The Career Educator Certificate (CEC) provides an important stepping stone for any teacher or coordinator of career education courses to develop crucial knowledge and skills that support effective career connected learning for all students within the K-12 system.
The CEC is especially valuable for educators who have limited experience in teaching career education courses, teachers who would like to extend and deepen their knowledge and skills, or coordinators and administrators who would like to support their teachers provide theoretically underpinned, relevant, innovative, and effective career education that is aligned to the national curriculum and worthwhile career development practice.
Why choose CEC?
The Career Educator Certificate offers a valuable opportunity to:
- Design and deliver effective career education that values and respects all students鈥 individual pathways.
- Achieve high professional standards, as the program is aligned to the Canadian National Career Development Competency Framework.
- Hone your practical skills and gain fresh perspectives on relevant career connected learning curriculum.
- Enjoy the flexibility of an asynchronous program that can fit around other commitments.
Program overview
The Career Educator Certificate provides structured support to help new and experienced teachers develop knowledge and skills required to teach and manage transformative career education courses and programs in their schools and school districts.
Participants will engage with course material through an interactive, facilitated asynchronous learning format, undertaking a series of discussions and reflective assignment tasks, where learning can be directly applied to individual teaching contexts. All courses are taught by a National Certified Career Development Professional with extensive experience in the career development sector who is also a qualified teacher.
The CEC includes five courses covering five topic areas that take 15 hours each to complete over a three-week period. Participants can take one course or complete the entire program. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be equipped to deliver and evaluate career education courses in a range of educational settings.
Talking about careers will focus on understanding a variety of career-related terminology, the importance of conversations with students, parents, and other interested partners, and successfully moving career conversations into interactive career-related learning.
| Dates | October 5鈥25, 2025 |
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| Delivery | Asynchronous online |
| Tuition | 鈥$525.00 |
| CRN | 31031 |
| To register | Call 604 527 5472 or contact CE Registration |
Skills training will allow educators to increase their understanding of the importance of skills development, the Government of Canada鈥檚 Skills for Success Framework, and how skills are required for both scholarly learning and applied learning.
| Dates | November 9鈥22, 2025 |
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| Delivery | Asynchronous online |
| Tuition | 鈥$525.00 |
| CRN | TBA |
| To register | Call 604 527 5472 or contact鈥 CE Registration |
Trauma-informed practice will support educators in learning some of the main principles of practice, including the importance of relationships, the role of cultural understanding and responsiveness, and the importance of creating perceived safe environments for students to experience how growth might be achieved through risk and vulnerability.
| Dates | February 8鈥28, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Delivery | Asynchronous online |
| Tuition | 鈥$525.00 |
| CRN | TBA |
| To register | Call 604 527 5472 or contact鈥 CE Registration |
Valuing all pathways is designed for educators to increase their understanding of the many diverse ways that students may visualize their career, that all pathways鈥 students might take are important, and that students will navigate these in unique and individual ways.
| Dates | March 8鈥28, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Delivery | Asynchronous online |
| Tuition | 鈥$525.00 |
| CRN | TBA |
| To register | Call 604 527 5472 or contact鈥 CE Registration |
Career Related Programming in Schools will help educators to facilitate career-related learning through curriculum enhancement and co-curricular programming and activities that complement the mainstream courses students are taking.
| Dates | April 10鈥揗ay 2, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Delivery | Asynchronous online |
| Tuition | 鈥$525.00 |
| CRN | TBA |
| To register | Call 604 527 5472 or contact鈥 CE Registration |
Application process
To apply for the program, please submit the following:
- A鈥痯rogram application form; (needs to link to a fillable PDF doc.)
- A鈥痗urrent resume highlighting your education and experience as an educator;
- Proof of completion鈥痮f a Bachelor of Education or equivalent education program;
- A letter of intent鈥痶hat describes your personal goals and, and how completion of this program aligns with your goals (maximum of one page);
- One letter of reference鈥(this can be a personal reference or work reference); and
- Proof of completion of English 12鈥痺ith a minimum grade of 鈥淐鈥 or equivalent LPI test results (score of 4 on all sections).
Email your application package to鈥facsce@douglascollege.ca.