Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

Post-Bacc Certificate in Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction

DEGREE OFFERED

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction

CAMPUS OPTIONS

Main Campus (Union, NJ) 

Ocean Campus (Toms River, NJ) 

TBA (Your District)

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Fall:        August 1
Spring:   All applicants are encouraged to apply for fall admission

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This four-course, 12 credit certificate is designed for teachers and other educators in K-12 schools and responds to New Jersey's mandate to teach about Holocaust, genocide, and prejudice in New Jersey public schools. All courses are taught at Kean and at local school districts and are also electives in the Kean University Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. Each course provides three (3) graduate credits and forty-five (45) professional development hours from Kean University. 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Official transcript from the college/university where undergraduate degree was obtained
• Professional resume/CV
• Personal Statement
  • Applicants are asked to respond in the online application to the following statement :

    Please share your motivation for continuing studying these topics through the Advanced Seminar courses.  How will you use your learning in your teaching or education work?  Please describe one specific topic from both EMSE 5342 and 5343 that you would like to explore in more depth in the seminars and how this will impact your teaching.

• Official TOEFL or IELTS score reports

IMPORTANT NOTE

All applicants to this program must speak with Dr. Adara Goldberg PRIOR to applying.  Applicants should email or call Dr. Goldberg for application instructions and for application fee waiver information, as this program waives all application fees.  Failure to contact her prior to submission can result in the disqualification of your application and/or the inability to have your application fee waived.  No refunds are able to be given if the application is submitted without the fee waiver.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Teaching the Holocaust (3 CREDITS) EMSE 5342 (FALL 2020)

This course is designed to prepare K-12 teachers to teach the Holocaust and Holocaust-related themes in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:-1 et seq. University instructors will teach students pedagogy for teaching historic information. Using various texts and media, students will explore teaching strategies, course content, and curricular materials that meet age-appropriate learning objectives. Instructors will also teach strategies for reading complex historic text and creating evidence-based writing samples in accordance with the Common Core of State Standards.

Teaching Prejudice Reduction (3 CREDITS) EMSE 5343 (SPRING 2021)

Students will develop strategies for teaching prejudice reduction by examining topics such as race, ethnicity, discrimination, bullying, and preconception. University instructors will emphasize approaches that will reduce the role of prejudice in their students’ lives to prepare them for 21st century life and careers. Students will learn methods of incorporating prejudice reduction into daily instruction and curriculum development.