The Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (PGCert(TertTchg)) programme is designed for tertiary teachers who wish to develop their own teaching and gain a formal teaching qualification.  The programme 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 Teaching Development Unit and is conferred by the School of Education through the Department of Professional Studies.

For more information about the Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching or to check if you are eligible to enrol, please contact Dorothy Spiller (email: dorothy@waikato.ac.nz or phone: 838 4466 ext 8697). To enrol, please visit https://sase.waikato.ac.nz/app/NewStudent/ApplicationToEnrol. For further information about enrolment, please contact Sylwia Rutkowska (email: sylwia@waikato.ac.nz or phone 838 4466 ext 7725).

“This programme promotes scholarship as a means of pedagogical growth and improved learning. Programme coordinator Dorothy Spiller encouraged Dr Hume to engage in action research into her own teaching.  Dr Hume credits this programme with opening her eyes to the research opportunities that tertiary teaching practice offers and to the long-term benefits this scholarship has for student learning.”

Anne Hume, School of Education University research award winner