Buell Early Childhood Leadership Certificate
The Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program (BECLP) is an 18 credit, year-long graduate certificate offered in partnership with the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education and Human Development and the Institute at Clayton Early Learning with generous support from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation. This certificate is targeted to meet the needs of experienced and emerging leaders in early care and education settings.
The BECLP offers a diverse cohort structure with ongoing individualized student support, a summer leadership symposium and retreat, and a mentorship experience. The courses follow a standards based curriculum and are taught by co-teachers using a hybrid model.
Generous funding by the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation provides for each admitted student (Buell Fellow) to receive a scholarship for the 18 required credits. Fellows will incur costs throughout the year related to books, travel, and lodging while attending classes in Denver. If you want to apply, see the Application link on the left hand side of this page. For more information, call us at 303-315-4985 or email BECLP@ucdenver.edu.
Read about one alumna's experience in this program.
Courses
- Courses will be offered to a cohort of 20 Buell Fellows in a hybrid format off campus at the Institute at Clayton Early Learning Center unless noted otherwise.
- Courses will meet in person one weekend per month with online work between weekend meetings.
- Friday evening classes are from 4:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday classes are from 8:00am to 5:00pm with a one hour lunch break, with the exception of one Friday class from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
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Term Offered |
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| Pedagogical Leadership & Child Development - This course covers early childhood curriculum models and evidence-based interventions applicable within community, preschool, and home environments, including perspectives on the inclusion and support for all young children, including children with different abilities and linguistic diversity and their families. |
Summer 2013 |
| Professional Development & Family Centered Practice in ECE - This course focuses on the competencies required to develop and implement effective professional development for all adults participating in the ECE system. It also explores the importance of family centered practice in early childhood and implications for programs and policies. |
Summer 2013 |
| Reflective Leadership in ECE - The course focuses on the leader’s role in promoting inquiry as a means to improve the ECE field. Students will gain experience with community-based action research as a methodology for addressing critical systems and program issues affecting their work. |
Fall 2013 |
| Leadership & Ethics in ECE - Leadership and Ethics in early childhood is the exercise of significant and responsible influence. This course covers current theories and models of leadership. Students will articulate a vision, clarify, and affirm values, and create a culture built on norms of continuous improvement and ethical conduct.
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Fall 2013 |
| Strategic Leadership & Current Issues in ECE - This courses addresses current issues in research, theory, policy development, and administrative leadership of programs for all young children. Strategic Leadership anchors all decisions to a shared vision through the systematic evaluation and strategic planning for program or organization growth and service. |
Spring 2014 |
| Policy & Advocacy in ECE - This course provides the historical and political context of early care and education in the United States. Local, state and federal mandates, public laws, and legislative procedures and initiatives will be investigated.
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Spring 2014 |