STEM Leadership Graduate Certificate
The STEM Leadership Graduate Certificate is designed for graduate students interested in advancing their knowledge in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Teacher Leadership. The certificate objectives include developing and acquiring leadership capacity to lead reform efforts in STEM programming within schools or districts; capacity to identify problems of practice in STEM within school or a district and develop solutions to these problems through evidence-based research findings; capacity to lead STEM education reform efforts in schools and school districts to improve teacher practice, student achievement and interest in STEM; pedagogical content knowledge in relevant STEM disciplines, tailored to students’ interest; capacity to design, implement and evaluate a teacher professional development project; robust knowledge of data science and statistical skills through project-based learning; grant writing skills through an applied capstone project; and capacity to design, lead and evaluate online professional development programs in STEM.