Adult Basic Education -  ^{_{APPLY NOW!}}

The ABE certificate in the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program is designed to enhance your ability to provide high quality research-based instruction in adult basic education (ABE), especially literacy and numeracy.

The 12-credit certificate included includes three required courses and one elective, which allows you to tailor the program to your specific interests, such as:

• ESL
• Program planning and administration
• Distance education
• Educational technology
• Adult learning

Family Literacy -  ^{_{APPLY NOW!}}

Penn State’s online Certificate in Family Literacy is a 12-credit certificate program designed to enable professionals to enhance their skills and credentials with a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach to literacy instruction.  The program is designed to help professionals understand the key components of family literacy (two-generation approach to learning).  Course topics include:

• Adult education principles
• Concepts of children's language and literacy development
• Integration of literacy, culture, and identity
• Parent and child interactive literacy activities and parent involvement with schools and teachers

Distance Education - ^{_{APPLY NOW!}}

Penn State's online Certificate in Distance Education is an 12-credit certificate program designed to enhance the professional expertise of persons involved in teaching or planning instruction through the medium of distance education. These credits can be applied toward either a master's degree or a doctorate in adult education. Course topics include:

• adult education principles
• distance education course design
• instructional technology

Health and Medical Professions Certificate - ^{_{HOW TO APPLY!}}

Penn State's Health and Medical Professions Certificate is an 12-credit certificate program designed to assist medical and health professionals in increasing their knowledge and competence in educating adult learners in medical education/health science settings.  Course topics include:

• Awareness of how learning theory informs practices;
• Effective methods for teaching adults;
• Development of a reflective practice;
• Understanding of program/instructional design.