Catherine Leahy-Brine Educational Consultants, Inc.

About Catherine Leahy Brine Educational Consultants, Inc.
Through Fitchburg State College, our company is proud to offer high quality, long-standing, time-tested professional advancement programs for educators. Each instructor has been very carefully selected based on their authentic classroom experience and their content and pedagogical expertise. All pride themselves on the ability to engage the adult learner through a hands-on approach to learning that includes the modeling of effective and varied instructional techniques and strategies. Additionally, each course and syllabus developed by our own instructors has been carefully designed using as the guideposts the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks as well as state and national professional standards.

A participant who was enrolled in one of our instructor's week-end courses once remarked, "We learn it on Sunday and use it on Monday!" That student's comment succinctly summarized the guiding philosophy of our company. We invite you to enroll in our programs or courses and experience this for yourselves.

Graduate Courses

Courses are offered in several ways. Since the Fall of 2000, the Fitchburg State College site-based Master of Education Program in Curriculum and Teaching has been offered through Catherine Leahy Brine Educational Consultants, Inc. Many of the courses offered by our company are part of that program. Additionally, Catherine Leahy-Brine Educational Consultants has been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education (now known as the Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education) as a district-based Initial and Professional Licensure Program in many, varying areas of certification. For more information on any of our programs please visit our web site: www.catherineleahybrine.com or www.cfbrine.com

Finally, all of the courses advertised in this brochure may also be taken by non-matriculating students for the purpose of recertification and professional development. All graduate credit is awarded through Fitchburg State College.

Each course is scheduled for a minimum of 37.5 hours.

The cost of each Fitchburg State College 3 graduate credit course offered through Catherine Leahy Brine Educational Consultants is $625.00. Online courses are $645.00

Pre-Registration is strongly advised.
To Pre-Register, call 781-331-8826 or Pre-Register on-line at
www.catherineleahybrine.com

Brockton - Holiday Inn
Westgate Mall - Brockton (Exit 18 towards Brockton off of 24)

EDUC7000 Empowering Teachers and Students Through Character Education***New Course***
Thursdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15 4PM Start
K. Kelly

Dedham- Vinny T's of Boston
233 Elm Street - Dedham (Exit 15 off of Route 128)

EDUC7000 Advanced Statistical Reasoning
Thursdays, January 7, 21, February 4, March 4, 18, April 1, 15 5PM Start
S. Terrasi

EDUC8134 Effective Teaching of Informational Text:Reading Across the Content Areas
Saturdays, January 9, 23, 30, February 6, 27 9AM Start
A. Erickson

EDUC7000 Teaching Responsible Behavior
Saturdays, January 9, 23, 30, February 6, 27 9AM Start
M. Kirrane

EDUC 7000 Becoming an Effective Teacher of Writing***New Course***
Saturdays, January 9, 23, February 6, 27, March 6 9AM-5PM
E. Medley

EDUC7000 Succeeding with the Resistant Student
January 30, 31, February 27, March 6, 13 9AM Start
J. Schechtman

EDUC7000 Understanding Wellness and the Coordinated School Health Model
Hybrid Course: Face to Face meetings: February 2, 23, March 16 5PM Start
The rest of the classes will be held on-line
M. Kirrane

SPED7650 Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into Regular Classrooms
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3
A. Erickson

SPED7000 Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education***New Course***
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 9AM Start
R. Clarke

EDUC7000 Learning Disabilities and Instructional Techniques
Saturdays, April 10, 17, May 1, 8, 15 9AM Start
R. Clarke

EDUC7000 Twentieth Century Spain: A Survey of History, Culture and Literature***New Course***
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 9AM-5PM
Waldron

EDUC8650 Advanced Strategies and Approaches to Teaching Critical thinking Skills Across the Content Areas
April Vacation, Monday-Friday, April 19-23 9AM-5PM

Holiday Inn- Falmouth

EDUC7000 Managing Classroom Behavior
February Vacation Week, Monday-Friday, February 15-19 9AM-5PM
C. Brine

Milton-Pierce Middle School
Class will be held in Room 212

EDUC7000 Technology Skill Building and Curriculum Integration ***New Course***
April Vacation Week April 19-23 8AM Start
G. Forge

Nantucket-Cyrus Peirce Middle School
10 Surfside Rd. Nantucket, MA

EDUC7000 Managing Classroom Behavior
February Vacation Week: Monday- Friday February 22-26 9AM-5PM
C. Brine

EDUC7004 Cooperative Learning Across the Content Areas
April Vacation Week: Monday-Friday April 19-23 9-5PM
C. Brine

Pembroke- North Pembroke Elementary
72 Pilgrim Rd.

