This course satisfies the Civil & Social Engagement requirement for the School Culture Advocate Certification. Learn more at www.safeschoolsacademy.org/csca.

Course Description: The most powerful tool in any classroom isn’t a SmartBoard, it’s not a computer, or a stack of books, but the collective knowledge, ideas, and imagination of our next generation. As educators, being able to effectively engage our students and empower them to help us lead the way in their education is crucial to developing critical and innovative thinkers of tomorrow.

While traditional teaching practices can have the opposite effect of making students passive in their learning, pedagogy around teaching is evolving, encouraging students to take ownership of their own learning through relationship and community-building, critical inquiry and problem-solving, and group discussions.

Allowing and encouraging students to become active participants in their education does more than prepare them for standardized tests or memorizing the proverbial nuts and bolts of core subject areas; it effectively equips them with the thinking and reasoning skills they need to succeed in a world that will look to them to solve global shortcomings.

This is a one credit course.*

Click here to view the full course syllabus.

Upcoming sections:
November 2, 2025 - November 22, 2025
January 4, 2026 - January 24, 2026
February 8, 2026 - February 28, 2026
March 1, 2026 - March 21, 2026

Course Fees (🗝️🚪🔓 Key to Saving Big: $40 OFF License Renewal now through 10/28/25! Prices automatically applied—NO CODE REQUIRED! 🗝️🚪🔓):

License Renewal - $95 $55
Para credit - $95 $55
Audit - $35

If you have questions, check out our FAQ page! You can also email academy@iowasafeschools.org or call 515.381.0588 if you’d prefer to pay by check.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Please review our Terms & Conditions for more information on our refund and transfer policy.

Transfer Policy
If a Safe Schools Academy course registrant does not complete their course within the section dates listed on their Safe Schools Academy Order Confirmation, or encounters personal circumstances that prevent them from completing their course, they are entitled to one (1) free transfer to an equivalent-credit course section within one (1) year of their original course registration date. If the transferred course section is not completed, the participant must re-register to be enrolled. Safe Schools Academy registrants are limited to one (1) free course transfer per paid course.

Minimum Registration Limit
Beginning 8/1/2021, the minimum registration limit for a class will be three (3) registrants. If your registered class does not meet the minimum registration limit one week prior to your course start date, our Registrar will contact you about future transfer options.

Transcripts
Please allow up to two weeks for transcripts to be processed following a course end date. Request your transcripts by going to http://www.safeschoolsacademy.org/transcripts.