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We want you to have a great experience with us. Here are a few frequently asked questions that might be helpful for you.

What type of course options do you offer for teachers?

TKL provides professional development for educators across all 50 states. Our comprehensive program and courses are designed to meet teachers’ individual professional development needs.

All of our courses are completely Online | Self-Paced | Relevant | Easy-to-Use | Engaging.

Please review our course catalog by state and purpose to view the approved courses offered.

We offer courses that include graduate courses and continuing education courses, including certification, state licensure, salary advancement, and other professional learning needs.

State Re-certificate – This registration type should be used for teachers who require state-approved clock hours. Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs. When registering for recertification courses make sure to choose State Recertification Courses as your purpose from our registration page.
Salary Step Advancement – This registration type is for teachers who are looking to increase their salary steps based on district-contracted agreements. When selecting your course, choose Salary Step Advancement courses as your purpose from our registration page.
Graduate Credits/Semester Hours – For teachers in states which require either graduate credits or semester hours, Teach & Kids Learn (TKL) provides accredited university graduate credits. Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs. We provide official transcripts. and letter grades upon the successful completion of your selected course. When selecting your course, choose Graduate Credit level courses as your purpose from our registration page.
Personal Professional Growth – These courses are for educators who wish to take our online learning opportunities for their own personal growth as a teacher. These are wonderful course opportunities for our international teachers as well. No credits or clock hours are offered with these courses. All activities included in the courses are optional. When selecting your course, choose Personal Professional courses as your purpose from our registration page.

Once enrollment, we will receive a request for any additional information that may be required to complete your certification documentation.

Can I use a purchase order to make a purchase?

Schools, districts, and teachers may use purchase orders and/or checks to complete the purchase of your online course. Contact us to make arrangements for your course purchase(s). Please contact us directly at [email protected] or 1-855-498-4400.

What makes TKL online courses different from other course offerings?

All of our courses are completely self-paced. There are no assignments that have a specified date of completion, nor are there scheduled webinar meeting times embedded in the course. The only date that is specified is the term-end date. Your term end date will be specified in the welcome letter that you will receive upon registration for you your course.

We take an innovative approach to the design and delivery of effective, efficient, capacity-building professional development for teachers. Our online professional learning program blends essential learning theory with the practical real-world application necessary for today’s teachers.

Each learning opportunity is designed to support educators in making evolutionary changes to their instructional practice. Every teacher begins where they currently are within the course focus and then, through cycles of critical self-reflection and experiential, or in-classroom work, they focus on making positive changes to their practice.

All of our courses are highly rated by the teachers who have taken our courses. Over 90% of the teachers that have registered with us have found the courses to be meaningful, and useful toward their own professional growth as an educator.

How long will I have to complete my course?

Registrations for state recertification, salary advancement, and graduate level courses will have up to 4-months from the date of registration to complete their course.

NOTE: If you are registered for an NYC/ASPDP Salary Advancement course, you will have a Seasonal Term (i.e. Spring, Summer, Fall). In these cases, your term-end dates are pre-set by the district and your course must be completed by that date.

Term end dates are listed on the course catalog during the selection process. Term end dates are also shared through the use of welcome letters which are emailed upon completion of the registration process. Term end dates are also listed on your personal dashboard on our learning management platform.

What is the course cancellation and refund policy for online courses?

Course Cancellation Policy: (Dated: 5-31-2022)

While we are confident that you will love our courses, unfortunately, there may be times when you will need to consider withdrawing from a course with us. If so please keep the following in mind.

1). Cancellations within 3 days of registration – Participants may cancel any course as long as TKL receives the course cancellation within 3 days of the initial registration date. In this case, the participant will receive a full refund of that course less a $10.00 processing fee. Submit cancellation request to the following email address: [email protected]

2). Cancellations of active courses between 4 and 20 days – Participants canceling any course during this period will receive a partial refund in the amount of $70.00. Submit cancellation request to the following email address: PD@TeachnKidsLearn. com

3). Cancellation requests made after 20 days – Tuition is non-refundable once a course registration is active and available to the participant for 20 days.

4). Cancellations of ASPDP course(s) once registration window is closed – Tuition is non-refundable once the NYC ASPDP registration window has closed.

5) Cancellation of Graduate Level Courses – Cancellations of graduate level courses must be completed through our partner university. You may contact them at the following location on their website. https://www.ashland.edu/administration/contact

For additional questions please contact us at [email protected]

What types of devices can I use to access these online courses?

