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Description

This stack is designed to provide educators the tools to create a safe learning environment in which students’ efforts are recognized and valued, high expectations are set for all, behavior is managed, and all students feel respected.

What You'll Demonstrate

You will demonstrate the essential components of creating an atmosphere conducive to learning where all students feel respected and supported.

Who Should Apply

  • PK12 educators
  • Instructional coaches
  • Education support professionals

Micro-credentials


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Encouraging Collaboration: Instructional Routines

The educator teaches, applies, and reinforces instructional routines to create a collaborative classroom environment conducive to student learning.

Two simple line art figures shaking hands, with the CarolinaCrED College of Education, University of South Carolina logo above them on a white background.
Establishing a Respectful Culture

The educator plans and facilitates morning meetings to establish and maintain a respectful culture in the classroom.

University of South Carolina College of Education logo at top. Below, a simple drawing of a person with a thought bubble containing a smiling blue face and a star.
Identifying Expectations

The educator identifies, teaches, and reinforces a set of clear and demanding expectations for students' learning environment behavior.

A graphic with the University of South Carolina College of Education logo at the top and a blue square in the center containing a white, four-layered pyramid.
Introducing PBIS

The educator analyzes scenarios in which students engage in challenging behavior (with varying levels of intensity and frequency) and matches them to an appropriate tier of support.

University of South Carolina College of Education logo above a blue square with a white icon of a person, a clock, a calendar, and a curved arrow, suggesting scheduling or time management.
Reteaching Routines and Procedures

The educator reteaches and reinforces routines and procedures as needed to maintain a positive, well-organized classroom environment conducive to student learning.

University of South Carolina College of Education logo above an icon of a person pointing at a calendar with a clock in the background, representing scheduling or planning.
Teaching Routines and Procedures

The educator teaches and reinforces routines and procedures as needed to maintain a positive, well-organized classroom environment conducive to student learning.

A blue square with a white arrow pointing left and into a door outline, symbolizing log out, with CarolinaCrED College of Education, University of South Carolina text and logo above.
Facilitating Student Movement: Exiting the Classroom

The educator demonstrates an understanding of procedures encouraging effective and orderly student exit from the classroom.