2026 Pedagogy Certification

Enrollment for the 2026 PRME Pedagogy Certificate Series has closed.

The 2026 PRME Pedagogy Certificate Series is a global professional development opportunity for educators seeking to advance and certify their pedagogical practice in responsible management education. Designed for those looking to deepen their teaching beyond content delivery, the programme focuses on how we teach: equipping faculty with the tools, mindsets, and approaches needed to cultivate meaningful, future-oriented learning environments.

Through a five-week programme, participants will engage with pedagogical approaches shaping business education today, including systems thinking, regenerative business, cultural intelligence, active and experiential learning, student agency, and the design of reflective and regenerative learning communities. The series emphasizes practical application, enabling educators to translate these approaches directly into their classrooms while engaging with a global community of peers navigating similar challenges and opportunities.

Offered in two cohorts to support global participation, the programme will feature five, two-hour sessions that combine structured learning with flexibility. Participants follow a consistent weekly journey, engaging in live sessions designed to foster dialogue, exchange, and community, alongside on-demand access to support continuity. Throughout the series, the focus remains on building pedagogical confidence, expanding instructional practice, and contributing to a broader shift toward more responsible, inclusive, and innovative management education.

This programme is designed for educators and practitioners at different stages of their teaching journey, including:

• Faculty seeking to strengthen or refresh their pedagogical approach

• Early-career educators building confidence in the classroom

• Experienced instructors redesigning courses or programmes

• Programme directors and curriculum leads embedding responsible management education

• PRME Champions, Working Group members, and engaged community participants, as well as those looking to deepen their engagement in the PRME community

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Design learning experiences that integrate systems thinking and regenerative approaches

• Facilitate active, experiential, and culturally responsive classroom environments

• Apply creative and reflective pedagogical methods to support student engagement

• Foster student agency and co-creation in learning processes

• Critically engage with AI and emerging tools in educational settings

• Translate pedagogical innovation into their own institutional contexts

The programme offers two certificate pathways designed to recognize different levels of Participation and Applied Practice. Both pathways support educators in engaging with the full five-week learning journey while providing flexibility for those who wish to deepen their learning through reflection and implementation.

Certificate of Participation

Awarded to participants who:

• Complete the introductory session

• Attend all five sessions within their scheduled weekly timeframe

This pathway recognizes active engagement in the full learning experience and is well suited for those looking to strengthen their pedagogical knowledge and practice through participation and exchange.

Certificate of Applied Practice

Awarded to participants who:

• Complete the introductory session

• Attend all five sessions, either live or on-demand, within their scheduled weekly timeframe

• Engage in weekly discussion and reflection through PRME Commons, completing the requirements within their weekly timeframe

• Submit a final capstone by uploading evidence to PRME Commons demonstrating application of learning (by December 1, 2026)

This pathway is designed for educators who want to move beyond engagement and demonstrate how they are applying and reflecting on pedagogical approaches in their own teaching. It provides an opportunity to document practice and contribute to a shared body of knowledge within the PRME community.

Certification Requirements: Certificate of Participation

The Certificate of Participation is awarded to participants who demonstrate consistent, high-quality engagement across the series.

Participants are expected to engage fully with all five sessions, either live or through complete review of session recordings within their weekly timeframe.

Engagement should be sufficient to:

• Support informed and thoughtful contributions to discussion

• Engage critically with the pedagogical approaches introduced

Certification Requirements: Certificate of Applied Practice

The Certificate of Applied Practice is awarded to participants who demonstrate consistent, high-quality engagement across the series and clear evidence of applied pedagogical practice.

This certificate reflects the substance, integrity, and credibility of a participant’s contributions. Requirements are assessed based on how participants engage with the learning environment and how clearly that learning is translated into practice.

Participants must meet all of the following requirements.

1. Complete Engagement with Weekly Sessions

Participants are expected to engage fully with all five sessions, either live or through complete review of session recordings within their weekly timeframe.

Engagement should be sufficient to:

• Support informed and thoughtful contributions to discussion

• Engage critically with the pedagogical approaches introduced

• Inform the development of applied teaching practice

2. Contribute Consistently to PRME Commons

Participants must engage in the PRME Commons discussion space across the duration of the programme. This includes completeing mandatory engagement posts and responses weekly before the next session begins.

At minimum, this includes:

• One original post

• Three responses to peers

Contributions should reflect ongoing participation across weeks and align with the progression of the series.

3. Demonstrate Substantive Engagement in Discussions

Discussion contributions are assessed on their substance, relevance, and contribution to the learning community.

Contributions should:

• Demonstrate clear engagement with session content

• Reflect on application within a defined teaching context

• Introduce considered perspectives, questions, or examples

• Engage with peers in ways that develop and extend discussion

Strong contributions often:

• Connect pedagogical approaches to disciplinary or institutional contexts

• Surface tensions, challenges, or implementation considerations

• Build on peer contributions to deepen shared understanding

Contributions that lack depth, specificity, or clear connection to the series content will not meet the required standard.

4. Submit a Capstone Teaching Artifact

Participants must submit a capstone artifact that demonstrates applied pedagogical practice informed by the series. The capstone should be submitted on PRME Commons as evidence in the 2026 PRME Pedagogy Certification Series | Capstone Submission discussion board by 1 December 2026.

Submissions should clearly demonstrate:

• A defined teaching intervention, design, or adaptation

• The reasoning behind key pedagogical choices

• Alignment with responsible management education principles

• How the approach functions, or is intended to function, in practice

Acceptable formats include, but are not limited to:

• Course or module redesigns

• Lesson plans or structured teaching sessions

• Classroom exercises or experiential learning activities

• Assessment strategies or evaluation approaches

• Teaching materials with accompanying explanation

• Reflections grounded in concrete examples of implementation

Submissions should communicate how pedagogical decisions are made and how they translate into practice.

5. Apply Learning in Practice

Participants are expected to demonstrate that learning from the series has been:

• Engaged with in a sustained way

• Considered critically

• Applied intentionally within a teaching context

Evidence of application should be visible across both discussion contributions and the capstone submission.

Assessment

All requirements are assessed on a pass/fail basis.

The Certificate of Applied Practice is awarded to participants who:

• Meet all minimum thresholds

• Demonstrate sustained, high-quality engagement

• Provide credible evidence of applied teaching practice

Participants whose engagement does not meet the expectations outlined above may receive the Certificate of Participation where applicable. Participants who do not meet minimum thresholds will not receive certification.

Reach out to comms@windedvertigo.com for any individual-specific evidencing questions not answered in the FAQs.