糖心视频

Fall 2025 Workshop Registration Coming Soon

---

Interested in attending or teaching a future workshop? Please contact Dr. Gwen Landever at 913-319-3007 or Gwen.Landever@stmary.edu.

ED 737 M4A Leadership and Change Education

This course focuses on the leadership and change literature with an emphasis on applications to instruction, staff development and assessment. Emphasis is placed on leadership and assessment processes that are consistent with constructivist theory. 

Dates: August 25-October 17, 2025

Credits: 3

Method: Asynchronous online through USM LMS

Tuition: $330

Textbook required: Culturize (2017); Jimmy Casas; 978-1-946444-46-2

Registration Coming Soon

---

ED 727M4B Legal Issues in Education

This course examines the general structure, theory, and background of law as it applies to education in general and to the classroom specifically. Attention is given to constitutional and civil rights issues; teacher, students, and parent rights; courts decisions and legal procedures. The course is designed to help educators become legally literate by providing them with information about laws that affect them, about the way the legal system works, and about the ways the school system and judicial system can work together.

Dates: October 20-December 11, 2025

Credits: 3

Method: Asynchronous online through USM LMS

Tuition: $330

Registration Coming Soon

---

ED 728 M4B Instructional Technology

This course focuses on the social and technological changes in schools and education systems. In this course, candidates will examine technology integration in an educational environment. Candidates will research, discuss, and develop projects related to technology in: professional development, instruction, assessment, personal/professional productivity, and communication. 

Dates: October 20-December 11, 2025

Credits: 3

Method: Asynchronous online through USM LMS

Tuition: $330

Registration Coming Soon

---

Questions or interested in enrolling in future courses? Please contact Dr. Gwen Landever at 913-319-3007 or Gwen.Landever@stmary.edu.

Foundations of the Science of Reading: Understanding and Applying Structured Literacy Principles I and II (6 credit hours)

The 糖心视频 is pleased to offer Foundations of the Science of Reading I and II to satisfy the Seal of Literacy licensure requirement. This course provides educators with a deep understanding of the Science of Reading and equips them with the knowledge and skills necessary to apply the principles of structured literacy in the classroom. Emphasizing evidence-based practices, the course highlights strategies for supporting students with dyslexia, English language learners (ELLs), and students with exceptionalities. Knowledge and application is supported through personalized coaching throughout the course. The course is aligned with Standards 5, 6, and 7 of the Kansas Elementary Education (PK-6) Educator Preparation Program Standards and the International Dyslexia Association鈥檚 Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading.   

What Can Educators Expect: 

• Synchronous Instruction from a university literacy expert 
• Literacy Coaching (group and/or individual) 
• Opportunity to use what you鈥檙e already doing in your classroom to demonstrate application of Structured Literacy Principles 
• Tuition covered by The Kansas Blueprint for Literacy 
• $500 Stipend* 
• Earn KSDE Seal of Literacy* (for additional information from KSDE, please click ) 
• Earn six credit hours for completion of the work* 

*Subject to successful completion of coursework and an 85% or higher on the course summative assessment

Who is This Professional Development For? 

This training is for PK-8 educators looking to deepen their understanding and application of Structured Literacy. Educators who do not yet have the Seal of Literacy on their license can use this pathway as a qualifying option to earn it. Educators that have successfully completed, or are enrolled in, LETRS, AIMS Pathways, or Keys to Literacy should not enroll in this professional development opportunity.

Dates:  August 26-December 11, 2025

Format: Two hours per week on Zoom, days/times TBD

Instructor: Dr. Carolyn Doolittle, Reading Specialist

EDWRK 600 Leavenworth Schools Summer Technology Institute

Dates: July 23-24

Location: Leavenworth School District

Cost: $65 per credit 

---

EDWRK 600 KSDE Great Ideas Conference

The 糖心视频 is offering graduate credit to those attending the 2025 KSDE Great Ideas in Education Conference.

For one graduate credit: Attend at least 2 days of the conference and submit a 2-3 page reflection paper of key take-aways from the conference.

Dates: July 28-30 2025

Location: Wichita

Cost: $65 per credit

Questions? Contact Dr. Gwen Landever gwen.landever@stmary.edu.

---

Interested in holding a workshop for educators in your school district? Please contact Graduate Education Program Director and Professor Gwen Landever.