About Time We Have Fun Again: Teaching Strategies to Improve Achievement and Engagement • 3 Credits • UMass Global
Course Fee: $165 (enroll now) + Optional UMass Global Credit Fee: $190 (pay later)
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- ✅ 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:
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.
Enroll Now!
Start your journey toward a joyful, sustainable classroom — and create a learning environment where both you and your students can thrive.
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.
For Teachers By Teachers is excited to offer this graduate-level university course in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Global and FTBT Partner, Chanelle Walker.
Chanelle, the creator of this course, is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Education from Walden University, specializing in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She holds a Master of Education as a Reading Specialist from Notre Dame and is a faculty member at Ashland University's College of Education.
Chanelle also designs professional development for the Euclid Council of the Ohio Literacy Association, and has over a decade of experience in public school teaching. As the founder and CEO of Professional Inspiration — an organization focused on teacher wellness — she delivered an acclaimed TEDx talk on burnout prevention, "The Elephant in the Classroom," which you can watch here.
Your Course Instructor
For Teachers By Teachers is a highly dedicated team of licensed educators with professional certifications across grades PK–12. Our areas of expertise include Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialist certifications.
Collectively, our course authors and instructors bring more than 20 years of experience in the field of education. We are passionate about empowering teachers and have contributed meaningfully to school communities in Hawai‘i, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, and Ohio.
Our mission is to support your professional growth with flexible, high-quality online courses designed by teachers—for teachers. If you have any questions or need support, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We’re here to help!