The Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme provides professional training for teachers who hold a first degree or equivalent and who are teaching at the secondary level. This programme is viewed as initial training which sensitizes and orients teachers to the fundamentals of their profession. The primary aim is to develop in teachers and administrators a professional approach to teaching and administration, characterized by creativity, imagination and the pursuit of professional and personal development. The programme runs for one academic year, commencing in September and ending in May of the following year.
This programme attempts to ensure that professional educational practice is informed by a solid theoretical base in the foundation disciplines, curriculum and methodology. In addition, it is expected that teachers would use this programme to improve their skills in the specific content relevant to teaching in their subject areas and that administrators would increase their ability to manage their schools as an educational institution of quality.
Students are required to complete their examinations and coursework within a programme, which is structured as follows: Courses – 15 credits, Practicum – 9 credits, Total – 24 credits
Courses
Dr. Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Programme Coordinator
Rinnelle.Lee-Piggott@sta.uwi.edu
Phone: (868) 662-2002 Extension: 83817
Ms. Sharon Phillip
Programme Coordinator
Sharon.Phillip@sta.uwi.edu
Phone: (868) 662-2002 Extension: 83830
Ms. Necole Blake
Administrative Assistant Student Affairs
DipEd@sta.uwi.edu
Phone: (868) 662-2002 Extension : 82127
Fax: (868) 662-6615
Ms. Kwesi Bowen
Secretary
DipEd@sta.uwi.edu
Phone: (868) 662-2002 Extension: 82116
Fax: (868) 662-6615
School of Education
UWI St. Augustine
Tel: (868) 662-2002 or 663-1334
ext. 82118
