Fall
Teaching
SPSC 618 P -- Putting Books to Work: Educational Uses for Selected Children’s Books -- 1 credit
SPSC 618G P -- Use for graduate credit
Join us for a two-day course designed to provide an overview of selected books from guests of the upcoming Second Annual Business of Children’s Publishing Conference at Carthage’s Center for Children’s Literature. Featured authors, illustrators, and publisher’s works will be discussed as we examine education perspectives and classroom application for each. Lesson plans, thematic units, and cross-curricular and cultural issues will be addressed. This class is perfect for educators, librarians, educational administrators, and those interested in investigating uses for children’s literature.
Upon completion of this class, Carthage is pleased to offer to you the reduced student rate for the Business of Children’s Publishing conference that is scheduled for the following weekend, Friday, October 17, and Saturday, October 18. The reduced rate is $20.00 for one day instead of the full rate of $100.00, and $35.00 for two days instead of $150.00.
Instructor:
Katina Maria Petsas-Parizek
Dates:
Friday, October 10
5:00 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 11
8:00 a.m. -- 3:30 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Lentz Hall 222
SPSC 619 Q -- Pithy Perspective on the 21st Century Learner -- 2 credits
SPSC 619G Q -- Use for graduate credit
We will network practical strategies to promote academic achievement while developing lessons for our individual classrooms. These lessons will address the unique characteristics of students in the 21st century, including societal changes contributing to increased hyperactivity, problematic self-assessment, and difficulties in seeing tasks through to completion. We look forward to having you join in and contributing your expertise in this fun-filled class. Please bring a CD-RW disc with you to the first class.
Instructor:
Cheryl Evans-Conrad
Dates:
Fridays (October 24 and November 7 and 14)
5:00 p.m. -- 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays (October 25 and November 1)
8:30 a.m. -- 2:30 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Lentz Hall 222
SPSC 621 P -- Textbooks as a REsource, not THE Source -- 1 credit
SPSC 621G P -- Use for graduate credit
Often textbooks come in fancy packaging bundled with appealing extras, but they often do not interest or motivate students. In this course, the textbook becomes a resource as alternative teaching strategies come into the spotlight. Keeping our students motivated and engaged is becoming quite a challenge, so let’s put the textbooks on the shelves and allow our creativity do the teaching!
Instructor:
Stephanie Goodman
Dates:
Friday, November 7
5:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 8
8:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Lentz Hall 220
SPSC 380 P -- Differentiation in the Classroom -- 1 credit
SPSC 380G P -- Use for graduate credit
This differentiation workshop will give educators the means and opportunity to increase the frequency and effectiveness of differentiation in their classroom.
Instructor:
Michael Lichucki
Dates:
Friday, November 7
5:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 8
8:00 a.m. -- 2:30 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Lentz Hall 223
SPSC 623 P -- Mini Lessons for Reading Comprehension -- 1 credit
SPSC 623G P -- Use for graduate credit
Do you have trouble thinking of how to improve test scores? Do you wish to help your students understand what they read? Have you heard that mini lessons are an excellent way to push your students forward in their learning but can’t come up with enough ideas? Or are you a substitute teacher who would like ideas to help you supplement student lessons? Then here is the course for you! This class will discuss, explore, and practice quick mini lessons that teach six strategies for reading comprehension. When returning to your classroom, you will be able to use the existing reading program or any of your trade books.
Instructor:
Doreen DeCesaro
Dates:
Friday, December 5
5:00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 6
8:00 a.m. -- 2:30 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Lentz Hall 223
Teaching -- Video Networked Offerings
SPSC 483 P -- Bad Girls: Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You -- 1 credit
SPSC 483G P -- Use for graduate credit
This class will focus on the current social dilemma of adolescent girls’ bullying behavior. This course will help identify and explore situations to elevate the educator’s awareness of bullying within a school environment. Through instruction, collaboration, and implementation of strategies, participants will study group dynamics and discover ways to help end the destructive effects of girl bullying behavior in order to activate girls’ inner beauty and intelligence.
