SMSU's Credentialing Education Courses

2023 Teaching and Learning Competency Requirement Courses:

SMSU currently offers three of the four teaching and learning competency courses required by Minnesota State.

Choose a format/semester to meet your requirements:

Spring
Summer
Fall

Once you know what semester works the best for your schedule click next step !

Summer Institute 2023 Options:

Session 1 Dates: May 21-26 (Sunday evening, 6-8 p.m.and Monday through Friday, 8-5 p.m.
Location: Brainerd, MN (Cragun's)

For booking accommodations at Cragun's Resort, please contact the hotel directly. Be sure to tell them you are with SMSU's summer CRED session.

Address: 11000 Craguns Dr, Brainerd, MN 56401

Phone : (218) 316-7005

All three courses offered during the Summer Institutes. We encourage you to enroll for all three courses.

CRED 410/510 Instructional Strategies for Community and Tech Colleges (Undergraduate/Graduate)
CRED 420/520 Assessment & Evaluation of Student Learning for Community & Tech Colleges (Undergraduate/Graduate)
CRED 430/530 Curriculum Planning and Design for Community & Tech Colleges (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Further information about books, requirements, etc. will arrive in your inbox about 3 weeks prior to the session start.

OR

Session 2 Dates: June 4-9 (Sunday evening, 6-8 p.m.and Monday through Friday, 8-5 p.m.
Location: Apple Valley Grand Stay

Further information about books, requirements, etc. will arrive in your inbox about 3 weeks prior to the session start.

All three courses offered during the Summer Institutes. We encourage you to enroll for all three courses.

Fall 2023 Courses

Dates: Tentatively set for September 15-17 and October 21-22 (Friday the 15th 12-8 p.m. and 8-5 p.m. all other days)
Location: GrandStay Hotel & Conference, 7083 152nd St. W, Apple Valley, MN 55124

In person, 5 days at Apple Valley GrandStay:

All three courses are offered during the Fall semester:

Spring 2024 Online Courses:

All three courses offered individually:

Next Step:

Complete the online application.
Once you have submitted the online Application form, you will receive an email confirmation with the following once we have processed the online form: SMSU ID and registration instructions. If you have questions with the process please feel free to email CoriAnn.Dahlager@SMSU.edu.
Information on the tuition waiver application can be found with your Human Resource Office.
If you have any questions about the course details, please contact the credentialing courses director, Dr. Patricia Linehan at Patricia.Linehan@SMSU.edu or 507-420-0620.

If you are interested in learning more about registering for the Philosophy Course, please CLICK HERE.
Note: You will need to login with your starid and then you will need to self-register for the course by clicking on self-registration at the top and selecting the philosophy course.

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