Certificates continue to make steady progress for implementation beginning in Fall 2021.
The college is planning to support three new Academic Certificates in: (1) Audio Fundamentals and Mixing Techniques, (2) Transformative Leadership, and (3) Anthrozoology. Likewise, there will be several Professional Certificates in the coming year: starting in summer there will be an Inclusive Community Leadership designed in partnership with the Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center and Education Service District 113 to be offered to current educators; and in addition, there will be a Special education Certificate and a Reading Certificate, also designed in partnership with Education Service District 113. Additionally, we are continuing to design a Professional Certificate with CELTC for Sustainable Cooperative Development design with the Northwest Cooperative Development Center. There are additional certificates underway for the 2022-2023 school year. We want to deeply thank the multi-functional staff team for developing the college infrastructure for this rapid implementation!
The Certificates Work Group (Tamsin Foucrier, Richard Weiss, Alex Mezei, Kyle Pittman, Kelli Bush, Lin Crowley, Amy Betz, Alex Markley, Larry Geri) has continued to meet every third week to improve the Design Process for certificates. We have designed a Letter of Intent—to support and encourage anyone interested in developing an Academic Certificate (embedded in the curriculum) or a Professional Certificate.
We have a draft certificate policy and a draft certificate design handbook that continues to be refined as we work with faculty, work force partners and the implementation team to establish how the college infrastructure will support both degree-applicable and non-degree-applicable certificates.
Summer Institute. Sue and Abir will offer a summer institute to work with interested faculty on designing certificates. The institute is planned for July 29-30. Please contact Sue (sue.feldman@evergreen.edu) and Abir (biswasa@evergreen.edu) if you have questions, or are interested in designing a certificate.