Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies

The Online Learning and Professional Development certificate offers students the opportunity to gain technical, aesthetic, and intellectual skills and perspectives to analyze and develop online learning and professional development pedagogies and environments. The program of study engages the learner in constructivist learning environments and local and global learning communities.

The New Media Literacies and Global Perspectives certificate develops the intellectual, technical, and aesthetic skills to successfully create, utilize and critique traditional, emerging, and converging new media, technologies, and literacies as they relate to individuals, societies, and cultures. Emphasis is placed on an investigation of the production, form, language, and dissemination of a variety of texts, including print, non-print, and evolving media forms (e.g., web-based media, augmented reality, etc.).

The Graduate Certificate in Instructional Technology Facilitation leads to the Special Endorsement in Computer Education (18079) or 077 "M' level licensure for Instructional Technology Specialists. The Endorsement is designed for school computer teachers or computer resource teachers for one or more schools, and is the recommended certification for the school level Technology Facilitator. 077 Licensure may be added for individuals who already hold a Master's degree in an educational field.

This certificate does not lead to NC licensure; however, completion of the 12-hour certificate partially fulfills the 18-hour requirement for the add-on Reading Education license for NC and may be used toward the fulfillment of the 39-hour requirement for the MA degree in Reading Education.

Gainful Employment Program Disclosure:

The Graduate Certificate in Middle and Secondary Teaching is an 18-21 credit-hour accelerated teacher licensure program that leads its completers to both an initial teaching license and a graduate certificate in as little as a year of part-time coursework.

The department of Curriculum and Instruction will begin an on-campus graduate certificate program in Elementary Mathematics Education for candidates Fall 2013. This program leads to NC Elementary Mathematics Add-On Licensure for persons who hold the initial or master's level Elementary Education license.

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