September 3 is the deadline to enroll in fall 2010 classes through the Idaho Education Academy.  Courses include:

• Teaching Creativity (NEW - 2 credits - EDPD 5778)  Increase your own creative thinking and develop strategies to increase the creativity of your students. Identify factors that impede or enhance creative thinking and develop some specific techniques for increasing your own and your students’ creative thinking.
• Hey, Get a Job! (NEW - 2 credits - EDPD 5323) Teachers, give your students a great advantage by taking this dynamic course to learn what today’s employers expect  from your students.  In a struggling economy, teens can’t afford to learn job skills through trial and error. 
• Integrating the Web into your Classroom (1 credit - EDTC 5363)  Learn to develop a website that you can use to manage student assignments, communicate information to parents and students, and provide online interactive resources to enhance curriculum.  This is an online course you can complete on your home computer.
• Stress Management for Teachers (2 credits - EDPD 5722) Are you subjected to numerous high-stress situations? Learn to avoid stressful and upsetting difficult situations. Learn how to remain calm and peaceful regardless of circumstances.
• Students Who Drive You Crazy (2 credits -  EDPD 5721) This course examines the reasons that some students “drive teachers crazy.” Common types of “crazy-makers” will be described and techniques for coping considered.  Some focus will be on teachers’ own personalities and how these interact with students who “drive you crazy.” (2 credits)
• Enhancing Instruction with Power Point (1 credit - EDTC 5202) PowerPoint is a wonderful tool for learning in both a student and teacher-directed situation. It can add a new dimension to learning allowing teachers to explain abstract concepts, while accommodating all learning styles. Used properly, PowerPoint can be one of the most powerful tools for disseminating information ever known.
• Portfolios For Authentic Assessment  (1 credit - EDAS 5611) This is a class for primary (pre-kindergarten through third grade) teachers who are interested in viewing the progress of the whole child, not just the part that is displayed through standardized testing on a given day. Learn how to develop authentic assessment and give children a chance to take ownership of their progress.

The Idaho Education Academy is a partnership between Northwest Nazarene University and the Idaho Education Association. Credits earned are applicable to salary schedule advancement and recertification requirements. IEA members are eligible for discounts and members and non-members who take at least two courses receive a refund of 10 percent. In addition, the Idaho Education Academy makes a $2.50 contribution in your name to the Idaho Education Association’s Fund for each credit for which you enroll. For more information or to sign up for classes, click here or contact Terry Gilbert at (208) 695-9262 or info@idahoeducationacademy.com.