The Certificate of Graduate Study in middle grades certification, which meets the Rhode Island Department of Education’s (RIDE’s) middle grades certification, is a 12-credit program designed to provide advanced graduate study and practicum training for students with an certification in elementary or secondary education. The program is fully online (both synchronous and asynchronous) except for field requirements.
Federal financial aid is available for students admitted into this certificate program. See more details about graduate student financial aid on the Office of Graduate Studies website.
To begin the process you will need to sign up for an account with CollegeNET. Once you have a CollegeNET account, you will be able to log in any time and see your Activity Log which shows you a personalized status page.
The three courses in this program are taught in a sequence and address both state and national middle level standards. The courses help all candidates answer the essential question: How, as a middle level educator, can I cultivate and sustain a more just and equitable world through critically reflective practices?
Students must also be proficient in their content area, either having earned a secondary teaching certificate in a content area (math, science, English or social studies) or an elementary education teaching certificate, with at least 21 hours of designated coursework in math, science, English or social studies. (See course list below.) The appropriate Middle Grades Praxis Content Test must also be completed prior to applying for certification.
ENGL 208, 304, 305, 306, 345, 346 (all variations of British Lit and Shakespeare)
ENGL 202, 209, 301 (all versions of American Lit)
ENGL 326, 327, 336 (All variations of Ethnic/Minority Lit)
Contact MLED coordinator for course list
In the Department of Educational Studies, we teach you how children grow and develop and help you to use that knowledge to create learning environments and experiences that will benefit children for life.
