Start your postgraduate study in Education from any related diploma or undergraduate degree. Complete two courses and receive a qualification that allows you to focus on an area of interest or practice in Education. Programme overview This certificate is designed to be taken part-time by busy teachers and cross-sector professionals with an education focus to their work. Complete just two courses to gain your first postgraduate qualification. A broad range of courses is available: from digital learning, mentoring, and early childhood, through to educational change, literacy, sport, health and wellbeing, second language learning and supporting Māori learners. Flexible delivery options and learning modes are also available to meet the increasingly diverse needs of our communities. Students with a GPA of 5 or higher who wish to go into further study can credit the postgraduate certificate courses towards a Master of Education, provided the certificate has not been awarded. Programme structure You can choose two 30-point courses from a wide variety of courses in your area of interest ranging from contemporary pedagogies, Māori/indigenous language revitalisation, and issues in literacy education, through to meeting the needs of gifted learners, social psychology of the classroom, assessment for learning and teaching, counselling and pastoral care and practitioner inquiry. This will help build your understanding and expertise in an area of interest or professional practice. Requirement 60 points from a range of courses in Education Curriculum Studies; Education Practice; Education Professional Studies Māori; Education Professional Studies; Education Special; Education; Education Māori; or Social Work Child and Family Practice. For those being admitted based on a non-education bachelors degree, you must include one of the following courses in your certificate: Contemporary Pedagogies (EDCURRIC 700); Special Topic: Being Māori, Thinking Theory (EDPROFM 700); Curriculum: Theory, Issues, Practice (EDPROFST 777); or Educational Psychology (EDUC 741). Where could this programme take you? This certificate will enable professionals across the education sector to build their understanding and expertise in an area of interest or practice. An ideal next step in professional development, it can qualify you for more advanced responsibilities or a higher salary grade than a three-year bachelors degree. This qualification will not lead to teacher registration. If you complete this certificate with a GPA of 5 or higher, you can credit the courses passed to the Master of Education, provided the certificate has not been awarded. Jobs related to this programme Communities of Learning (CoLs) leader Education sector leader Human resources practitioner Trainer in organisations Further study options Master of Education Postgraduate Diploma in Education Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership