PYP Online Certification?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 2:38 am
Has anyone out here taken any of the ONLINE IB certification courses? I’m specifically interested in the PYP IB certificate in teaching and learning. I’ve done some of my own research on IB’s website but hoping for some specifics from those of you in the know. There’s about 50 Universities around the world that offer the certificate, face-to-face, online, and/or blended. I’m only interested/able in the online option. When I looked at the “Universities at a glance” page I see the following that offer both the IB Cert I’m looking for and the online option:
Uni of Bath
Bethel Uni
Cal State Uni-San Marcos
Uni Camilo Jose Cela
Deakin Uni
Uni of Dundee
George Mason Uni
The Ed Uni of HK
Loyola Uni Chicago
Uni of Melbourne
Uni of Montana-Missoula
Murdoch Uni
UNLV
SE Louisiana Uni
Uni of Tsukuba
Western Uni
Uni of Windsor
Bottom line is I’m looking for which one(s) are the cheapest and easiest? Also, some of these seem to be attached to a Masters or Bachelors program (definitely not interested in that).
Anybody have any advice, experience, or recommendations with any of these Universities or Online IB certification?
I’m American so I was leaning towards an University from the states but I suppose that doesn’t really matter? as long as the course work is in English ;)
Actually the University of Windsor is in the lead in regards to the requirements I’m looking for, Cal State, San Marcos looks like it fits the bill ok too.
In case you’re wondering my motivation:
I’m a veteran teacher of 20+ years, been in the International scene for a decade (but never at a school with PYP), 20-21 will be the last year at my current school, just looking to add one more thing to the CV, and my current school has a pretty good PD package.
I’ve read pretty much every debate on this forum about hiring IB schools not caring unless you’ve actually been teaching it and “Well at least workshops and online courses show some initiative to schools. I’m not looking to specifically target IB schools, but we all know how competitive things can be, if it’s between me and someone else and I have a certificate and they don’t, I figure it can’t hurt.
Any other thoughts or ideas, please let me know?
Cheers
Uni of Bath
Bethel Uni
Cal State Uni-San Marcos
Uni Camilo Jose Cela
Deakin Uni
Uni of Dundee
George Mason Uni
The Ed Uni of HK
Loyola Uni Chicago
Uni of Melbourne
Uni of Montana-Missoula
Murdoch Uni
UNLV
SE Louisiana Uni
Uni of Tsukuba
Western Uni
Uni of Windsor
Bottom line is I’m looking for which one(s) are the cheapest and easiest? Also, some of these seem to be attached to a Masters or Bachelors program (definitely not interested in that).
Anybody have any advice, experience, or recommendations with any of these Universities or Online IB certification?
I’m American so I was leaning towards an University from the states but I suppose that doesn’t really matter? as long as the course work is in English ;)
Actually the University of Windsor is in the lead in regards to the requirements I’m looking for, Cal State, San Marcos looks like it fits the bill ok too.
In case you’re wondering my motivation:
I’m a veteran teacher of 20+ years, been in the International scene for a decade (but never at a school with PYP), 20-21 will be the last year at my current school, just looking to add one more thing to the CV, and my current school has a pretty good PD package.
I’ve read pretty much every debate on this forum about hiring IB schools not caring unless you’ve actually been teaching it and “Well at least workshops and online courses show some initiative to schools. I’m not looking to specifically target IB schools, but we all know how competitive things can be, if it’s between me and someone else and I have a certificate and they don’t, I figure it can’t hurt.
Any other thoughts or ideas, please let me know?
Cheers