## Lead in the Classroom

The Center for Future Faculty is a partnership with George Washington, Howard and Trinity Universities to prepare ethical nurse educators with the necessary skills to succeed as academic nurse educators.



 

### 4 

Courses

 

### 135 

Hours of classroom experience

 

### $1,475 

Per crdit

 

 

 

 

 

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## Coursework Options

- Take one or two courses to meet your needs
- Take three of the courses to be eligible to sit for the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator Exam CNE®
- Take four courses to complete the post-graduate certificate in nursing education, and be eligible to sit for the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator Exam CNE®

Gain competencies in innovative curriculum design and create evidence-based nursing programs. Develop advanced teaching techniques, hone effective evaluation skills, and build leadership capabilities to inspire and lead in academic nursing settings.

## Program Outcomes

- Create evidence and values-based curricula, using the philosophy and science of nursing education.
- Implement teaching/learning practices, inclusive of contemporary pedagogies and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
- Construct assessment, evaluation, and testing measures for courses and program evaluation.
- Demonstrate academic leadership in the design and delivery of nursing education.

## Curriculum

View the [Nursing Education Sample Program Plan](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3SpnqiqiT3DnHeCfwDwmWz7X-htiGp2/view?usp=sharing).

*\*Sample plan for example only. Individual plans are worked out with the assigned Academic Advisor. Some students may finish programs in shorter periods than illustrated in the samples.*

Sessions are 7-8 weeks in length, with the exception of NURS 838D: Becoming a Nurse Educator: Skills and Strategies Fellowship (3cr, 135 hours of applied-field work), which runs the full semester.

 

 

   Application Requirements  - Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. (Unofficial copies can be used for application review.)
    - Official transcripts and English proficiency scores must be submitted for full admittance to the University. Your official copies should be sent from the institution to <em-operations@cua.edu>
- Professional resume or curriculum vitae
- One letter of recommendation from a professional reference
- Professional Goal Statement
- If you are interested in the three of the courses or the post-graduate certificate in nursing education to be eligible to sit for the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator Exam CNE®, you may qualify for a scholarship.
    
    **To apply for a scholarship**, please complete no more than one double-spaced page summary responding to the following:
    
    a.) commitment to being a future faculty member
    
    b.) desired impact as a future nurse educator on preparing students to address health equity
    
    c.) ability to become a values-based nurse educator
    
    Send your statement to [Dr. Martha Scheckel](https://nursing.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/scheckel-martha/index.html)
    
    Graduate applications are processed through the Office of Graduate Admission. Please contact the office at 202-319-5057 or email <cua-gradadmission@cua.edu> with any questions concerning the admission process.
    
    Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

 

 

 

 

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