Course Description

How do you engage your students in a multicultural urban classroom?

Learn directly from University of Southern California professors how to engage with an increasingly diverse student body by cultivating meaningful relationships with your students. Dr. Alan Green will help you build your abilities in planning and implementing methods for connecting with all students, increasing student motivation, reducing behavior problems, and improving academic achievement by fundamentally changing teacher to student, student to student, and student to teacher relationships and engagement.

This course includes videos of authentic classroom practice, a coach to provide personalized feedback, and flexibility to engage with the content on your schedule.

Syllabus

Relationally Responsive Classroom Management

Course Presenters

Dr. Alan Green joined Rossier in July 2009 as associate professor of Clinical Education and School Counseling Program Lead. He came from Johns Hopkins University School of Education, where he served most recently as chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services. He earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC and a master's degree in school and community counseling from California State University in Sacramento.

Dr. Xiomara Mateo-Gaxiola is an independent educational consultant who specializes in building the capacity of learning teams. She strives to foster an understanding of the connections and interplay between pedagogy, curriculum, and culture and the process changes necessary to shift the focus from teaching to learning. Through hands-on and learningcentered experiences Dr. Mateo-Gaxiola works side-by-side with K-12 students, teachers, and administrators to reexamine deeply held beliefs about teaching, learning, and culture.

Partner Profile

Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PCG has nearly 2,000 professionals in more than 50 offices around the US, in Canada and in Europe. PCG’s Education practice offers consulting services and technology solutions that help schools, school districts, and state education agencies/ministries of education to promote student success, improve programs and processes, and optimize financial resources.