Program Overview

Social and Emotional Learning - Graduate Certificate

The certificate in Social and Emotional Learning provides practicing teachers with requisite background knowledge, understanding, and preparation to engage students in transformative social and emotional learning. In order for teachers to enable students to become more aware and understanding of their own and others' emotions, teachers need to understand their own emotions as well.

Requirements

• Course List Code: EDUA 5004
  • Title: The Teacher in SEL - Powerful Personal and Professional Emotions (asynchronous)
  • Credit Hours: 2
• Course List Code: EDUA 5005
  • Title: SEL for Students: A Path to Social and Emotional Well-Being (asynchronous)
  • Credit Hours: 2
• Course List Code: EDUA 5006
  • Title: Expanding SEL (asynchronous)
  • Credit Hours: 2
• Course List Code: EDUA 5007
  • Title: Social and Emotional Learning Capstone (synchronous)
  • Credit Hours: 4
• Total Credit Hours: 10

In order to earn a certificate, students must receive a minimum grade of a C or higher in each course. The cumulative GPA for certificate courses must be 3.0 or higher.

Learning Outcomes

By the completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Critically reflect on the role of emotions in teaching and learning in oneself and one's students.
• Analyze the distinct features and curricular approaches of transformative SEL.
• Explore the relationship between transformative SEL and restorative practices for discipline.
• Examine the intersections of culturally sustaining pedagogy and transformative SEL as complementary pedagogical lenses.
• Develop a project that incorporates transformative SEL and culturally sustaining pedagogy for a class, school, or community.