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renewing 2 year provisional license

by Lindsey

Feb 10, 2009

I need to take 3 semester hours to renew my current 2 year provisional license. I want to take a course online and not a graduate course, which is too expensive for me right now. Any help on where to look? Thanks

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Lindsey On 3/24/09, pksped wrote: > You can take a course for 1,2, or 3 credit hours. (More on that in > a blink.) They say you can complete a course in a weekend. That > must be the one or two credit option. I always take the 3 credit > option. I completed a course over Christmas break, and while I was > busy, I can honestly say it didn't c...See MoreOn 3/24/09, pksped wrote: > You can take a course for 1,2, or 3 credit hours. (More on that in > a blink.) They say you can complete a course in a weekend. That > must be the one or two credit option. I always take the 3 credit > option. I completed a course over Christmas break, and while I was > busy, I can honestly say it didn't consume every waking minute. > You have a four month deadline, but you could complete it in three > weekends or less. (I would say two weekends, but I don't want to > give you false security.)This is a course in a glance. > *Download all nine 'chapters.' Each chapter is app. 6-9 pages > (literally - printer pages, not book pages.) > *Read a chapter. At the end, it gives three suggestions for > writing prompts, or you can make up your own topic (based on the > chapter.) You must write one page (single space.) If you honestly > can't fill an entire page, it's ok - just make another entry a > page and a half. (I made notes to myself as I read, then writing > was a breeze.) > For one credit, you'll turn in a total of 3 pages of single spaced > typed work. (Choose three chapters that you like the best, and use > one prompt per chapter.) > For two credits, you'll turn in a total of 6 pages of single > spaced typed work. > (Choose 6 chapters that you like the best, and use one prompt per > chapter.) > For three credits, you'll turn in a total of 9 pages of single > spaced typed work.(Write one entry per chapter.) > > (And as you can see, I probably could fill a page with this answer > alone. It's really not that hard to fill a page!) > > > Your writing is all reflective of what you are doing or might do > in your classroom. The only referenced work you need to worry > about is to refer to the chapters which you've downloaded. ex: "As > was mentioned on page 7, my books could be sorted into categories > of poetry, featured authors, biological non-fiction, and alphabet > books." > > My friend just completed two Barbara Gruber courses at once (on > top of a full time job and a family.) She hasn't had a single > complaint yet. I personally only like to take one at a time, but > that's just me. > > Thank you so much for all of your help!!!! I will definitely take one of her courses. I do need the 3 credit hours, so thank you for the information :) lindsey

Mar 31, 2009

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Lindsey On 3/31/09, Lindsey wrote: > On 3/24/09, pksped wrote: >> You can take a course for 1,2, or 3 credit hours. (More on that in >> a blink.) They say you can complete a course in a weekend. That >> must be the one or two credit option. I always take the 3 credit >> option. I completed a course over Christmas break, and while...See MoreOn 3/31/09, Lindsey wrote: > On 3/24/09, pksped wrote: >> You can take a course for 1,2, or 3 credit hours. (More on that in >> a blink.) They say you can complete a course in a weekend. That >> must be the one or two credit option. I always take the 3 credit >> option. I completed a course over Christmas break, and while I was >> busy, I can honestly say it didn't consume every waking minute. >> You have a four month deadline, but you could complete it in three >> weekends or less. (I would say two weekends, but I don't want to >> give you false security.)This is a course in a glance. >> *Download all nine 'chapters.' Each chapter is app. 6-9 pages >> (literally - printer pages, not book pages.) >> *Read a chapter. At the end, it gives three suggestions for >> writing prompts, or you can make up your own topic (based on the >> chapter.) You must write one page (single space.) If you honestly >> can't fill an entire page, it's ok - just make another entry a >> page and a half. (I made notes to myself as I read, then writing >> was a breeze.) >> For one credit, you'll turn in a total of 3 pages of single spaced >> typed work. (Choose three chapters that you like the best, and use >> one prompt per chapter.) >> For two credits, you'll turn in a total of 6 pages of single >> spaced typed work. >> (Choose 6 chapters that you like the best, and use one prompt per >> chapter.) >> For three credits, you'll turn in a total of 9 pages of single >> spaced typed work.(Write one entry per chapter.) >> >> (And as you can see, I probably could fill a page with this answer >> alone. It's really not that hard to fill a page!) >> >> >> Your writing is all reflective of what you are doing or might do >> in your classroom. The only referenced work you need to worry >> about is to refer to the chapters which you've downloaded. ex: "As >> was mentioned on page 7, my books could be sorted into categories >> of poetry, featured authors, biological non-fiction, and alphabet >> books." >> >> My friend just completed two Barbara Gruber courses at once (on >> top of a full time job and a family.) She hasn't had a single >> complaint yet. I personally only like to take one at a time, but >> that's just me. >> >> Thank you so much for all of your help!!!! I will definitely take > one of her courses. I do need the 3 credit hours, so thank you for > the information :) lindsey Another question I thought about, I'm a elementary substitute teacher and don't have my own classroom yet. Is the information covered in the courses just for teachers in a classroom or will I be ok? Thanks again, lindsey

Mar 31, 2009

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pksped The courses state that you can take the class during the school year, and if you take it during the summer, you can say things like "during the next year, I will implement the strategy described on page seven of the course reading....." That is the approach that I would take if I were you. (And on that note, I would pick one grade, either my dream ...See More

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