{"id":3508,"date":"2021-07-08T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2021-07-08T09:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:05:58","slug":"recast-certificate-opportunities-at-evergreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/07\/recast-certificate-opportunities-at-evergreen\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAST | Certificate Opportunities at Evergreen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong> McAvity, David &lt;mcavityd@evergreen.edu&gt;<br><strong>Sent:<\/strong> Wednesday, July 7, 2021 6:25 PM<br><strong>To:<\/strong> All Staff &amp; Faculty DL &lt;AllStaffFaculty@evergreen.edu&gt;<br><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Certificate Opportunities at Evergreen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Faculty &amp; Staff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;am pleased&nbsp;to announce the&nbsp;launch&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fcertificates&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chomchicr%40evergreen.edu%7C8f3e9554df2d45ef1eb708d941af33e2%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637613043220238038%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=0FikSiZC4GHAlWpfX9MLvTHvxplIlbhNi5UpK2a7VuQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Certificates at Evergreen!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These&nbsp;additional credential opportunities&nbsp;for&nbsp;students and professionals in our community&nbsp;are an important&nbsp;new&nbsp;component of our strategy for&nbsp;improving&nbsp;retention,&nbsp;recruitment, and reputation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have both&nbsp;Academic and Professional Certificates&nbsp;opportunities available to students:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Academic&nbsp;Certificates<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fcertificates%2Facademic-certificates&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chomchicr%40evergreen.edu%7C8f3e9554df2d45ef1eb708d941af33e2%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637613043220248012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Mc0B34USPefiA3tqy0Zue%2Bwse9sjPDxLg7smdzerOwQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/certificates\/academic-certificates<\/a>)&nbsp;are&nbsp;comprised of&nbsp;courses and coordinated studies programs that are offered as part of the regular curriculum leading to a degree.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Professional&nbsp;Certificates&nbsp;<\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fcertificates%2Fprofessional-certificates&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chomchicr%40evergreen.edu%7C8f3e9554df2d45ef1eb708d941af33e2%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637613043220248012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=3FoSm2217xBNDh02jpv2BfauR1DO8f%2BaVQiPWPoPB1g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/certificates\/professional-certificates<\/a>)&nbsp;are&nbsp;comprised&nbsp;of a sequence of&nbsp;professional studies and workforce development learning experiences. These certificates&nbsp;are planned&nbsp;in partnership with external organizations&nbsp;and&nbsp;offer continuing education units for individuals toward specific careers and professional fields.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please review the&nbsp;webpages&nbsp;above&nbsp;for more information&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;four&nbsp;planned&nbsp;2021-2022 certificate opportunities. Please&nbsp;contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:certificates@evergreen.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">certificates@evergreen.edu<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above opportunities are just the beginning. This summer&nbsp;we will be completing the certificate design process&nbsp;for new certificate development,&nbsp;along with&nbsp;policies and associated system updates so&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;will be in&nbsp;position to&nbsp;launch&nbsp;and support&nbsp;more certificates in&nbsp;for fall 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;certificate design processwill create an ongoing framework for the design, development,&nbsp;approval,&nbsp;and&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;of new certificates, with guidance about curriculum development and budgeting to streamline the process. We are developing a&nbsp;certificate policy&nbsp;to clarify terms and requirements for certificates&nbsp;and a&nbsp;self-supporting program policyfor programs that operate without state funding.&nbsp;More information about these will be shared&nbsp;in fall quarter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am especially appreciative of the heavy lift by&nbsp;the&nbsp;staff and faculty&nbsp;involved with&nbsp;developing and implementing&nbsp;certificates&nbsp;for next year.&nbsp;I am&nbsp;impressed and delighted&nbsp;by their energy and&nbsp;dedication in creating&nbsp;these&nbsp;new&nbsp;opportunities and the structures to support them&nbsp;on such a short timeline.&nbsp;Thank you!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: McAvity, David &lt;mcavityd@evergreen.edu&gt;Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 6:25 PMTo: All Staff &amp; Faculty DL &lt;AllStaffFaculty@evergreen.edu&gt;Subject: Certificate Opportunities at Evergreen&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2778,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3509,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions\/3509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}