Course Description: "A school's climate has a direct impact on its students' abilities to achieve. Schools with a positive atmosphere encourage and welcome the participation of faculty, students, and parents, which in turn make the school successful." (from the American School Counselor Association's Taking Your School's Temperature.)

This online course will provide an opportunity to examine what a school climate consists of, look at your individual school's data, and demonstrate how to use this information to make improvements to the overall climate.

The course is designed with an emphasis on the roles of school counselors and administrators in using data to change school climate.

Click here to view the entire course syllabus.

This is a one credit course. 

Upcoming sections:
October 22, 2017 - November 11, 2017
December 3, 2017 - December 23, 2017
January 14, 2018 - February 3, 2018
March 11, 2018 - March 31, 2018
May 6, 2018 - May 26, 2018
June 3, 2018 - June 23, 2018
June 24, 2018 - July 14, 2018
July 15, 2018 - August 4, 2018
ugust 5, 2018 - August 25, 2018

Course Fees (Rake in the Savings Sale - $45/$50 License Renewal, $145/$150 Graduate Credit, now through Sept 28th! All prices listed reflect the current sale.):

License Renewal (ISEA member) - $45
License Renewal (non-ISEA) - $50
Para credit - $45
Graduate Credit (ISEA member) - $145
Graduate Credit (non-ISEA) - $150
Audit - $35

Any questions or would like to pay with a check, please contact academy@iowasafeschools.org or call 515.381.0588.

Graduate Credit Policy
Participants are limited to 12 graduate credits per semester (Fall, Spring, Summer) from Drake University.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
All course cancellations or requests to change credit type must be received in writing or electronically at least fourteen days prior to the class start date. All refunds requested before this deadline will be subject to a $40 cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued on cancellations received after this deadline, however, we can move you to a future session of the same course if possible. Iowa Safe Schools and ISEA reserve the right to cancel any course in the event of insufficient registration, in which case a full refund will be issued. Cancelled courses may be rescheduled at a later date.

Transcripts: 
Please allow up to two to three weeks for transcripts to be processed following a course end date.  License renewal and paraeducator credit transcripts are available at https://www.iseatranscripts.org following a course's completion.  This transcript will represent all classes taken through ISEA over the past several years.  Drake Graduate transcripts may take longer to receive and will be sent directly to the individual.