Trinity CertPT Courses for Practicing Teachers

If you are a teacher, you can apply to take a Trinity CertPT course. You must meet Group 1 or Group 2 requirements to apply for the course.

1. Group 1 – completed an initial certificate or qualification in education or TESOL and have at least six months of classroom or online teaching experience
2. Group 2 – at least two years of teaching experience.

Non-native English speakers are accepted with a minimum English ability of C1 on the CEFR scale.

When you finish the course, you will have increased your skills to:

1. critically evaluate lesson materials in line with learner needs;
2. apply pedagogical theory to practice;
3. employ efficient and effective teaching techniques to boost learner motivation and engagement; and
4. plan and reflect on development both past, present and future.

The Trinity CertPT course focuses on the skills you need to evaluate, adapt, create and deliver teaching resources to a specific group of learners. There are four assessed output tasks you must complete. These are 1) find and evaluate an original teaching resource, 2) adapt the resource, 3) create a resource and 4) reflect on the use of the resource.

You will receive input focused on TESOL approaches and methods, lesson planning, classroom management, materials design, task design and effective classroom procedures. You will have 10 hours of live online tutorials with your peers and your course tutor.

You will teach one lesson, using a resource you created. The outcome and your evaluation of the class and resource effectiveness provides the input for task 4.

You get the Trinity CertPT qualification that is externally validated by Trinity College London, an internationally recognised qualifications provider.

Having a Trinity College London qualification guarantees the quality of delivery and accuracy of the assessment.

The qualification is at Ofqual level 6 in the UK’s list of regulated qualifications (RQF). The Trinity CertPT is at the same level as the final year of a bachelors degree. Your Trinity ​CertPT certificate can give you up to 10 university credits.

Yes, the course is built for working teachers. The Trinity CertPT is in-service training. You must be actively teaching a group of learners (face-to-face or online) or you will not be able to complete the four assessed output tasks. The course works hand-in-hand with your current teaching and is designed not to overload you during your daily teaching schedule.

The CertPT course has a total of 100 study hours.

The study period is six weeks, part-time.

The six-week timetable is split into two sections:

1. One week of subject study comprising approximately 20 self-study input hours using online material in the Moodle training system and 5 hours of trainer input given face-to-face using ZOOM meetings.
2. Five weeks to research and create the four output tasks required to pass the course and a weekly, one-hour trainer input session for guidance and feedback.

All our CertPT courses cost 899€

Yes, you get ten hours live contact with the course tutor, both in a group with your classmates and individually for each course unit. The contact hours give you input, guidance, feedback and answers to questions you may have about the course and the assessed output tasks. In addition to live contact, you get feedback on your assessed output tasks. Your course tutor will e-moderate your work and provide guidance.

You must first apply to take the course. Click here to apply.

If your application matches the course entry requirements, you must attend an admissions interview.

After passing the admissions interview, you will be offered a course place.

Pay for the course to reserve and guarantee your place. Click here to pay.

Finally, one week before the course starts, we will send you your welcome pack containing your login details.

Due to Trinity College London limitations, we file your work for certification when we reach the Trinity required minimum of five submissions.