Welcome
Welcome to the Introduction to TAGteach On-Line course! We are so glad that you’re here and that you want to learn more about how to use positive reinforcement in teaching.
This course will teach you the basics of the TAGteach approach. You will learn to be a good observer of behavior, how to break behavior down into small teachable pieces and how to reinforce effectively. Please keep an open mind and think about how the information in this course can be used in your life and with the things you need to teach. There are lots of specific examples and many sports examples, but we’d like you to think about how the principles can apply to anything that you want to teach.
Contact Your Teacher
Your teacher from the TAGteach Faculty is Anne Wormald, M.ADS, BCBA. This is a self-paced course, but if you need any help or have any questions, please email Anne at annew@tagteach.com
Quizzes Within the Course
There are many quizzes interspersed throughout the course. When you have finished a quiz there are no “back” and “next” buttons displayed as there are on every other page of the course. In order to display these buttons, please refresh your browser. Alternatively you can use the lesson menu to move to the next section.
Free Trial Membership in TAGteach
You’ll receive a 4-week free trial in the TAGteach Membership as a bonus for registering for this course. You’ll get automatic access to this. After 4 weeks your membership will stop and you can re-join on a monthly payment plan if you wish. This will not happen automatically, you’ll have to register for that.
If you earn your Level 1 TAGteach Certification from this course by submitting your videos, journal and worksheets and paying the $75 certification assessment free, you’ll receive 3 free months of membership from the date of your certification.
Join Our Community
TAGteach is being used in hundreds of different applications with learners of all ages and a wide range of cognitive abilities. We’d love to know what you’re using it for. Please join one or more of our discussion groups to let us know what you’re doing and to ask questions and discuss what’s working with other TAGteachers from around the world. If you have any questions about TAGteach procedures for your coursework, please ask on the TAGteach Forum.
TAGteach for Learning, Behavior, Autism and Special Needs Facebook group
TAGteach for Dog Trainers Facebook group
TAGteach Students and Researchers Facebook group
TAGteach for Classroom Teachers Facebook group
CEUs and TAGteach Certification
This course serves as partial fulfillment of the requirements for certification as a Level 1 TAGteacher. Visit the certification information area at the TAGteach International website for more information about certification requirements. In order to gain TAGteach certification you must complete and hand in your worksheets, journal and videos as specified at the TAGteach site. There is an additional assessment fee if you wish to submit your offline work for assessment for TAGteach Certification. Your certification remains active as long as you maintain your membership in good standing. You’ll be notified when the free membership time is up.
At the end of the course you will have the opportunity to pay the assessment fee and submit your materials. You will also have the opportunity to pay the fee for BACB CEUs.
This course qualifies for CEUs from the following organizations:
Behavior Analysis Certification Board: 10.5 Learning CEUs
International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants: 9 Credits
Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers: 9 Credits
Karen Pryor Academy for Professional Dog Trainers: 9 Credits
The science behind TAGteach is the science of behavior discovered by B.F. Skinner. The most important conditions for effective teaching are shown below.
