Who is this program for?
As a school administrator, you play a vital role in ensuring that your school provides an inclusive environment for all students, including those with disabilities. This micro-credential program is carefully designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively support and collaborate with teachers in implementing effective teaching strategies for students with disabilities.
Throughout the program, you will learn about various aspects of the special education program, including assessment and evaluation, individualized education plans (IEPs), evidence-based practices, and inclusive teaching strategies. You will also explore ways to effectively collaborate with teachers, parents, and other professionals to ensure that students with disabilities receive the support and accommodations they need to succeed in school.
By the end of this micro-credential, you will have gained a comprehensive understanding of the special education program and be better equipped to assist teachers in teaching students with disabilities. You will also have the opportunity to apply your learning in practical settings, through case studies and other real-world scenarios, to ensure that you can effectively support special education programs in your school.
Representative Job Titles
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Principals
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Assistant Principals
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Director of Curriculum and Instruction
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Director or Coordinator of Academic Inclusion
Why do Administrators need to support educators who teach students with disabilities?
Importance of Leading and Supporting a Special Education Environment
Course Overview
One problem in the education industry is that there are children in every school with learning disabilities, but not every school is equipped to meet the needs of all learners. This certificate addresses the gaps that exist in teaching skills that administrators and teachers must have to foster the success of exceptional learner programs.
Module 1 – Getting to Know and Educating All Learners in Your School
Module 2 - The Framework: Self-Assessment and Laying the Foundation
Module 3 - The Administrator’s Role in Inclusion
Module 4 - Recruiting and Retaining Effective Inclusive Educators
Module 5 - Barriers and Challenges (Expected and Unexpected)
Module 6 - Creating and Communicating a Place of Belonging
Module 7 - Goal Driven Implementation Planning for Sustainability
This program will equip learners with the following skills:
- Analyzing and synthesizing multiple sources of data to make decisions
- Collaborating with other members of the school community to build the knowledge and skills of educators
- Resourcefulness to leverage the knowledge and skills of community members to build the program
- Communicating clearly to the school community
- Innovating situations to overcome barriers
- Organizing resources, personnel, and events to build the program
- Ability to think independently and communicate plan effectively
- Leadership to build consensus
- Flexibility to accommodate change and modify when needed
- Problem solving
This program will equip learners with the following work competencies:
- Identify and describe a variety of common learning disabilities and their associated behaviors and/or attributes.
- Demonstrate ways to communicate the culture and mission of inclusivity in all aspects of school communications and programs.
- Apply findings from data collection and analysis to improve systems and protocols within the school community to promote academic inclusion.
- Develop policies, procedures, protocols, and communications that counteract barriers to inclusion and proactively negate obstacles that might occur when creating a climate conducive to inclusion and a culture of belonging.
- Describe a continuum of services within a multitiered framework of supports.
Still Have Questions?
This is a seven-week program that will require about 5 to 6 hours of dedicated time per week.
No. Micro-credentials are not transferrable for credit. These are skills-based training programs that differ from a traditional college course.
No, there are no assignment deadlines. There is, however, a prescribed pace for timely completion as learners will have a set number of weeks to complete the credential.
Micro-credentials are self-paced and do not require the learner to attend class at a certain time each week. Learners should expect to spend 5-6 hours per week engaging with the course at their own pace. Select weeks will have optional webinars featuring industry experts.
Students will receive a certificate of completion.
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