{"id":2323,"date":"2020-10-09T17:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=2323"},"modified":"2023-12-05T13:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T18:23:22","slug":"education-graduate-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Graduate Certificate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for those students who are not currently enrolled in a degree program. Each certificate is comprised of five (5) courses at three (3) credits each, for a total of 15 credits.* A student may complete one of these three specific course sequences in order to earn a certificate. These 15-credit education certificates are for students who have an undergraduate degree and meet university-wide requirements for graduate certificate admissions.\u00a0 Students who choose to apply these certificate courses to earn the 36-credit M.Ed. in Curriculum &amp; Instruction must meet all the current graduate admissions requirements set by Marymount and the state of Virginia. All coursework must be completed at Marymount within three (3) years of matriculation and only 3 credits or one course can count toward both your degree program and graduate certificate. Please see an education advisor for specific requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS NOT A LICENSURE PROGRAM<\/strong>. If you are interested in a licensure program, please see an education advisor or contact the Office of Graduate Admissions.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the non-licensure education programs, the students will be able to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>research and write critically about issues in education;<\/li>\n<li>apply specialized knowledge and skills in selected concentration area;<\/li>\n<li>analyze data for educational decision making and problem solving; and<\/li>\n<li>demonstrate leadership and collaboration by modeling ethical behavior and responsibility to help advance the profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Title IV federal financial aid is not available for these certificate programs but private and institutional aid may be available.<\/p>\n<h2>Program Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>All Marymount University teacher education programs are approved by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Virginia Department of Education. Program requirements are subject to revision based upon changes set forth by the Commonwealth of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minimum Grade Requirements<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> \u00a0Students in these certificate programs must meet the university\u2019s academic standards for graduate students and achieve a minimum grade of B- for each course required for the certificate. All graduate students in the School of Education must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. A student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. The student must bring his or her cumulative GPA to 3.0 or higher within nine (9) graduate credits or be dismissed. A student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 a second time will be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite<\/strong>: \u00a0Prospective students need to have an introductory curriculum\/instruction course or one year of validated teaching experience. Students may also take ED 551 Instruction and Assessment as a co-requisite to meet this entrance requirement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Certificate Requirements \u2014 English as a Second Language<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>15 credits<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 509\u00a0 \u00a0Special Education:\u00a0 Foundation and Characteristics of Exceptional Learners<\/li>\n<li>ED 511\u00a0 \u00a0 Psycho-educational Assessment and Instructional Programming<\/li>\n<li>ED 523\u00a0 \u00a0Diagnostic and Corrective Literacy Instruction<\/li>\n<li>ED 526\u00a0 \u00a0Cross-cultural\/International Curricula<\/li>\n<li>ED 553\u00a0 \u00a0Teaching English as a Second Language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Certificate Requirements \u2014 Special Education<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>15 credits<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 509\u00a0 \u00a0Special Education:\u00a0 Foundation and Characteristics of Exceptional Learners<\/li>\n<li>ED 511\u00a0 \u00a0 Psycho-educational Assessment and Instructional Programming<\/li>\n<li>ED 523\u00a0 \u00a0Diagnostic and Corrective Literacy Instruction<\/li>\n<li>ED 529\u00a0 \u00a0Collaboration and Consultation in Special Education Settings<\/li>\n<li>ED 539\u00a0 \u00a0Instructional Implementation of the Individualized Education Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Certificate Requirements \u2014 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>15 credits<\/em><br \/>\nElementary Education Focus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 555\u00a0 \u00a0Literacy for Diverse Learners:\u00a0 Grades PK-2<\/li>\n<li>ED 554\u00a0 \u00a0Educational Technology<\/li>\n<li>ED 558\u00a0 \u00a0Elementary Math Methods<\/li>\n<li>ED 559\u00a0 \u00a0Elementary Science Methods<\/li>\n<li>ED 580\u00a0 \u00a0Capstone: Curriculum and Instruction Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>15 credits<\/em><br \/>\nSecondary Education Focus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 537\u00a0 \u00a0Literacy Across the Curriculum<\/li>\n<li>ED 538\u00a0 \u00a0Secondary Teaching Methods<\/li>\n<li>ED 554\u00a0 \u00a0Educational Technology<\/li>\n<li>ED 566\u00a0 \u00a0Teaching Science in Secondary Schools <strong>or\u00a0<\/strong>ED 569 Teaching Math in Secondary Schools<\/li>\n<li>ED 580\u00a0 \u00a0Capstone: Curriculum and Instruction Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Students who have not completed an introductory curriculum\/instruction course or one year of validated teaching experience will take a 3-credit prerequisite or co-requisite course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for those students who are not currently enrolled in a degree program. Each certificate is comprised of five (5) courses at three (3) credits each, for a total of 15 credits.* A [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2283,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/left-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Education Graduate Certificate Programs - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Graduate Certificate Programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Academics - Marymount University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-05T18:23:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\",\"name\":\"Education Graduate Certificate Programs - Marymount University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-09T17:03:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-05T18:23:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Academics\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"College of Health and Education\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-health-and-education\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"School of Education\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"School of Education Graduate Programs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/graduate\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Master of Education (M.Ed.)\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Master of Education Program Options\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/elementary-education\/program-requirements\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":7,\"name\":\"Education Graduate Certificate Programs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/\",\"name\":\"Academics - Marymount University\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Education Graduate Certificate Programs - Marymount University","description":"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Education Graduate Certificate Programs","og_description":"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.","og_url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/","og_site_name":"Academics - Marymount University","article_modified_time":"2023-12-05T18:23:22+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/","name":"Education Graduate Certificate Programs - Marymount University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-09T17:03:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-05T18:23:22+00:00","description":"The School of Education offers 15-credit graduate certificates in Special Education; English as a Second Language; and Science, Technology, Engineering, . Click here to learn more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/graduate-certificate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Academics","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"College of Health and Education","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/college-of-health-and-education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"School of Education","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"School of Education Graduate Programs","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/graduate\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Master of Education (M.Ed.)","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Master of Education Program Options","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/education\/master-of-education\/elementary-education\/program-requirements\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"Education Graduate Certificate Programs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/","name":"Academics - Marymount University","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29206,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2323\/revisions\/29206"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}