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Advanced Certificate in Mentoring


Overview

The purpose of the Mentoring Certificate is to provide substance and guided practice for peer supervision models and mentoring programs in public schools and to enable experienced teachers to structure their guidance of new teachers.

An Advanced Certificate in Mentoring will provide experienced teachers with:

  • The opportunity to examine and support their teaching and provide instructional assistance to newly hired teachers and those individuals re-entering the teaching field;
  • A venue to reflect on teaching within the framework of continuous, guided professional development;
  • A coherent, comprehensive program of post-Master’s, professional development coursework.
  • A collaborative perspective for research towards improving teacher education and development.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Suzanne Miller
568 Baldy Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
716-645-2455, ext. 1122
smiller@acsu.buffalo.edu
Course Offerings

Course number and name Credit hours
CEP 643 Teaching, Reflecting, and Supervising 3
ELP 620 Perspective on Staff Development 3
ELP 682 Organizational Learning and Restructuring 3
ELP 689 Research Seminar: Supervision and Mentoring in Teacher Education 3
ELP 621 Action Research 3
LAI 515 Research on Literature Teaching and Learning 3
LAI 517 Advanced English Teaching 3
LAI 522 Seminar in the Teaching Social Studies 3
LAI 530 Improving Elementary Science Instruction 3
LAI 599 Technology and Curriculum Integration 3
LAI 608 Supervision and Improvement of Instruction 3
LAI 669 Qualitative Data-based Research in Education 3
LAI 685 Methods of Child Study 3
LAI 697 Mentor to Mentor Institute 1
LAI 703 Mentoring Practicum/Seminar 2
CEP 700, ELP 700 or LAI 700 Mentoring Project/Presentation 1

Eligibility

The Mentoring certificate is a post Masters degree certificate, designed for:

  1. Experienced teachers (more than 3 years of teaching)
  2. Pre-K-12 Administrators
  3. GSE doctoral students with permanent or professional certification or serving in roles as teacher mentors


Program Requirements

The Mentoring curriculum involves 16 credit hours of course work and experiences. Courses and experiences in the mentoring core comprise 4 credit hours. The remaining 12 credit hours are distributed among the four component areas. Appropriate courses are selected with the assigned certificate advisor to design programs appropriate for individuals.

Mentoring Core – required courses/experiences

LAI 697 Teacher Mentoring Institute
LAI 703 Mentoring Practicum/Seminar
CEP 700/ELP700/LAI 700 Mentoring Project/Presentation (capstone)

Electives – one course from each of the four component areas

1. Advanced issues in curriculum and pedagogy

LAI 517 Advanced English Teaching
LAI 522 Seminar in the Teaching of Social Studies
LAI 530 Improving Elementary Science Instruction
LAI 599 Technology & Curriculum Integration

2. Teacher learning and development in organizational context

ELP 620 Perspectives on Staff Development
ELP 682 Topics: Organizational Learning and Restructuring

3. Mentoring and supervision

LAI 608 Supervision and Improvement of Instruction
LAI 693 Topics: Mentoring
ELP 689 Topics: Supervision and Mentoring of Teachers
CEP 643 Teaching, Reflecting and Supervising

4. Researching teaching

ELP 621 Action Research
LAI 685 Methods of Child Study
LAI 669 Qualitative Data Based Research in Education
LAI 515 Research in Literature Teaching and Learning
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