Our certificate programs for educators can help you expand your skills and knowledge—and advance in your career—without committing to a full degree program.
Online Graduate Certificate: Literacy Coaching & Teacher Leadership
Lead Schoolwide Literacy Change. Empower Educators. Improve Student Outcomes.
Develop Your Skills—and Voice—as a Literacy Coach and Leader. Gain the language, tools, and strategies you need to lead with confidence. This online, 12-credit graduate certificate is designed to help you grow your identity as a literacy coach or instructional leader while deepening your knowledge of reading and writing instruction.
Through four practice-based courses, you’ll learn how to support teachers through coaching, lead professional learning, and build a shared vision for literacy teaching and learning in your school or district. Whether you’re an experienced coach, a teacher leader, an administrator, or an educator aspiring to take on one of these roles, this program will help you:
- Develop your expertise in reading and writing processes to guide teacher learning
- Build trust and collaboration across your school or team
- Facilitate reflective coaching conversations that improve instructional practice
- Design effective coaching cycles and professional learning experiences
- Lead and sustain literacy improvement through shared leadership
To participate, you should be working in—or have access to—a school setting so you can apply your learning in real time.
Program Structure
100% Online
12 Credits, Accelerated 8-Week Terms
- Program prerequisite: Master’s degree in education, literacy, or related field or bachelor’s degree in education with a minimum of five years teaching experience
- Transfer credits are not accepted in the online graduate certificate in Literacy Coaching and Teacher Leadership in the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative.
- Approximate Time to Complete: Flexible – can be completed in as little as 9 months.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
- EEDUC 6403 Acquiring Coaching and Teacher Leadership Expertise
- EEDUC 6404 Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching
- EEDUC 6405 Building Capacity through Continuous Professional Learning
- EEDUC 6406 Shared Leadership for School Improvement
Note: Participants should be teaching in a classroom or have access to students in order to successfully complete the coursework.
Online Graduate Certificate: Developing Literacy Expertise Through Responsive Classroom Teaching
Graduate certificate, online program
Inspire Readers. Engage Writers. Grow Your Expertise.
Are you ready to deepen your impact in the classroom? This online graduate certificate equips K–8 classroom teachers with the knowledge and tools to advance students’ reading, writing, phonics, and language skills—no matter where you start.
You’ll learn how to truly understand your students as literacy learners through powerful assessment techniques and thoughtful observation. With a strong emphasis on responsive and differentiated teaching, you’ll gain the confidence to meet the diverse needs of your students and discover how to make the most of whole class, small group, and individualized instruction.
Examine the most current research and evidence base of literacy as complex, integrated thinking processes—and apply them right away through practical strategies in:
- Assessment and intentional teaching
- Phonics, vocabulary, and spelling
- Creating inclusive, literacy-rich environments
- Oral language development and student discourse
- Building background knowledge to strengthen comprehension
- Small group differentiated reading instruction
- The process of writing
Whether you’re looking to become a content expert or want to feel more grounded in your daily teaching, this certificate will give you what you need to build a thriving, inclusive, and collaborative community of readers, writers, and thinkers.
Program Structure
100% Online
18 Credits, Accelerated 8-Week Terms
- Program Prerequisite: Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- Students who enroll in the online graduate certificate can apply to transfer up to three credits.
- Approximate Time to Complete: Flexible – can be completed in as little as 12 months
PROGRAM OF STUDY
- EEDUC 6165 Linking Assessment to Teaching: Reading, Writing, and Word Study (K-8)
- EEDUC 6169 Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts (K-8)
- EEDUC 6039 Phonics, Vocabulary, Spelling, and Word Study in Grades K-8
- EEDUC 6045 Guided Reading: Responsive Literacy Teaching, Grades K-8
- EEDUC 6168 Intentional Teaching in a Readers’ Workshop, Grades K-8
- EEDUC 6176 Intentional Teaching in a Writers’ Workshop, Grades K-8
Note: Participants should be teaching in a classroom or have access to students in order to successfully complete the coursework.