ABC Power Series

The ABC Power Series goal is to help teachers improve Attitudes, Behaviors, and Conditions,  in the learning environment. This series offers research-based and experiential strategies to reach this goal.  To improve Attitude, Behavior, and Conditions in the learning environment, key factors must be considered:

• Building positive relationships with students is key. Researchers and educators agree that when a positive relationship exists between adults and students, higher academic achievement is likely and fewer discipline problems will be realized.
• Living in poverty is a well-documented risk factor for academic failure. How then can the negative impact of living in poverty be mitigated?
• Students need intervention to help them diminish the negative impact of poverty on their cognitive and emotional development.
• Parental involvement is critical to student and school success. When parents are involved, students achieve at higher levels. Increasing parental support is a fundamental step to helping students succeed.
• Decreasing discipline problems in the learning environment continues to present a challenge for educators. Effective classroom management strategies will create a climate of cooperation, and high expectations, and increase time on task.
• Educators continue to seek the answers to how and why students are motivated. Answering these two questions will provide guidance in implementing innovative strategies to turn counterproductive student behaviors into productive ones.

ABC Power Series contains three programs: ABC Teach Power, ABC Parent Power, and ABC Student Power.  Read the course overview for more information.

The course hours refer to the amount of time it will take teachers to review the content in each section. Overall, this will take teachers 17 hours to review all content in all sections. You may insert the hours on your certificate. 

The time it takes to complete each module will depend upon the situation.