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A direct path to your goals
Individual courses in education are a great way to:
- Stay current and fulfill specific licensure requirements.
- Build your own competencies through rigorous online coursework.
- Apply your learning immediately in your own school, district, or organization.
- Earn credits to apply to a Capella degree or certificate program.¹
¹A maximum of three courses taken as a Capella nondegree student can be applied to a Capella degree program.
Courses in education²
| ED7014 |
Leading Diverse Schools
In this course, learners evaluate approaches to creating an inclusive school environment that demonstrates respect and value for diverse staff and student populations. Learners assess communication and collaboration strategies that leverage the strengths of diversity to create an effective learning environment and examine the institutional, political, and legal factors that influence the ways schools address diversity issues. This course requires access to a P–12 classroom and/or educational stakeholders in a P–12 school or district. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer. |
4 quarter credits |
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| ED7537 |
Emerging Technology and Multimedia for Curriculum and Instruction
Through an examination of research and literature, learners examine current trends and issues related to the impact of technology and multimedia on P–12 student teaching and learning. Based on a review of the literature, learners develop course projects that include the design of curriculum, instruction, and assessments enhanced through innovative technology and multimedia applications. The course provides real-world skills, tools, and clinical practice experiences designed to support school and district leaders and instructional support staff. This course requires access to a P–12 classroom and/or educational stakeholders in a P–12 school or district. |
4 quarter credits |
| ED7641 |
Needs Assessment: Models and Procedures
This course is a survey of the needs assessment models and procedures used to diagnose the causes of organizational performance problems. Learners design and develop needs assessment instruments and collect and analyze data to differentiate organizational performance issues that require training solutions from those that require non-training interventions. Cannot be fulfilled by credit for prior learning. |
4 quarter credits |
| ED6857 * |
Personnel Administration
Learners in this course study school policy making, staffing assignment, salary negotiation, grievance procedures, records, supervision, and the evaluation of professional and nonprofessional employees. This course requires access to a P–12 classroom and/or educational stakeholders in a P–12 school or district. Prerequisite(s): ED5320. Cannot be fulfilled by credit for prior learning. |
4 quarter credits |
²See the Capella University Catalog for the full course description for your course.
³A maximum of three courses taken as a Capella nondegree student can be applied to a subsequent Capella degree program.