Successful Human Resource Management (HRM) professionals enjoy working with others, are detailed-oriented, and understand the intricacies of personnel issues. They orchestrate a multitude of activities to meet organizational and personnel goals. Our HRM certificate program is for professionals who want to keep current on human resource issues in today’s business world. From recruiting and hiring, implementing training and development programs, and evaluating employee performance, the HRM professional is a key change agent in the public and private sectors. It is imperative for employees and managers to constantly update their skills in order to face the increasing complexities of changing labor, occupational health and safety legislation, the multicultural and multigenerational workforce and advances in technology.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) This course provides an introduction to the various functions within the Human Resource Management (HRM) field: staffing, employee relations, compensation, benefits, information systems, EE/AA/diversity, labor relations, organizational development, interpersonal communication, training and management development. Education and skills requirements will also be reviewed together with extensive discussion on the role and expectations of the HRM professional and the HRM function in the workplace for the 90’s.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) Increasingly, Human Resource Managers are required to be informed on the many laws and regulations that impact the work place. This course will cover current federal and state regulations affecting hiring, promotion, wages, discipline, terminations, layoffs, confidentialities, privacy, and grievances. At the completion of the course, participants will be able to identify key laws and regulations affecting HRM and design workplace strategies that result in effective compliance.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) The management strategies for organizational survival in the 1990s tend to call for responsive, flexible, learning organizations. One of the components to making these strategies work is the people who will be responsive to the rapidly changing environments in which organizational operate. To match the right individuals with these jobs, the organization must be able to recruit the most talented individuals, select those that will contribute the most, and blend the individual’s needs with those of the organization. This course will assist the Human Resource Manager with the development of a strategy to help find, select and acculturate the talented individuals who will help the organizational survive.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) In this course, participants will master a variety of approaches for determining and implementing equitable wage and salary programs in both private and public organizations. Fundamental issues in wage and salary administration will be covered including techniques of job evaluation, salary surveys, and wage structuring. The relation of pay to performance is specifically examined. This includes methods for designing, implementing, and monitoring fair and objective performance appraisal systems as well as methods for the effective use of incentives and bonuses to enhance performance. Also covered are benefit programs – how they fit into the organization’s overall compensation plan and how they can be used to improve the organization’s position as it competes for qualified applicants.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) Employee training and development is critical to organization success in today’s rapidly changing world. This course presents practical methods and techniques for developing and implementing successful training programs. Topics include training needs assessment, developing training goals, designing the training program, adult learning theory, and training evaluation methods. Special emphasis is given to the role of the trainer – how to get and maintain participant interest, how to deal with difficult participants, and many other issues relevant to anyone who will be either personally conducting a training program or providing guidance to others on how to effectively train adults.
Course Hours: 20 (2.0 CEUs) This course focuses on identifying contemporary strategies for maximizing individual and organizational performance. Course topics include: theories of organization development; strategies for achieving successful organization change; organization structure and design; organization empowerment; individual change; and the future of organization design. Application of these concepts is extended to private, public, and non-profit organizations. Case studies on successful and unsuccessful efforts will be presented with an emphasis on current practices in the work field. Application of these concepts will be extended to address growing international concerns.
The program consists of seven courses for a total of 110 hours of instruction and 11.0 continuing education units (CEUs). It is required to start the program with Human Resource Management: An Overview” course.
The sustainable success of any organization depends on its ability to evolve in a dynamic environment. As the rate, magnitude, and unpredictability of change amplifies, organizations are eager to develop (or restore) the professional capacity to identify, analyze, and capitalize on strategic opportunities. The focus is shifting more towards innovation that increases stakeholder value WITHIN current resource constraints. The role of a Business Analyst, either in title or in function, is to provide that professional expertise to help the organization work smarter to achieve its mission. The Program provides the analyst with a modern tool set that integrates the best from proven methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, Theory of Constraints. The context is primarily on applying these tools within the Information Technology Systems Development Lifecycle. By applying theory through realistic scenarios, Analysts develop their communication, problem solving and implementation skills to translate business possibilities and parameters into practical solutions.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course defines the role of the Business Analyst as an agent for innovation in dynamic and complex organizations. The partnership with other key players (PMs, Managers, Executives) is also clarified. The course then focuses on the leadership skills of influencing with limited to no authority, diverse stakeholders, who may be at any level or even external to the sponsoring organization. Emphasis is on strategically navigating the interpersonal realities to give an idea that has merit a chance to succeed.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course prepares Business Analysts to plan their work, set reasonable commitments in the face of potentially unrealistic expectations, manage their workload, and consistently deliver on their commitments whether they are working solo on a feasibility recommendation or in the context of a larger implementation team. The core business analysis deliverables will be defined in relation to other typical project deliverables. Participants will learn how to break down their deliverables into tangible action plans for both traditional waterfall and modern iterative methodologies.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) Course Description: This course enables Business Analysts to more effectively communicate with stakeholders. Elicitation skills are used to draw out the most relevant information and ideas to define parameters, expectations and opportunities. Facilitation skills are used to orchestrate the creative exchange of information to craft practical solutions. These are combined in a strategic Marketing and Communications plan to ensure the right people are contributing and engaging throughout the process to accelerate innovation.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course provides the Business Analysts with the skills to translate the data gathered into coherent visual models of business systems. The process of modeling brings clarity and unity among stakeholders for the organizational opportunities, reveals the bottlenecks that impede performance, and points the way towards innovation. The Business Analyst will have a firm grasp of the syntax, structure, and archetypical patterns of the most practical modeling languages and diagrams.
This course will provide Business Analysts with skills to translate data gathered into coherent visual models of business systems and gain a firm grasp on the syntax, structure, and archetypical patterns of the most practical modeling languages and diagrams. Participants will learn how the process of modeling: brings clarity and unity among stakeholders for organizational opportunities; reveals the bottlenecks that impede performance; and points the way towards innovation.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course helps the Business Analyst shift from designing business solutions to selling them. The final deliverable for many “analysis/feasibility” projects is a business case proposal for (or against) moving forward with an implementation project. Delivering through written proposals and through formal presentations will be emphasized. Participants will also learn how to calculate a holistic return on investment for a given set of options. Techniques for packaging and presenting proposed solutions are demonstrated and practiced.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course completes the Business Analyst series by following through to assess how well proposed solutions delivered actual business value. Techniques for creating useful key performance indicators that link with organizational strategic goals will be covered. The Business Analysis lifecycle will be aligned with the converging Testing lifecycle and the concurrent Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) lifecycle.
