No matter where you started with your education or where you started as a teacher or administrator, the Graduate Certificate in K-12 Teaching and Learning will help you excel in your calling as a K-12 instructor. SCOPE’s Certificate in K-12 Teaching and Learning program is fully online, with every course taught from the perspective of a biblically-informed worldview.
Program
The Certificate in K-12 Teaching and Learning offers niche professional development for adult learners looking to add education credits to their existing degree. If you’re already teaching or wanting to teach at a Christian school, this certificate will earn you additional credibility as an educator.
The courses available through SCOPE’s certificate program can provide the academic credits that all teachers must take in order to retain their certification with professional teaching organizations.
AACS has reviewed the K-12 Teaching and Learning Certificates (undergraduate and graduate) and will accept this coursework to count toward the requirements for AACS certification. Ed 275 and Ed 605 are approved for meeting the Christian Philosophy of Education requirement. The teacher is responsible for selecting courses that address identified deficiencies and meet the requirements for a certificate.
A completed K-12 Teaching and Learning Certificate will satisfy the requirements for an alternate path to certification for teachers holding a bachelor’s degree in a non-education field, as long as the following courses are completed in the undergraduate certificate (Ed 275, Ed 305 or Ed 306, and Ed 380) or the graduate certificate (Ed 605, Ed 693, Ed 659 or Ed 678, and Ed 632). Those seeking a secondary teacher certification must also have 18 semester hours in each endorsed field (e.g. English, history, science).
This coursework has been reviewed by ACSI to count toward the educational studies requirements of various certificates. Each teacher is responsible for selecting coursework that applies to their type of ACSI certificate (Elementary, Secondary, All Levels, etc.). Additionally, Ed 275 and Ed 605 have been approved by ACSI to fulfill the Christian Philosophy of Education requirement.
The GACS will recognize these SCOPE Teaching and Learning certificate programs for those having already obtained a four-year bachelor’s degree. Courses Ed 275 and Ed 605 will fulfill the Philosophy of Christian Education/Biblical Worldview requirement. Each person is expected to select the courses that most closely apply to the certification endorsement they desire.
The NCCSA has reviewed the courses that are available through the SCOPE K–12 Teaching and Learning Certificate Program. Many of these courses can count toward the educational requirements of various NCCSA certificates. However, individuals are responsible to select the coursework that applies to their specific certificate available from the NCCSA Teacher Certification Program. In addition, Ed 275 and Ed 605 are approved by the NCCSA as additional ways for individuals to fulfill the Philosophy of Christian Education/Bible Doctrines requirement.
After a review of the coursework offered through the SCOPE K-12 Teaching and Learning Certificate program, SCACS will count these courses toward the educational requirements of varying certificates. Each educator is responsible for selecting coursework that applies to their type of PECS certificate (Elementary, Secondary, Specialist, etc.). In addition, Ed 275 and Ed 605 are approved to fulfill the Christian Philosophy / Biblical Worldview requirement.