Social, Emotional and Behavioral Wellness of PK-12 Students Endorsement

The Graduate Program in Education and Neumann University is pleased to offer the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Wellness of PK-12 Students program, an official Pennsylvania Department of Education endorsement. The content and courses within this program are infused with social emotional learning focused on the classroom, school building, district and family. Faculty are Neumann University adjunct faculty who specialize in Social Emotional Learning.

The goal of this program is to make explicit how social, emotional, behavioral health integrated into academics improves attendance, graduation rates and prospects for employment, increases capacity for learning, mastery of subject material, commitment to school, time devoted to school work and standardized test scores while reducing suspensions and grade retentions (Taylor et al. 2017). The endorsement may be incorporated into the Social Emotional Learning, M.S.

Your program will be exciting, challenging, invigorating, rewarding, practical, meaningful and immediately transferable to your work with students.

Field Experience Projects In each course, candidates will spend a minimum of 6 hours engaged in comprehensive and coordinated field experience with embedded candidate competencies. These field experiences, led by school and workforce partners, will provide learning experiences that model the integration and application of social, emotional and behavioral health concepts.

Program Curriculum: 12 Credits

This endorsement may be incorporated into the Social Emotional Learning, M.S. . Each course includes a required 6 hours of field experience.

EDUC 528 Understanding and Intervening with At Risk Youth Behaviors 3 Credits
EDUC 529 Behavioral and Mental Health Literacy/Intervening to Promote Positive Outcomes in our PK-12 Students 3 Credits
EDUC 530 Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma, and Mental Illness in PK-12 Students 3 Credits
EDUC 532 Fostering Resilience and Building Assets in Our At-Risk Students 3 Credits

Admission Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited, degree granting institution.
A completed Graduate Student Application online through www.neumann.edu/apply.
Official transcripts from each regionally accredited, degree granting institution attended.
Letter of intent which outlines why you wish to pursue the endorsement.
Names and telephone numbers of two professional references.
Interview (as needed)
Entry into this program may be done on a matriculated or non-matriculated basis.
The candidate must hold a valid Pennsylvania Level I or Level II Teaching Certificate in order to have the endorsement added or can receive certificate of completion from Neumann University. The student can also earn Act 48 hours for the completed courses.