Advanced Studies Programs
You can complete Advanced Studies Certificate programs in evenings or weekends at Touro Nevada campus or online. Our programs are constructed to provide practical and realistic courses that are tailored to meet your specific needs and interests for education. The certificate program can advance your career goals and positively affect the outcomes of your students.
Start Date and Application Deadline
Fall 2019 Session I begins November 4, 2019. Application deadline is October 4, 2019.
APE – Adaptive Physical Education
Built around the Nevada Department of Education’s requirements for the APE endorsement, you choose the classes you need to complete your endorsement coursework.
Note — applicants must be licensed as a Special Education or Physical Education teacher to qualify for this endorsement.
ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis
You will learn about improving specific behaviors, such as social skills, communication, reading, and academics as well as adaptive learning skills, such as fine motor dexterity, hygiene, grooming, domestic capabilities, punctuality, and job competence in children with special needs.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
You will work with children with autism within the general education environment. Your coursework for both general and special educators will focus on the "what" and the "how" of delivering an appropriate education to autistic children.
Beginning Spanish Language and Culture
You will be exposed to cultural concepts, as well as usage of the Spanish language. You will receive aid and gain a better understanding of how to communicate with and relate to Spanish-speaking K-12 students and parents.
Blended Learning
You will use both online and in-person learning experiences when teaching students. Your students will learn in a traditional classroom setting, while also independently completing online components of the course outside of the classroom.
Computer Science and Technology
If you wish to complete your work through online instruction, this course provides many 21st-century technological solutions that will help you improve your teaching practice as well as increase your student achievement.
Differentiated Classroom
You will learn differentiation and how respond to variance among learners in the classroom. Whenever you reach out to an individual or small group to vary their teaching you will create the best learning experience possible.
Diverse Learners
You will learn to work effectively and equitably with English language learners (ELLs). This Web site provides access to information -- publications, educational materials, and the work of experts in the field -- that promotes high achievement for ELLs.
Effective Classrooms
The Effective Classrooms course will explore best classroom practices with the goal of ensuring instructional activities are as valuable as possible for your student’s outcomes and provide you with tools to manage today’s sometimes unpredictable student groups.
Effective Schools
You will learn concepts of managed integration, to work both within your space, and within the big picture to improve the overall educational environment.
Gifted and Talented Education
Gifted and Talented Education provides experienced teachers with the advanced knowledge and skills to help learners who possess exceptional creativity, drive, and talent. Through specialized coursework, teachers learn to assess student needs based on their social, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Intermediate Spanish and Culture
You will learn to meet the needs of students with intermediate and advanced Spanish skills. Using conversational Spanish and Latin American culture, you will learn to bridge the language barrier gap between teachers, students, and parents.
Teacher Leadership
Teachers are undeniably leaders, regardless of whether such skills have been specifically sought out. This course will teach you how to maximize your ability to serve in a leadership role among their colleagues.
Teacher Leadership Course List
Admission Requirements
Touro Nevada was established to help address critical needs in healthcare and education, and as a resource for community service in the state of Nevada. Come be a part of our family.
Requirements Overview
- Baccalaureate or higher degree
- Hold U.S. citizenship or a permanent resident status
- Hold a valid state teaching license
Primary Application
You must complete a Touro Nevada application and there is no application fee.
Supplemental Information
Not all programs are offered each term.
Meet your Touro Nevada Leadership“Competent educators are critical to the Southern Nevada community and beyond. I am confident our graduates will make a difference in the lives they touch during their long careers.”
Shelley Berkley CEO and Senior Provost of Touro University Western Division
You are joining a community of motivated and successful leaders in healthcare and education fields.
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Your goals are supported at Touro Nevada. You can receive academic and personal support, get involved in clubs and organizations, and enjoy life in Southern Nevada.
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Touro Nevada understands that innovation in technology and our facilities are a vital component to your success. Investment into equipment, technology, classrooms are on-going and part of Touro Nevada's commitment to students.
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