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Learn to increase their productivity by learning to read faster and with better comprehension.
Master the skills and techniques they will need for lasting proficiency as a speed reader.
Lesson 1 - Introduction
On this first day of class, you'll read a story to evaluate your present reading rate. You'll learn how many words per minute you read now, and then we'll compare that number to what percent of the reading material you're really comprehending. You'll also get an opportunity to check out the speed reading accomplishments of some of my former students. Then, you'll complete an eye-span exercise to start you on the path toward becoming a speed reader!
Lesson 2 - Reading Against Time
In this lesson, you'll practice some basic reading eye movements and learn how they're important to the speed reading process. Then, you'll take a reading rate and comprehension test. Your results will give you a baseline that you can use to chart your speed reading progress in this course, lesson-by-lesson. From there, you can set goals to increase your reading rate while maintaining a good reading comprehension.
Lesson 3 - Speed Reading Activities
By now, you might feel that the activities you're using to master your speed reading skills are becoming routine and repetitive. So today, we'll talk about how and why you should continue doing the Regulated Reading, Timed Reading, and Assignment exercises to gain increased reading rates with good reading comprehension. Finally, you'll read some stories that are formatted to help you improve your speed.
Lesson 4 - Setting Goals
Today, we'll examine the retinal image phenomena and how it relates to a speed reader's eye movements. Speed reading is a skill that's best achieved by doing repetitive practice, so we'll continue working on those exercises that are helping you to improve your speed.
Lesson 5 - Overcoming Poor Reading Habits
You'll probably find it helpful to work on lesson activities in the same comfortable and familiar surroundings. In this lesson, we'll talk about eight bad reading habits that contribute to slow reading, then we'll explore how to overcome them. Finally, we'll review some terminology that's unique to speed reading.
Lesson 6 - Sixteen Good Speed Reading Practices
In this lesson, we'll look at 16 good speed reading practices you can apply to our course exercises and any other reading you do outside of class. We're at the midpoint in the course, so this is also a good time to compare your reading rate and comprehension scores with those of the former students you read about in Lesson 1. From there, we'll set goals for you to meet in the remaining lessons.
Lesson 7 - Skimming Techniques
You'll probably be reading pretty quickly by the time you reach this lesson, but how can you make sure your comprehension scores are keeping up? Today, we'll look at skills you'll need to work on to improve your comprehension. You'll find out what keys and identified parts are unique to all stories, and knowing those will help you to improve your comprehension. You'll be glad to learn that you already know a few speed reading skills and techniques as we continue to apply them to our course activities.
Lesson 8 - Measuring Reading Rates
Today, you'll practice speed reading skills and techniques in real-world reading materials outside of class. You'll learn a method you can use to measure your speed reading rates when you're reading such materials. At this point, you'll be eager to read outside materials, not just for their content, but to further develop your speed reading skills and techniques.
Lesson 9 - Speed Reading Styles
We're now ready to analyze your personal speed reading style. You'll once again compare your speed reading rate and comprehension scores with those of former students in Lesson 1 to see how you stack up against others. We'll also compare your current scores with the scores you recorded at the beginning of the course to see how far you've come!
Lesson 10 - Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills
Today, we'll look at eight word recognition vocabulary skills that you can work into your personal speed reading style. You'll learn how context clues and literal and inferential meanings in stories influence comprehension. All are part of the English language and fit right in with speed reading.
Lesson 11 - Assessing Your Progress
Today, we'll see if we can figure out which of your behavior patterns are most useful in your own speed reading style. First and foremost, you need flexibility to focus on improving your reading speed, then you need an experimental attitude to get rid of poor reading habits. We'll study how the time you put in and the effort you expend affect your speed reading progress.
Lesson 12 - Wrapping Up
In our last lesson, we'll look at your personal speed reading accomplishments, as well as your speed reading future. From here on out, you're in the real world of reading. But you'll go into it with a lifelong speed reading skill. You'll learn how to adjust your personal speed reading style to any materials you read, because now you are a speed reader!
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None
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There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
None
90% attendance
• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date
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This course if for anyone interested in speed reading techniques.
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Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
[email protected]
| Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328889 | 06/17/26 - 08/07/26 | Online | 97.00 | 20 | Register |
If you would like to be notified when additional sections become available, please use Wake Tech’s Notify Me service for CSP-4000DFE-Merrill Ream Speed Reading .
Learn a very important secret about children and discipline.
Explore what motivates student behavior.
Learn about the brain's three control centers and how they affect your students' behavior.
Lesson 1 - A Secret About Discipline
Lesson 2 - Children Need to Behave
Lesson 3 - Now You're Going to Get It
Lesson 4 - And the Winner Is . . .
Lesson 5 - You've Got to Have a Plan
Lesson 6 - What to Do When
Lesson 7 - Problems and Maturity
Lesson 8 - Problems With Others
Lesson 9 - Problems and Defiance
Lesson 10 - Problems and Schoolwork
Lesson 11 - Problems and Independence
Lesson 12 - Trying Again Tomorrow
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Yes
None
None
No
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
None
90% attendance
• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date
N/A
This course is intended for K-12 teachers.
