Education Programs

Teacher Leadership Graduate Diploma

• Program Length: One year part–time

• Program Fees

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The Program

The Centre for Innovative Educational Leadership (CIEL) in the Faculty of Education offers the Teacher Leadership Graduate Diploma. This unique program will help prepare and equip school and system leaders to lead contemporary schools with a significant emphasis on new conceptions of learning and a deep commitment to quality and equity. Features of the program include a focus on international perspectives on learning, innovative learning environments, teamwork with lead colleagues and districts and the opportunity to explore new knowledge during the year-long school based inquiry. The program is readily accessible to students from all parts of British Columbia. Diploma graduates may enter the Master of Education in Educational Leadership program with 15 graduate credits completed.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this program will be well–poised to assume formal and informal leadership positions in the education sector.

Admission Requirements

• Completion of a Bachelor of Education degree with a cumulative grade point average of "B" in the final two years.
• Two years successful teaching experience.

Start Date and Application Deadline

The program begins annually in mid-August. Applications are accepted from November 15 to May 31. For further information contact the Education Department at 1–888–920–2221 local 6221.

Program Outline

The program begins with an intensive eight-day summer residency in Vancouver in mid-August. During the school year course work will be conducted online and the program concludes with a three-day residency on campus in Nanaimo in early July. Successful completion of the program will provide credit for the following graduate courses:

Updated February 28, 2012