ALPS I - The Classroom Connection
Wilkes University
3-Credit Course

ALPS - The Classroom Connection will provide educators with a framework that will help transfer the experiential education concept into the classroom and promote leadership, trust, teambuilding and problem-solving skills. The course will be especially beneficial for new teachers, as it introduces the importance and main components of establishing community in the classroom. This is an activity-based course that is supplemented with theory, through which practical application will be examined.

For Information Call: Registrar, Karen, at 1-800-WILKESU ext. 4583

ALPS II Creative Facilitation in the Classroom
Wilkes University
3-Credit Graduate Course

ALPS II Creative Facilitation in the Classroom is designed for the K-12 educator, and emphasize the concepts of Experiential Education, Teambuilding, Creativity and Innovation, and Developing Facilitation Skills. It will provide the guidelines for thinking through a design process that will enhance the educator's role as a facilitator in the classroom. This design process will be based on sequencing activities associated with curriculum and content. It will also promote an understanding of the potential creativity educators and students possess.

For Information Call: Graduate Teacher Education Department (1-800-WILKESU ext. 4671)

ALPS-Adventure Learning and Programming for Success: Classroom Team building
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Northern Tier Center
1-Credit Graduate Course

The ALPS philosophy of encouraging and accommodating a full range of participant diversity is essential. The concept of Multiple Intelligences is emphasized and built into the activities presented. Strategies will be used to help educators process ideas and analyze current practices for both personal and student success. It is a belief that immersion in experiential opportunities in learning will foster application and retention of information that is gained..

This course is designed for the classroom teacher K-12 and emphasizes Experiential Education and Adventure Based Learning. The concepts that participants will gain provides a framework that will help transfer information to the classroom. These concepts promote leadership, trust, team building, and problem solving skills that educators and students will need for success in the schools of the 21st century.

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