Qualification Information
There have been many changes in the teaching world and the roles of teachers and trainers are becoming increasingly complex, demanding and versatile. Thus, the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers has been developed to address this key area of professional development. It is ideal if you are a teacher seeking to gain accreditation of your skills and knowledge, or if you are about to teach a new program and you feel that you need to update your skills, or you are preparing to start a new teaching or training role.
The Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers:
- Helps develop skills that will enhance your professional practice.
- Is suitable for anyone in a teaching or training role, across all education and training contexts and all types of learning programs.
- Assesses each module by the submission of a practice-based assignment.
- Allows you to submit assignments at a time that is convenient for you, rather than waiting for a fixed examination session.
- Demonstrates your ability to plan, manage and evaluate systematically; design and deliver programs using a range of methods; and develop personal skills that improve your professional practice.
- Offers a flexible and modular structure, which reflects the teaching and learning cycle.
- Is developed in consultation with partners and centres to ensure that a range of different teaching and learning contexts are covered.
- Is created with an international audience in mind so that globally accepted best practices can be taught while being sensitive to a local context and environment.
Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers
What is the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers?
Addressing the need for continuing professional development, the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers has been designed to help teachers
develop skills that will enhance their practice by becoming more resourceful.
These skills are assessed and accredited, providing you with proof of your competence.
There have been many changes in the teaching world and the roles of teachers and trainers are becoming increasingly complex, demanding and versatile.
The Diploma will enable you to demonstrate your ability to plan, manage and evaluate systematically; design and teach learning programs using a range of methods; and develop personal skills that improve your professional practice.
The Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers:
- Embodies globally accepted best practices
- Covers the full range of teaching and learning contexts
- Offers a flexible modular structure for professional development
- Encourages active learning and innovative teaching
Who can take the Diploma for Teachers and Trainers?
The Diploma is ideal for anyone in a teaching or training role who wishes to develop and enhance their professional practice. It is not limited to one particular subject area or level of education; it focuses instead on transferable skills and knowledge that can be used in any teaching or training context.
How is the Diploma for Teachers and Trainers taught?
All candidates will take part in the professional development activities organized by their Centre, to lead to the Diploma. Candidates must enter for the Diploma through a registered CIE Centre.
You will work with a ‘toolkit’ of resources, approaches and ideas which you can apply to your own teaching, as the focus of the Diploma is professional practice. Your Centre will normally have a tutor or mentor coordinating your program. Cambridge provides resource materials to help you.
Modules Covered:
Design:
Planning and Preparation
Practice:
Teaching and Learning in Action
Assessment:
Assessing Progress and Achievement
Evaluation:
Improving Teaching and Learning
To be awarded the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers, it is necessary to pass all four modules within three years.
What does each module cover?
Each module sets out performance standards for a particular stage in the teaching cycle, consisting of performance criteria, supported by skills, knowledge and understanding.
An extract from module two – practices
Teaching and Learning in Action module illustrates how the performance standards are set out.
In addition, the module addresses the learner's individual requirements such as; coaching skills, technical advice, remedial action, monitoring of individual progress or simple reassurance.
Since time involved in such individual attention requires careful management, the module covers the methods of giving appropriate time and attention to individual learners in a group situation while still meeting the needs of both the group and other individual learners.
How to give constructive feedback to individual learners one-to-one?
Assessment Information
Each module is assessed by a professional practice assignment, requiring structured activities and a reflective report. Cambridge provides easy-to-use assignment templates.
You can work with your Centre to identify the most appropriate opportunities to apply the skills and knowledge you have developed, then enter for an assessment at a time convenient for you rather than waiting for a fixed examination session.
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