Collaborative Relationships in Home, School & Community

A course appropriate for anyone working with families, early childhood educators, general educators, special educators, related service personnel, administrators and outside agency personnel. 

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Why take Collaborative Relationships: Home, School and Community?

A course appropriate for anyone working with families, early childhood educators, general educators, special educators, related service personnel, administrators and outside agency personnel. Topics covered include:

• the various models of collaboration and consultation and the stages of each
• communication skills
• problem-solving
• conflict management
• diverse perspectives
• information collection procedures
• supervisory skills
• family characteristics and structure
• family focused intervention
• school choices
• school issues such as poverty, domestic violence, teasing, bullying, and school violence.

You have 3 to 9 months from your enrollment date to complete 10 lessons. There are no proctored exams.  During the course you will complete various types of assignments, which include readings, analysis of videos, and critiquing articles. Some activities offer the choice or submitting a written reflection or a video reflection. Here are a few of the activities in the course: 

• Lesson Activities Complete the quiz, activity, or write a response to weekly questions posed by the instructor. 
• Teaching with Poverty in Mind Activities Complete readings about poverty, the risk factors of poverty, teaching, and engagement. Write a reflective response to questions.
• Bullying Perspectives and Toolkits After viewing materials about bullying, write a short paper addressing social, cultural, and educational perspectives on bullying.
• Listening to Families Project Narrated Presentation Identify a family who has a child with a disability/extraordinary ability, is from a different ethnic background, or has experienced difficulties in their lives. The family may be dependent of your area of interest and specialization. Share your interviews/project with the class by posting a narrated presentation highlighting collaborative themes from the project. During a lesson, you will outline your interview questions and write an introduction to the family.

Required Course Textbook

The following three texts are required:

• Friend, M., and Cook, L. (2017). Interactions: Collaboration skills for school professionals (8^th). Boston, MA: Pearson. ISBN: 9780134168548  Be sure to get the 8^th edition
• Constantino, S. (2016). Engage every family: Five simple practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, a SAGE Company. ISBN-13: 978-1506303994
• Jensen, E. (2009). Engaging students with poverty in mind: Practical strategies for raising achievement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. ISBN-13: 978-1416615729

How will the course appear on my transcript?

You may enroll at any time and have up to 9 months to complete this online course. The credits earned will be recorded on your UND transcript based on the date you registered for the course. It will appear on your transcript in the same way as a course taken during a regular semester. There is no indication that the course was taken online or that you completed it at your own pace. 

Why Take Online Classes at UND?

Here are a few reasons why you should take an online enroll anytime course at UND:

• Great customer service – Our registration team is ready to answer questions quickly so you can focus on your coursework.
• Affordable – UND's enroll anytime courses are priced at North Dakota's affordable, in-state tuition rate.
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• Easily transfer credits – Transferring credits is always at the discretion of the institution to which the credits are being transferred. In general, credits from schools/universities that are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission transfer to other regionally accredited institutions. UND's online courses appear on your UND transcript in the same way as other courses.

Flexible 100% Online Course

You'll take this online course at your own pace. Some students thrive in this environment, while other students may struggle with setting their own deadlines. If you have successfully taken an independent study or correspondence course previously, UND’s enroll anytime courses may be right for you. Still not sure? Take our online quiz to help determine if online enroll anytime courses are right for you.

Course information including tuition, technology requirements, textbooks, lessons and exams is subject to change without notice.