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Postgraduate POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE COUNSELLING

Qualification: POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
Award Type and NFQ Level: POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (9)
Course code: PDEGC
CAO/PAC code: MH94G
Closing date: 25 January 2024
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This is a one-year full-time taught postgraduate diploma (Aug – June) which is designed to prepare qualified second-level teachers to provide and lead a school guidance counselling service. The programme is recognised by the Irish Department of Education (DES) and the Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC) as a professional, international qualification in Guidance Counselling.

Participants attend Maynooth University one full day per week (Friday) and engage in school placement one day per week (Monday-Thursday) in a school other than where they work. The programme begins in late-August with full-day induction and workshops (attendance is mandatory). Intensive training in Psychometric Testing is scheduled for the October mid-term break (dates to be confirmed) and there will be 2/3 Saturday workshops in Semester 1

Programme participants are responsible for arranging the school placement component of the course (within a 160 km travel distance of Maynooth) during which they work in close co-operation with the School Guidance Counsellor.

Course Duration: 1 year full-time

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