UAA PACE, 500-Level Upper Division Course

Graded

COURSE OVERVIEW

Give your lessons a boost and engage your scholars for success! Explore what students believe about themselves as learners as you discover strategies like failure, productive struggle, and the impact of having a growth mindset. Freshen up your tried & true engagement strategies with technology, games, graffiti, and more. Empower students and encourage active participation and diverse learning styles. Participants will develop the capacity to share their expertise by communicating engagement strategies to their colleagues, ensuring a ripple effect of enhanced engagement throughout the educational community.  

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Implement effective technology tools for student engagement. 
• Identify engagement strategies for enhancing student success and learning outcomes. 
• Design activities and lesson plans that increase student motivation, participation, and enjoyment in the learning process. 
• Develop the concepts of failure, productive struggle, and growth mindsets with students and how their beliefs in learning affect their success. 
•  Reflect on professional growth and articulate how learning from this course focused on student engagement will impact students and the broader educational community. 

Course Syllabus This is a preview syllabus only.  The official syllabus will be provided to you with your login information.

• Methods of Instruction - Videos, readings and written responses.  No quizzes, midterms or finals. All readings are within the online environment.
• Course Grading Rubric

Grade Levels: K-12

IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION

This Teaching Channel course is fully self-paced—you may register and begin at any time.

Current Session

• Registration Deadline: October 15, 2026 
• Coursework Due: November 15, 2026 (you may finish earlier) 
• Grades Released: September 2, 2026
  Please allow up to two weeks from this date—or from your completion date thereafter—for your grade to be processed and delivered to ASDN. 

Next Session

• Registration opens October 16, 2026, with coursework due April 15, 2027, and grades released beginning January 2, 2027. 

Cancellation Policy
You may cancel within one week of registration. A $125 cancellation fee will apply.

Extensions or transfers are not permitted.

TUITION

$495 Subscriber

$545 Non-Subscriber

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You may pay with Visa or MasterCard.

PROVIDER DETAILS

Contact the Teaching Channel directly for questions specific to coursework.  Email: instructor@teachingchannel.com or call at 1-877-394-4930.  Contact ASDN for registration or transcript questions.