The Business Analyst certificate program consists of seven courses (one course/month), totaling 84 hours of instruction required for the certificate of participation. Students may complete the certificate program in approximately 7 months. The program is cohort driven and based on a logical sequence where each course builds upon the last. Curriculum aligns with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Business Analyst Body of Knowledge (BABOK).
Instructional Design for eLearning Certificate
The talent development field is rapidly changing and evolving, especially in the instructional design and eLearning domain. Participants in this program will develop the necessary competencies of an instructional designer and eLearning developer to effectively design instruction. Through hands-on classroom exercises led by experienced practitioners, participants will apply a combination of strategies, activities, best practices, and resources to create and build an eLearning prototype. In addition, the program will address competences such as collaboration, communication and problem-solving that are used by instructional designers to successfully project manage the full lifecycle of an eLearning development project. This program is designed to challenge people new to the instructional design for eLearning field as well as help strengthen the skill set of experienced eLearning professionals.
Course Hours: 8 hours (.8 CEUs) Participants will learn about the program and requirements needed to successfully complete the certificate program. Participants will learn the basic concepts involved in designing an instructional project and an online portfolio as a true practice exercise to absorb information for delivery using eLearning and multimedia technologies. The class will set milestones and develop a project schedule for the participants’ e-learning project delivery.
Course Hours: 14 hours (1.4 CEUs) Participants will explore and learn about the best tools, templates, and strategies in e-learning. Participants will be exposed to adult learning theory concepts and project planning techniques throughout this class. The class will mostly focus on multimedia tools and how these tools can enhance the learning environment. Participants will work on finalizing their project before they attend the next class.
Scoping Needs and Requirements for eLearning
Course Hours: 21 hours (2.1 CEUs) Participants will develop and learn how to use a style guide to meet e-learning requirements. In addition, participants will develop tools, techniques, and strategies to perform a needs assessment for training and e-Leaning projects to accurately determine scope, boundaries, and conditions. Participants will create a persona template that will include the requirements needed to create a proof of concept along with a project schedule to move the production forward.
eLearning Visual Design and Architecture
Course Hours: 21 hours (2.1 CEUs) Participants will learn about the actual design elements to include in the layout of the visual design of a prototype. What should and should not be included, how to effectively layout the design canvas and usage of white space and design elements. In addition, participants will learn how to develop a storyboard and script outlining the learners’ journey.
Course Hours: 21 (2.1 CEUs) Participants will develop and build an eLearning prototype which they will be presenting in their next class. This course will spend most of participants’’ time in the lab transitioning the script, storyboard, and other design elements into an eLearning platform. Participants will work in a group setting to gather feedback in order to make small iterations to their project.
Culminating Experience in Instructional Design for eLearning
Course Hours: 8 hours (.8 CEUs) Participants will finalize their presentation and eLearning project. Participants on the last day will present their project to the class and other stakeholders along with the requirements they initially gathered for the project. Participants will be encouraged to share their projects with others so the group can further each other’s’ library of content and tools in e-learning.
Instructional Design for eLearning consists of six courses totaling 93 hours of instruction and 9.3 continuing education units (CEUs). See prerequisite requirement under individual course descriptions.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate (LSSGB)
Lean and Six Sigma are powerful tools which have been deployed in manufacturing, engineering, IT and service organizations. These proven methodologies, developed and deployed by well-known leaders such as GE and Motorola, have wide applicability in today’s economy. Lean is focused on maximizing value through efficient processes, while minimizing waste. The Lean methodology is a concentration on continuous improvement and reduction of the seven wastes to improve overall customer value. Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of the output of a process by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. Six Sigma’s power lies in using the tools and methods to improve confidence in predicting the expected output of processes, such as cost, quality, and delivery. Participants in this program are taught the Lean and Six Sigma methods and tools.
Course Hours: 8 hours (0.8 CEUs) Course Description: Participants will explore Lean Six Sigma and the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) improvement cycle. Participants will identify stakeholders and understand why organizations use Lean and Six Sigma. In addition, participants will understand the tools and methodologies used in Lean Six Sigma process improvement.
Course Hours: 16 hours (1.6 CEUs) In this class, participants will learn to define projects using Lean Six Sigma tools and methods. The Define stage in the DMAIC process includes identifying the need for a project and understanding the customer’s needs and requirements. Participants will learn how to manage the project and how to work within a team environment on the project. In addition, participants will define the business case and goals of the project.
Course Hours: 16 hours (1.6 CEUs) Measurement is what sets the Lean Six Sigma practitioner apart from every other analyst or engineer in the organization. The measurement phase is a data collection step where the tools of Lean Six Sigma are applied to quantify business processes and performance. In this class, participants collect data and use statistical analysis to measure the performance of the organization. In addition, participants develop process maps and flowcharts to document the work the current work environment.
Course Hours: 8 hours (0.8 CEUs) In this class, participants will learn the analytical techniques to determine the causes of problems within a manufacturing or business process. Participants will be able to differentiate between correlation and causation. In addition, participants will conduct hypothesis testing to learn how to either reject or not reject the null hypothesis.
Course Hours: 16 hours (1.6 CEUs) In this course, participants will analyze and develop the tools and methodologies needed to properly improve efficiencies and eliminate waste inside of an organization. Participants will learn about customer value, improvement techniques and change management in order to deliver the desired results with lasting change. In addition to this participants will create an implementation plan to help guide them through the improvement process.
Course Hours: 16 hours (1.6 CEUs) Participants apply the Lean Six Sigma tools and methods to control the processes for on-going performance. Participants learn to select controls to apply and interpret control system measurement data. In addition, participants will understand how to sustain the efforts of improvement and how to control and monitor the performance.
This certificate program consists of six (6) required courses, totaling 80 hours of instruction or 8.0 continuing education units (CEUs). We recommend taking the courses in the order they are scheduled.
