About Certificate programs
The School of Education and Human Development has developed exciting new certificate programs for teachers and support staff to help them better serve their students' needs. These Graduate Certificates were developed in partnership with teachers, administrators and school districts, so you are assured the content is relevant, up-to-date and of the highest quality.
Graduate Certificate programs are highly applicable, regardless of your education level. The courses can serve as foundational work towards a master's degree. If you already have a master’s degree, a Graduate Certificate will demonstrate your specialized knowledge and advanced understanding of your selected content area. Best of all, these programs are offered at a discount of up to one third less than our regular programs.
To get started in a Certificate Program, fill out and submit a Certificate Program Statement of Intent.
Adolescent Literacy - Online
This nine-credit-hour certificate may be completed online and is designed to help you reach middle and high school readers and writers, especially those struggling academically.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
A series of three graduate level courses that build a specific set of evidnce-based practices for teaching children at preschool, elementary, and secondary levels.
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Content Instruction for English Language Learners (CIEL)
This graduate certificate is designed for content-area teachers (math, science, social studies, etc.) who have English language learners in their classes.
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Culturally Responsive Urban Educator
Offered in conjunction with the CRUE Center, this certificate is designed to help educators better meet the needs of urban students who are culturally, economically and linguistically diverse.
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Digital Storytelling
Through intensive on-site and online workshops, you will create, produce and use digital stories to enhance your work effectiveness in the education, non-profit, and/or business environment.
Offered in conjunction with the Center for Digital Storytelling
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Early Literacy - Online
This nine-credit-hour certificate may be completed online and is geared to the development of P-3 readers and writers, including English Language Learners
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Literacy and Language Development for ELL
New cohorts forming in Aurora
Math Education - new Cohort forming in Spring 2008!
This nine credit hour certificate is designed for elementary, middle and support teachers. Courses will cover both content and pedagogy for mathematics.
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Teacher Leadership
Offered in conjunction with the Front Range BOCES, this certificate is designed to improve student learning through increasing the aspirations, knowledge and skills of teachers.
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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Provides a foundation in teaching English as a second or foreign language in secondary, post-secondary, and adult educational contexts.
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