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An Online
Professional
Certificate
Program
Graduate Studies in
Student Learning
Avenue, Holland, MI 49423.
College by July 15, 2013 Mail Check & Registration to Dr. Leslie Wessman, Director, 6476 Castle
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The program in Graduate Studies in Student
Learning will bring together a cohort of educators who will meet in innovative sessions
during and after the 2013 and 2014 Brain
Institutes. The remainder of the coursework
through the two years will provide a warm,
engaging online community.
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Expert coaches will provide support online.
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Schedule of courses is brain-considerate of
the demands of the school year on professional educators.
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The program’s curriculum is guided by the
National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards (NBPT). All of the courses will
examine research and best practices in light
of neuroscience findings.
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From the beginning, the Midwest Brain &
Learning Institute planned to offer graduate
level courses tied to the neuroscience
research on learning and teaching. This
program for the Michigan “Advanced
Teaching Certificate” includes 20 hours of
graduate credit, earned over two years.
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Our vision is to create teaching professionals
who use brain-compatible, constructivist
approaches to increase quality teaching
practices in the service of student learning.
Please enroll me in the 2015 Cohort for Graduate Studies in Student Learning.
Our Vision…
Please make a deposit check for$50 (non-refundable, but applied to tuition) payment to Hope
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“Joining the cohort was a trip to the health spa for my psyche! Spending time scrutinizing and reflecting
upon my practices in the light of educational, brain compatible research and receiving objective feedback
validating what I believed and practiced was exactly what I needed.”
—Kim Fox, 2006 Cohort
Graduate Studies in
Student Learning
Program Costs
$175 for each Brain Institute (a reduction from the $475 registration fee)
$275 per credit hour for all course work
(Hope College Graduate Credit)
Total Tuition costs each year:
$2925
Summer
Payment Schedule
Program Deposit (non-refundable)$ 50
2 Institute Credits (July 1)
$550
Summer Course (August 1)
$550
Fall Course (October 1)
$825
Winter Course (February 1)
$825
Total Cost for 2 years
$5850
Fall
Contact InA Professional Certificate in
Advanced Studies in Student Learning
Hope College
P.O. Box 90000
Holland, MI 49422-9000
braininstitute.org
Leslie Wessman, Program Director
616-335-8983, [email protected]
Linda Jordan
[email protected]
First Year
Second Year
Course 1—EDUC 795A
Midwest Brain & Learning
Institute — 2 credits
(June 22-25, 2015)
Course 5-EDUC 795E
Midwest Brain & Learning
Institute — 2 credits
(June 20-23, 2016)
Summer
Course 2– EDUC 795B
Theory, Pedagogy, &
Learning Community
2 credits (online July/
August)
Course 6—EDUC 795F
Action Research
2 credits (online July/
August)
Course 3—EDUC 795C
Introduction to BrainTargeted Instruction in
the Content Areas/
Literacy
Course 7-EDUC 795G
Advanced Studies in
Literacy
Fall
3 credits (online)
3 credits (online)
Spring
Course 4—EDUC 795D
Advanced Studies in
Assessment in the
Content Areas
3 credits (online)
Spring
Course 8-EDUC 795H
Advanced Studies in
Research-based Instructional Strategies
3 credits (online)