EDUC7400 Contemporary Issues in Education
Wednesdays, January 13, 27, February 10, 24, March 3, 17, 31 5PM Start
G. Benedict

Weymouth- Brine Offices and Classroom Space
74 Pleasant Street - So. Weymouth (Columbian Square) Park in the back.

READ8017 Specialized Reading Approaches
Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25 4:30PM Start
J. Selines

SPED 8022 Augmentative and Alternative Communication***New Course***
Saturdays, January 9, 23, 30, February 6, 27 9AM-5PM
R. Clarke

EDUC74000 Contemporary Issues in Education
Wednesdays, January 13, 27, February 10, 24, March 3, 17, 31 4:30PM Start
Campbell/Kelly

EDLM8050 Law for the Educator
Thursdays, January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25, March 4 5PM Start
K. Smith

EDUC7000 Advanced Analysis of Reading Ability for the Early Childhood and Elementary School Teacher
Thursdays, January 28, February 4, 11, 25, March 4, 11, 18 4:30PM Start
K. Sennett

EDUC7000 Having Conversations with Difficult Students
Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 23, March 2, 9, 16 4:30PM Start
Pearsons

EDUC7000 Literacy Through Poetry: Hook Em With A Poem
February Vacation Week: Monday-Friday February 15-19 9AM-5PM
C. Hayes

EDUC7000 Introduction to Strategies for Effective Literacy Instruction Across the Disciplines
Thursdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15 4:30PM Start
Alschuler/Laurino

EDUC7000 Discrete Mathematics with Applications for the Middle and High School Teacher
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 9AM-5PM ***New Course***
M. Arria

READ7017 Psychology of Reading***New Course***
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 9AM-5PM
J. Selines

EDLM9020 Collegial Supervision
Saturdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3 9AM-5PM
Sambucetti

ON-LINE COURSES

Most of the Catherine Leahy Brine on-line courses are asynchronous unless noted. We must receive your pre-registration for the course at least 14 days prior to the start date. Pre-registrations for on-line classes should be filled out through our web site www.catherineleahybrine.com. Once you have pre-registered for a course, you will be e-mailed the official college registration form. This on-line registration is due back in the Brine Office with tuition no later than ten days before the listed start date. Students will be entered into the college BLACKBOARD System. On-line course registration deadlines MUST be met. Access information for Blackboard will be sent to the student directly from the college via e-mail. Be careful not to delete this e-mail inadvertently. If you have taken an on-line class through Fitchburg in a previous semester, your username and password will remain the same. There is a $20 Blackboard/technology fee for all on-line courses. Total Tuition for on-line classes is $645.00.

IDIS Topics Curriculum and Technology (T. Quinn)***New Course***
Start Date: January 6 End Date: February 28

EDUC7500 Curriculum Design and Implementation for Multi-Needs Populations (K. Spaulding)
Start Date: January 9 End Date: February 27

EDLM8020 Research in Educational Leadership (K. Spaulding)
Hybrid Course: Begins on January 9 in Weymouth with a face to face meeting

EDUC7000 Voices Seldom Heard (M. Fairbanks)
Start Date: February 1 End Date: April 1

EDUC7000 Poetry Across the Curriculum (M. Fairbanks)
Start Date: February 1 End Date: April 1

EDUC7000 Violence Against Children (K Sennett)
Start Date: Feb 1 End Date: April 18

EDUC7000 Advanced Investigations into Standards Based Mathematics (Campbell/Kelly)
Start Date: February 1 End Date: April 1

EDUC7000 Understanding Wellness and the Coordinated School Health Model (Kirrane)
Hybrid Class: Face to face Meetings in Dedham, February 2, 23, March 16

EDUC7000 Classroom Management and Community Building for Early Childhood Education***New Course***
(V. Elliot-O’Leary) Start Date: February 8