Degree: Graduate Certificate
Classroom Type: Fully Online
Provides Reggio-inspired experiential learning in ECE pedagogy to complement students’ current competencies and experiences. Courses can articulate into CU Denver and Boulder Journey School’s MA in Innovative ECE.
Fall 2022: July 1, 2022
Interest Categories: Education & Counseling
Campus: Online
This credit-bearing graduate certificate offered by University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education & Human Development in partnership with Boulder Journey School cultivates student’s pedagogical understandings and practices. It supports the capacity to increase the quality of teaching and learning within early childhood programs. Students have the choice of selecting three of six online Reggio-inspired courses to complement their current competencies and experiences. They can choose to articulate their three courses into the 30 credit hour MA in Innovative ECE, also in partnership with Boulder Journey School.
Please Note: Because this is a practice-based certificate program, students are required to maintain a position in either a classroom or an ECE position where you have regular, consistent and ongoing engagement in a classroom within your context.
Students in the Early Childhood Pedagogy certificate program will:
Prior to applying to the program, you will select your three courses together with an advisor during an individual advising session. See more details about scheduling an advising session in the Admissions section below.
Course choices include:
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ECED 6320: A Colorado Interpretation of the Reggio Approach |
Fall |
Spring |
Summer |
LDFS 6400: Observation, Documentation and Assessment |
Fall |
Spring |
Summer |
ECED 6300: Contextual Curriculum 1 |
Spring |
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ECED 6330: Supportive Social Learning |
Spring |
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ECED 6350: Literacy and the Hundred Languages of Children |
Summer |
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ECED 6340: Messing About with STEM |
Summer |
Starting Fall 2022, the cost of tuition and fees for the three three-credit courses is $1329 per course, plus textbooks. Students enrolled in non-degree, certificate programs are not eligible to apply for financial aid.
Recommended Completion Time:6 months to 2 years
Required Credits for Completion:9 Credits
For more information, please contact Sara Van Dyke.