Endorsement Options
Add an endorsement to your certification
Program Highlights & Benefits
100% online cohort
Less than one year
No GRE required for some programs
No weekend classes
For
For experienced certified teachers who wish to add an endorsement or an additional certification to their certification. These courses may be taken alone to earn the endorsement or certification or may be added to our Teacher Leader degree program.
What You Learn
Georgetown College’s endorsement programs are designed to give practicing teachers the knowledge and skills that they need to expand their teaching abilities. You may choose from five endorsement options:
- English as a Second Language (P-12): Help non-English-speaking students succeed academically and culturally
- Instructional Computer Technology (P-12): Enhance your classroom technology knowledge and skills and become a school technology leader
- Gifted Education (P-12): Work with students who have shown significant academic promise
- Moderate and Severe Disabilities (P-12): Provide certified teachers with knowledge and strategies to teach MSD school-age children and young adults, as well to plan for their transition into adult life. (LBD Certification Required.)
- Literacy Specialist (P-12): Prepare candidates to be reading specialists and literacy coaches in schools
How You Learn
This is a fully online cohort. Face-to-face class meetings are not required. You will log into the online classroom using our online learning management system to participate in online activities which may include assignments, webinars or chats, materials, discussion threads, assessments and/or group activities done electronically. You will finish one course every 7 and a half weeks.
Career Outcomes
Endorsements may also be embedded into a degree-seeking program, which would be our Master of Arts in Education Teacher Leader program, for a Rank change.
Endorsement Requirements
Instructional Computer Technology Endorsement (P-12)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDU 557 | Planning and Management of Technology in Schools | 3 |
| EDU 527 | Advanced Applications of Technology for Teacher Leaders | 3 |
| EDU 560 | Methods of Teaching Technology Concepts with Practicum | 3 |
| EDU 630 | Technology in the Online Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 642 | Coding for Teachers | 3 |
| Total for Endorsement Only: | 15 |
English as a Second Language Endorsement (P-12)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDU 580 | ESL Teaching Methods and Techniques | 3 |
| EDU 581 | ESL Assessment and Culture | 3 |
| EDU 583 | ESL Linguistic Theory and Analysis | 3 |
| EDU 585 | ESL Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 587 | Communicating with Immigrants | 3 |
| Total for Endorsement Only: | 15 |
Gifted Education Endorsement (P-12)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDU 520 | Foundations of Gifted Education | 3 |
| EDU 521 | Curriculum and Instruction in Gifted Education | 3 |
| EDU 522 | Differentiating for Gifted Learners in the Regular Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 523 | Practicum in Gifted Education | 3 |
| Total for Endorsement Only: | 12 |
Moderate and Severe Disabilities Certification (P-12)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| ECE 600 | Introduction to Teaching Students with MSD (10 hours of field experience) | 3 |
| ECE 604 | Teaching Individuals with Physical & Multiple Disabilities (10 hours of field experience) | 3 |
| ECE 606 | Transition Services for Students with Disabilities (10 hours of field experience) | 3 |
| ECE 602 | Curriculum and Instruction for Students with MSD (10 hours of field experience) | 3 |
| ECE 608 | Field Component in MSD (45 hours of field experience) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Literacy Specialist Endorsement (P-12)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDU 516 | Research-Based Practices in Literacy Instruction P-12 | 3 |
| EDU 517 | Educational Policy and Theoretical Foundations of Literacy | 3 |
| ENG 526 | Teaching P-12 Writing Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| EDU 604 | Instructional Coaching: Building Teacher Capacity through Mentoring and Collaboration | 3 |
| EDU 662 | Assessing and Facilitating Literacy Development | 6 |
| Total for Endorsement Only: | 18 |
Please Note:
This is only an introduction to each endorsement. Coursework may be taken in a different order.
