FAQs
This FAQ page provides answers to common queries about the programme, including eligibility, application details, workload expectations, and how it supports your professional development as an educator. Whether you’re new to teaching in higher education or looking to enhance your pedagogical skills, you’ll find key information here to guide your decision.
You have to take three modules in total.
You have 3 years from date of first enrolment to complete three modules and submit assignments for each module (3 in total). Alternatively, you can choose to submit one teaching portfolio when you have attended three modules in full.
Yes, attendance is compulsory at all classes for certification purposes. If you have attended modules but have not been in full attendance, you need to contact the programme administrator to see if you are eligible to submit assignments/portfolio or if you need to retake a module.
No. You can choose to submit an assignment for each module by the deadline given by the facilitator OR you can choose to submit a Teaching Portfolio upon completion of three modules.
You submit your assignment through Blackboard, your facilitator will guide you through this.
Approximately 30 days after submission of your assignment, your results will be available on Blackboard.
If this is the third assignment you have submitted, you will be notified with an email from our programme administrator. Your grades are subject to the Court of Examiners which is usually held in April/May of each year.
If you complete an assignment following each module you have undertaken, you will receive an email from the course administrator confirming your grades. This email will also inform you that these grades are subject to the Court of Examiners (COE) and that you will be contacted after the COE sits which is usually in April/May each year.
If you have successfully passed all assignments, your details will be forwarded to the Graduations office in Academic Registry. Please ensure your contact details are up to date with our programme administrator as this is the information the Graduations office will receive from us.
If you have completed three modules over the full three year time period, (for example you started in the academic year 2022-23 and completed the last module in 2024-25) and you have not submitted any assignments, your option would be to submit a Teaching Portfolio. This is due to the fact that assignments have specific deadlines. In certain circumstances extensions can be given for submission of assignments but this is normally within the academic year of completing that module.
Please contact the programme administrator directly. Extensions can be given under certain circumstances.
The closing date each year for submission of a teaching portfolio is typically in January. Please refer to the handbook for the exact date. Please submit your portfolio to the programme administrator. After submission of your portfolio, you will receive feedback and a grade approximately 30 days later. This is subject to review at the Court of Examiners by the External Examiner. Typically our Court of Examiners sits in April/May every year. Graduations are then held the following summer of that year.
You may incorporate learning from other modules into your portfolio but you must choose and declare which three modules your case studies concentrate on.
Where a resubmission is required, you will normally have one working month (assignments)/two working months (portfolios) in which to submit but it must be within the same academic year.
Please contact our programme administrator at Jade.Concannon@tcd.ie