Our online courses are accessible by any device with internet access. This includes computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

Can I earn graduate level credits for the online courses I complete?

Yes, all of our courses are approved for graduate-level credits from our university partners. Any of our courses can be upgraded to the graduate-level. Please click on the following link to contact us with your request.

Teach & Kids Learn (TKL) provides accredited university graduate credits. Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs. We provide official transcripts. and letter grades upon the successful completion of your selected course. When selecting your course, choose any of our Graduate Credit level courses from our registration page.

What is the difference between Seasonal and Rolling Terms?

We offer two main types of registration term types that utilize different timetables for determining course end dates.

The “Seasonal” (ie. Spring, Summer, and Fall) terms are offered during specific time periods throughout the year. This term is used for our teachers in New York City for their salary credits. These term dates are set by the NYC Department of Education professional development office (ASPDP). Extensions for the Seasonal Term are not available.

Rolling or Open Enrollment terms are registrations that are available for immediate enrollment all year long. Participants are given up to 4-months to complete courses from the date of registration. Upon registration, you will receive a welcome letter from your course facilitator outlining your exact term-end period. In most cases, extensions of an additional month will be granted for rolling term participants if requested in writing/email to their course facilitator. We are willing to work with teachers in finding ways to complete the courses that they have registered for.

Can I access course materials after my enrollment term ends?

No, access to course materials is limited to the term period for which you are registered.

We do offer a personal professional development option through our registration process. This option will provide a teacher with an additional period of access to course resources and materials at a greatly reduced rate.

Are there additional materials that I will need to purchase or need to acquire for completing these online course?

No, all course materials and resources are included in the online course platform. No additional purchases are required.

Are your courses approved for teachers?

TKL provides approved professional development for educators across all 50 states. Our comprehensive program and courses are designed to meet your individual professional development needs. All of our courses are completely Online | Self-Paced | Relevant | Easy-to-Use | Engaging.

Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs.

We offer several registration options for our teachers. The following is a summary:

State Re-certificate – This registration type should be used for teachers who are in need of clock hours and/or state-approved credits which will be used to meet state re-certification requirements. Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs. When selecting your course, choose any of our State Re-Certification Courses from our registration page.
Salary Step Advancement – This registration type is for teachers who are looking to increase their salary steps based on district contracted agreements. When selecting your course, choose any of our Salary Step Advancement course options from our registration page.
Graduate Credits/Semester Hours – For teachers in states which require either graduate credits or semester hours, Teach & Kids Learn (TKL) provides accredited university graduate credits. Please make sure to review our State Alignment page for your state to determine if this is the correct option for your registration needs. We provide official transcripts. and letter grades upon the successful completion of your selected course. When selecting your course, choose any of our Graduate Credit level courses from our registration page.
Personal Professional Growth – These courses are for educators who wish to take our online learning opportunities for their own personal development growth as a teacher. These are wonderful course opportunities for our international teachers. No credits or clock hours are offered with these courses. All activities included in the courses are optional. These courses are provided at a reduced rate. When selecting your course, choose any of our Personal Professional courses from our registration page.

After enrollment, we will review your registration options to make sure that all paperwork has been completed properly to ensure you receive your approved credit and/or clock hours. Please review available courses for your state to see how many credits you will earn after successful course completion.

What is a fast track course? NYC Salary Differential Course

Fast-Track is our P/A+-Credit Course option which allows teachers to complete a course during a 9-week session instead of the normal full-term period. The advantage of a shorter term is that your grade will be submitted to ASPDP sooner. Normally a participant has to wait until the end of the full term to have their grades entered into the ASPDP database.

NOTE: Entering of grades into the ASPDP database is the first step in the ASPDP credit validation process. Validation of credits is based on the NYCDOE Office of Salary Services’ timetable for applying differentials and early grade submission does not guarantee that participants will receive their differential upon early completion of their course.

Can I retake a course if I was not able to finish it?

Retaking a course when a course has received a status of failed or withdrawn:

Sometimes life is challenging and we need to either withdraw from a course or are just not able to finish and receive a failing grade. Teach & Kids Learn (TKL) provides teachers with the ability to retake these courses at a greatly reduced fee.

The fee is $80. 00 to retake the incomplete course. If you are interested in retaking a course with us please contact us at [email protected].

Why You Should Purchase Bundle Course Packages?

TKL Bundle Packages are an easy and effective way to purchase multiple courses at a discounted rate.

