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Certificate Programs Offered

• Adolescent Literacy: Designed to help licensed teachers reach middle and high school readers and writers - especially those struggling academically. Offered fully online.
• Applied Behavior Analysis: Developed for educators and mental health professionals to prepare for the BCBA® and BCaBA® examinations to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Offered fully online.
• Autism Spectrum Disorder: Designed to help licensed teachers build a specific set of evidence-based practices, methodologies, and interventions for teaching children with autism spectrum disorders in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools.
• Culturally Responsive Urban Educator: Designed to assist educators to better meet the needs of urban students who are culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse.
• Digital Storytelling: Designed to help individuals and organizations bridge the meaning gap to students, trainees, and clients. Through intensive on-site and online workshops, you will create, produce, and use digital stories to enhance your work effectiveness in education, non-profit, and/or business environments.
• Early Literacy: Provides primary grade, preschool teachers, and para-educators greater background in the development, assessment, and instruction of literacy for your children, native speakers of English and English language learners. Offered fully online.
• Executive Leadership: Designed to prepare aspiring leaders to assume roles as presidents, superintendents, and other higher education or district level executives with leadership roles and responsibilities.
• Health Education: Assists educators in identifying, designing, and implementing effective school-based health education in order to support the needs of schools and youth.
• Literacy and Language Development for ELL:  Developed in response to public school districts’ need to improve reading and writing achievement for students whose first language is other than English. Access this certificate through one of our participating school districts. This certificate is currently only offered to designated teachers in Aurora Public Schools.
• Math Education: Designed for elementary and secondary mathematics teachers as well as special education teachers who want to actively engage their students. Covers both content and pedagogy for mathematics.
• Online Teaching: Designed for k-12, college and university educators interested in creating and teaching online and blended courses, or using web-based/web 2.0 components to enhance face-to-face instruction. Offered fully online.
• Teaching for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: Designed for content - area teachers (math, science, social studies, etc.) who have English language learners in their classrooms. This certificate is currently only offered to designated teachers in Denver Public Schools.
• 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. This certificate is internationally recognized.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Designed to prepare school psychologists to effectively address the educational challenges present by students (birth to 18 years) with traumatic and acquired brain injury.

Why a Certificate?

• Increase Student Achievement
  Certificate programs are designed to increase teacher knowledge and skills needed to improve student learning.
• Advance Your Career
  Certificates are transcripted. Your CU transcript can give you a needed advantage for career opportunities.
• Gain Recognized Expertise
  Certificate holders demonstrate proficiency and experience in a critical area of education.
• Save on Tuition
  The cost of many certificates is significantly reduced compared to on-campus tuition.
• Participate On-site
  You'll be taking classes in your geographic area or online and studying and learning with your colleagues.
• Gain Your Degree
  One or more courses in all certificate programs count towards a Master's Degree at UCD if you’re interested in having an advanced degree.

Common Components

• Three Courses
  Most programs consist of three courses totaling nine semester hours.
• Noted on CU Transcript
  Each certificate program is noted on the student's permanent transcript.
• Fully Applicable Towards an MA
  These programs are designed to "stand alone" however, most courses count fully towards a Master's Degree.

Cost

• Cost per semester hour is typically $250 - $349/credit hour