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Provides elementary and early learning leaders with skills and knowledge to lead cross-system improvements and to implement instructional reforms that benefit our youngest learners, preschool through 3rd grade.
This 11-month, fully online, executive-style program is for working administrators who want to engage in intentional and collaborative learning to deepen their understanding of child development, school leadership, and learning opportunities that dismantle historic inequities.
Our approach at the University of Colorado Denver is to support working professionals in an engaging, blended format of monthly modules completed primarily through asynchronous work. The program also provides bi-monthly synchronous sessions with leading researchers and practitioner-experts engaged in innovative P-3 work.
While school readiness and ready schools were priorities before the pandemic, they have become even more important as school districts, early care and education (ECE) programs, state agencies, and other stakeholders grapple with the inequitable opportunities provided to our youngest learners. Now is an opportune time for school leaders to re-imagine and invest deeply in their skills and knowledge to design school cultures and collaborative teamwork, informed by research, that will close early achievement gaps and support young learners.
The National P-3 Leadership Certificate program launches June 1, 2023 and concludes April 30, 2024. This 11-month, nine-module, non-degree, continuing professional education certificate paces participants to engage in one module per month. Month-long breaks are scheduled for September 2023 and January 2024. For each of the modules, the learning format is primarily asynchronous content with two 90-minute synchronous sessions.
Dates |
Module Topics |
June 2023 |
Module 1: Foundations for P-3 |
July 2023 |
Module 2: Child Development with an Equity Lens |
August 2023 |
Module 3: Engaging Families and Communities |
September 2023 |
BREAK |
October 2023 |
Module 4: Learning Environments and School Culture |
November 2023 |
Module 5: Supporting Effective Teaching |
December 2023 |
Module 6: Aligned Curricula and Instructional Practices |
January 2024 |
BREAK |
February 2024 |
Module 7: Continuous Improvement |
March 2024 |
Module 8: P-3 Policy and Advocacy |
April 2024 |
Module 9: Building for P-3 Sustainability |
$2,500*
Teams of participants can be supported by state or district Title II-A, American Rescue Plan (ARP), and other sources. Please contact us if you would like to discuss possibilities.
*Costs of materials (~$100) not included
This 11-month, fully online, executive-style program is for working administrators who want to engage in intentional and collaborative learning to deepen their understanding of child development, school leadership, and learning opportunities that dismantle historic inequities.
Our approach at the University of Colorado Denver is to support working professionals in an engaging, blended format of monthly modules completed primarily through asynchronous work. The program also provides bi-monthly synchronous sessions with leading researchers and practitioner-experts engaged in innovative P-3 work.
While school readiness and ready schools were priorities before the pandemic, they have become even more important as school districts, early care and education (ECE) programs, state agencies, and other stakeholders grapple with the inequitable opportunities provided to our youngest learners. Now is an opportune time for school leaders to re-imagine and invest deeply in their skills and knowledge to design school cultures and collaborative teamwork, informed by research, that will close early achievement gaps and support young learners.
The National P-3 Leadership Certificate program launches June 1, 2023 and concludes April 30, 2024. This 11-month, nine-module, non-degree, continuing professional education certificate paces participants to engage in one module per month. Month-long breaks are scheduled for September 2023 and January 2024. For each of the modules, the learning format is primarily asynchronous content with two 90-minute synchronous sessions.
Dates |
Module Topics |
June 2023 |
Module 1: Foundations for P-3 |
July 2023 |
Module 2: Child Development with an Equity Lens |
August 2023 |
Module 3: Engaging Families and Communities |
September 2023 |
BREAK |
October 2023 |
Module 4: Learning Environments and School Culture |
November 2023 |
Module 5: Supporting Effective Teaching |
December 2023 |
Module 6: Aligned Curricula and Instructional Practices |
January 2024 |
BREAK |
February 2024 |
Module 7: Continuous Improvement |
March 2024 |
Module 8: P-3 Policy and Advocacy |
April 2024 |
Module 9: Building for P-3 Sustainability |
$2,500*
Teams of participants can be supported by state or district Title II-A, American Rescue Plan (ARP), and other sources. Please contact us if you would like to discuss possibilities.
*Costs of materials (~$100) not included