Adult Education Teaching Excellence Certificate
July 11 - August 2, 2025
The Adult Education Teaching Excellence Certificate consists of 5 courses that highlight critical elements of adult education and training. The courses within this certificate program give participants the opportunity to explore effective practices in teaching and learning and apply the skills learned in a safe environment. Whether your focus is higher education or workforce training and development this certificate will help you engage learners and make your lessons more inclusive and impactful.
You’ll learn how to:
- Design learner-centered environment that support diverse adult learning needs.
- Develop meaningful learning outcomes and aligned assessments.
- Reflect on and enhance teaching practices using relevant theories.
- Respond effectively to challenging behaviors and adapt to diverse learner needs through inclusive teaching methods.
This program is right for you if:
- You are an academic faculty, staff, trainer in community and corporate institutions or learner who would like to further their knowledge in adult education teaching practices.
- You are a working professional who wants to learn about adult education and wants to balance work and their professional goals from home or the office.
Upon completion of this course, you will:
- Create meaningful learning outcomes, aligned with learning activities and assessments.
- Evaluate teaching practices using a variety of pedagogical and andragogical theories.
- Respond constructively to common issues and challenging behaviours in adult learning environments.
- Apply multiple teaching methods to work with diverse groups of learners aligned with current ideas related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the classroom.