Certificates in Curriculum and Instruction

Admissions

Admission requirements and procedures for certificate programs are the same as for master's programs. See the section on Master's Degrees for information.

Certificate: Learning Technologies

A 12-credit (four-course) program for professional teachers seeking advanced skills in improving literacy skills through the use of technology.

Course of Study

LHDT 525 Introduction to Learning Technologies--3 cr.
LHDT 526 Internet Web Site and Educational Software Evaluation--3 cr.
LHDT 527 Design and Development of Digital Media--3 cr.
LHDT 528 Integrating Technology into the Classroom and Continued Learning--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits

Certificate: Language, Literacy and Technology

This graduate certificate program for PK-12 educators integrates reading and writing instruction with the best practices in technologies. In this innovative four-course program, educators will learn effective advanced strategies for improving language and literacy skills. While the focus of the program will be on the reader and the literacy process, the courses represent a variety of theoretical orientations, including new criticism, structuralism, phenomenology, transitive and interactive. Today, all educators must be reading teachers.

The coursework in this program will draw on a range of concepts and techniques elaborated by theorists and teachers working in different areas and orientations. Students will have the opportunity to study and to choose from the most cutting-edge reading research, as well as theory and practice for application in their classrooms. A constructivist approach will be the underpinning of all course formats. Constructivism is the belief that people are active seekers and constructors of knowledge and thus come into the classroom environment with innate goals and curiosities.

Course of Study

READ 550 Language and Literacy Frameworks and Models--3 cr.
READ 551 Web-based Literacy Instruction--3 cr.
READ 552 Literacy Development for Students with Diverse Learning Needs--3 cr.
READ 553 Units of Practice for Literacy Development--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits

Certificate: Gifted, Creative and Talented Education

This certificate is designed specifically for regular classroom teachers, gifted education specialists and building administrators. The four courses (12 semester credits) in this certificate enable educators to design, develop and align learning experiences and programs to maximize the achievement of students with a diversity of talents and strengths. Curriculum, instruction, and classroom management are the primary foci of this certificate. There are four certificate options:

Certificate 1: Talent Recognition and Development

Course of Study

GIFT 721 Education of the Gifted, Creative and Talented--3 cr.
GIFT 725 Psychology and Guidance of GCT--3 cr.
GIFT 726 Profiling Student Strengths--3 cr.
GIFT 729 GCT Practicum and Seminar--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits

Certificate 2: Personalized Learning for Talent Development

Course of Study

GIFT 720 The High Ability Learner in the Regular Classroom--3 cr.
GIFT 722 GCT Instructional Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 723 GCT Curriculum Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 729 GCT Practicum and Seminar--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits

Certificate 3: Creative and Critical Thinking in the Classroom

Course of Study

GIFT 724 Creativity--3 cr.
GIFT 722 GCT Instructional Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 723 GCT Curriculum Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 729 GCT Practicum and Seminar--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits

Certificate 4: GCT Resource Teacher Certification

Course of Study

GIFT 721 Education of the Gifted, Creative and Talented--3 cr.
GIFT 722 GCT Instructional Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 723 GCT Curriculum Models K-12--3 cr.
GIFT 729 GCT Practicum and Seminar--3 cr.

Total: 12 credits