Post-Master’s Certificate in
Social Emotional Learning
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Post-Master’s Certificate in Social Emotional Learning
Enhance learning outcomes and improve student behavior with the 100% online Post-Master’s Certificate in Education, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) at National University. You’ll learn from mentoring professors who will teach you how to apply social emotional learning in your classroom, including how to manage emotions, express empathy, set goals, create positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. You’ll also learn how to collaborate with other professional educators and to incorporate SEL with policy development and implementation.
Help Create a Supportive Learning Environment
NU’s Post-Master’s Certificate in Social Emotional Learning is ideal for teachers, school counselors or psychologists, and administrators. The curriculum is aligned to the five core competencies identified by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredits public and private schools, colleges, and universities in the U.S.
Course Details
- Credit Hours: 18
- Courses: 6
- Estimated Time to Complete: As few as 9 months
The Post-Master’s Certificate in Education, Social Emotional Learning can be completed in 18 credits. Each course runs 8 weeks, and you’ll receive 3 semester credits per course.
Course Sequence
Course Name
This is the first course in your specialization or certificate in special education. The focus of this course is beyond individual students and classrooms; rather, this course explores special education at the programmatic level, such as an entire school or district. Another focus of the course includes educational equity, social justice, inclusion, and ethical nuances within the context of special education programs. You will also consider teacher retention and the implications of high and low incidence disabilities on special education program planning and implementation. Throughout the course, you will cultivate communications skills, particularly around conflict management and collaboration.
This course will support your understanding of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and using individual and aggregated student data for the purposes of monitoring student progress and improving special education programs. You will consider historical perspectives, different techniques, and coding systems for students who use a behavior plan. Throughout the course, you will prioritize considerations for equity, fairness, and bias in the collection, analysis, interpretation, and use of student data.
The areas of finance, law, and leadership are deep topics in special education. This course will touch on each of these topics at a higher level. You will explore the various funding models for special education programs and services. This exploration will include the legal considerations related to special education programs with specific references to service delivery models. Related examinations include specific leadership scenarios and reporting obligations. Throughout the course, you will consider the role of leadership in cultivating culturally responsive relationships with all stakeholders to ensure equity and fairness.
This course focuses on implementation of special education programs at school and district levels for students with intellectual and specific learning disabilities (SLDs). You will investigate necessary supports, service delivery models, and quality assurance approaches. You will synthesize research for evidence-based practices, including strategies for promoting equity, inclusion, and social justice. While some of the concepts in this course apply to other categories of disability, this course uses the lens of intellectual and specific learning disabilities.
This course focuses on implementation of special education programs at school and district levels for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. You will investigate necessary supports, service delivery models, and quality assurance approaches. You will synthesize research for evidence-based practices, including strategies for promoting equity, inclusion, and social justice. While some of the concepts in this course apply to other categories of disability, this course uses the lens of emotional and behavioral disorders.
In this final course of the special education specialization, you will synthesize your work across all courses into a capstone project of your own design. This project will integrate theory and practice within a specific topic of your choosing related to special education programs at the school or district levels. As you prepare your project, you will evaluate the impacts of current trends, technologies, and issues of bias, fairness, and social justice within special education programs. Your capstone project will reflect not only your knowledge and skills related to the course learning outcomes, but also your overall preparation to influence special education programs at the school or district levels.
Certificate Requirements
The University may accept a maximum of 6 semester credit hours from a graduate-level program to NU’s Post-Master’s certificate program. Coursework must have been completed at an accredited college or university within the last seven years with a grade of “B” or better. See the Transfer Credit Policy for additional information.
The Post-Master’s Certificate has the following graduation requirements:
- Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 (letter grade of “B”) or higher
- Official documents on file for basis of admission: a conferred master’s level or higher degree from an accredited academic institution
- Official transcripts on file for all transfer credit hours accepted by the University
- All financial obligations must be met before the student will be issued their complimentary diploma and/or degree posted transcript
The National University DNP can prepare you for education, managerial and director level roles in hospitals, physician’s offices, postsecondary institutions, and pharmaceutical organizations.
Employers are seeking DNPs for roles* that include:
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
- Chief Patient Experience Officer
- Clinical Manager
- Nurse Manager
- Vice President of Patient Services
- Postsecondary Teachers
- Nurse Practitioners
- Field Medical Directors
Many specialized nursing areas are associated with the DNP such as:
- Social Work
- Teaching/Nurse Education
- Research
- Public Health
- Community Health
- Primary care
- Acute/critical care
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Family Nursing
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
This post-master’s certificate targets mid-career or advanced classroom teachers, school counselors or psychologists, and school/district administrators who desire a more intensive examination of the five core competencies identified by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL): self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. You will examine how these competencies are applied across classrooms, schools, homes, and communities.
Post-Master’s Certificate Transfer Into a Doctoral Sequence
- Specialization coursework completed as part of a doctoral degree, where a degree was conferred, cannot be applied towards a Post-Master’s Certificate program. However, a Post-Master’s Certificate can be completed as part of doctoral coursework, assuming the student officially applies for the Post-Master’s Certificate prior to completing the fourth course in the Post-Master’s Certificate series.
- Coursework completed within a Post-Master’s Certificate program may be applied towards the specialization sequence within a doctoral program.
- Applying Post-Master’s Certificate coursework towards a doctoral degree is contingent upon coursework and degree relevance under the most current doctoral degree program version.
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To apply to the Post-Master’s Certificate in Social Emotional Learning program, you must have a completed master’s level or higher degree from a regionally or nationally accredited academic institution.
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