Audience: Educators

Asset (Strength) Based Pedagogies for Quality Holistic Learning

Asset Based Pedagogies

*This is a CPL course. To take the course, you will be required to create an account on learning.careyinistute.org once you click “Enroll.”

This open, self-paced course, Asset (Strength) Based Pedagogies for Quality Holistic Learning, was designed by teachers for teachers, especially those working with refugee and vulnerable learners around the world. It is intended to provide an overview of key terminology, concepts, and practices related to asset (or strength) based pedagogies.

Educators who complete this short online course will:

  • gain a working understanding of what asset-based pedagogies are and why they are important
  • be able to identify ways in which asset-based pedagogies can be applied in the classroom
  • examine how to apply asset-based pedagogies in the context of their own work

It will take 3-4 hours, on average, to complete this course. A certificate of participation will be issued upon successful completion. Thank you for your interest and for your commitment to your professional learning and to teaching!

A handbook for use offline is currently being developed, as a parallel tool for learning about asset-based pedagogies. Please contact jkasper@ceinternational1892.org to discuss piloting of this additional material.


This course is part of the Quality Holistic Learning (QHL) Project. Learn more about the project here. Your participation in this activity is an important part of our process of ensuring that all QHL resources created by teachers for teachers directly speak to the professional learning interests and needs of educators working with displaced, migrant, refugee, and other vulnerable and/or marginalized learners globally. We are grateful for your interest and enrollment in this course. We, also, value your participation and your feedback as you move through the course. Thank you in advance for participating in course surveys to help us improve these courses. All QHL resources will be available as Open Education Resources (OERs) in 2022.

Apoyando a los refugiados SLIFE: estudiantes con educación formal interrumpida o limitada

*Este es un curso de CPL. Para tomar el curso, se le pedirá que cree una cuenta en learning.careyinistute.org una vez que haga clic en “Inscribirse”.

Este curso se desarrolló en 2017-2018. Su objetivo es apoyar a los educadores que trabajan con estudiantes con educación formal limitada o interrumpida (SLIFE), incluidos algunos estudiantes de origen refugiado.

Hay seis microcursos, o módulos, que componen este curso por los que está invitado a moverse a su gusto. No necesita completarlos en orden, ni necesita completar todos los microcursos o módulos. Seleccione entre las ofertas para crear un camino de aprendizaje que mejor apoye su aprendizaje en la práctica.

Incluye:
29 min 33 seg de video
35 recursos complementarios

Supporting Refugee SLIFE: Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education

*This is a CPL course. To take the course, you will be required to create an account on learning.careyinistute.org once you click “Enroll.”

There are six micro-courses, or modules, comprising this course which you are invited to move through as you like. You need not complete them in order, nor do you need to complete all of the micro-courses or modules. Select from the offerings to create a learning pathway that will best support your learning in practice.

Includes:
29 min 33 sec of video
34 supplemental resources

Child Well-Being and Protection

*This is a CPL course. To take the course, you will be required to create an account on learning.careyinistute.org once you click “Enroll.”

The content for this course is adapted from the TiCC Training Pack for Teachers in Crisis Contexts and was modified for online learning in collaboration with JRS staff as part of their Teacher Formation Programme. We are thankful to these organizations for making this content open and available for use across crisis, emergency, and displacement contexts.

The course is entirely self-paced and is offered free, without facilitation. If you are interested in a facilitated version of this course for your professional development program, please contact our Refugee Educator Academy Program Manager, Julie Kasper, at the Center for Professional Learning at jkasper@ceinternational1892.org.

Includes:
2 min 26 sec of video
7 supplemental resources
Certificate of completion

Moving My Course Online

*This is a CPL course. To take the course, you will be required to create an account on learning.careyinistute.org once you click “Enroll.”

Course Description:

You will consider students’ characteristics, learn about the importance of aligning content and how to create new instructional material in addition to how to curate existing educational resources, learn how to motivate students, facilitate engagement, provide helpful feedback, and create an evaluation plan with assessments that are fully aligned to your learning objectives.

Upon completion, you will be able to move your face-to-face course online and successfully launch it to your students.

Logistical Details:

It will take 6-8 hours to move through this self-paced, asynchronous course. There is no direct facilitation, but there are opportunities to reflect and discuss in community.

Includes:
3 supplemental resources

You will receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the course and after providing feedback via our survey link. Begin this micro-course any time you like.

Identity Development: Building Inner Strength in a Changing World

Child looking in mirror.

Identity Development Online Course-Key Topics:

  • Identity development in children
  • What does it mean for children to understand themselves?
  • Multi-layered levels of identity
  • Learning about identity through relationships
  • Adult identity development
  • How do children understand themselves?

In today’s world, young children need a strong, solid sense of who they are in order to adjust to the constant changes occurring in the world around them. Knowing themselves, being self-aware, provides children with a point of reference to understand and interact in their families, communities and society and they can draw upon their strengths to respond to challenges with resilience, an increased sense of safety which can expand feelings of hope and optimism.

Over the course of 3-5 hours, participants will gain a valuable understanding of how to support young children with a secure sense of identity that corresponds with their needs to understand themselves at various ages and stages of development. For young children to know who they are, we must try to see and understand the world through their eyes.

At the conclusion of the Identity Development online course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from Childhood Education International (CE International). Should you experience any technical difficulties while taking this course, please send an email message to support@ceinternational1892.org.