Empowered Peace: Conflict Resolution for Educators and Classrooms • 3

How It Works

✅ Course Fee: $165 — enroll now for instant access
✅ Optional UMass Global Credit Fee: $190 — feel free to pay later, even after the course
✅ Total Cost (if credit selected): $355 for the course and 3 graduate-level credits
🕐 Finish anytime — fully self-paced and 100% online

✔ Accepted for salary advancement and license renewal in many states
✔ Quiz-based format — no busywork or portfolio
✔ University transcript issued by UMass Global (regionally accredited)

✔ Transcript will show a final letter grade (not Pass/Fail) — perfect for districts that require graded coursework for salary advancement.

Enroll today for just $165

Pay for graduate credits later — only if and when you need them.

Course Description:

Teacher wellness expert Chanelle Walker, M.Ed. brings her signature warmth and research-backed approach to one of education’s most pressing challenges: conflict. Whether it’s a heated exchange between students, tension with a colleague, or the ongoing stress of navigating a high-stakes school environment, Empowered Peace gives you a practical, compassionate framework to transform conflict into connection.

What You’ll Learn:

Understanding Conflict Through a Wellness Lens: Explore how emotional regulation, trauma awareness, and educator identity shape the way conflict shows up in your classroom and school community.
Communication That De-escalates: Learn practical language strategies and non-verbal techniques that calm tense situations before they escalate.
Teaching Conflict Resolution to Students: Go beyond eliminating conflict — build student capacity to resolve disagreements constructively, with empathy and accountability.
Managing Tough Moments with Grace: Develop a personal toolkit for staying regulated and responsive under pressure, even on your hardest days.
Leading the Culture Shift: Design a customized Conflict Resolution Restorative Practice Plan that you can implement in your classroom or share school-wide.

Why Educators Choose This Course:

Rooted in Real Research: Grounded in SEL, behavioral science, restorative practices, and the Danielson Framework — so your learning is both evidence-based and professionally credible.
Expert Perspectives: Features video interviews with Antonio Sanford of the WAVE program and other practitioners working on the frontlines of conflict resolution in schools.
Immediately Applicable: Leave with a personalized implementation plan, ready-to-use classroom language, and a restorative practices toolkit you can use the very next day.

Build Peace in Your Classroom — Starting Now.

When educators lead with calm confidence, students feel it. Classrooms become safer. Learning deepens. And you reclaim the joy of teaching. Empowered Peace will give you the foundation — and the tools — to make that a reality.

Enroll Today! Step into your role as a conflict-responsive leader in your school community.

Self-Paced, Quiz-Based, and Completely Online

Forget portfolios or lengthy written assignments — this is stress-free 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.

🌎 This course is offered nationwide!

Open to educators, counselors, social workers, school staff, and professionals from all fields who need graduate-level university credits for salary advancement, license renewal, professional learning, or continuing education.

Special Information for Hawai‘i DOE Educators:

✔ This course provides 3 graduate-level university credits, which can be used in place of Learnsoft-issued (formerly PDE3) credits for HIDOE salary step movement and reclassification.
✔ Credits are issued by UMass Global or CSU Pueblo (depending on the course), and are accepted by HIDOE.
✔ No Learnsoft submission required — coursework is reviewed by our instructors.

✶ Important for HIDOE educators: Before starting, simply obtain verbal approval from your principal. When you’re ready to apply your credits, submit the signed 200-005 Form along with your transcript to the HIDOE Reclassification Unit.

💡 You may also qualify for reimbursement via the HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend, available annually beginning each January.

🔗 For official HIDOE reclassification policy and university credit usage, see the HIDOE Guidelines for Reclassification.

To enroll in this course:

Start by completing the $165 registration using the banner link at the top of this page. That will create your For Teachers By Teachers (FTBT) account and give you immediate access to the online classroom. You can begin anytime and work at your own pace.

✶ Want 3 Graduate-Level University Credits through UMass Global?

Inside the classroom, you’ll find simple step-by-step instructions for UMass Global’s separate $190 credit registration process. Everything you need — including the direct link, course code, and payment instructions — will be available after you enroll. You're welcome to wait until you've completed the course to make this payment.

University credit issued by UMass Global – a regionally accredited university partner.

Your Course Instructor

Chanelle R. Walker, M. Ed.

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.

Enroll today for just $165 | Pay for graduate credits later if you choose

Empowered Peace: Conflict Resolution for Educators and Classrooms • 3 Credits • UMass Global

Course Fee: $165 (to enroll now) + optional UMass Global 3-credit fee: $190 (pay later)