Certificate in Educational Equity at Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University's graduate certificate in educational equity is designed for individuals who wish to identify, challenge and disrupt inequitable patterns in schools and communities.

Coursework equips students with tools to talk about race and racism, respond to student disengagement in school, construct culturally responsive curriculum, and build authentic relationships with youth from various racial groups, class backgrounds, language communities and sexual orientations.

The certificate is intentionally designed to support equity initiatives currently underway in area school districts by providing a space where like-minded individuals can come together to share knowledge and collectively strategize.

1. Graduates will be able to explain how theories of identity, power, privilege and oppression can be used to identify race-based opportunity gaps in specific educational contexts.
2. Graduates will be able to build strategies for engaging in antiracist work in the areas of curriculum, professional development, and/or systems-level school reform. 
3. Graduates will be able to develop action plans for sharing information about equity-based interventions with educational stakeholders in local or national contexts.