Social Emotional Learning
Program Level: Certificates
Department: Graduate Teacher Education
This certificate further prepares professional educators to build resiliency in students by facilitating social, emotional and behavioral wellness in order to address non-academic barriers to learning. All courses are grounded in theories of cognitive, social, emotional and behavioral development and demonstrate research-based practices that enable students to gain knowledge and experience needed to work successfully with students, family members and the broader community in supporting social, emotional and behavioral wellness of PK-12 students.
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Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, confirmed through transcript submission
- Complete online application
- Recommendation by one professional or scholarly reference
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Graduate Certificate Completion Requirements
- Accepted into the graduate certificate program
- No grade lower than C in any courses
- Completion of all required courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0
To view the tuition and costs of graduate elective courses and certificates, click here.
Program Requirements
Mount Marty currently offers a graduate certificate for professional educators from a selection of high interest elective course topics. Through a certificate that links course topics, teachers have the ability to deepen their knowledge and practice through highly specified study in specific curriculum topics. This produces an expertise that is valuable in the educational workplace.
Credits: 3
In this course, learners will examine instructional strategies and models for teaching social emotional learning (SEL). Intentions will include focus on differentiation, curricular adaptation, student accommodation, and principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Learners will explore the use of data to support SEL implementation and assessment of proficiency of SEL core components at the individual and classroom level.
Credits: 3
This course begins with a review of emotional intelligence and its role in social emotional learning (SEL). Learnings will investigate how to apply SEL principles within the organization and management of the classroom, including discipline. They will examine how to effectively college and use data tht may reflect the extent to which the implementation of SEL supports equity, diversity, and inclusion in classroom organization, management, and discipline.
Credits: 3
What happens in the classroom influences and is influenced by students' experiences outside of the classroom. In this course, students will explore those relationships among the classroom, students' caregivers, and the communities in which they reside. These caregivers and communities include living spaces as well as extracurricular and co-curricular activities and after-school programs. Students will examine strategies for involving caregivers and the broader community in social emotional learning (SEL) initiatives, including how existing models and curricula address SEL outside of the classroom. As part of your examination, you will consider sensitivities related to data collection and distribution to diverse audiences.
Credits: 3
Students will examine the theoretical support for the foundational concepts of social emotional learning (SEL) and how models and curricula reflect those theories. Additionally, students will explore essential questions regarding the relevance of SEL to all stages of human growth and development and the role of SEL within the core curriculum, resulting in holistic growth and academic achievement.
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL ELECTIVE COURSES
In addition, Mount Marty offers a selection of graduate elective courses which can be used as stand-alone content, transfer in to MMU or other institution graduate programs, and for teacher relicensure. This list continues to grow, so check back frequently.
To enroll in individual elective courses, applicants are required to:
- Complete the non-degree seeking application
- Submit undergraduate transcripts