Online School Safety Endorsement Certification Program

The Kentucky Legislature passed Senate Bill 1 in 2019, requiring each school district in Kentucky to have a School Safety Coordinator on staff.  Currently, Cumberlands is the only university offering the School Safety Endorsement recommended by the Kentucky Center for School Safety for these coordinators.
Our program aligns with the Kentucky Safety Educator Standards to: 

1. Promote and maintain a positive, safe, and healthy school culture, climate, and environment, including positive interpersonal relationships, positive intervention strategies, conflict resolution, peer mediation, and effective behavior management. 
2. Foster positive individual development, including social, emotional, and cognitive development. 
3. Utilize safe school assessment data to facilitate change and support school safety for student learning. 
4. Coordinate crisis and emergency procedures and communication, including positive intervention strategies.  
5. Establish a shared knowledge of policies and legal issues related to school safety, including diversity, bullying, harassment, and discrimination.

University of the Cumberlands’ online school safety management program can help equip you to pursue positions within school systems and on other educational campuses where student and staff safety is a top priority.

You can be the leader in your school and a hero to the students you serve. At University of the Cumberlands, we provide career-building online programs for education personnel to effectively plan, implement and manage a school safety assessment and mitigation efforts. Schools recognize the need to have plans that outline how we can keep our schools safe. The real question is whether that's worth it to you.

With an online safety management certificate, you can have a meaningful impact on the safety and well-being of students in a number of school settings. An online safety certification program offers tools that can enhance your work in roles such as school counselor, school principal, K-12 teacher, and much more! 

A minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required to be admitted to the School Safety Certificate program. Submit official transcripts from all applicable colleges/universities attended; must be received directly from the issuing college or university. Prospective students will also need to provide three letters of recommendation and must possess a valid teaching license. 

All programs at University of the Cumberlands are offered at some of the lowest rates in the nation – and we even include free textbooks through our One Price Promise! For more information on how affordable this program would be for you, visit our Financial Aid page. 

Yes! University of the Cumberlands' School of Education is accredited through Kentucky's Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB) and has national accreditation through the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) at the initial-licensure level and advanced-level. UC’s School of Education has earned national accreditation by demonstrating excellence in the areas of content and pedagogy, clinical experiences, selectivity, program impact, and capacity for continuous improvement.

For more information:

KDE/EPSB – State Accreditation
University of the Cumberlands' School of Education is further accredited through Kentucky's Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB), 100 Airport Road, 3rd Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601. (502) 564-4606. Fax: (502) 564-7080.

CAEP – National Accreditation
The School of Education at University of the Cumberlands (UC) is accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) at the initial-licensure level and advanced-level.  CAEP promotes excellence in educator preparation through quality assurance and continuous improvement.  UC’s School of Education has earned national accreditation by demonstrating excellence in the areas of content and pedagogy, clinical experiences, selectivity, program impact, and capacity for continuous improvement.
 
CAEP Address: 1140 19th St NW #400, Washington, DC 20036
CAEP Phone Number: (202) 223-0077