SMSU's Credentialing Education Courses

2025 Teaching and Learning Competency Requirement  Courses:

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

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

Summer Institute 2025 Options:

Session 1 Dates: May 19-23  (Monday 8- 6pm  and Tuesday through Friday, 8-5 p.m.)
Location: SCTCC in St Cloud, MN  
Phone: (320) 253-0606

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.

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Session 2 Dates: June 2-6  (Monday 8- 6pm  and Tuesday through Friday, 8-5 p.m.)
Location: Apple Valley, GrandStay
Phone: (952) 953-6111

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. 

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)

If you are looking to take courses during fall 2025 or spring of 2026 please feel free to reach out to Catherine Ford at Catherine.Ford@minnstate.edu.  

Next Step:

1. Complete the online application.
2. 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. 
3. Information on the tuition waiver application can be found with your Human Resource Office. 
4. 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.

If you have difficulty registering for the Philosophy course , please contact Kim Vossen at Kimberly.Vossen@minnstate.edu​​​​​​​.

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.

If you are looking to take courses during fall 2025 or spring of 2026, please feel free to reach out to Catherine Ford at Catherine.Ford@minnstate.edu.