The Meeting and Event Planning Certificate Program is designed to give current or potential event planners exposure to a skill set that will advance their practice. The goal of the program is to provide key skills and knowledge that will encompass industry benchmarks for existing trends and practices as well as provide new information on cutting edge technology, applications, and techniques that will enhance insight to, and knowledge of, the event planning industry. The program is further designed to equip a newcomer with the necessary tools to be successful in this business while offering a tremendous amount of new information and cutting edge training to a current professional. The focus throughout the courses will be sustainability. Every component will encompass green and sustainable initiatives aimed at maintaining and sustaining our environment, decreasing waste, minimizing carbon footprints and facilitating a better and healthier living pattern.
Introduction to Meeting and Event Management
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course addresses some of the major trends and successful business practices in meeting and event management. Participants will learn valuable tools to improve day-to-day effectiveness and efficiency as an event manager or marketer.
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course covers the day-to-day dynamics of coordinating a successful professional meeting or event. Participants will discuss best practices in on-site management, and learn the standard techniques used to coordinate and manage meeting and event planning as well as crisis management.
This course explores aspects of design in meeting and event management with a focus on green/sustainable design. Participants will learn the fundamentals of design, explore different design options for creating a meeting or event, and learn the basic vocabulary and theories of design.
Utilizing Technology in Meeting and Event Planning
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course provides an understanding of how technology can improve the efficiency and functionality of meeting and event professionals. Participants will be introduced to the latest technologies and software, relevant to meeting and event planning.
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course will explore the behind-the-scenes world of event planning from venues to catering. Participants will be exposed to negotiation techniques and critical information on suppliers: the hotel, restaurant, and catering industries. Special emphasis will be given to: identification of various and appropriate venue types for specific events, understanding the role of key personnel in those venues, and understanding current American Disabilities Act (ADA) considerations and venue layout.
Meeting and Event Marketing and Communication
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course will cover the key tools for advertising and marketing meetings and events. Participants will focus on the principles for strategic communication, marketing, promotion and fundraising plans. This course will develop the creative thinking necessary to create and implement meetings and events that will be appealing while raising significant funds.
Risk Management for Meeting and Event Planners
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course focuses on analyzing and responding to meeting and event management risks and ethical burdens. Participants will examine common legal, physical and ethical challenges that meeting and event planners encounter, and the appropriate responses to said challenges. Special attention will be given to planning around contracts, laws and regulations, insurance, and ethical standards and stances.
Financial Management for Meetings and Events
Course Hours: 7 (0.7 CEUs) This course covers basic accounting techniques, as well as the principles of managing a comprehensive meeting or event budget. Participants will learn one of the most important components in a successful meeting or event: making sure the budget is both comprehensive and realistic.
Green Event Planning - The Future of Event Professionals
Course Hours: 12 This course covers hot topics and green trends for the forward thinking event professional. Participants will learn valuable tools to educate clients and navigate sustainable choices in all events, small and large.
The Meeting and Event Planning certificate program consists of nine courses totaling 121 hours of instruction which is required for certificate completion. Participants can enroll in individual courses to increase their skills in areas of specific interest. Continuing education units (CEUs) will be given to those who successfully complete each course. Participants who complete all nine courses may apply for a certificate of participation.
Project Management Certificate Version 6
Organizational alignment is dependent on project managers demonstrating strategic skills in allocating tasks, time and resources to effectively deliver projects on time and within budget. This certificate program is designed for project managers and people aspiring to be project managers to develop a disciplined approach to projects. You will develop the key skills and competencies outlined by PMI in the talent triangle. At the end of the program, you will have the skills, tools and confidence to successfully lead and manage projects within your organization. The program presents both a theoretical and practical applications approach to project management in alignment with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Our certificate program prepares participants to pass the certification test and become Project Management Professionals (PMP)®. The certification is globally recognized and increases employability and ‘promote-ability’.
Leadership and Strategy in Project Management (PMT 101)
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) Participants will be introduced to the role of the project manager and the fundamental concepts and competencies necessary to lead projects. A high-level overview of the project management processes and knowledge areas with an emphasis on project influences, Project Management Institute (PMI)® talent triangle and project manager sphere of influence will provide a foundation for all the other courses in the Project Management Certification program to build upon.
Project Integration and Scope Management (PMT 102)
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) In this course, participants will explore the processes; procedures; tools and techniques; and results to create and execute an integrated project plan. Topics will include: creating a project charter; determining the requirements; defining, creating and managing the project scope; and validating the deliverables. Successfully managing change in a project will be discussed.
Project Schedule and Cost Management (PMT 103)
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) In this course, participants will explore the processes, procedures, tools and techniques, and results to develop and manage the project schedule during project execution. Participants will learn instrumental methods for delivering a project within the defined schedule and budget, including: estimating and controlling the costs; using earned value management to determine the project performance; and forecasting the remaining budget and schedule.
Project Team Leadership, Communication, and Resource Management (PMT 104)
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) Participants will learn how to maintain control of project resources, stakeholders, and team dynamics while developing a greater understanding of communications. Additionally, participants will learn how to design the right organizational structure for the project by analyzing and evaluating resource availability and project team responsibilities, authority, reliability and accountability. Topics will include: developing the capacity to estimate and assign resources, establishing clear stakeholder roles and responsibilities, setting rules of engagement, and exercising influence within existing power structures and political environments.
Project Quality and Risk Management (PMT 105)
Course Hours: 24 (2.4 CEUs) Participants will explore the processes, procedures, tools and techniques, and results to manage quality and risks for a project. Topics will include: how to manage and control quality; establishing quality and risk management plans; identifying risks; qualitatively and quantitatively assessing risks; responding to risk; and monitoring risks. Participants will also explore process improvement, quality measurement and other topics for project success.
Project Procurement and Contract Negotiation (PMT 106)
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) Participants will learn how to plan for and implement outsourcing needs, including: development of a detailed scope of work; securing a requisition and solicitation; advertising for potential vendors; evaluating, negotiating with, and selecting a qualified vendor; and monitoring vendor performance after the contract is awarded. Participants will study the formal A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) procurement process, including: developing and administering a contract; processing invoices of completed work; and collecting and sharing contract documentation with the appropriate project stakeholders.
The certificate program is comprised of six courses for a total of 10.8 continuing education units (CEUs). Participants begin with Leadership and Strategy in Project Management and go through the courses listed in order and finish the program with Project Procurement and Contract Negotiation.
The Contract Management certificate program presents both a theoretical and practical problem solving approach to contract management. Learn about a contract manager’s responsibilities prior to contract award, the communication process in the contract management network, post-award surveillance tools, contract modifications, correcting contractual problems and processing terminations, cancellations, and claims.
