Please review the material on this site.  It is all publicly available at no charge except for the course forum which is available to registered users only.

The advantage of registering in the course is that you can take part in on-going discussions with the other participants and with the instructor, Sylvia Chard, on the course 'forum' throughout your study of the Project Approach.  In addition, you may wish to carry out a project in your own classroom and submit an account of it for assessment as final assignment. At this point you can pay for an assessment of the assignment which will earn a Certificate of Successful Completion signed by the instructor, Sylvia Chard.

Here's what one teacher wrote about a former version of the course:
"I really cherished my online work with you and wanted to let you know!!I was just going through my teaching portfolio ... and came to my class project on Guinea Pigs.  It brought SUCH a great big smile to my face - the wonderful time I had working through my course with you online."

N.B.
The Course has been re-designed and a new web-based forum fully integrated into the site. In the process of developing the new look we are moving from a static HTML format to a dynamic database driven format that will allow rapid updates and other features that were not possible before.  While parts of the site are still under construction we appreciate your patience and would also welcome your feedback on what doesn’t work, what works well and what you would like to see added.

If you wish the particiate in the certificate course forums you will need to contact Sylvia Chard and introduce yourself and you will be sent a Username and Password.  As soon as you like you may 'login' to the course Forum and post an introduction to yourself in the Introductions and Professional Goals section, where I and other course participants will read and respond.