Program Coordinator: Andrew Kitchenham

Bryan Hartman, Professor

Judith Lapadat, Professor

Andrew Kitchenham, Associate Professor

Peter MacMillan, Associate Professor 

Willow Brown, Assistant Professor

Colin Chasteauneuf, Assistant Professor

Dennis Procter, Assistant Professor

Lantana Usman, Assistant Professor

Monty Palmantier, Lecturer

 

Website: www.unbc.ca/education/pbdp

The Post-Baccalaureate Diploma program and courses within it are designed to advance the professional knowledge and skills of practicing K-12 teachers. Diploma requirements are coherent with the BC Teacher Qualification requirement for 30 credits in a focused area of study for an increase in professional certification from level 4 to 5. Admission is on a course by course basis to accommodate teachers who may want to increase their competency or update their knowledge and skills in a particular area of instruction. Flexible admission also allows for teachers to select the variable number of courses required to increase professional standing to the “five plus” category currently administered by some school districts.
 

Admission

 

Applicants applying for admittance to the Diploma Program require a four-year (120 credit hours) undergraduate degree from a UNBC-recognized university completed with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better. Applicants must have the ability to study and work in English.  An additional requirement for this Post-Baccalaureate Diploma is that students possess a current teaching certificate or are admitted with the approval of the admissions committee.

 

The number of spaces in each course offered in the Post-Baccalaureate Diploma program is limited; therefore, course registration will be on a first come first served basis until the specified course is full. This program admits new students three times per year, at the start of each term: October 30 for the January Term, April 30 for July/August courses, and June 30 for the September Term.

 

To accommodate practicing teachers, Diploma courses are offered in the late afternoon or evening, on weekends, and during the summer. It is recommended that students plan to make full use of the Summer Session offerings to complete the Diploma within the ten year time limit.  It is recommended that students complete the two compulsory courses early in their program of studies.

 

Applicants are required to submit proof of a recent criminal records check (within five years).  Students are expected to abide by expectations for professional conduct  for the teaching profession in British Columbia.

 

 

 

Completion of a Post-Baccalaureate Diploma is achieved with 30 credits of coursework, including two compulsory courses and eight electives.   

 

Students may be granted credit for up to 15 credits of upper division coursework from another recognized institution, provided that such courses have not been associated with the receipt of a degree or diploma.

 

The focus areas offered at this time are Curriculum and Instructional Studies and Montessori Education.

 

 

EDUC 500-3

Teacher Leadership

 

One of the following:

Elective Courses (Curriculum and Instruction)

  

(a weekend seminar to follow classroom supervision of extended B.Ed. practicum and to reflect on these mentorship experiences in terms of the instructional leadership literature)