Teaching Adult Learners
    Duration1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    USD 46,941 / Year
    Next IntakeSeptember 26, 2023

    Teaching Adult Learners

    About

    Be an empowered educator and personnel trainer! Leading equity-centered educational and workplace change in schools, colleges, business, government agencies, and non-profit organizations requires continued professional development and life-long learning of knowledge and skills. This 18 credit (about one year) program emphasizes a theory-to-practice (praxis) curricular focus of contemporary research, evidence-based practices, and culturally-contextualized expertise and experiences.

    • Learn epistemological theories, motivational teaching strategies, and equity-centered practices for facilitating adult learning and professional skill-building
    • Understand strategies for designing responsive training programs that integrate individual learning styles, cultural and experiential backgrounds, and organizational goals.
    • Apply contemporary learning theory to support teaching, training, and educational programming in formal (traditional classrooms), non-formal (workshops), and alternative (on-line) pedagogical forms including experiential and community-based learning.
    Faculty AdvisorAdmissions Advisor
    You will be assigned a faculty advisor after admission.

    Stefanie Randol
    [email protected]
    503-725-4689*

    *You can text me!

     

    Teaching Adult Learners Graduate Certificate: Why

    Disciplines

    College of Education

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    • Copies of official degree certificate/diploma
    • Certified translation of transcripts
    • Financial documentation demonstrating adequate financial support for at least the first year of study

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 60
    • IELTSMin 6.5
    • TOEFLMin 80

    Career

    The learning community is made up of students from a wide variety of educational, work-place, and community organizations. These include individuals who have roles and responsibilities in supporting diverse adult learners in schools, higher education institutions, nonprofits, government agencies and businesses. The program prepares students for professional roles as:

    • Teaching faculty and instructors knowledgeable about diverse learning strategies for individual capacity-building.
    • Workplace trainers and educators who design, coordinate, and lead professional knowledge and skill development in their organizations.
    • Vocational and technical instructors in community colleges and professional programs.
    • Educational administrators and coordinators who facilitate curricular and co-curricular programs for individual learning and enhancement.

    Please note that a subject area-specific master's degree may be required for entry level teaching positions.

    Fee Information

    Application Fee 65

    How to Apply

    • Complete the graduate application
    • Send the Graduate School’s Admissions office your official academic transcripts
    • Submit evidence of English language proficiency
    • Provide financial documentation demonstrating adequate financial support for at least the first year of study
    • Depending on the individual graduate program that you are applying for, additional department requirements may include:
      • Personal essay or statement of purpose
      • Letters of recommendation
      • Standardized test scores, e.g., GRE (not required by all programs)
      • Resume
      • Writing samples
      • Portfolio

    Teaching Adult Learners

    Portland State University

    Portland State University

    United States of America

    United States of America, Aberdeen