Instructor:
Melissa Whitaker
Dates:
Mondays (November 3 and 10)
5:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 5
5:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m.
Room:
Hedberg Library 170
SPSC 620 P -- Improving Opportunities in School and Work for Adolescents and Adults with At-risk or Special Needs -- 1 credit
SPSC 620G P -- Use for graduate credit
This class will focus on issues facing older adolescent and adult learners with at-risk and special needs. The class will provide an overview of the characteristics and needs of at-risk and special learners/workers and will also provide strategies and teaching practices to help enhance their learning/working experiences. This class is suitable for teachers, employers, and care providers for 14 years through adulthood in school, work, or other settings.
Instructor:
Kathy Wilk Otto
Dates:
Thursdays (November 6, 13, and 20)
5:00 p.m. -- 8:30 p.m. (Working dinner)
Room:
Hedberg Library 170
SPSC 622 R -- What Makes Teens Tick -- 3 credits
SPSC 622G R -- Use for graduate credit
Teens are just beginning to find out who they are and will try many things to find out, including very risky behavior. This course will explore the many challenges that parents and teachers face in helping students cope with anxiety, violence, divorce, sexual assault, drug abuse, adjusting to change, dealing with conflict, and helping them to reach the point of self-actualization and acceptance. This course is strongly recommended for all parents, teachers, and administrators.
Instructor:
Dave Schani
Dates:
Wednesdays (November 12 and 19 and December 3 and 10)
4:30 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. (Working dinner)
Saturdays (November 15 and 22 and December 6)
8:00 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m.
Room:
Hedberg Library 170
Personal Development
SPSC 624 P -- Create Your Own iMovie -- 1 credit
SPSC 624G P -- Use for graduate credit
Would you like to convert all of your videotape footage into fun and exciting home movies or student movies on a DVD? Then this is the class for you. Each student will bring in about 20-25 minutes of footage, and together we will upload the footage, edit it into a movie, and turn it into a DVD that you can take home on Saturday and show your family and friends!
Instructor:
Kirsten McCollum
Dates:
Friday, November 7
6:00 p.m. -- 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 8
8:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Johnson Art Center 215
Media
Carthage is pleased to continue its cooperative project with the City of Kenosha and Kenosha Community Media, Inc. You can earn a certificate that makes you eligible to produce programs using equipment provided by Kenosha Community Media for telecast on KCM TV14 on the Kenosha-area Time Warner Cable system.
This class has a special fee structure. You may register for the traditional options of graduate or undergraduate credit in either a Pass/Fail or Graded format. Graduate credit requires additional research or written assignments. You also have the option to audit, or register for a certificate only. Registration for this class is restricted to adults 18 years of age or older. A special discount is available for the certificate-only option to Time Warner Cable customers who reside in the City of Kenosha and provide proof of subscription at the time of registration.
To register for this class, please use the special registration form for Applied Video Production classes (PDF). The registration form outlines the costs associated with each registration option.
Applied Video Production
SPSC 406 P -- Use for 1 undergraduate credit
SPSC 406G P -- Use for 1 graduate credit
SPSC 406 U -- Use for certificate-only option (Time Warner customers who reside in the City of Kenosha)
SPSC 406 V -- Use for certificate-only option (not Time Warner Customers and/or individuals who reside outside of the City of Kenosha)
This hands-on class is your opportunity to learn how to produce a television program. We will explore the equipment and techniques used to produce programs both in and out of a television student. In addition to portable and studio cameras, students will work with audio, lighting, non-linear editing, and electronic graphics. Portions of this class will take place in the recently renovated television studio located at the Kenosha Community Media Center, located at the Time Warner Cable offices at 1403 Washington Road in Kenosha.
Instructor:
Michael Love
Dates:
Saturdays (October 25 and November 1 and 8)
8:00 a.m. -- 3:00 p.m. (Working lunch)
Room:
Kenosha Community Media Center (October 25 and November 8)
Johnson Art Center 215 (November 1)