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.
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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.
*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 [email protected]
- 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
Graduate applications are processed through the Office of Graduate Admission. Please contact the office at 202-319-5057 or email [email protected] with any questions concerning the admission process.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.