Bundle Course Packages do not expire. When purchased the code remains valid until all purchased credits are used.
Bundle package course purchase credits can be spread out over time. It is not necessary to use all purchased credits at the same time. You can spread out the use of your course selections until you are ready to start your course(s)
Bundle codes are transferable. Example: You have one remaining course purchased credit on your bundle package. You can gift the code to another teacher.
Bundle codes can be purchased by a group of teachers and distributed between members of the group. Example: Three teachers purchase a 3-course bundle package. Each teacher uses one purchased credit to select their course from the catalog.

NOTE: This offer is not available for use with our ‘Graduate Level’ course options. Displayed package pricing includes the 10% discounted amount spread over the number of credits purchased.

Discount promotions cannot be used toward the purchase of bundle packages or combined with bundle purchased courses.

Bundle Package Cancellation Policy

(Date 10-1-2022)

Cancellations within 3 days of purchase – Participants may cancel a bundle package purchase as long as TKL receives the cancellation notification within 3 days of the initial purchase date. In this case, the participant will receive a full refund of that bundle package less a $25.00 processing fee. Submit cancellation request to the following email address: [email protected]
Partial Bundle Packages – Partially used bundle packages are not refundable.

For additional questions please contact us at PD@TeachnKidsLearn. com

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Comprehensive Courses - Teach & Kids Learn (TKL)

Product Description & Methodology

For teachers looking for highly engaging relevant online course offerings to earn formal credits toward re-licensure, recertification, salary advancement, and graduate credits.

TKL’s Comprehensive Courses leverage field-tested, research-based strategies, personalized practical solutions, digital collaboration, and critical reflection to transform their instructional practice.

Through the use of both formative and summative learning activities, participants are taken through a scaffolded approach to creating better learning classrooms for students.

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TKL provides a deep collection of comprehensive professional learning for teachers across all 50 states.
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CHALLENGES

Demand

Keeping up with the constantly changing state and district professional development requirements can be difficult and costly for schools.

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Scattered

Educators have difficulty carving out the necessary time finding high quality professional development opportunities to meet the ever changing directions and evolving instructional strategies districts and states are trying to achieve.

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Low Engagement

Current research shows that many professional development opportunities and resources being provided to teachers result in very little impact and low levels of teacher satisfaction.

Accessibility

Many professional development opportunities provided to teachers lack flexibility of time and instructional topic range, making it harder to truly engage in what can be transformative learning growth.

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Purposeful

Pre-approved relevant instructional topics that are timely, up-to-date, and informed by current research and real user insights.

Applicable

As a pre-approved provider, teachers are provided a catalog of highly relevant course offerings to earn formal credits toward re-licensure, recertification, salary advancement, and graduate credits.

Impactful

TKL has a high teacher satisfaction rating with an over 90% course completion rate. All courses incorporate an innovative and effective learning approach that is designed and delivered using our transference learning methodology, developed over years of field research and application.

Convenience

Professional learning resources are available online for teachers to access 24/7 on an easy-to-use learning management system. Teachers are provided a wide range of engaging and timely instructional courses which align with school, district and educator growth goals.

Testimonials

"I have every intention of turn-keying this PD to my math department as a way to develop our teachers and our students in strategies for solving math. I can’t wait for the upcoming year as I know this will make a huge improvement in my pedagogy, in student retention of information, in understanding and applying mathematics."

M. Wissa
Detroit, Michigan

"I want you to know again how in awe I am of the people who created this course. It’s so well-constructed, so well-conceived, you had me like a suspense novel. I have no doubt that my students will be so much better off than they would have been had I not taken this course. "

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Ashland University Graduate Participant

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How to teach a child to learn? Is it possible to learn to learn and what does it mean?

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How to teach children to study well

Children are inquisitive by nature. As a rule, everything is new to them in elementary school, and therefore it is interesting. There is a new item - great! We set a new type of tasks - great, I want to try it as soon as possible! They do not need to be taught to learn, they do it with pleasure.

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With the transition to high school, the program becomes more complicated, and communication becomes the leading activity for the child. It is at this point that adults should explain how to learn how to study properly. Here are some recommendations from Foxford Home School tutors on this matter.

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Tip 1. Focus on interests

Learning to learn means finding an interest in which the child wants to develop. According to tutor Yulia Rozhkova, without this, all other methods are meaningless.

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Ask your child to think about what a particular skill will do in relation to their favorite activity. Suppose he likes to ride a scooter. Push him to understand that knowing the laws of physics will help him do cool tricks, and the English language will help him communicate with riders from all over the world.

