Credit Validation for California Association for Leading Innovation in Education (CALIE) Participants Only
The CALIE Certified Educator Program is a cohort-based leadership development experience created by educators, for educators. Through expert-led sessions, peer collaboration, personalized coaching, and an applied capstone project, participants develop the skills to identify current needs, create practical action plans, apply leadership and systems-change frameworks, and support meaningful improvements in teaching and learning.
Certificate Requirements
Course: EDC-X744Z CALIE Certified Educator Program
Units: 8 units
Total hours: 100
What You Will Learn
- Analyze current needs, opportunities, and system conditions within educational settings to identify meaningful areas for improving teaching, learning, or professional practice
- Apply leadership, innovation, instructional design, and systems change frameworks to develop practical approaches that support learner-centered improvement and sustainable implementation
- Design an Innovation Leadership Plan that explains a selected focus, incorporates feedback and evidence, and outlines a realistic path for future implementation
- Communicate the purpose, value, and intended impact of an innovation plan to colleagues, leaders, and stakeholders to build understanding, collaboration, and support
- Reflect on personal leadership growth, professional strengths, and next steps for continuing to lead innovation and improvement within educational organizations
Who Should Attend
- Classroom teachers ready to take on leadership roles
- Instructional coaches and teacher support leaders
- Curriculum, technology, and professional learning leaders
- Department chairs, grade-level leads, and teacher leaders
- Program, assessment, and education specialists
- Student support and IT leaders in education
- Aspiring school, district, nonprofit, and education leaders
Benefits
- Strengthen readiness for leadership roles in schools, districts, and educational organizations
- Demonstrate expertise in leading innovation and improvement in education
- Build a career-ready leadership portfolio and capstone plan
- Expand professional credibility and leadership visibility