Online Gifted Education Graduate Certificate
ASU’s online graduate certificate in Gifted Education prepares teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, behavior analysts, and family members to work effectively with gifted children.
Quick facts
Next start date: 08/20/2020
Total classes: 5
Weeks per class: 7.5
Total credit hours: 15
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Details
As a student in the gifted education certificate program, you will gain an understanding of the theory and pedagogy needed to identify and serve gifted children. You will acquire skills to develop current instructional methods and services for these students, as well as how to create gifted education programs based on the needs of students and their school districts. You will learn how to work with administrations, school boards and parents and learn how to be an advocate for gifted students in their schools.
The program is ideal for public or private teachers in honors classrooms and those who want to gain new skills to increase their marketability, as well as administrators focused on becoming gifted coordinators.
This 15-credit hour certificate program consists of 5 classes. The graduate certificate can be completed within a two-year period while concurrently pursuing an online graduate degree or as a stand-alone certificate. A Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Gifted Education is also available. The program provides the 12 semester hours of coursework in gifted education required for the gifted education (K-12) endorsement from the Arizona Department of Education. Students should refer to the Arizona Department of Education website for additional requirements.
Featured courses
SPE 572: Testing and Measurement in Gifted Education: Methods
SPE 573: Differentiating Instruction for Gifted Learners: Teaching Methods
SPE 585: Creativity: Research and Development in Gifted Education
SPE 586: Advising the Gifted Learner: Social and Emotional Needs
SPE 587: Special Populations in Gifted Education
SPE 588: The Gifted Learner: Foundations of Identification, Education and Development
SPE 589: Teaching the Gifted Learner: Models, Methods, and Programs
Related careers
Gifted teacher
Education administrator
Vocational education teacher
Guidance counselor
Teacher assistant
Prestigious faculty
The faculty of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College draws from a range of academic disciplines – including cognitive science, psychology and economics – to gain insight into important questions about the process of learning, the practice of teaching and the effects of education policy.
The faculty is committed to connecting research to schools and other learning environments. Our teacher and leadership preparation programs combine scholarly rigor with practical application.
Prestigious faculty
The faculty of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College draws from a range of academic disciplines – including cognitive science, psychology and economics – to gain insight into important questions about the process of learning, the practice of teaching and the effects of education policy.
The faculty is committed to connecting research to schools and other learning environments. Our teacher and leadership preparation programs combine scholarly rigor with practical application.
Admission requirements
Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.
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