Contact:Lawrence Scharmann
E-mail:lscharm@ksu.edu
Homepage:www.coe.ksu.edu/grad/certificate.htm

Learning Outcomes

To earn the certificate students will demonstrate:

• The ability to provide different approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are equitable, based on developmental levels, and adapted to diverse learners (including those with exceptionalities).
• An understanding and use of a variety of appropriate instructional strategies to encourage, develop, and achieve various kinds of students’ learning including critical thinking, problem solving, and reading.
• Professionalism - the educator is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on others (e.g., students, parents, and other professionals in learning communities), actively seeks opportunities to grow professionally, and participates in the school improvement process (Kansas Quality Performance Accreditation [KQPA]).

 This certificate is offered through the Curriculum and Instruction graduate program.