{"id":31,"date":"2023-06-22T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:30:51","slug":"the-critical-skills-classroom-degrees-and-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/the-critical-skills-classroom\/the-critical-skills-classroom-degrees-and-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn with us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to reinvigorate your classroom?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our MEd, Certificate, or sign up for our summer Immersion to enhance your classroom practice with complex, interesting, real-world learning opportunities that authentically boost student motivation and achievement while meeting academic standards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn which program is the best fit for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-secondary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/academics\/education\/med-exed\/problem-based-learning-using-critical-skills\/\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:capitalize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEd<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-secondary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/academics\/education\/med-exed\/problem-based-learning-using-critical-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graduate Certificate<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-secondary-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/centers-institutes\/antioch-center-school-renewal\/critical-skills-institutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immersions &amp; Institute<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">We have three different programs to accommodate different schedules and degree levels. Don&#8217;t see what you&#8217;re looking for? <a href=\"mailto:lthomas@antioch.edu\" title=\"\">Contact us <\/a>to talk about how we can customize something just for you.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/centers-institutes\/antioch-center-school-renewal\/critical-skills-institutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Immersion<\/strong><\/a><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/academics\/education\/med-exed\/problem-based-learning-using-critical-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Graduate Certificate<\/strong><\/a><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antioch.edu\/academics\/education\/med-exed\/problem-based-learning-using-critical-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MEd<\/strong><\/a><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Start in any semester<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Learn in your school, with your colleagues<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Earn graduate credit<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Learn with educators from all over the world<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fully online<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hybrid experience<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Face-to-face experience<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Learn at your own pace&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Become a member of the Critical Skills Classroom community<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Get personalized coaching from Critical Skills faculty<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Join the Critical Skills Leadership team<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">x<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do teachers say about the Critical Skills Classroom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-120225-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-120225-PM.png 744w, https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-120225-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-120225-PM-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure 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\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Intentionally incorporating Critical Skills into my teaching has transformed the learning experience for my students and for me as the lead learner. CS helps tie the content to real-world experience and makes my classroom a true, whole-child, student-centered environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/center.antioch.edu\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Natalee-Stotz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Natalee Stotz\" style=\"width:119px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Natalee Stotz<\/em><br><small><em>6th-grade teacher,&nbsp;Fiddlehead School of Arts and Science- Gray, ME<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Critical Skills continues to be ahead of its time in its framework, supporting classrooms where student engagement and learning are centered using Evidence-based practices that teach and engage both academic and social-emotional learning. 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