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Subject: EDUCNumber: 793
Title: In the Face of Poverty
Level: GraduateMedium: Text-based
Semester: On-goingUnits: 3
Cost: $360Register: Online Registration (LEI courses)
Description: 
This course will provide real-world support and guidance in your work with students in poverty. Improve your effectiveness by learning the "hidden rules" of poverty, poverty-related behavior, and appropriate interventions. Explore practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing poverty and its impact on your students' lives.
Objectives: 
  1. The participant shall understand the difference between formal register and casual register, why each is used, and when each is appropriate.
  2. The participant shall learn the hidden rules of poverty.
  3. The participant shall learn how school processes, rules, and procedures can inadvertently exclude students in poverty.
  4. The participant shall examine his/her own classroom/school policies and determine which tend to exclude students in poverty.
  5. The participant will design an action plan to improve the areas identified in #4, in order to more fully include and welcome all students.
Textbook: NA
Instructor: Kyle Pederson, Joe Cotter, Dr. William Martin
Website Updated: September 2, 2008
Published by NDSU Distance & Continuing Education
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