For Academic Institutions
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Evaluate Your Program: Offer the Family Life Education Assessment Exam
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The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) recognizes regionally accredited schools offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs with coursework that covers the 10 Family Life Education content areas as CFLE-approved programs. This approval from NCFR allows graduates of approved programs the opportunity to apply for the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential using an abbreviated application process.
More than 130 university and colleges in the U.S. and Canada have degree programs approved through NCFR Academic Program Review (APR) as meeting the criteria for the provisional CFLE credential.
See all schools with CFLE-approved degree programs.
Interested in program approval?
Check out our free webcast, presented by NCFR Academic Program Liaison Deb Gentry, for a video overview of the application process.
Resources for Academic Programs by Category
Assessment Methods and Tools
APR Review Process and Reviewer Tips
Content Area Specific Ideas
- Incorporating Ethics Into Coursework
- Fathering-Related Content, Case Studies, and SoTL
- Family Law Concepts: An Arena for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Co-teaching
- Oops, I Wasn't Paying Attention (focus on Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan)
- Teaching Human Sexuality Courses: Does It Matter If Students Are Extroverts or Introverts?
- Facilitating Students' Critical Thinking (focus on Interpersonal Relationships)
- Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
- Curiosity’s Essential Role in Learning
- Shared Reading Experiences
- Humans in Nature
- Internship / Practicum Best Practices
Ethics
- Incorporating Ethics Into Coursework
- Ensuring Students Appreciate the Ethical Aspects of Carrying Out an Interview for a Course Assignment
Instructional Design and Development
- Universal Design for Learning: Application for Teaching About Parent Guidance and Education
- Course Syllabi Key Elements in APR Application
- Service Learning: A Worthy Consideration When Engaging in Curriculum Development
- Family Law Concepts: An Arena for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Co-teaching
- Facilitating Students' Critical Thinking (focus on Interpersonal Relationships)
- What the Best College Students Do
- To Flip or Not to Flip?
- Humans in Nature
- Teaching Students to be Wicked Problem Solvers
Marketing, Promoting, and Sustaining Approved Programs
- Promote Your CFLE-Approved Program
- Facilitating Collegiate Council Members’ Knowledge of CFLE and APR: A Role for Faculty Members with CFLE Credentials
- Strategies for Sustaining an Approved CFLE Academic Program
- What I Wish I Knew: Tips for Promoting CFLE-Approved Programs
- Advisory Board Best Practices
Teaching Strategies & Technologies
- Fathering-Related Content, Case Studies, and SoTL
- Teleconferencing Technology: Possibilities for Instructional Design and Delivery
- Making Room for “Small Teaching” Strategies
- Gamification of Learning in Family Life Education: A Worthy Pursuit or Not?
- Service Learning: A Worthy Consideration When Engaging in Curriculum Development
- Mindfulness: Benefits to Us and Our Students
- What the Best College Students Do
- To Flip or Not to Flip?
- Use of Nearpod Technology
- Curiosity’s Essential Role in Learning
- Shared Reading Experiences
- Human Library Learning Activity
- Teaching Students to be Wicked Problem Solvers
