Online Teacher Workshops

Mix and match online workshops for 10 professional development hours. Take online workshops from home on your own schedule. Choose topics of interest and earn professional development hours or 1 CEU from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) for every 10 hours of online workshops. Current workshops are listed below. Additional workshops for 1-5 professional development hours are in development.  All workshops have flexible start dates.

Foundations, Curriculum Materials, and Practice

Application: Children 0-8; 7-13

5 Professional Development Hours

[2-4 Weeks]

$50  [Additional $17.50 to IUPUI for .5 CUE]

[Pre-requisite: 10-week OTEC online course--either

Come Children, Sing! or Giving Voice to Children's Artistry]

Theory and practice come together in this comprehensive workshop online, offering a hands-on approach to curriculum and lesson planning, with an abundance of curriculum materials to meet the musical needs of children of all ages. This workshop addresses the foundations of music learning, inviting focused attention, and setting the stage for advanced workshops on rhythm and tonal syllables and music reading. Take 2-4 weeks to complete this workshop at home, on your own schedule. Satisfactory completion of the 5 hours of professional development will be determined by interactive materials and website tracking of your involvement in required materials. A certificate for 5 hours of online professional development from the Come Children Sing Institute will be awarded upon completion, with the option of .5 CUE from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis. Register

Songs for Early Childhood

Application: Children 0-8

5 Professional Development Hours

[2-4 Weeks]

$50 [Additional $17.50 to IUPUI for .5 CEU]

[Pre-requisite: 10-week OTEC online course--either

Come Children, Sing! or Giving Voice to Children's Artistry]

Discover an abundance of songs for early childhood. Enjoy Play Songs that engage young children and parents in delightful music activity. Engage with Art Songs written for tender ages that compel young children. Explore Gem Songs that feed music learning while delighting children. Check out songs in various tonalities and meters, songs with lyrics of folk rhymes from many cultures, haiku, and poems of many distinguished poets. All songs are from the Come Children Sing Institute SONG LIBRARY and composed by Mary Ellen Pinzino. View notation, hear songs, and print songs of your choice at your own computer. Take 2-4 weeks to complete this workshop at home, on your own schedule. Satisfactory completion of the 5 hours of professional development will be determined by interactive materials and website tracking of your involvement in required materials. A certificate for 5 hours of online professional development from the Come Children Sing Institute will be awarded upon completion, with the option of .5 CUE from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis. Register

Teaching Techniques

Application: Children 0-8

5 Professional Development Hours

[2-4 Weeks]

$50  [Additional $17.50 to IUPUI for .5 CUE]

[Pre-requisite: Come Children, Sing!, Foundations, Curriculum Materials, and Practice, Songs for Early Childhood. To be taken in tandem with Lesson Planning]

Explore an abundance of teaching techniques that facilitate music teaching and learning. This 5-hour workshop is designed to accompany the 5- hour Lesson Planning Workshop, in conjunction with more extensive OTEC coursework on early childhood music.  This workshop addresses techniques for handling delivery, children’s energy, parents, props, logistics, and lesson planning, enhancing classroom management and the execution of principles and materials addressed in other OTEC early childhood music courses and workshops. Take 2-4 weeks to complete this workshop at home, on your own schedule. Satisfactory completion of the 5 hours of professional development will be determined by interactive materials and website tracking of your involvement in required materials. A certificate for 5 hours of online professional development from the Come Children Sing Institute will be awarded upon completion, with the option of .5 CUE from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis. Register

Lesson Planning

Application: Children 0-8

5 Professional Development Hours

[2-4 Weeks]

$50  [Additional $17.50 to IUPUI for .5 CUE]

[Pre-requisite: Come Children, Sing!, Foundations, Curriculum Materials, and Practice, Songs for Early Childhood. To be taken in tandem with Teaching Techniques]

Facilitate the process of music learning through skillful lesson planning, creating delightful, playful, highly musical, and satisfying experiences for all. This 5-hour workshop is designed to accompany the 5-hour Teaching Techniques Workshop, in conjunction with more extensive OTEC coursework on early childhood music. Take 2-4 weeks to complete this workshop at home, on your own schedule. Satisfactory completion of the 5 hours of professional development will be determined by interactive materials and website tracking of your involvement in required materials. A certificate for 5 hours of online professional development from the Come Children Sing Institute will be awarded upon completion, with the option of .5 CUE from Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis. Register