Leadership Development Program: Work-based Learning, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

About the Program

The online Leadership Development Program amplifies the effectiveness of professional educators’ teaching and broadens their professional skillset in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) field, giving them confidence to meet their students’ needs.

This graduate program consists of a series of graduate certificates and is conceptualized within and around the major leadership functions and practices in the field that include: curriculum planning, organization, and coordination; instruction; administration and supervision; research and evaluation; history and philosophy; special populations; diversity; career development, career education, career pathways; technology preparation; and school-to-career transition. The graduate certificate program prepares leaders who are concerned with education and training that enables youth and adults to pursue their careers.

Work-based learning has become increasingly prevalent in the delivery of CTE. This emphasis has been stimulated by Federal and state initiatives, such as the Perkins Act, Technology Preparation (Tech Prep), and School-to-Work transition. The graduate certificate in Work-based Learning addresses the need to prepare educational professionals in the knowledge and skills to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate work-based learning programs.

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Program Requirements

9 Credits Required

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