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs Gain a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of contract and purchasing management. Topics include: contract terms, conditions, content, pricing arrangements, contractual vehicles, the differences between contracts for supplies and services, how public and private contracts differ; and how to write a contract administration plan to meet the customer's cost, schedule and performance requirements.
The Contract Manager's Role Prior to Contract Award
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs The communication process between the customer, contractor, buyer and contract manager is essential. Learn how to better assist customers in developing clear, concise specifications and statements of work. Investigate the contract manager's role in solicitation preparation, market analysis, stakeholder coordination, pricing, appropriate contract type selection and contract negotiation. Learn what should and should not be done during the implementation of the contract and how to coordinate the transition from pre-award to post-award to assure project success.
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs During the post-award process contract managers often need to put the administration plan into action, make contract modifications, communicate techniques between parties, interface with subcontractors and ultimately guide a contract to completion. Achieve an understanding of official notification, issuing contract addenda, renewals, modifications, extensions and change orders. Learn to verify the compilation of all administrative and technical requirements, organize coordination meetings, establish effective communication procedures and act as a conduit from the supplier to the end user.
Monitoring the Contract/Contractor Performance - Problem Resolution
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs Contract managers require effective problem solving skills to resolve contractual problems such as contractor delivery, quality, payments and the processing of terminations, cancellations and claims. Gain the skills needed to document activities, establish a contract file, determine acceptable timelines and utilize quality assurance and termination procedures. Topics include how to: process claims, close out the contract, renegotiate terms and conditions after the contract is in place and communicate contractor performance issues.
The program is comprised of four online courses for a total of 64 hours and 6.4 continuing education units (CEUs). As a program prerequisite participants will complete Fundamentals of Contracts. Anyone who meets the prerequisite requirements may take an individual course without enrolling in the certificate program.
The Train the Trainer Certificate Program is designed to give new and current professionals in the workforce development industry the skill set needed to transfer knowledge and skills to adult learners. The program provides training professionals with opportunities to enhance training skills, expand professional networks, and develop additional competencies to deliver training that is effective, educational and interactive.
Course Hours: 14 (1.4 CEUs) Participants will learn how to analyze an organization’s strategies, goals and objectives to determine the need for training. This will include the ability to collaborate with key-decision-makers regarding what the organization is trying to accomplish. Participants will learn the basic needs assessment techniques, such as surveys, focus groups, gap analyses, and consulting with organizational leaders. The class will also explore various alternatives to training, such as coaching and mentoring.
Course Hours: 14 (1.4 CEUs) Participants will learn how to design impactful training programs that enhance the development of higher-order skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. This class will provide the tools needed to design a learning environment that will promote student interactions and enable the transfer of knowledge while understanding components that increase the effectiveness of training. Various methods of training design will be introduced.
Course Hours: 21 (2.1 CEUs) Participants will learn how to create an open learning environment. This course focuses on enhancing the classroom experience; learning and applying adult learning theories; how to manage challenges in the classroom; and using creative activities that are engaging. In addition, participants will learn tools to make training immediately relevant to learners and how to present dynamic training.
Course Hours: 14 (1.4 CEUs) Participants will learn qualitative and quantitative analysis to perform the proper measurement to evaluate training. Participants will also develop ways to design the appropriate evaluation tool; how to defend the selected evaluation tool and how to communicate training results. Specifically, participants will make connections that show the impact of training to the organization’s mission and goals.
The Train the Trainer Certificate Program consists of four courses totaling 70 hours of instruction required for certificate participation. Special emphasis is placed on analyzing needs assessment, design and delivery while focusing on the transfer of knowledge. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are granted for each course, and the program certificate are awarded to those who successfully complete the requirements of all four courses.
Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certificate
The Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certificate Program is designed to provide new and current crime and intelligence analysts the tools, techniques and skills needed to increase their abilities to assist law enforcement agencies in creating directed patrol or tactical action plans which lead to an effective police response. Few colleges and universities offer crime analysis as part of their criminal justice curriculum. However, the International Association of Crime Analysts in their 2012 White Paper, “Crime Analysis: Education Recommendations for Colleges and Universities”, “Analytical positions in criminal justice agencies are becoming an alternative to sworn positions as careers for criminal justice undergraduate and graduate majors. In addition, due to the increased educational requirements and use of crime analysis by police agencies, many line and management-level police officers seek education in crime analysis.” This program, based on demonstrated performance, will prepare participants for these positions. Upon successful completion of the program, participants may apply for the California Department of Justice’s credential which will qualify them as a “Certified Crime and Intelligence Analyst”.
Course Hours: 20.0 (2.0 CEUs) This course will explore the analysis of crime scene patterns in order to identify the personality and behavioral characteristics of offenders who commit the serial crimes of rape and homicide. Participants will study: typology of crime; patterns and motives of crime; the techniques required to identify the serial nature of crimes; the type of person who commits these crimes; crime scene patterns; and the offender's motivation for committing such offenses.
Criminal Investigative Analysis: Part II
Course Hours: 16.0 (1.6 CEUs) In this continuation course, participants will take a closer look at the type of person who commits the crimes of murder, rape…; study crime scene patterns, and explore the offender’s motivation for committing such offenses.
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs In this introductory course, participants will examine the crime analysis function within the law enforcement organization. Participants will learn how to use the five crime analysis processes and the eight functions of a crime analysis unit to develop, implement and manage a dynamic crime analysis program. Study will relate to the differences between crime patterns, series and trends, and monitoring criminal actions to forecast future crimes.
Course Hours: 2.0 CEUs In this continuation of the Crime Analysis: Data Analysis course, participants will focus on predictive analytics and use of the analytical and statistical processes associated with Tactical Crime Analysis to forecast when and where criminals are likely to strike again. Participants will apply these processes within the context of Strategic Crime Analysis to forecast events that impinge on law enforcement demand, directly influencing an agency’s ability to deliver effective and efficient police service.
Law Enforcement Research and Statistical Methods: Forecasting
Course Hours: 2.0 CEUs Participants will learn and demonstrate knowledge of research methodology within the criminal justice field. Focus will be placed on becoming acquainted with the range and scope of quantitative and qualitative tools available to the crime analysis researcher.