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N/A
Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
[email protected]
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for EDU-3020BE-Solving Classroom Discipline Problems
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Learn how to deal with the special problem of attention deficit disorder, find out how to use time-outs effectively, and see how class meetings can help solve class-wide discipline problems.
Discover how to use a new research-based six-step approach to solve severe and chronic discipline problems, including bullying, fighting, using abusive language, stealing, and refusing to work.
Gain a new understanding of what motivates severe and chronic misbehavior and, more important, what actions will help you effectively find solutions.
Lesson 1 - What Makes Some Problems So Difficult?
Lesson 2 - Dealing With Difficult Problems
Lesson 3 - An Effective Discipline Plan
Lesson 4 - Teaching Time-Outs
Lesson 5 - Class Meetings
Lesson 6 - High School Problems
Lesson 7 - Middle School Problems
Lesson 8 - Upper Elementary School Problems
Lesson 9 - Lower Elementary School Problems
Lesson 10 - Dealing With Violent Situations
Lesson 11 - How to Handle Special Problems
Lesson 12 - Preventing Severe and Chronic Problems
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Yes
None
None
No
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
None
90% attendance
• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date
N/A
This course in intended for K-12 teachers.
N/A
N/A
Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
[email protected]
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for EDU-3020AE-Solving Classroom Discipline Problems II
.
Create an individualized goal plan for future career and college goals and learn how to monitor success towards reaching their goals.
Attend Career Counseling sessions with a T-STEP instructor and access appropriate career counseling resources.
Learn organization and time management strategies that will be practiced in class and in a weekly volunteer campus internship setting.
Learn and practice self-monitoring and self-reward strategies.
Attend Higher Education Counseling sessions with a T-STEP facilitator and access appropriate resources.
Learn college and employment-related social skills (including how to seek help when needed). Strategies will be practiced in class and volunteer campus internship settings.
Learn strategies for coping with distress and appropriately accepting corrective feedback from an instructor or supervisor. Strategies will be practiced in class and volunteer campus internship settings.
Develop use of self-advocacy skills during individual sessions with a T-STEP facilitator and practice use of these skills in post-secondary and/or internship settings.
Introduction and Goal Setting
Overview, Introduction to Internship, Self-Monitoring
Organizational Skills, Visual Supports and Self Rewards
Organizational Skills, Visual Supports and Self Rewards
Time Management Skills, Creating a Personal TM System and Flexibility
Time Management Skills, Creating a Personal TM System and Flexibility
Time Management Skills, Creating a Personal TM System and Flexibility
Video-Modeling and Practice of Organizational and Time Management Skills/Strategies
Video-Modeling and Practice of Organizational and Time Management Skills/Strategies
Appropriately Coping with Distress including Creating a Calm Routine
Appropriately Coping with Distress including Creating a Calm Routine
Appropriately Coping with Distress including Creating a Calm Routine
Social Niceties
Social Niceties
Video-Modeling and Practice of Appropriately Coping with Distress and Use of Social Niceties
Video-Modeling and Practice of Appropriately Coping with Distress and Use of Social Niceties
How to Get the Help You Need
How to Get the Help You Need
Appropriately Accepting Corrective Feedback
Appropriately Accepting Corrective Feedback
Video-Modeling and Practice of Using a Plan for Asking for Help and Appropriately Accepting Corrective Feedback
Video-Modeling and Practice of Using a Plan for Asking for Help and Appropriately Accepting Corrective Feedback
Summary, Review, Wrap-up, Next Steps
Summary, Review, Wrap-up, Next Steps
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None
None
No
None
Manuals and accompanying materials supplied by instructors
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90% attendance
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Student attending a Wake Tech curriculum with high-functioning ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). This program addresses skills needed for success in college, higher-education, or employment settings.
N/A
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NA
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for CSP-4000FE2-TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education (T-STEP) Program
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Learn test-taking strategies to prepare to boost a chance for a higher test score
Discuss scores, target scores and major focus, take an untimed practice test (subject specific), use "Circle First" strategy, encourage students to skip and come back, review correct answer choices, identify the cause of wrong answers, overview of a subject-specific test (time limit overall and per question, types of questions, format of questions/answers, general strategies for testing, such as Circle First and Consistent-C), take a timed practice test, review answers, go over mistakes (time permitting)
Review homework practice test, go over questions students don't understand, introduce online resources and explain how to get to them and how to use them for study (https://www.englishgrammar.org/, https://www.khanacademy.org/, https://www.mathplanet.com/, https://blog.prepscholar.com/the-only-actual-science-you-have-to-know-f…), take an untimed practice test , skill or test-specific instruction, take a timed practice test, review answer choices and work in groups to figure out correct answers for missed questions, go over questions groups cannot figure out (model using a website like one listed above)
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None
None
No
N/A
The Official SAT Study Guide
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90% attendance
N/A
High school students preparing to take the SAT
N/A
N/A
CSP-4000GZ2
CSP-4000GY2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
| Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329663 | 06/20/26 - 08/01/26 | Beltline Education Center | 325.00 | 15 |
Course Cancelled
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| 329991 | 09/12/26 - 10/17/26 | Beltline Education Center | 325.00 | 15 | Register |
If you would like to be notified when additional sections become available, please use Wake Tech’s Notify Me service for CSP-4000GV2-SAT Exam Prep .