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What to do if the child does not have pronounced hobbies? Take a closer look at him, offer to pass the Skillfolio diagnostics, which is just aimed at identifying the strengths and interests of schoolchildren. And most importantly, help your child acquire a hobby. Do something together, set an example.

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Tip 2. Show how to acquire and apply knowledge

Just as swallowing food without chewing can lead to stomach problems, absorbing knowledge without reflection and putting it into practice can lead to “loss of appetite” for learning.

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The process of acquiring knowledge and skills based on it should ideally consist of several stages. First, acquaintance with some object or phenomenon, then the desire to understand how it works, putting it into practice, and, finally, understanding the experience. This circle is called the wheel of learning.

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Learning wheel

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Tutor Natalya Smelova uses the concept of the learning wheel in her work. At the same time, she believes that you should not give the child a "fish" - you need to teach him how to use a fishing rod. Suppose a student does not understand percentages in mathematics. Ask him to find a cartoon on the Internet or a good article on this topic. It is important that he does it himself, because only by gaining knowledge on his own, you can learn how to learn. However, then be sure to take the material found together and show how it can be useful to him in real life. For example, you can calculate how much you can save in a year if you set aside 10% of pocket money every month.

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Tip 3. Teach your child to tell the time

Most kids know how to tell the time with a clock before school. But even some high school students do not have an understanding of the value of a temporary resource. Calling to and from the lesson should gradually teach the student that in 45 minutes you can do about the same amount of work, and, for example, if the teacher reminds you that there are a few minutes left until the end of the lesson, you need to speed up. However, not everyone develops this trigger. And if the child is in family schooling, then the sense of time needs to be trained separately in order to eventually teach the child to learn independently.

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Here are the questions tutor Maria Suvorova recommends asking in order to teach a child to keep track of time:

How much time do you have now?
How will you best manage it?
By what criteria will you choose the things you will do?
What exactly do you want to do with your studies in the allotted time?
What result do you want to get?
Compare what you wanted to do and what you did?
Are you satisfied with the result?
How to make sure that there is enough time for all tasks?

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Tip 4.

Try different formats

In the article on how to study subjects you hate, we said that people are divided into visuals, auditory, kinesthetics and digitals. Find out which channel of perception works best for the child, and offer him appropriate learning formats. For example, a student complains that it is difficult for him to memorize vocabulary words. You can invite him to conduct an experiment to find the ideal way to memorize them: visualization using mnemonics, speaking into a voice recorder and listening, repeatedly writing in a notebook, analyzing the etymology of each word. Let the child try everything and rank which method worked best for him. Independent search will help the child learn to learn with pleasure.

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Advice 5. Let the child control the learning process

“Get out the diary, show what you have been asked”, “Write on a draft - I will come and check it” - many parents recognize themselves in these phrases. Unfortunately, adults from the first grade often show overprotectiveness in relation to the child's studies, which destroys motivation and independence.

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“A junior high school student does not see the whole, so for the time being he cannot choose what to teach him, but he can decide when and in what sequence to do the lessons. So let him do it!” - calls the tutor of the "Foxford Home School" Svetlana Goltser. Let him draw up a schedule for doing homework, prepare for certification and get well-deserved marks on it. This will let the child know that you trust him, and will relieve the feeling of anxiety in anticipation of punishment for every wrong step.

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Parental control must be weakened as one grows older. A teenager should be aware that studying is his area of responsibility. Cultivate self-discipline in a teenager, and he will never have a request “I want to learn how to study.” Getting new knowledge for him will be as natural as brushing his teeth in the morning.

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Conclusions

The answer to the question, is it possible to teach a child to learn, unambiguous - yes, you can! Determine the student's area of interest, show the practical benefits of the knowledge gained and the value of time, try different learning formats. And most importantly - trust your child!

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Foxford Home Online School tutors are ready to help you and your child develop self-education skills, show how to teach children to study well and with pleasure. You can learn more about the tutor support program and sign up for a consultation on the tutors page.‍

To want to learn, you must first of all be able to learn. This important skill is regularly worked on by tutors at the Foxford Online Home School, and we asked them to share some secrets on how to teach children to learn.

6 ways to teach your child to learn

One of the most common parental requests is “The child does not want to learn, what should I do?”. But in order to want to learn, you must at least be able to learn. And this is a skill! Our blogger, child psychologist Olga Kondrashova talks about how to acquire and develop this skill.

You should not expect that a child will be able to do it on his own: while a small person is in grades 1-2 (in grade 3, responsibility for oneself more or less begins to turn on), he is not yet very collected, organized, simply “sane”. Therefore, he needs outside control, that is, he must simply be taught to learn, to show how it is done.

