Educational Studies: STEM: Instructional Technology Support Concentration Certificate of Achievement

This certificate is especially appropriate for students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related career:

1) The paraprofessional or aspiring paraprofessional teacher aide seeking professional development focused on supporting teaching and learning with technology.

2) The aspiring paraprofessional or currently employed paraprofessional teacher aide seeking a career ladder approach to a teaching credential and/or child development permit seeking a certificate recognizing expertise in providing technology-based instructional support.

3) The teacher aide paraprofessional who has decided against pursuing an AA and/or credential but would like to acquire knowledge and skills/ professional development relevant to serving as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom, school, or related environment, specializing in expertise in providing technology-based assistance. 

 4) Teacher preparation for students on a transfer pathway for a BA and Credential who also desire certificate recognition in Educational Studies with a concentration in providing technology support to teachers, students, parents.

 Possible employment/illustrative examples: teacher assistant/ classroom aide specializing in providing technology assistance to students, parents, teachers, in an academic or related setting: preschool, transitional kindergarten,   elementary, middle, secondary; possible employment as a technology assistant in special education classrooms with the addition of intro to special education course; elementary learning support aide, middle school paraeducator, assistant in after school homework center, all grades, where expertise in technology would be an asset.

In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed for students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online.

It is expected that students completing this certificate will be able to:

1. Work effectively with students, teachers, parents, colleagues, and administrators in a school and classroom setting.

2. Apply knowledge, skills, and experience to make an informed choice to be employed or to continue study in the field of education.

3. Apply the certificate towards entry into a teaching credential or child development permit program, and/or the certificate may serve to document the acquisition of knowledge and skills relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom, school, or related environment.

Initial estimate: 10-20  students annually

Program Goal
 The certificate serves as a career ladder approach to a credential or permit or as a stand-alone entity to document that a student has taken coursework related to subject matter proficiency and has acquired skills for successful employment as a teacher's aide, after-school program assistant, tutoring or other paraprofessional level classroom career. 

OUTCOME 1: Work effectively with students, teachers, parents, colleagues, and administrators in a school and classroom setting.

OUTCOME 2: Apply knowledge, skills, and experience to make an informed choice to be employed or to continue study in the field of education.

OUTCOME 3: Apply the certificate towards entry into a teaching credential or child development permit program, and/or the certificate may serve to document the acquisition of knowledge and skills relevant for employment as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom, school, or related environment.

 

 In order to provide an additional pathway to an education-related career, this certificate is designed for students interested in an education/ teaching-related career who prefer online classes and/or cannot always attend traditional face-to-face classes due to employment, marital status, family responsibilities, distance, and expenses incurred with traditional education schedules. All certificate classes are online and include 13 units of specific required courses and 3 units for an elective.  

Similar courses are available in the LA/Orange County Region but none are defined together as a teacher preparation STEM certificate that is offered and available asynchronous and completely online; across the State similar related online education certificates, according to the OEI/CVC,  may be available at Cerro Coso and Modesto Community Colleges,  but not necessarily with an instructional technology support concentration.

This certificate is especially appropriate for students following various pathways to classroom teaching or an education-related career:

1) The paraprofessional or aspiring paraprofessional teacher aide seeking professional development focused on supporting teaching and learning with technology.

2) The aspiring paraprofessional or currently employed paraprofessional teacher aide seeking a career ladder approach to a teaching credential and/or child development permit seeking a certificate recognizing expertise in providing technology-based instructional support.

3) The teacher aide paraprofessional who has decided against pursuing an AA and/or credential but would like to acquire knowledge and skills/professional development relevant to serving as a teacher assistant or support staff in a classroom, school, or related environment, specializing in expertise in providing technology-based assistance. 

 4) Teacher preparation for students on a transfer pathway for a BA and Credential who also desire certificate recognition in Educational Studies with a concentration in providing technology support to teachers, students, parents.

 Possible employment/illustrative examples: teacher assistant/ classroom aide specializing in providing technology assistance to students, parents, teachers, in an academic or related setting: preschool, transitional kindergarten,   elementary, middle, secondary; possible employment as a technology assistant in special education classrooms with the addition of intro to special education course; elementary learning support aide, middle school paraeducator, assistant in after school homework center, all grades, where expertise in technology would be an asset.

top code 0860.00 Educational Technology

CIP code 13.1599 Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other

Program Requirements

Courses do not have to be taken in any fixed order or semester. 

Required Courses: 

Course Number	Course Name	Units
REQUIRED COURSES:
EDUC C101	Tutor Training	1
EDUC C104	Intro To Teaching And Learning In Diverse Contemporary Classrooms	1
EDUC  C103	Technology Proficiencies For Teachers I	2
EDUC C180	School, Family, Community Partnerships	3
EDUC C211	Media Literacy Toolkit For Teachers	3
CIS C100	Introduction To Information Systems	3
ELECTIVES        Select three units from the following courses
BC C124	Using Adobe Acrobat	3
BC C120	Microsoft Excel 1	1.5
BC C150	Microsoft Office Professional 1	3
BC C147	Beginning Microsoft Word 1	2
DGA C131	Digital Photography Using Photoshop	2
DGA C116A	Adobe Photoshop 1	3

Total Required Units:                                             16

One of the pathways to a teaching or education related career offered by Coastline's Department of Education

Similar courses are available in the LA/Orange County Region but none are defined together as a teacher preparation STEM certificate that is offered and available asynchronous and completely online; across the State similar related online education certificates, according to the OEI/CVC, may be available at Cerro Coso and Modesto Community Colleges, but not necessarily with an instructional technology support concentration.

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