New qualification: The PGCERTTCHG has been replaced by the Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning (PGCert(TertiaryT&L)).
The Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (PGCertTertTchg) reflects the University of Waikato's commitment to quality teaching and its expectation that tertiary teaching staff undertake such professional development programmes. It is offered by the Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning and is conferred through the Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy.
Programme structure
| PROF532C – The Professional Practice of Tertiary Teaching | PROF531B – Tertiary Teaching Research and Development |
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Attendance in eight compulsory TDU workshops Attendance in one eLearning workshop Task 1 – assessment-related initiative Task 2 – teaching initiative Classroom observation |
Task 1 – Career Portfolio Task 2a – Personal Portfolio/Teaching Portfolio Task 2b – Reflective Journal |
Sample Assignments
PROF 532C – The Professional Practice of Tertiary Teaching
Task 1 – assessment-related initiative
by Marcus Wilson – Design, Implement & Evaluate a Class or Assessment Task that Draws on Workshop Learning
by Sean Dunne – Assessment Initiative
Task 2 – teaching initiative
by Brydget Tulloch – Design & Evaluate a Teaching Initiative
by Heather Connolly – Redesign of STMG191 – Introduction to Management
by Jewel Barlow – The Professional Practice of Tertiary Teaching
by Marcus Wilson – Design & Evaluate a Teaching Initiative
by Sandra Prebble – A Teaching Initiative
by Sean Dunne – Teaching Initiative
PROF531B – Tertiary Teaching Research and Development
Task 1 – Career Portfolio
by Kelly Smith – Career Portfolio
by Kirstie McAllum – Career Portfolio
by Sandra Prebble – Career Portfolio
Task 2a – Personal Portfolio/Teaching Portfolio
by Brydget Tulloch – Personal Portfolio
by Kirstie McAllum – Teaching Portfolio
by Marcus Wilson – Personal Portfolio
Task 2b – Reflective Journal/Log
by Kirstie McAllum – Reflective Portfolio
by Nick Chater – Reflective Portfolio
Contacts
Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education:
For more information about the Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching or to check if you are eligible to enrol, please contact:
Dr Arezou Zalipour
Email: zalipour@waikato.ac.nz
Phone: 07 838 4466 select option 1, then enter extension 4634.
For further information about enrolment:
Ms Tracey Rowan, Postgraduate Administrator, Faculty of Education
Email: traceyr@waikato.ac.nz or
Phone: 07 838 4466 select option 1, then enter extension 7721.