Law Enforcement Research and Statistical Methods: Sampling
Course Hours: 1.6 CEUs Participants will learn and demonstrate knowledge of research methodology within the criminal justice field. Focus will be placed on methods; scales; data presentation; statistical sampling/measurement; and research ethics.
Course Hours: 2.0 CEUs In this introductory course, participants will gain a fundamental understanding of criminal intelligence and its analysis, including: the historical development of criminal intelligence; the intelligence cycle; and the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan, which aims to standardize training and establish best practices in this field of study. Participants will explore the thought processes involved in analyzing evidence of conspiratorial activities, such as: organized crime, narcotic trafficking and gang activity.
Criminal Intelligence: Applications (CA 103B)
Course Hours: 2.0 CEUs In this course, participants will study conspiratorial crimes through analysis of investigative information and intelligence. In a workshop environment, participants will use various analytical techniques to construct and present criminal intelligence products. Topics will include: association matrices and charts for establishing relationships between conspirators; timelines and other flow analysis products to represent an occurrence chronology; phone call record analysis for identifying possible connections between subscribers; and financial analysis to uncover financial obligations, assets, and other information pertinent to crime profits.
Course Hours: 40.0 CEUs In addition to the eight courses required in the instructional program, participants will complete a 400-hour supervised practicum in a crime and intelligence unit of a law enforcement agency, or law enforcement branch of a governmental agency. Participants will demonstrate a practical application of knowledge and skills acquired in the Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certificate Program.
The Crime and Intelligence Analysis Certificate Program consists of eight courses for a total of 148 instructional hours and a 400-hour practicum. All courses are held in Napa Hall on the Sacramento State campus. The 400-hour supervised practicum must be done in a crime and intelligence unit of a law enforcement agency, or law enforcement branch of a governmental agency to demonstrate the practical application of knowledge and skills acquired in the program. Participants must complete the practicum within three (3) years of completion of all coursework.
Project Management Certificate Version 5
Organizational alignment is dependent on project managers demonstrating strategic skills in allocating tasks, time and resources to effectively deliver projects on time and within budget, and to manage change. This certificate program is designed for project managers to develop a disciplined approach to projects that includes risk assessment, quality assurance, and team communication while preparing to pass the certification process and become Project Management Professionals (PMP).
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) This course introduces concepts and techniques for all stages of project management: planning, tracking, monitoring, reviewing, analyzing and ensuring delivery of identified results and benefits. Basic components of the Project Lifecycle will include an overview of how to plan, execute, control, and close projects.
Project Team Leadership and Communication
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) Participants will learn how to maintain control of both the project and the team dynamics while developing a greater understanding of project communications. In addition, students will learn how to design the right organizational structure for the project by analyzing and evaluating stakeholder responsibilities, authority, reliability and accountability. Students will also develop the capacity to establish clear stakeholder roles and responsibilities, set rules of engagement, and exercise influence within existing power structures and political environments.
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course offers a hands-on view of how to plan and design a project. Topics focus on all aspects of project planning and design including the scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, and risk management aspects of a project. Participants will learn how to develop a project schedule that will enable on-time project completion, estimate and control costs to bring the project in within budget, and identify and mitigate risks that could damage the ability to achieve project success.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course provides a hands-on view of how to execute and manage a project according to the established project plan. Topics focus on all aspects of project implementation including the scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, and risk management aspects of a project. The student will learn tools, techniques, and methods needed to adhere to the project plan and how to manage the changes that regularly occur during the course of a project.
Project Procurement and Contract Negotiation
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) Participants will learn how to plan for and implement outsourcing needs including the development of a detailed scope of work, securing a requisition and solicitation, advertising for potential vendors, evaluating and selecting a qualified vendor and monitoring the vendor’s performance after the contract is awarded. This course will provide students with the understanding of the formal procurement process including how to develop and administer a contract; process invoices of completed work; collect and share contract documentation with the appropriate stakeholders.
Course Hours: 15 (1.5 CEUs) This course provides a hands-on view of how to implement quality management principles, tools and techniques in projects to create quality outputs, satisfy customer requirements and achieve project success. Participants will learn how to gather metrics, identify customer requirements, prepare a quality management plan, perform process improvement, utilize quality tools and techniques to monitor and control the project, and deliver of quality products and services.
The certificate program is comprised of six courses for a total of 9 continuing education units (CEUs). Participants begin with Basics of Project Management and go through the courses listed in order and finish the program with Project Quality Management.
Human Resources Management: As a Strategic Business Partner
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course provides an overview of human resource management in today’s organizations. It examines strategic planning for an organization and the role of the Human Resources (HR) department in its strategic plans. The course defines human resource management and human capital and describes how human resource management and employees can be core competencies for organizations. Strategic challenges will be discussed regarding managing a talent surplus, legal considerations for workforce reductions, and managing a talent shortage. Additionally, the development and use of human resource metrics are explored, and specific strategic HR effectiveness tools such as benchmarking, the balanced scorecard, return on investment (ROI), and HR audits are discussed.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) The current business environment is fast-paced, diverse, globally competitive, and ever-evolving. With organizations vying for highly sought-after talent, Talent Development is critical to an organization’s success. This course presents practical HR methodologies and techniques to integrate organizational HR processes designed to attract, develop, and retain productive, engaged employees throughout the employee career lifecycle.
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) This course addresses sourcing, recruiting, and selecting high-quality talent and placement of the right talent with the correct qualifications for jobs in an organization. The course starts by defining recruiting and its importance to an organization. The second section examines factors that affect strategic decisions about recruiting, such as assigning responsibility for carrying out recruiting, establishing the employment brand, determining the optimal mix of core and flexible workers, and considering diversity. The final section describes how to evaluate an organization’s recruiting success, the predictors to use when selecting applicants, the steps of the selection process, and different types of selection testing. Lastly, the emerging challenges and best practices involved in the selection process are reviewed.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) In this course, participants will learn tools and insights of total reward strategies to support your organization's strategic goals. Participants will learn to design total reward solutions compliant with legal requirements to protect your organization and understand the value of monetary and non-monetary reward programs that attract and retain talent. Additionally, participants will also learn how to design and implement compensation, benefits, performance management, and recognition programs to increase performance leading to positive organizational outcomes for private and public organizations.
