Certificate

Completing the online Ed.S. degree in school administration from Wayne State College may certify you to work as a school administrator at any level in in a P-12 school system.
The Nebraska Department of Education requires successful completion of the Praxis II School Superintendent Assessment. Our program of study is designed to prepare you for such a test, but your performance may depend on many issues beyond the control of our department, including prior educational knowledge, teaching and administrative experiences, test-taking skills, and your retention of course material.

his specialty certificate is open to any student with a bachelor's degree that is seeking additional expertise in Dyslexia.
Program Overview

15 graduate credit hours
One year completion time (Fall Semester start)
Optional preparation for national certification (additional coursework required)
100% online
Applications due May 1.

Advanced training in:

The Science of Reading
Language & Literacy Development
Effective Assessment Practices
Structured Literacy Instruction

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Program prepares students to support excellent outcomes for young children birth to age 5 with special needs and their families. Our program is open to full- or part-time students and is offered entirely online.
ECSE Program Overview

Master's degree: Our program offers a master's degree in ECSE that can be completed with or without pursuit of the ECSE teaching endorsement.

Are you interested in teaching English as a second language to children and adults internationally or within your own community? Apply to the graduate certificate program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to learn instructional strategies for teaching English, deepen your knowledge of how languages are acquired, explore English linguistics, develop a professional identity as a language teacher, and engage in conversations around important issues in TESOL.

Students who pursue this 15-credit certificate will broaden and deepen their professional knowledge of diversity dynamics in education. The courses leading to the certificate focus primarily on issues affecting immigrant communities, migrant families, and multicultural education in both school and community settings.

This program offers a route for teachers to begin graduate coursework closely linked to the practices and reform mandated in their schools.

The Graduate Certificate in Mathematics Education is offered in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education and is a 15-hour certificate program attends to preparing leaders in mathematics education by providing continued professional development education to teachers of mathematics (PK-16) with more focused attention on mathematics pedagogical content knowledge in grades 4-16.

This certificate is intended for elementary teachers who are interested in further developing their instructional strategies and mathematics content knowledge to meet the needs of each and every student in their classrooms.

All courses are taught on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, online, or at sites mutually agreed upon by the Departments of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education and Mathematics.

Early literacy instruction in the school and community is an area of national emphasis.

This Early Literacy graduate certificate can provide: