Post-Graduate Certificates
Our Post-Graduate Certificates allow you to enhance your expertise in a specific area of education. Credits from a Post-Graduate Certificate can be used for advanced standing into a Graduate Diploma or Professional Master of Education.
British Columbia Post-Graduate Certificates
To support BC teachers in their desire to provide their students with enriched learning experiences, Queen’s Continuing Teacher Education has created BC TQS-approved post-graduate certificates. Our certificate programs are founded on current research-driven theory and on the specific challenges BC teachers face in their classrooms. Our courses are developed and taught by experienced BC teachers, and they reflect BC Ministry of Education policy and curriculum.
Session Details
Fall 2023
- Course Dates: Oct 02, 2023 – Dec 08, 2023
- Application Deadline: Sep 22, 2023 at 4pm ET (CLOSED)
- Document Deadline: Sep 26, 2023 at 4pm ET
- Payment Deadline: Sep 28, 2023 at 4pm ET
Fall/Winter 2023
- Course Dates: Nov 06, 2023 – Feb 09, 2024
- Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2023 at 4pm ET
- Document Deadline: Oct 31, 2023 at 4pm ET
- Payment Deadline: Nov 02, 2023 at 4pm ET
Winter 2024
- Course Dates: Jan 22, 2024 – Apr 05, 2024
- Application Deadline: Jan 12, 2024 at 4pm ET
- Document Deadline: Jan 16, 2024 at 4pm ET
- Payment Deadline: Jan 18, 2024 at 4pm ET
Late Winter 2024
- Course Dates: Feb 19, 2024 – Apr 19, 2024
- Application Deadline: Feb 09, 2024 at 4pm ET
- Document Deadline: Feb 13, 2024 at 4pm ET
- Payment Deadline: Feb 15, 2024 at 4pm ET
Our Programs Are Made for BC Teachers
Our course packages are shaped around BC Ministry of Education curricula and taught by experienced BC teachers. That means your professional learning experience at Queen’s will be directly applicable to the challenges you face in your BC classroom.
Approved by the BC Teacher Qualification Service
Our certificate programs for BC teachers consist of five full-credit (6.0 non-degree credit-units per course) post-graduate courses in education. Each successfully completed course is recorded on a Queen’s University transcript. Candidates who successfully complete the program will receive a post-graduate certificate from the Faculty of Education at Queen's.
The BC Teacher Qualification Service recognizes these Queen’s certificate programs as one-year post-graduate integrated programs in education. Completion of these course packages may qualify BC-certified teachers for a teaching category upgrade within the BC provincial framework.
Candidates from BC who complete a Post-Graduate Certificate and receive a TQS category upgrade and wish to receive advanced standing into one of our graduate programs will be required to take three additional elective courses. TQS Regulation 5.04 states: “Where the content of one part of a program overlaps the content of a second program, the common portion shall not be counted twice in assigning a teacher’s category.” For more information regarding the TQS regulation, please refer to this TQS Policy document.
Online and Interactive
Queen’s Faculty of Education has been a leading provider of online professional development courses for teachers for more than 15 years. Our success is based on the overwhelmingly positive response of Ontario teachers to online professional development.
We recognize that dynamic online learning experience require meaningful interactions with instructors and other course candidates. At Queen’s, you will learn online with up to 15 education professionals from across British Columbia, sharing ideas and feedback. Readings, assignments, discussions, and a rich array of teaching resources are all available online to participants.
Are you an internationally trained teacher looking to be certified in Ontario, Canada?
Post-Graduate Certificate for Internationally Trained Teachers
This unique program offers cultural, educational, and social opportunities that will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and cultural understanding necessary to succeed in an Ontario classroom. Through our 16-month in-person program, we strive to empower our students with the tools necessary to advance their careers in Canada and make a positive impact in the lives of their students.
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