Course Hours: 18 (1.8 CEUs) The course will provide an overview of current and historic legislation impacting the Human Resource function in the workplace. Laws, regulations, and cases will be examined as it pertains to employment practices in the complete employee life cycle. Participants will learn about the growth of the labor movement in the US, union and management relations, state and federal labor legislation, collective bargaining, and grievances.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) In this course, participants learn how to define terms, create a reference point around various aspects of diversity, discuss the brain science of implicit bias, identify institutional bias and review a holistic organizational assessment. Participants will receive tools to facilitate discussion and self-reflections and consider both individuals and organizations when action planning.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) Conflict would not occur if two or more people did not care about something––something they feel they can’t get or feel they can’t give. The simplest way to reduce conflict is to stop caring or not engage, but the costs of doing so can be destructive. This course will cover how to lead an ineffective and toxic work environment that can cost your organization countless dollars in productivity and turnover. Participants will learn how to addresses the dynamics behind conflict and how best to navigate conflict-related situations.
Course Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUs) This course allows participants to gain effective coaching skills, including communication, building relationships, establishing credibility, gaining trust, and demonstrating empathy. Participants will explore the components of Emotional Intelligence and how best to utilize results in coaching and mentoring situations. Participants will also examine common coaching mistakes and identify how to avoid repeating those mistakes. Lastly, participants will learn what makes an inspirational leader and how to multiply competencies in others.
The program consists of eight courses for a total of 114 hours of instruction and 11.4 continuing education units (CEUs). It is recommended to start the program with Human Resources Management: As a Strategic Business Partner
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate
This certificate program teaches underlying principles of competitive strategy, and how to translate them into action. Participants will discover frameworks that can be used to evaluate existing resources, stimulate and manage innovation, as well as build a long-term competitive strategy. You will learn how to develop an innovation strategy that aligns with your organization’s goals. You will practice using the innovation frameworks of lean startup, business model innovation, Blue Ocean Strategy, and design thinking to aid the customer discovery process. The Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is in partnership with the College of Continuing Education at Sacramento State.
Course Hours: 8 hours. In this course, participants will be able to develop the proper mindset of an entrepreneur while developing the self-awareness and leadership skills needed to create a successful startup. Participants will explore leadership traits, skills, and tools to help them become better leaders. We will discuss why culture is so important and how leaders can transform the culture into what they would like it to be.
Course Hours: 16 hours. Participants will learn how to document their idea (new business or product/service offering) and business plan into a single page business model. The days of hundreds of pages of a static business plan no longer exist. The key is to be agile and quick to iterate your idea and business model to reduce risk and speed time to market. You will look at innovation through various lenses depending on the type of business you are creating. Participants will learn: How to most effectively create social innovation How to help existing firms innovate How to launch a startup How to successfully create new market space where there is no competition
Identifying a Problem & Creating Traction
Course Hours: 24 hours. In this course participants will, define the problem they believe customers have and the opportunity it creates. They will do this using the leading tools to uncover the most important problems the customer is experiencing. We will explore ways to ideate and solve the problems, then create experiments to test our assumptions. You will learn techniques to test your riskiest assumptions first so that you can reduce your risk and uncertainty about the need for your solution. Participants will learn how to gather insights from customers and create offers without ever building a solution. You will learn how to turn insights into prototypes and then into a minimum viable product (MVP).
Course Hours: 8 hours. In this course participants will strategically explore their go to market strategy and how to build their customer base. You will examine how you will reach customers and then continue to keep and grow clients. Participants will learn what the key activities and resources are that make their value proposition unique. In addition, competition and competitors will be discussed and participants will learn how to articulate their unique selling proposition.
Course Hours: 8 hours. In this course, participants will learn about the basics of economics regarding a startup and the costs associated with this venture. Participants will explore funding opportunities and sources. In addition, equity financing will be addressed and how this can impact a startup operation.
Communicating & Actualizing Your Business
Course Hours: 16 hours. This course will develop participants’ ability and confidence to successfully pitch their idea to stakeholders. Participants will learn how to take the information from their business model/lean canvas and craft their pitch deck. In addition, participants will learn about metrics and measurement how vital these instruments can be to the success of a new venture. You will learn how to integrate innovation into the current organization so it can be measured and managed successfully. Lastly in a fun environment participants will pitch their idea to a panel of guests.
Through the course of the certificate program, you will work from a problem to an idea stage, to problem-solution fit, to product-market fit, and actualization of your concept. In this program, you will examine everything from culture and the executive team, to testing and validating your idea, to pitching your idea and raising funds. This course is for individuals interested in start-ups to large multinational companies, and from high-tech and biotech companies to more traditional environments such as retail, healthcare, and financial services. The Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship allows you to explore fundamental elements of strategy formulation and enhance your ability to think and act strategically. This track introduces breakthrough concepts that can help to identify, capture, and deliver on great ideas and to successfully drive innovation throughout the organization. This is a certificate program that provides the business fundamentals to succeed at any entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial venture
This digital badge recognizes the recipients' exemplary expertise in project management, contract management, and human resource management. For professors who have demonstrated outstanding teaching and mentorship in these disciplines, this badge symbolizes their deep knowledge, practical skills, and exceptional contributions to the education and development of future professionals.
The Contract Management certificate program is fully online, and presents both a theoretical and practical problem solving approach to contract management. Learn about a contract manager’s responsibilities prior to contract award, the communication process in the contract management network, post-award surveillance tools, contract modifications, correcting contractual problems and processing terminations, cancellations, and claims.
Human Resources Management Certificate Program
Successful Human Resources Management (HRM) professionals enjoy working with others, are detail-oriented, and understand the intricacies of personnel issues. They orchestrate a multitude of activities to meet organizational and personnel goals. Our HRM certificate program is for professionals who want to keep current on human resource issues in today’s business world. From recruiting and hiring, implementing training and development programs, and evaluating employee performance, the HRM professional is a key change agent in the public and private sectors. It is imperative for employees and managers to constantly update their skills in order to face the increasing complexities of changing labor, occupational health and safety legislation, the multicultural and multigenerational workforce and advances in technology.
Cultural Competency Certificate Program is designed to build cultural competence among service providers working within the Criminal Justice system. The program focuses on a variety of vulnerable populations and their experiences with law enforcement, courts, corrections, and the community pre- and post-incarceration. The curriculum will enhance critical thinking through an analysis of intersectionality (race, class and gender) and various vulnerable populations, while increasing participant engagement through reading, discussion, role-plays and active learning.
