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The Trinity College London Level 6 Certificate for Practising Teachers (RQF) (Online study mode)

Course fee: £900
Course dates

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If you are an international teaching professional with over 6 months of classroom experience, and you want to take your classroom work to the next level, the CertPT qualification from Trinity College London is for you.​

 

The Level 6 Trinity CertPT is designed for teachers with a language level of B2+ who want to combine their work and professional development through online study. The course is focused on the design and use of effective teaching materials, and aims to develop lesson planning, classroom delivery and reflective skills through its assessed tasks.

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This qualification is regulated at level 6 on the UK Government Ofqual Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), making it equivalent in level to the final year of a bachelor's degree at university. (International Higher Education institutions may accept this qualification as course credit towards a degree-bearing programme.)

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We offer two different CertPTs each with a focused specialism.

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You can read an interview with one of our graduates here:

 https://www.trinitycollege.com/about-us/success-stories/julie

CertPT for English Language Educators

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If you are already an English language teacher and want to develop your methodologies and materials design for the physical classroom, this is the specialism for you.

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Course content

 

Pre-course preparation: 20-30 hours

 

Unit 0: Course introduction - 12 study hours

         Expectations for the course

         Overview of Assessed Tasks 1-4

         Defining and stating lesson aims

         initial lesson observation (optional)

         Live online tutorial 1 - goal setting

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Unit 1: Evaluating published teaching materials - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 1

         Learner needs and preferences

         Principles of materials design

         Approaches and methods in TESOL

         Principles of Task-Based learning

         Staging content for effective outcomes
         Live online tutorial 2 - Unit 1 feedback

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Unit 2: Adapting published teaching materials for your learners - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 2

         Classroom management

         Principles of task design

         Types of language task

         Focus on your teaching setting

         Context-language relationships

         Live online tutorial 3 - Unit 2 feedback

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Unit 3: Designing original materials for your learners - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 3

         Top-down and bottom-up approaches

         Linguistic purpose in teaching materials

         Writing effective task instructions

         Differentiation in materials delivery

         Designing a feedback instrument

         Live online tutorial 4 - Unit 3 feedback

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Unit 4: Delivery of self-designed materials - 20 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 4

         Presenting new language

         Checking meaning

         Monitoring and error correction

         Effective post-task feedback

         One observed lesson (optional)

         Live online tutorial 5 - Unit 4 feedback

               

Total study time: 100 hours

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CertPT for Online Educators

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If you are making the transition to teaching online, or if you already teach online and want to develop your resource design and delivery skills, the CertPT for online educators â€‹is for you.

 

Course content

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Pre-course preparation: 20-30 hours

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Unit 0: Course introduction - 12 study hours

         Expectations for the course

         Overview of Assessed Tasks 1-4

         Defining the online context

         initial lesson observation (optional)

         Live online tutorial 1 - goal setting

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Unit 1: Evaluating online resources                         - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 1

         Exploring available online environments

         Investigating theories of e-pedagogy

         Benefits / challenges of online contexts
         Live online tutorial 2 - Unit 1 feedback

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Unit 2: Adapting online teaching resources           - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 2

         Transferable pedagogical theories

         Unit 2 group tutorial: digital literacy skills

         Developing academic skills online

         Principles of online materials design

         Live online tutorial 3 - Unit 2 feedback

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Unit 3: Designing original online resources             - 15 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 3

         Designing purposeful resources

         Rationalising aims effectively 

         Integrating online and offline learning

         Designing a feedback instrument

         Live online tutorial 4 - Unit 3 feedback

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Unit 4: Delivery of self-designed materials - 20 study hours

         Introduction to Assessed Task 4

         Review: features of online resources

         Top-down and bottom-up processing

         Confirming achievement of outcomes

         Online lesson planning tutorial

         One observed lesson (optional)

         Live online tutorial 5 - Unit 4 feedback

               

Total study time: 100 hours.

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Methods of payments accepted

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Bank transfer and credit/debit card.

 

After being accepted at interview to reserve your place on the course a £400 deposit is required with the remainder payable 2 weeks before the start of the course.

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Applications received within one month of the course date starting must be paid in full to reserve a place on your requested dates.

CertPT for institutions

If you are a school, centre or institution with a group of teachers who would like to attend this course, contact us for further course options, including specialisms to meet the needs of your teachers, and our institutional rates.

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The Certificate for Practising Teachers is designed to be as flexible as possible in terms of course content. ​

If your institution has a specific area of teaching and learning that you would like to explore on the course, this can be designed into the course content, or even become the main focus of the course for your teachers.

 

Course specialisms include:

 

  • Content-Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

  • STEAM subjects in English

  • Subject-specific content taught in English

  • Teacher training and education

  • SEN and learning differences

  • English for Academic Purposes

  • Online provision for HE institutions

  • Teaching English to Young Learners

  • Teaching ESOL examination classes

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