Certificate of Advanced Study in Education
Degrees offered
Campuses
Eastern Shore Higher Education Center (ESHEC)
Southern Maryland Higher Education Center (SMHEC)
Summary
The Certificate of Advanced Study in Education (CASE) in Instructional Leadership is a 30-credit Program of Study for experienced educators who have completed a Master’s degree. The program provides advanced studies in leadership, curriculum, and pedagogy. Through a curriculum designed to integrate theory and practice, educators acquire or enhance skills that will meet the needs of future educational leadership.
Curriculum
This Program of Study consists of six, 600-level Core courses and four electives. Electives may be taken in a student’s area of special interest. Students must maintain a B average to be awarded a CASE Certificate.
600-Level Core Courses (18 credits)
Select from among the following:
EDU-698 Linguistic and Cultural Diversity (3)
EDU-747 Learning, Language and the Brain (3)
EDU-760 Legislative and Legal Decisions Affecting Changing School Populations (3)
EDU-772 Changing School Population in Historical Perspective (3)
Electives (12 Credits)
Areas of special interest are available in Reading, Administration and Supervision, Special Education, Global and Multicultural Education, Curriculum Planning, TESOL, Historical, Philosophical, and Psychological Perspectives, Management, Technology, Marketing, and Public Relations.
The CASE Program is flexible and the required courses in the Program of Study can be modified by the Advisor to allow students to obtain Certification in the following areas:
- Administration and Supervision
- Cultural Proficient Leadership
- Gifted and Talented Education
- Library Media
- Literacy Specialist/Coach (Reading Specialist)
- Mathematics Instructional Leadership, Grades K-6 or Grades 4-9
- Special Education
- STEM, Grades preK-6
- TESOL
- Spanish