Online Education Certificates

The EWU Graduate Certificate – College Teaching online will help prepare you to teach at the college level in a variety of settings. This unique online certificate program is designed to expand your opportunities and give you practical experience with a supervised teaching internship. At EWU, student success is our #1 priority. Supportive, experienced faculty are there with you every step of the way.

This online program will prepare you for jobs such as Adjunct Professor, Training Manager, Military Instructor, Corporate Trainer or ESL Instructor. Another advantage: Coursework for this certificate can be applied to the M.Ed. – Adult Education online degree program for an accelerated time to completion.

Prepare to enhance your capacity to shape effective instructional experiences for children from birth to age eight with the Graduate Certificate – Early Childhood Education online. In this online program, you will study how risk and protective factors can impact social -emotional, -physical, and -cognitive growth in young children, examine the functions of behavior, and define preventative strategies in early childhood home and classroom settings.

Learn from our industry-experienced faculty and gain the knowledge and skills you need to expand your career opportunities in early childhood educational settings. Coursework in this program can also be applied to the M.Ed. – Early Childhood Education online degree program for an accelerated completion time.

Broaden your career as a teacher leader in P-12 classrooms and beyond with the EWU online Graduate Certificate – English Language Learners (ELL) program. With multiple start dates a year and engaging coursework delivered in a convenient online format, you can gain the credentials needed for in-demand educational roles in just a few months.

The rigorous curriculum for this online ELL certificate program emphasizes student-centered instruction that prepares you to effectively guide and support the success of non-native English speakers. By completing an internship and portfolio component, you will gain field experience working directly with students learning English as their second language.

Build your aptitude in using the three domains of learning (psychomotor, cognitive and affective) in the classroom to help students establish a foundation for lifelong health in this online Graduate Certificate – Health and Physical Education from EWU.

Delivered fully online, our rigorous curriculum includes socially engaging, project-based learning with opportunities for practical application and classroom preparation. This online certificate program includes an internship that immerses you in K-12 standards-based programming, curriculum, and instructional knowledge and activities that develop your expertise in teaching health literacy and physical movement to learners of all abilities. You will also create a portfolio of work that demonstrates your competency as a health and physical educator. You must have a bachelor's degree to apply for this program.

A teaching certificate is required for admission to this program.

Transform your passion into new career opportunities in P-12 school library settings and beyond with the online Graduate Certificate – Library Media program from EWU.

As a student, you will complete six library media specialization courses and an internship with a mentor librarian. Enhance your expertise in librarian leadership and administration, with a focus on technology-embedded instruction, collaborative content integration and media collection management, as well as information and resource literacy. At the end of the program, you will get to create a portfolio to display your work and understanding of concepts essential to being a skilled library media educator.

The online Graduate Certificate – Literacy from Eastern Washington University is designed to expand the knowledge and skills of K-12 certificated teachers whose goal is to increase student success for all learners as a reading specialist. Learn how to use a variety of assessment tools and practices, how to integrate a wide range of curriculum materials, and understand the differences in reading abilities.

Through relevant research, field experiences, and hands-on opportunities, you will enrich your abilities to teach reading skills, strategies, and comprehension to kindergarten through grade 12 students. Coursework in this program can also be applied to the M.Ed. – Literacy online degree program for an accelerated completion time.

Prepare for positions of leadership in public, private, and charter schools with this post-master's certificate program, which is based on state and national standards and will satisfy the requirements of the Washington State Department of Public Instruction for school principal certification.

The program is designed to enhance your expertise in governance, school law, leadership and strategic planning. You will also learn how to develop and implement curriculum, oversee teachers, and work more effectively with parents, the community, and district administrators.

This online certificate program will prepare educators to be effective school leaders whether as principals, assistant principals, or program administrators.

The EWU online Graduate Certificate – Special Education program prepares you for more rewarding opportunities teaching and advocating for students with mild, moderate, and severe learning disabilities. You will complete an internship and portfolio to synthesize and apply your understanding of evidence-based strategies that support positive learning outcomes for special education students.

Through curriculum aligned with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards, this online special education certificate program develops your expertise to enrich your teaching career and help exceptional learners reach their full potential.

A teaching certificate is required for admission to this program.

The EWU Department of Education has developed the online Graduate Certificate – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to provide you the same rigorous educational development as our on-campus program, which already has a reputation of over 25 years in Washington.

As a student, you will dive into the critical and social theories that inform a reflective and sound TESOL classroom practice. An internship component is embedded in the curriculum in order to immerse you in practitioner-focused experience in the field, teaching or tutoring non-native English speakers. With convenient access to 100 percent online coursework and support from faculty who are dedicated to student success, you can earn your Graduate Certificate – TESOL online in as few as eight months.