Introduction to Cultural Competency Certificate Program (CCCP 101)
Contact Hours: 5 (.05 CEUs) In this course, participants will be able to learn what is needed to successfully complete the certificate program. In addition, participants will learn why Cultural Competence awareness is important and explore the reason they are attending. Participants will develop an action to help them implement the skills and tools they have learned throughout the program.
Contact Hours: 20 (2 CEUs) In this course students will learn about the social construction of race and racism in the United States, including how race provides systems of advantage and disadvantage. Students will analyze the social, political and economic contributions to knowledge and society that have been made by BIPOC in the United States and across the world. Students will engage in conversations about race and ethnicity by sharing their own experiences and listening to the experiences of others, integrating evidence-based research, and questioning stereotypes about BIPOC. They will have the opportunity to apply new strategies learned in the course in simulations and hypothetical encounters to prepare them for future interactions with BIPOC. This unit on Race will engage with research and provide learning opportunities to understand cultural competency and vulnerable populations from an intersectional approach. Intersectionality in these modules underscores how various aspects of identity (race, class, gender, education, geographic location, ability, etc) shape the resources an individual has access to and their experience with the institutions, such as the criminal justice system.
Contact Hours: 20 (2 CEUs) This course is designed to provide a better understanding of the challenges facing immigrants to the United States. Students will examine the process of immigration and its impact on individuals, their families and their communities. Participants will examine key hurdles facing immigrants such as cultural differences, language barriers, lack of employment opportunities, housing insecurity, difficulty accessing local services, transportation issues, prejudice, and isolation. Students will engage in simulations and training exercises designed to equip law enforcement for improved interactions with immigrants through deeper understanding of their unique experiences. This unit on immigration will engage with research and provide learning opportunities to understand cultural competency and vulnerable populations from an intersectional approach. Intersectionality in these modules underscores how various aspects of identity (race, class, gender, education, geographic location, ability, etc) shape the resources an individual has access to and their experience with the institutions, such as the criminal justice system.
Contact Hours: 20 (2 CEUs) In this course students will learn about the experiences, causes and consequences of poverty and homelessness. This will include an opportunity to analyze how poverty in the US, and California specifically, is stratified along racial lines and how such stratification has contributed to a range of intersectional social problems such as homelessness, substance abuse, untreated mental health conditions, unemployment, lack of quality schooling, and high crime rates in neighborhoods of color. Students will evaluate research-based policies and practices aimed at improving the criminal legal system’s response to those who are homeless/experiencing housing insecurity. The class will discuss potential scenarios and learn about regional housing/poverty resources. This unit on homelessness will engage with research and provide learning opportunities to understand cultural competency and vulnerable populations from an intersectional approach. Intersectionality in these modules underscores how various aspects of identity (race, class, gender, education, geographic location, ability, etc) shape the resources an individual has access to and their experience with the institutions, such as the criminal justice system.
Contact Hours: 20 (2 CEUs) Participants will gain a better understanding of mental illnesses and their impact on individuals, families and their communities. This course provides participants with an overview of the barriers to accessing treatment and services, the stigma associated with mental illness, and how to improve interactions between individuals with mental illnesses and law enforcement. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of mental illness and the experience of responding to and interacting with a person living with a serious mental illness who is in crisis. This unit on mental illness will engage with research and provide learning opportunities to understand cultural competency and vulnerable populations from an intersectional approach. Intersectionality in these modules underscores how various aspects of identity (race, class, gender, education, geographic location, ability, etc) shape the resources an individual has access to and their experience with the institutions, such as the criminal justice system.
Contact Hours: 20 (2 CEUs) Participants will gain a better understanding of how to effectively serve individuals in the community that have experienced sexual violence through a trauma-informed lens. Participants will also learn about the prevalence of sexual violence among different demographic groups and the impact of sexual violence. Participants will learn how this information can be used to better serve sexual violence survivors immediately post-assault, during the investigative process and beyond. The class will also explore how to support sexual violence survivors that choose not to go through the criminal legal process, including the community resources that are available. This unit on sexual violence will engage with research and provide learning opportunities to understand cultural competency and vulnerable populations from an intersectional approach. Intersectionality in these modules underscores how various aspects of identity (race, class, gender, education, geographic location, ability, etc) shape the resources an individual has access to and their experience with the institutions, such as the criminal justice system.
Capstone to Cultural Competency Certificate Program (CCCP 108)
Contact Hours: 5 (.05 CEUs) In this course, participants will review key topics that are impactful to being culturally competent. In addition, participants will present their action plans and group projects to the class.
The program is comprised of seven online courses for a total of 110 hours of instruction and 11 continuing education units (CEUs).
Workforce Development Professional Apprenticeship Certificate Program
Workforce development professionals – in private, nonprofit and public sectors – work in increasingly complicated environments. For years, many have voiced the concern over a lack of standardized training or professional credentials. In response to the call by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) legislation and California Governor’s Californians for All initiative, CCE worked with partners in government, workforce development, labor and education to establish a much-needed standard through a professional development program. This training has been specifically designed to meet the needs of workforce development professionals as a pathway for personal growth and professional advancement.
The Future of Workforce Development (WDP 101)
Designed to examine the history of the workforce development system in the United States and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), this introductory course will explore the role of the workforce development professional in the publicly funded workforce development system. Topics will include: the state’s Workforce Development Plan; the governance structure; the relationship between federal, state and local government; the relationship to industry and labor; and principle customers and stakeholders in the workforce development system.
The Art and Science of Leadership (WDP 102)
Contact Hours: 16 (1.6 CEUS) This course will provide an overview of the five practices of exemplary leaders and a deeper exploration of the 30 behaviors. Topics will include: articulating personal values; exploring fundamental leadership theories; creating shared visions for team success; strengthening others’ abilities to excel; and increasing employee engagement. The 7 step process of effective decision making will be reviewed, as well as individual strengths and awareness of how these strengths affect and impact building, motivating and developing high performing teams.
Contact Hours: 8 (.8 CEUS) Designed to give workforce development professionals communication strategies that will enable them to achieve better results in one-on-one interactions, meetings, and presentations, this course will teach participants how to understand their own and others’ personal communication styles. Participants will explore how this knowledge can help them become better listeners and craft more effective messages. Techniques for facilitating meetings as well as the essential components of executive briefings will be provided and practiced in role-play scenarios.
