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Professional Excellence Badges

Micro-Credentialing Series

Micro-credential application

Available to UR Employees

Stackable

Customizable

Program Overview

A Micro-Credentialing Process provides individuals the unique opportunity to grow professionally and advance in their careers. Our micro-credentials are a flexible, convenient way for you to stay competitive or branch out in today’s changing higher education workplace. You’ll gain the in-demand skills, knowledge, and experience to grow professionally and become “Ever Better.”

The micro-credentialing series, offered through the Warner School’s Center for Professional Development, will not only meet your needs but also can be stacked together — making it possible for you to start small and build out. In addition, you will dive deeper into a focused area of study in less time than a full degree program. By applying for a badge, you can showcase your new skills on your academic record. Additionally, these high-quality offerings create a more flexible bridge to a certificate or graduate degree, if you choose to continue on and apply to a graduate program at the Warner School. Benefit-eligible University of Rochester employees will receive tuition benefits and a guaranteed scholarship.

Key Features

  • Minimum Credits: 9 graduate credits.
  • Customizable: Tailor your micro-credentials to your career needs and interests for an even more in-depth understanding and mastery of highly-specific, applicable skills that will help you remain relevant and current in higher education settings.
  • Career Growth: Invest in your professional learning by adding more skills critical to advancing your career in higher education. Micro-credentials are a quick way to do so. Complete multiple micro-credentials for an even more in-depth understanding of various focus areas.
  • Autonomy: Gain a level of autonomy to personalize your learning, highlight the skills you’ve developed, and grow a better understanding of your career path and leadership capacity.
  • Stackable: Complete multiple micro-credentials for an even more in-depth understanding of various focus areas. The series provides a pathway to a certificate or degree program, where you can transfer credits earned from your micro-credential.
  • Financial Support: Eligible UR employees benefit from a low-cost opportunity to earn a micro-credential through tuition benefits.
  • Supportive Environment: Engage with full-time faculty and peers at the master’s and doctoral levels inside the Warner School’s classrooms.

Prerequisite

  • A bachelor's degree

Questions?

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Badge Tracks

We offer three pathway options, with each leading to a 9-credit badge:

Data-Informed Decision Making

Elevate your leadership skills in collecting, analyzing and using information to answer questions about projects, policies and programs and impact meaningful change.

 

ED 520: Program Evaluation (Fall, Summer A)

ED 406: Master’s Research Methods (Fall, Spring, Summer A, Summer A & B)

Three one-credit sequence:

ED 528: Using Quant Data Software (Fall, Spring, Summer A)

ED 525: Interview & Focus Group Techniques (Fall, Spring, Summer A)

ED 524: Survey Design (Fall, Spring, Summer A)

Leading Organizational Innovation and Transformation

Showcase your expertise and skills in leading innovations effectively in higher education settings, enabling you to work toward sustainable success.

Choose two of the following courses:

EDU 515: Decision Making for Educational Leaders I (Fall)

EDU 492: Governance, Policy & Administration in Higher Education (Fall)

ED 475: Leadership & Management in Higher Education (Spring)

ED 466: Leading Change (Summer)

 

Choose between one of four core courses:

ED 483: Communication and Counseling Skills for Teachers, Administrators & Other Helping Professionals (Fall)

ED 475: Leadership & Management in Higher Education (Spring)

EDU 446: Entrepreneurial Skills for Educators (Spring, Summer A & B)

ED 406: Master’s Research Methods (Fall, Spring, Summer A & B)

Digital Learning and Online Instruction

Acquire the knowledge and skills to design and execute learning experiences that utilize digital learning and online instruction across various instructional settings.

 

EDE 484: Online Teaching and Learning (Fall, Spring, Summer A & B)

EDE 486: Designing Online Courses (Fall, Spring, Summer A & B)

EDU 446: Entrepreneurial Skills for Educators (Spring, Summer A & B)

Ready to Apply?

Micro-Credential Application

Contact Admissions

(585) 275-3950

microcredentials@warner.rochester.edu