DC offering spring graduate workshops
for local educators

Defiance College will offer six spring education workshops as part of its Professional Enrichment and Renewal Classes (PERC). The PERC program gives busy educators the opportunity to earn continuing education hours, master’s credit, or licensure/certificate renewal credits. The convenient weekend schedules offer participants the opportunity to earn credits in a short timeframe; each workshop earning the participant one credit-hour.

The workshops comply with the guidelines of No Child Left Behind requirements for quality professional development for educators. These graduate-level classes fit within recommended content. With approval of their instructor, participants can register for one additional credit hour. 

All workshops are held Fridays from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Workshops include: Feb. 1-2, Everyday Math: Infusing Math with Examples from the Everyday, taught by Dr. Stacy Elsasser; Feb. 15-16, Family/School Relationships, taught by Dr. Fred Coulter; March 28-29, Critical Issues in Youth Sport and Physical Education, taught by Professor Matt Lydum; March 28-29, History and Conservation of Ohio Forests, for the Regular Classroom Teacher, taught by Bill Grimes; April 11-12, Bravo! How What You Can Do Right Can Be the Key to Student Achievement, taught by Dr. Stacy Elsasser; April 25-26, Teaching for Social Responsibility: Pedagogy That Works, taught by Dr. Sandra Golden.

For more information or to register, contact the Center for Adult and Graduate Programs at 419-783-2351 or mcall@defiance.edu, or go online at www.defiance.edu.