Of course, there are children who, due to increased anxiety, for example, fear of the teacher or parents, or, conversely, excessive fascination with the teacher (more common among girls), are themselves worried about doing homework. But this is rather an exception to the general rule. So, the responsibility for a child's ability to learn lies largely with adults!

Now there are many expert assessments that come down to the thesis - the child's interest is above all. I agree that it is criminal to crush the initiative of a child. But, unfortunately, excitement from novelty falls even in an adult, and the ability to return oneself to concentration, whether it be solving a problem or simply assimilating new information, I think, will remain relevant. At least until we are "chip" with already built-in programs, by analogy with gadgets. But for now, you and I have children, not robots. And after a certain time, your child will move from elementary school to high school, where it will be more difficult to study.

In addition, the motivational priority shifts in high school — the child “flies” from the importance of learning to the importance of establishing social connections (friends are above all!)

he will no longer fall into hopelessness or despair - "everything is useless, everything is already so neglected, such a wild volume, I can no longer cope with it, there is no point in even starting!". There will be no such problems if the child already has a conscious experience of "inclusion" in the lessons. How to keep the attention of the child during the lessons?

1. Give new meaning to boring tasks

For example, a child needs to learn how to write letters beautifully. Options: “OK, how are we going to write a message to Santa Claus? He won’t understand anything in your scribbles, it will be a shame if you don’t get what you ask for for the New Year ”. .. Or: “Let's write a letter to grandmother? You just need to write so that she can read, she doesn’t see very well!” Or: “What if you find yourself on a desert island? Then you will need to write a message to people and send it in a bottle. Let's learn to write legibly!

2. Stimulate intrinsic motivation

You can ask a child and encourage him to think about what this or that skill will give him - the ability to read, write, count, memorize. This can become the basis of his own intrinsic motivation - the strongest and brightest stimulus. Alas, it burns brightly, but not for very long. It will be necessary to periodically remind the child about the benefits of what he himself once thought of and what he himself came to.

3. Change roles - instead of a student "teacher"

All lecturers know that if you want to know a subject better, give a lecture on it. We turn the child into a teacher, put all his bunnies, cars, bears, dolls in front of him and play school. By the way, you can also play along in the role of the most naughty and most "talentless" student - "Oh, how difficult it is to write these numbers! I can't do it at all!" Or deliberately make a lot of mistakes. Usually children are very happy when they see themselves from the outside.

This technique relieves tension, allows you to speak in a safe mode and realize the difficulty of learning. And this, as you remember, improves self-control and increases "sanity", that is, the child sees an obstacle (laziness, inattention, inability to force himself to finish) with which he needs to cope.

Plus, this reduces the fear of making mistakes. This is a very important point, because children at school are constantly in the zone of anxiety and incompetence - every day they are faced with new material, new tasks and new requirements for their intellectual abilities. The ability to calmly endure failures and mistakes is an important quality that allows you to move forward, and not fall into the pit "I am a worthless clumsy. "

4. Teach him how to do his homework

After some time, when you see that the child has mastered the skill of "doing homework", we gradually begin to leave him alone. But it is necessary to make sure that the child understands that failure to do homework and poor study in general have negative emotional consequences for him. That is, you need to create a field of expectations around it, in which there are necessarily two topics.

First, let him know that you appreciate his efforts. You can say: “We are happy when you are doing well” or “We are upset when you are not doing well.” So the child will learn that you respect his work, his efforts on himself, his ability to show his will, his growing and strengthening independence. This also allows one to form such an important quality of character as the ability to achieve goals and respect oneself for the result achieved.

The child will learn to motivate himself with this experience and the feeling of joy and elation that will follow each self-conquest. An important nuance - try to make your comments for the child clear and specific. Not just "You're great!" or “Excellent!”, but “How glad I am that you managed to finish everything!”.

Second - say that if something does not work out, then this is not a disaster! This will allow the child to avoid excessive anxiety about punishments and disappointment in him and remove a negative emotional connotation from the learning process. For example, you can tell him: “If something doesn’t work out so well for you, know that we will always help you”, “We will not scold you for a bad grade. Let's just agree, if something doesn't work out for you or you don't understand something at school, speak right away and together we will sort out difficult places or explain to you what you didn't understand. We will always help, the main thing is not to launch the item, ok?".

This is how the child receives a vector of development - that is, he is not indifferent, his efforts are important and appreciated by someone.