Renewal applications are managed by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). Individuals can view Nebraska certifications and expiration dates at https://teach.education.ne.gov/#/VerifyLicense.
Admin certificate renewal before certificate expiration or less than five years expired requires six (6) educational leadership (EDL) graduate credit hours. UNO Educational Leadership offers several 1-hour, asynchronous online courses each semester which can be used for admin certificate renewal.
1-hour elective courses are designed to be:
- topical for current issues,
- asynchronous to meet your scheduling needs,
- unique choices to enrich a degree Plan of Study, and
- beneficial for those needing to renew their admin certificate.
Other Educational Leadership (EDL) courses might be able to be used for renewal. Also, occasionally, a graduate class from other graduate programs in the College of Health and Human Science might qualify for 3 of the 6 renewal hours. Please check with Department Chair Dr. Tami Williams before enrolling in graduate classes used for renewal outside of the 1-hour electives listed above: Book time with Dr. Tami Williams
Next steps:
- Determine the courses you’d like to take for your renewal.
- If you want to take courses beyond the 1-hour electives listed above, connect with Dr. Williams to confirm the course(s) you’d like to take is available for renewal.
- Apply to UNO to be a Graduate Student as a Non-Degree.
- Even UNO alumni need to (re)apply to be a current UNO Graduate student.
- Apply for Admission to UNO | Admissions | University of Nebraska Omaha (unomaha.edu)
- Select Graduate Student. Follow the directions to create an account.
- Apply as Non-Degree (scroll to N's for Non Degree, not E's for Ed Leadership).
- The cost for Non-Degree applications is $25.
- Please email edleadership@unomaha.edu to notify us that you’ve applied as a Non-Degree student and are planning to classes for admin renewal.
Once you are accepted to UNO as a Graduate Student
- Claim you UNO Identity
- You will receive your NU ID (#s) and NU Tech ID (usually a combo of first and last name).
- Use this information and set up your Duo Two Factor. UNO | Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) - Duo Identity and Access Management | ITS Services (unomaha.edu)
- If you have any issues please call our UNO Technology Helpdesk at (402) 554-4357.
- Register for Your Courses
- MavLINK to enroll in the course(s) for the semester(s) you choose.
- MavLINK log in is found at my.unomaha.edu.
- Access Your Courses
- UNO uses Canvas for course delivery. Each course you're enrolled in has it's own Canvas tile.
- Canvas log in is found at my.unomaha.edu
- You will also be enrolled in the EDL Canvas Group. This organization group in Canvas is how the EDL Department Office communicates with current EDL Students.