3-Credits • UMass Global • Boosting Achievement Through Relationships
Registration Fee ($165) + UMass Global Fee ($210) = Total Fee ($375)
Course Description:
Transform your teaching by unlocking the power of meaningful teacher-student relationships. This engaging, self-paced, quiz-based professional development course for PK-12 educators goes beyond the buzzwords and takes you on a journey to the roots of meaningful human connections. Through it, you’ll uncover why—and how—strong, supportive relationships in the classroom are not just an enhancement to education—they are its very foundation.
What You’ll Learn:
- The Interpersonal Nature of Education: Understand how trust and security between educators and students create a harmonious, safe, and productive learning environment.
- Neuroscience Meets Practice: Explore emotional intelligence principles rooted in social science, and apply them to foster deeper connections.
- Actionable Relationship-Building Strategies: Learn how to build rapport, find common ground, establish mutual respect to strengthen classroom dynamics, and make your job more fulfilling.
- Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Prioritize your own well-being with practical tools and techniques for reducing stress and maintaining balance.
- Inclusive and Engaging Classrooms: Design learning experiences that promote equity, empathy, and critical awareness for all students.
Why Educators Choose This Course:
- Evidence-Based Approaches: Gain insights backed by expert research, case studies, and cutting-edge multimedia resources.
- Immediate Impact: Walk away with strategies you can implement right away to create a more connected, effective, self-regulated classroom environment.
- Lasting Results: Strengthen relationships that drive both student achievement and educator job satisfaction.
Make Relationships Your Superpower:
This course empowers educators to elevate both their teaching and their students’ success by cultivating trust, respect, and meaningful connections. You’ll create a classroom where students feel supported, valued, and motivated to excel — and reignite your love for teaching along the way!
Enroll Today:
Join us to transform your classroom through the power of educator-student relationships — because, great teaching starts with connection.
Self-Paced, Quiz-Based, and Completely Online:
Forget portfolios or lengthy written assignments — this is stress-free PD designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish the course whenever it is convenient for you. Plus, you do not need to be working with students to complete it. Entirely self-paced and self-guided, there are no scheduled check-ins, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever you want.
3 Graduate-Level PD Credits for DOE Educators across the U.S.!
Upon completion of this course, participants will receive 3 graduate-level PD credits from the University of Massachusetts Global, which can be used for professional advancement such as salary increment steps and licensing requirements.
Aloha, Hawai'i State DOE educators!
3-PD Credits: Just like our other courses in partnership with UMass Global and CSU Pueblo, this course also results in 3-PD credits towards HIDOE salary step movement/reclassification.
✶ Hawai'i State DOE participants: If you are a Hawai'i State DOE participant, please be sure to receive signed principal approval for any university coursework that will be applied towards reclassification by using the 200-005 Form (click here). Also, every year in January, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union typically begins providing PD support stipends to reimburse Hawaii State DOE educators for their professional development fees accrued throughout the year. For more information about this fantastic opportunity, click the following link: The HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend.
Information about PD-Credits for Hawaii State DOE participants:
Hawai'i State DOE educators can use these graduate-level PD credits in place of Learnsoft-issued PD credits (formerly PDE3-issued credits) for salary step movement in the HIDOE Teacher Reclassification system. Please note that this graduate-level PD course is not available through the HIDOE Learnsoft system. Since these are graduate-level PD credits, coursework will only be reviewed by UMass Global instructors and does not require submission to Learnsoft for further review. Upon completion, 3-PD credits will be issued directly by UMass Global. For more details on using university or college credits for salary reclassification, please refer to the Hawai'i State DOE "Guidelines for Reclassification" memo: click here.
If you are a Hawai'i State DOE educator, please download and print the 200-005 Form for university credits, and have it signed by your school's Principal. To apply your 3 graduate level PD-credits to salary step movement, you can simply submit your 200-005 form to the DOE's Reclassification Unit along with your UMass Global transcript once you complete the course. We have completed the course information for you on this form and it can be downloaded and printed at the following link: click here.
This course is open to participants nationwide!
To register for this course, please complete the following two steps:
Step One: Complete the $165 registration fee by using the banner link at the top of this page [or click here] and you'll gain instant access to your new online classroom.
Step Two: If you would like to earn 3 graduate level PD credits from UMass Global upon course completion, please complete the $210 PD credit fee payment at UMass Global's online portal by clicking here and purchasing course EDDU 9498. After you add the course to your cart, click "checkout" and proceed to confirmation, you'll be prompted to create an account with UMass Global. You are welcome to wait until you've finished the course to complete this payment.
"This course has truly changed both my professional and personal life. Thank you for this learning opportunity!"
— Kayleen Pieper, Teacher
"This is honestly one of the best professional development courses I’ve ever taken. I’ve learned practical and applicable content to my profession. I’ve learned so much about myself as a professional and as a person."
— Kehau Morikawa-Marzan, Teacher
"With all the classes I have taken in the past, a class has never affected me as much as this one. I would like to thank you for having this course for teachers."
— Fay Tsurumaki, Teacher
"This is the first online class that I really enjoyed and I feel as though I have so many new ideas, techniques, and tools to apply in my classroom. This course has had a major impact on me as a teacher. I'm encouraging my co-workers to take this course!"
— Kimberly Celebre, Teacher
"Thank you so much for a wonderful learning opportunity that not only made me a better educator but a better person entirely."
— Darcie Horiuchi, Teacher
"This course has empowered me to be a change agent on campus and a dream-releaser in my classroom. Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
— Kamilla Maii, Teacher
"Thank you for this amazing class!
I learned so much about myself and my students."
— Abigayle Butler, Teacher
"Thank you for this very inspirational and user-friendly course."
— Katie Tanaka, Teacher
"This course has given me new tools for life and reinforced the importance of building positive relationships with my students. I am a better teacher. Thank you."
— Brandon Hanagami, Teacher
"I wanted to thank you for creating such an enlightening course. As a new teacher I couldn't have taken this course at a better time."
— Paulina Felcher, Teacher
"Thank you for your dedication to providing teachers with high-quality professional development. I loved everything about this course."
— Sherri Sai, Special Education Resource Teacher
Your Course Instructor
We are a highly dedicated team of full-time educators with professional licenses covering grades PK-12 in diverse areas, including Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialists. Our course authors and instructors collectively boast over two decades of experience in the education field, actively contributing to the growth and development of school communities in New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Hawai'i. Don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries; we're here to assist you!
If you have any questions or need support, please reach out to us at [email protected].