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Para Educator

The Para Educator/Educational Assistant Certificate of Completion is a one-year certificate that prepares students to work in public or private elementary and secondary schools. Para Educators/educational assistants serve in positions for which a teacher or another professional has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services. Emphasis is place on competency-based skill development in child growth and development, classroom management, technology. Students will be required to participate in a distance education or online course. Many of this program's courses also fulfill requirements toward an Associate of Science or Associate of General Studies degree. Students should meet with an advisor to evaluate professional experience and previous coursework prior to beginning this course of study.

Required courses for this certificate

List of Courses

Prerequisites (Prerequisites are courses or other educational requirement that must be completed prior to another course or before proceeding to more advance study; often listed in the Course Descriptions section of the Catalog)

Academic Catalog

"For more details about this certificate and this career pathway see the Academic Catalog pages for this certificate." (Note: Catalog file takes a while to download.)

Schedule of Classes

Courses may be on the main campus or a satellite campus and/or online.

Instructions for viewing class schedule in WebAdvisor

  1. When in WebAdvisor, click on Prospective Students.
  2. Under Admission Information click on Search for Classes.
  3. Select the term that you plan to attend
  4. Select the Subject and the course number from the above 'Required courses for this certificate.'
    For example: If you are looking for ECE 154 Children's Literature and Literacy, select the Subject Early Childhood Education and the course number 154.
    (If you want to see all of the Early Childhood Education classes scheduled during a specific term just select the term and the subject.)
  5. Click on Submit

Note: Class schedule is subject to change without notice.

Estimated Cost

(Southwestern does not charge out-of-state tuition. Tuition for out-of-state students and Oregon resident students is the same.)

Steps to Starting School
Steps to Starting School will provide the information you need to begin your career pathway. You can also start your career pathway by contacting an advisor at advisingquestions@socc.edu.

Contact an advisor at:
advisingquestions@socc.edu
Phone: 1-800-962-2838 or 888-7405

or in Curry County contact:
mbenoit@socc.edu - Brookings
jpretti@socc.edu - Gold Beach and Port Orford
Phone: 541-469-5071

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