Lesley University's Education Certificate programs are available entirely online, offering flexible options for busy educators to enhance their expertise. These certificates provide targeted professional development to strengthen classroom effectiveness and support student success.
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Expand your capabilities and make a difference in people's lives
Lead Schoolwide Literacy Change. Empower Educators. Improve Student Outcomes.
Develop Your Skills—and Voice—as a Literacy Coach and Leader.
Gain the language, tools, and strategies you need to lead with confidence. This online, 12-credit graduate certificate is designed to help you grow your identity as a literacy coach or instructional leader while deepening your knowledge of reading and writing instruction.
Through four practice-based courses, you’ll learn how to support teachers through coaching, lead professional learning, and build a shared vision for literacy teaching and learning in your school or district. Whether you’re an experienced coach, a teacher leader, an administrator, or an educator aspiring to take on one of these roles, this program will help you:
- Develop your expertise in reading and writing processes to guide teacher learning
- Build trust and collaboration across your school or team
- Facilitate reflective coaching conversations that improve instructional practice
- Design effective coaching cycles and professional learning experiences
- Lead and sustain literacy improvement through shared leadership
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Participation requirements: To participate, you should be working in—or have access to—a school setting so you can apply your learning in real time.
Inspire Readers. Engage Writers. Grow Your Expertise.
Are you ready to deepen your impact in the classroom? This online graduate certificate equips K–8 classroom teachers with the knowledge and tools to advance students’ reading, writing, phonics, and language skills—no matter where you start.
You’ll learn how to truly understand your students as literacy learners through powerful assessment techniques and thoughtful observation. With a strong emphasis on responsive and differentiated teaching, you’ll gain the confidence to meet the diverse needs of your students and discover how to make the most of whole class, small group, and individualized instruction.
Examine the most current research and evidence base of literacy as complex, integrated thinking processes—and apply them right away through practical strategies in:
- Assessment and intentional teaching
- Phonics, vocabulary, and spelling
- Creating inclusive, literacy-rich environments
- Oral language development and student discourse
- Building background knowledge to strengthen comprehension
- Small group differentiated reading instruction
- The process of writing
Whether you’re looking to become a content expert or want to feel more grounded in your daily teaching, this certificate will give you what you need to build a thriving, inclusive, and collaborative community of readers, writers, and thinkers.
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Ready to begin your journey with Lesley? Share some basic information by filling out one of the forms below so that we can reach out to you with more information about our programs. Or, email admissions@lesley.edu to connect with a member of our admissions team.
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