at your own pace.
Choose the UMass Global edition of this course. Your credits go on a letter-grade UMass Global transcript, and no Act 48 hours are posted to PERMS for that course. The credits can count toward the 24 post-baccalaureate credits PDE requires for Level II (PDE reviews each transcript; other requirements apply), and your district decides what it accepts for salary lane movement.
Graduate-level semester credit issued by UMass Global — a regionally accredited university partner.
Your Instructor
Chanelle R. Walker, M.Ed., is an educator, speaker, and well-being leader who helps teachers prevent burnout and build sustainable, realistic routines for thriving in and out of the classroom. With more than a decade of classroom experience and additional years supporting educators across diverse educational settings, she blends research-informed strategies with real-world practicality.
Known nationally for her compassionate, actionable approach to educator wellness, Chanelle has presented for organizations across the country and develops accredited, wellness-centered courses that support professional growth, salary advancement, and recertification.
Questions? Reach Chanelle and the FTBT instructor team at info@forteachersbyteachers.org.