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The purpose of the Leadership for Teachers And Professionals Certificate is to develop building-level leaders who want to lead without leaving the classroom. Leaders will be prepared to assist their schools with data literacy, peer coaching, and working with urban student populations.
Accreditation
For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to coach their peers in the use of high-leverage field practices.
- Students will be able to use data to make decisions about instruction at both the classroom and building levels.
- Students will be able to successfully coach a peer through the review process.
- Students will be able to take a stance on a policy related to urban education.
Requirements
Graduate Certificate in Leadership for Teachers and Professionals
Plan Description
The purpose of the Leadership for Teachers And Professionals Certificate is to develop building-level leaders who want to lead without leaving the classroom. Leaders will be prepared to assist their schools with data literacy, peer coaching, and working with urban student populations.
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Plan Admission Requirements
Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.
Students are accepted into a certificate program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.
Plan Requirements (Exclusively Fully Online*)
Total Credits Required: 12
Course Requirements
Required Courses – Credits: 12
Certificate Requirements
- This Program Fully Online (Please see the Fully Online Modality Tracks in Programs section of this Catalog for more information). *Exclusively Fully Online Programs: A fully online student is one who has committed to pursue their entire degree, certificate, or microcredential exclusively through online education. Modality change process: Programs may be offered in more than one modality (instructional mode). If programs offer a fully online option, students may opt for a fully online offering at the time of admission. They will be tagged as a fully online student. Once admitted, students can only change their program modality by sending an email to their respective Graduate College Retention, Progression, and Completion (RPC) Coordinator (grad.rpc@unlv.edu).
- Accepted students must earn a "B" or better in all courses.
Plan Certificate Completion Requirements
Certificates will be awarded upon students' successful completion of all certificate requirements.
Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.
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Graduate Coordinator
P.G. Schrader, Ph.D.
Department of Teaching and Learning
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