Building High Performing Teams (WDP 105)
Contact Hours: 8 (.8 CEUS) Designed to provide an overview of the five key elements to high performing teams, this course will provide participants a deeper exploration of how to: build trust in teams; effectively engage in productive conflict; gain commitment and hold teams and team members accountable for following through on commitments to produce results.
Contact Hours: 16 (1.6 CEUS) Participants will gain a practical understanding of projects, including: the project life cycle from initiation through closing; the project’s role in business; steps involved in designing and planning a project; managing the project through completion; achieving project objectives; and managing risk. Participants will apply project management principles to an actual project through class activities.
Contact Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUS) Participants will learn the process of group facilitation methodologies, including the Technology of Participation (ToP) method, and other facilitation models that can be used to meet organizational goals. Participants will practice methods, design meetings and provide follow-up.
Relationship Development and Negotiation Skills (WDP 108)
Contact Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUS) Participants will learn the importance of partnerships described in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Topics will include: developing relationships through networking; co-locating; cross-training; team building; and negotiating resource commitments from America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC) partners. Through clearly identifying customers, services and resource commitments in Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Resource and Cost Sharing Agreements, participants will learn to develop and maintain useful community linkages and resources.
Business Engagement and Sector Strategies (WDP 109)
Contact Hours: 12 (1.2 CEUS) As workforce development professionals, participants will learn how to successfully engage business as leaders within the workforce development industry. Topics will include: how businesses operate in their own marketplace and how they view workforce development; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) strategies that pertain to the role of business; working with industry to implement successful sector partnerships and career pathways. Participants will also explore how the political climate, community planning, economic development, and existing business/industry base impact initiatives.
Contact Hours: 8 (.8 CEUS) Designed to provide an overview of career coaching in the America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC), participants will study the levels of services. Topics will include: customer-centered coaching techniques, determining the needs of populations with barriers to employment, and identifying ways to better serve them. Participants will learn how to: assist customers in interpreting and applying a variety of assessment tools to identify their academic and occupational skills and create an employment or action plan.
Contact Hours: 16 (1.6 CEUS) Participants will study the process of change and transition with direct application to the workforce development system; explore the opportunities and challenges inherent in the natural cycles of organizational change; and review tools and tactics that can assist in managing resistance while creating successful strategies for change.
Workforce Development Professional Capstone Presentation (WDP 112)
Contact Hours: 8 (.8 CEUS) Participants will demonstrate understanding and application of the content presented in the Workforce Development Professional's series. Participants will deliver a short presentation on a workplace issue or project, using the skills and tools gained in the courses. Feedback will be given and an Individual Development Plan (IDP) will be created to help further competencies beyond the program.
Participants in the program will complete a 132 hour (13.2 continuing education units) professional development program, earn an industry-valued certificate and learn skills to advance their careers such as: * Recognize the context and impact of workforce legislation * Identify changes and trends in regional and local economies * Manage the dynamics of organizational change * Network and build relationships with businesses and other community partners * Provide customer-centered career coaching and business services * Effectively communicate, make decisions to meet business objectives and lead high-performing teams
THE A.S.E. INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE will focus on three core pillars: • Activism • Sports • Equity Building on the keynote address by President Luke Wood (January 10th, 2024) entitled Racelighting and King’s Legacy: The Intersection of History, Sports and Justice we are offering a follow-up opportunity to further understand, examine, and operationalize cultural competencies in the workplace. We will learn about innovations already underway by the Sacramento Kings to advance racial and economic justice and expand on equity through the lens of cultural competencies.
We will focus explicitly on the intersection between sports, social justice and the Sacramento-region. Towards this end, attendees will have the opportunity to: • Obtain actionable insights or strategies to implement directly in their workplace. • Consider the ways equity starts with autobiography, and connects to inclusion practices • Develop a historical understanding on the history of race(ism) and sports in the United States • Examine connections between historical patterns and present-day inequities • Focus on evidence-based models to connect activism, sports, and equity within and beyond the institution • Establish why cultural competence awareness is important and explore implementation tools in a wide range of professional settings.
Nonprofit Administration Certificate Program
In CCE's Nonprofit Administration Certificate Program, learners develop the skills necessary to successfully manage sustainable operations in the nonprofit sector. Learners with all levels of nonprofit experience will enhance their knowledge by learning key management and leadership skills, expanding their professional networks, and developing expertise aligned with their current or desired role in a nonprofit organization. An equity-informed lens ensures that diversity, inclusion, and access are central to expanding the learner’s knowledge of the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofit Organizations, Management and Governance (NPM 101)
This course will introduce the participants to key concepts in the nonprofit sector. Participants will develop an understanding of the history and background related to nonprofits locally and nationally. Participants will explore structures and governance that form nonprofits. In addition, participants explore collaborative ecosystems in the field while understanding how diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are part of the underlying fabric of nonprofits.
Fund Development for Nonprofit Organizations (NPM 102)
In this course, participants will learn the key skills and tools needed to help grow the nonprofit through fund development and grant writing. Participants will learn how to build relationships and make connections within the community. Participants will learn additional tools needed around the nonprofit sector, such as (501(c)(3) status, campaigns, and cultivating major donors. In addition, participants will learn development through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access throughout this course.
Program Development and Service Delivery (NPM 103)
Participants will learn about the services and programs nonprofits provide to achieve their mission and engage their community. Learn the tools nonprofits must use to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate programs and projects. Learn ways to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion, and access are not overlooked when providing programs and services. In addition, participants will learn about special populations and how to best address community concerns and issues.
Resource Management – Employees and Volunteer Management (NPM 104)
Participants will learn key leadership skills and principles to help recruit, motivate, and engage the staff and volunteers of the organization. Participants will learn the tools and strategies needed to manage conflict with paid staff or unpaid staff. In addition, participants will understand the key role diversity, equity, inclusion, and access play in staff and volunteer management.
Participants in the program will complete a 65-hour (6.40 continuing education units) professional development program, earn an industry-valued certificate, and learn skills to advance their careers such as: • Knowledge and competencies needed in nonprofits today • Best practices related to program development, implementation, and assessment • Key components of nonprofits such as revenue structure, operational framework, and community engagement • Collaborative relationships and networks • Applying diversity, equity, and inclusion to all aspects of nonprofit administration • Leadership strategies to attract and retain staff and volunteers