American Institute for Creative Education

 

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Fall/Winter 2008 U.S. Courses by Location

 

    • For full descriptions of these courses see our course descriptions.

    • To register for any of these courses, visit our registration page.

    • New! Effective June 1, 2008, all GIS courses may be taken for 4.5 or 9.0 CEUs; these courses may also be taken for 3 or 6 graduate credits. Consult the course descriptions, FAQs, and Registration pages for further information.

Online Courses:

      • Successful Strategies in Today's Classroom for Education Technicians

      • Supervising, Evaluating, and Training Educational Technicians

Guided Independent Study: Lots of new course offerings!

      • The Art of the Essay: Reading and Writing Essays in the Classroom

      • Among the Notables—Sinclair Lewis: America’s First Nobel Laureate for Literature

      • The Authentic Voice: The “Writing” Teacher

      • “Away From It All”— Writers on the Wilderness of Maine

      • Beyond “Charlotte’s Web”: E.B. White—the Man, the Writer

      • For the Love of Reading: On Engaging Students with the Printed Page

      • Give Them Roots and Wings: The Power of Story for Teaching and Learning

      • Great American Writers: A Self-directed Study

      • Helping You Help the Young Learner

      • How Did We Get Here From There?—Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Issues in Schools

      • “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”: The Imaginative Literature of Flannery O’Connor

      • Looking at Ourselves in the Mirror: Teachers as Reflective Practitioners

      • The Long and the Short of It: Teaching—through the Short Story

      • On Maine and the World: May Sarton—Her Work, Her Life

      • Remembering Our Writers: Utilizing Maine Writers in the Classroom (K-12)

      • So All May Learn: Behavior Management Strategies for Educational Technicians
        and Teachers (K-12)

      • Successful Strategies in Today's Classroom for Education Technicians

      • Teaching: A Novel Approach

      • Their Voices Were Not Silent—Women Writers from Maine

      • Whatever Happened to Childhood?—On Growing Up in Today’s World

Aroostock County

 

 

 

Augusta:

 

 

 

Bangor:

 

Making Writers out of "Kids Who Hate to Write"

February 20/21 & March 6/7

Teaching the Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom (K-12)

September 19/20 & October 24/25

New! The Long and the Short of It: Teaching—through the Short Story

September 14, October 19, November 16, and December 14. The four-part, Sunday sessions will be held from 9 AM to 5 PM.

New! On Resistance to Reading & Democracy: Literary Perspectives

June 29, July 20, August 17, and September 21. 9 AM to 5 PM.

Bath:

 

 

 

Biddeford:

 

 

 

Brunswick:

 

Diversity and Multiculturalism (K-12)

November 7 ,8 and 14, 15.

 

Making Writers out of "Kids Who Hate to Write"

February 27/28 & March 27/28

Caribou:

 

New! So All May Learn: Behavior Management Strategies for Educational Technicians and Teachers (K-12)

October 3/4 and November 7/8

Ellsworth:

 

New! Successful Strategies in Today's Classroom for Educational Technicians

August  25 - Aug. 29

 

Teaching the Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom (K-12)

August 11-15

 

Teaching: A Novel Approach

October 17/18 & November 14/15

Gardiner

     

Lewiston/Auburn

 

Making Writers out of "Kids Who Hate to Write"

October 3/4 & November 7/8

New! On Resistance to Reading & Democracy: Literary Perspectives

October 5, November 9, December 7, and January 11

New! The Long and the Short of It: Teaching—through the Short Story

January 11, January 18, February 13-14, 2009, 9 AM to 5 PM. and February 13-14, Friday, 4 PM to 9 PM and Saturday, 9 AM to 5PM

So All May Learn: Behavior Management Strategies for Educational Technicians and Teachers (K-12)

November 21/22 and January 9/10

Nobleboro

 

 

 

Pittsfield

     

Portland

 

Making Writers out of "Kids Who Hate to Write"

October 24/25 & November 21/22

New! On Resistance to Reading & Democracy: Literary Perspectives

July 27, August 24, September 28, and October 26. These sessions will be held from 9 AM to 5 PM.

New! Looking at Ourselves in the Mirror: Teachers as Reflective Practitioners

Sunday, May 4th, 9 AM to 5 PM
May 16-17 and June 20-21

August 18-22

Remembering Our Writers—Using Maine Writers in the K-12 Classroom

August 1/2 & September 5/6

December 5-6 and January 16-17

A Passion for Teaching: A Retreat for Educators

August 29/30 and December 12/13

Saco

     

Winslow

 

 

 

 

 

 

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