Instructional Core Transformation Degree| Urban Education

Rise to become a core transformation leader within urban education

Instructional Core Transformation for Urban School Administrators - Graduate Certificate (12 credits)

This instructional core transformation certificate program provides students with strategies to create equitable and culturally responsive transformation in urban school environments.

Coursework explores ways of constructing strategic, curricular and instructional plans for K-12 urban schools. Additionally, you'll learn how to design equitable and culturally responsive practices that lead to student engagement, student achievement, and physical and emotional well-being. Faculty and students deconstruct the components of a standards-based curriculum designed for students to achieve mastery in essential grade-level skills and knowledge while meeting diverse learners’ needs.

Certificate credits apply toward a master’s degree in urban educational leadership

Take the instructional core transformation certificate as a stand-alone certificate or stack it with the urban education leadership principles graduate certificate and business essentials for school administrators graduate certificate and earn your master’s degree in urban educational leadership in less than two years.

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Courses		12 Credits
UEDU778	Advanced Instructional Strateg In this course, candidates will review recent research on effective instruction and explore advanced classroom strategies and techniques designed to enhance their effectiveness in meeting the needs of diverse populations of learners. Examples include direct instruction, cooperative learning, dimensions of learning, creative problem solving, and applications of technology to thinking and learning. Candidates will develop expert teaching skills and learn to diagnose and deliver instructional strategies that are most appropriate in specific circumstances commonly found in urban schools. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program	3
UEDU788	Culturally Responsv Instructn Candidates will learn a new way of viewing teaching that is grounded in an understanding of the role of culture and language in learning. Candidates in this course will compare the best practices outlined in multiple cultural, linguistically responsive frameworks, eventually adopting one of the proposed frameworks or creating their own to be implemented in their work context. Candidates will also explore relevant coaching and change management strategies and apply them as they learn about their students’ family makeup, immigration history, favorite activities, concerns, and strengths. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program	3
UEDU791	Managing Partnership Develpmt This course explores the leadership and management skills, competencies and dispositions needed to develop culturally responsive school, family, and community partnerships. Topics covered include engaging youth through culturally relevant experiences and capitalizing on their funds of knowledge in cultural contexts; training teachers and youth program workers to understand the importance of utilizing culturally relevant pedagogical strategies; and how to assess newly developed and existing programs to determine the level of efficacy, inclusivity, equity and cultural relevance. As a learning community, candidates will explore their beliefs about the role of families and community members in school reform. Candidates will research the impact of home-school and community-school partnerships on student learning and explore the various theoretical frameworks about these partnerships. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-	3
UEDU796	Transfrmtn & Mgmt - Instr Core Candidates in this course will explore the need for schools to establish their own internal systems and professional cultures to improve student outcomes and develop their own systems for leading the instructional core in context. Candidates will learn how to evaluate the learning experience of students in classrooms and the implications of these experiences for the instructional core. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program	3

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Why pursue an instructional core transformation certificate at Davenport?

By pursuing this certificate with Davenport University, you’ll be well-positioned for new job opportunities, and you’ll be eligible for advancement within your current school district.

You’ll learn from certified teaching professionals with more than 30 years of experience, collectively, in urban education. You’ll also receive weekly coaching and, through certificate coursework, gain insight into unconscious biases and systematic inequities often encountered

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Benefit from our educational partnerships

Take advantage of Davenport’s relationships with partner districts, some of which often offer tuition benefits to candidates enrolled in our urban education programs.

Hands-on experience in urban settings

Gain hands-on experience through projects, service learning, research, fieldwork and internships in urban education settings with a focus on leadership for educational equity and inclusion.

Faculty who are educational leaders

Learn from Davenport faculty who have nearly 30+ years of experience as educators, collectively, with expertise in areas like elementary and secondary teaching and educational leadership as well as certification in Online+ learning instruction.

Financial aid and discounts available

Benefit from Davenport’s expansive partnerships with local schools and districts. If you work for one of our educational partners, you may be eligible for tuition discounts of up to 39%.

Focused on best practices

Leverage your experience while exploring research and best practices in areas like leadership for educational equity, curriculum, instruction and assessment, entrepreneurship and more.

Award-winning program

Davenport is a Transformational Award Winner as recognized by the American Council on Education.

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