Have an understanding of how and where to search for potential grants
Develop a network and true partnerships with a variety of funders
Create a successful grant-writing campaign
Design a complete proposal package including measurable outcomes
Introduction to the Grant Writing Field
Funder Research and Mission Alignment
Foundation and/or Corporate Funder Application Process
Cultivating Relationships with Funders
Collaborations & Partnerships
Statement of Introduction/Letter of Inquiry
Proposal Composition
After the Application
Tips for Government Funding Sources
Board Involvement
Rating Proposals
Best Practices
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None
None
No
Prior to course enrollment, students should have the ability to navigate the Microsoft Windows environment and type 35 words per minute.
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N/A
90% attendance
Demonstrate an understanding of at least 70% of course material taught.
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This course is for students wanting to learn how to search for grants and how to write grant proposals.
N/A
N/A
SEF-79972
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for SEF-3001MN2-Grant Writing Level 1
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Learn how to prepare and deliver a dynamic and interesting lesson plan
Explore classroom management strategies
Study language skills and how to teach them
Learn how to find and design teaching resources
Specialize in niche areas of English language teaching like business English
TEFL
Advanced TEFL Courses
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None
None
No
While there are no prerequisites to take this course, a bachelor's degree or higher is typically required for most TEFL positions. However, you can teach English TEFL with only the certification in some cases.
Hardware requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC or a Mac.
Software requirements:
PC: Windows 7 or later
Mac: macOS 12 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account
N/A
90% attendance
N/A
If you are interested in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), this course is for you!
N/A
N/A
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for SEF-3001CLG-220-Hour Advanced TEFL Certification
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be able to explain the impact of substitute teaching on students' learning.
demonstrate an understanding of classroom management techniques.
utilize different instructional strategies to analyze and design appropriate lessons.
Understanding the Importance of Substitute Teaching
Classroom Management Part 1
Classroom Management Part 2
Lesson Plans and Instructional Strategies
Sharing Resources
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None
None
No
None
All materials are provided in the class.
None
100% attendance
N/A
Substitute teachers
Effective Teacher Training Substitute
Wake County Public Schools employs approximately 1,000 "Highly Qualified" substitutes each day throughout its school system.
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
If you would like to be notified when additional sections become available, please use Wake Tech’s Notify Me service for EDU-3002A3-Substitute Effective Teacher Training .
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the fundamental components that make up early childhood education: educational environments, national standards, state regulations, observation methods and how children learn
Create developmentally appropriate learning environments, schedules and learning experiences for both indoor and outdoor settings
Make use of guidance techniques to support inclusive learning environments that support children with a diversity of languages, cultures and abilities
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the historical, theoretical and philosophical foundations of the early childhood teaching profession
Evaluate career options and program types to support one's personal and professional development
Intro to Early Childhood: Overview of course and field of study, NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
Early Childhood Education: Exploring roles and creating a professional development plan
History of Early Childhood Education: Educational philosophies, educational approaches, program comparison
Child Development: Observing and assessing young children, formal summaries and analysis
Relationships and Guidance: Health, safety, and well-being, NC ratios, environmental checklist, planning for emergency situations.
The Learning Environment: Daily schedule, floor plan, rating scales, classroom documentations, understanding and supporting play
The Curriculum and Planning: Including all children, the learning environment, activity plan
Partnerships with Families, Becoming a Professional
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This is the required course for the North Carolina Early Childhood Credential. The credential is issued by the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education.
https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the fundamental components that make up early childhood education: educational environments, national standards, state regulations, observation methods and how children learn
Create developmentally appropriate learning environments, schedules and learning experiences for both indoor and outdoor settings
Make use of guidance techniques to support inclusive learning environments that support children with a diversity of languages, cultures and abilities
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the historical, theoretical and philosophical foundations of the early childhood teaching profession
Evaluate career options and program types to support one's personal and professional development
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For the most up-to-date information on textbook and technology requirements, please see section details.
N/A
90% attendance
N/A
This is a bilingual Spanish/English course taught almost entirely in Spanish. Successful completion qualifies students for the North Carolina Early Childhood Credential (NCECC), meeting a key requirement for lead teachers in licensed childcare settings and strengthening employment opportunities in the early childhood field.
Lead teacher, teacher's assistant, preschool teacher
Wake County currently has the highest demand for early childhood education employees.
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
To be notified when this course becomes available, please use
Wake Tech’s Notify Me service
for EDU-3119A2-Intro to Early Childhood Education
.