IDLTM (International Diploma in Language Teaching Management)

Overview

IDLTM is a 325-hour course. Typically, there is an initial 2-week full-time face-to-face component, with the remainder of the course taught in flexible delivery mode over a 6-month period and concluding with an online capstone.

Units of learning

Introductory unit (non-assessed)	Management and managing
Unit 1	Organisational management
Unit 2	Managing financial resources
Unit 3	Human resource management and communication
Unit 4	Marketing
Unit 5	Client and customer service
Unit 6	Academic management
Units 7 & 8	Two modules proposed by the centre

One assignment is set for each unit except the introductory unit. Assignment lengths vary from 1,000–3,000 words and assignment types also differ, depending on the nature of the unit.

Stepping up to management responsibility

If you are an experienced English language teacher, ideally with experience in management or co-ordination in a business or educational environment, your experience and knowledge of the English language teaching profession makes you a valuable asset. IDLTM can help better prepare you for a career in language centre management.

If you see management responsibility as the logical next step, IDLTM will help you:

• extend your knowledge and awareness of relevant management principles and practices
• develop your management skills through the application of this knowledge and awareness to a language teaching context
• demonstrate these skills in effective practice as a language teaching manager.

A global partnership

IDLTM is awarded as a global partnership between Cambridge ESOL, SIT and the Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education, the University of Queensland (ICTE-UQ).

Eligibility

• Do you have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent?
• Do you have a minimum of three years' language teaching experience (full time in state or private sector, internationally or in one country) or five years' working experience in a language teaching context?
• Is your written and spoken English good enough for you to follow the course and complete all the assessed elements successfully?

If this sounds like you, choose a centre and register for the course.

Next steps

Find out more

Download the IDLTM syllabus to find out more about the format and content of the course.

Find a course

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