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  1. College of Education
  2. Graduate Programs
  3. Continuing Education

Continuing Education

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At the NIU College of Education, we offer specialized training focused on a variety of skills to enhance your marketability and to help you advance your career.

Certificates of Graduate Study

  • Adapted Physical Education
  • Advanced Qualitative Methodology in Education
  • Advanced Quantitative Methodology in Education
  • Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist for People with Visual Impairments
  • Behavior Analyst
  • College Teaching
  • Curricular and Pedagogical Practices in Social Justice Education
  • Director of Special Education
  • Distance Education
  • Higher Education Administration
  • Medical Family Therapy and Counseling
  • Museum Studies Certificate
  • Postsecondary Developmental Literacy and Language Instruction
  • Response to Intervention
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Sport Management
  • Teaching English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education
  • Trauma Informed Counseling
  • Workplace Learning and Performance

Endorsements

  • Blind or Visually Impaired
  • Chief School Business Official
  • Director of Special Education
  • Early Childhood
  • English as a Second Language (ESL)/Bilingual
  • Learning Behavior Specialist 1
  • Library Information Specialist
  • Physical Education
  • Principal
  • Reading Specialist and/or Reading Teacher
  • School Counseling
  • Superintendent
  • Teacher Leader
  • Technology Specialist

Credentials

  • Adapted Physical Education
  • Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist for People with Visual Impairments
  • Behavior Analyst
  • Graduate Programs
    • Online and Off-campus
    • Continuing Education
    • Master's Programs
    • Doctoral Programs

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815-753-8352
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