Course Timeline: Spring 2020

Poor Students, Rich Teaching is a self-paced course designed to provide participants with meaningful work that can assist in richer teaching. Suggested timelines are provided only as a guide. The course opens February 1 and closes on March 27th. To meet the requirements of one CEU/Graduate Credit, the readings, activities and assignments are designed to equal a total of 15 hours.

Course Description

Research supports that the classroom teacher is the single most significant contributor to student achievement. This course provides an opportunity for teachers to study and apply the seven high-impact mindsets necessary to reach students from poverty. Becoming equipped with these mindsets holds the potential for teachers to make a profound difference in the lives of all students, not just those from poverty.

Learning Goals

• Participants will develop greater awareness and action to engage students from poverty by learning about the seven high-impact mindsets necessary to reach students from poverty and help them succeed.
• Participants will reflect upon the seven mindsets and how they fit into their individual content/classroom.
• Participants will plan, practice, and implement the mindsets in relationship to their individual classrooms.
• Participants will have the opportunity to engage with peers throughout the course via online platforms.

Success Criteria

1. Read each section of Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty [Revised Edition] by Eric Jensen.
2. Reflect upon, as well as apply strategies, from each part of the book and review additional resources based on relevancy.
3. Share reflections with instructor, as well as peers, via on-line technology platforms.
4. Implement and reflect upon the mindsets in relationship to individual student population in correlation with classroom practice.
5. Submit a final reflection, including an application plan, using the author’s epilogue as a guide.
6. Submit an outline for assisting families in supporting their child's educational journey.

Each unit of the course is linked in the headers below with individual pages. Activities and assignments are linked beneath each unit. You can also access units by clicking in their headers listed in the upper right of this Home page.

• Section 1: Onboarding
• Section 2: Introduction, Parts 1 and 2 of Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty
• Section 3: Parts 3 and 4 of Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty
• Section 4: Parts 5 and 6 of Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty
• Section 5: Part 7 and Final Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty