Educational Technology Graduate Certificate
Advance Your Teaching Career While You Enhance Student Learning
Developing the skills and experience to add new technologies to your teaching repertoire can not only improve the quality of education in the classroom, it can provide opportunities to advance your career and increase your earning potential.
Elementary and secondary school teachers who earn a graduate certificate in Educational Technology do so both to improve the quality of learning in the classroom and to prepare for more responsibility as an instructional coordinator, an educational technology trainer or an educational technologist.
To meet the demands of a changing society, these technology-oriented educational roles will be instrumental in developing new curricula. Therefore, these positions are expected to grow faster that the average for all occupations through the year 2012.
Put Your DeVry Degree to Work Improving Educational Quality and Student Performance
When you earn your educational technology certificate from DeVry, you'll be prepared to advance your career in both public and private school and district settings. Possible roles include:
- Instructional Coordinator: In addition to recommending and overseeing the installation and implementation of new technologies into the classroom, instructional coordinators develop instructional materials, train teachers and assess educational programs in terms of quality and adherence to regulations and standards. Instructional Coordinators are also known as curriculum specialists, staff development specialists and directors of instructional materials.
- Educational Technologist: From designing technology-oriented staff development opportunities to supporting teachers as they integrate technology into their classrooms, educational technologists hold the position of resident education technology expert in a school or district.
- Educational Technology Trainer: Empowering teachers to improve student learning in the classroom and administrators to make positive changes in their school systems, educational technology trainers provide professional development expertise by helping educators learn and incorporate new technologies that meet both curricular and technology standards.
Hone Your Technology Skills and Get the Career You Want with a Degree from DeVry
Graduates of the DeVry University Educational Technology graduate certificate program are prepared for all these careers and more! Through a mix of informative classes and hands-on experience, you learn the fundamental concepts, principles , theory and skills that an instructional coordinator or educational technologist needs to succeed.
DeVry educational technology certificate holders will be prepared to enter these growing fields by being able to:
- Integrate educational technologies into teaching methods, based on sound instructional systems design
- Master the technical skills to use technology tools
- Develop a plan to implement educational technology strategies at the district or school level
- Employ competencies when confronted with legal matters
- Search for and evaluate the best instructional technologies for the best price
- Set up an e-learning community
DeVry is the university where you can gain the skills, credentials and respect you need to make it big in the world of educational technology. DeVry's success at preparing students for careers is hard to beat!
