PC-SEAL · Programme overview
A professional certificate built around the evidence system
A nine-course professional certificate for education leaders who are responsible for how learning is assessed. Participants design assessment systems, lead competency-based practice, manage assessment operations, interpret assessment evidence and build the governance, ethics and improvement structures that make assessment trustworthy.
Duration
6–9 months, part-time
Commitment
8–10 hours per week
Delivery
100% online, facilitated
Assessment
Portfolio and competency based
Intake
Rolling cohorts
Language
English
Positioning
Practical leadership, not examination theory
PC-SEAL develops the competencies required to run an assessment system: design, delivery, interpretation, governance and improvement.
Build assessment frameworks that hold together — outcomes, tasks, rubrics, moderation and reporting.
Take responsibility for competency-based implementation across a department or institution.
Run cycles reliably: calendars, centres, records, data protection and quality control.
Turn assessment information into defensible decisions and usable feedback.
Establish the ethics, risk, policy and improvement structures that protect credibility.
Architecture
Nine courses, one coherent system
Courses are sequenced by dependency: foundations and design first, then operations, interpretation, governance and improvement.
Learning design
Five principles that shape every course
The programme is designed around how professionals actually develop judgement, not around content delivery.
Learner-centred learning
Participants work on their own institution's problems, with guided reflection, case studies, scenario simulation and self-directed inquiry. Nothing is passive reading.
Portfolio-based professional development
A professional portfolio is integral, not optional. Each course specifies the evidence required, and every item is reviewed against a published rubric.
Competency-based assessment
You are assessed on demonstrated professional competence: knowledge checks, scenario analysis, applied assignments, the portfolio and an integrated final project.
Interactive learning
Interactive presentations, guided activities, knowledge checks, reflection journals, discussion and AI-assisted support, with downloadable resources throughout.
Professional application
Every course requires application to an actual or realistically simulated institution, producing artefacts you can use rather than essays you file.
Institutional independence
PC-SEAL is an independent MastaLEARN professional development and certification programme. It is not owned, developed, approved, accredited or endorsed by any Ministry of Education, examinations council or regulatory authority.
Learning material
36 assessed modules, each with a case study, guided activity, reflective prompt and knowledge check.
Portfolio
Nine sections with required evidence, uploads, facilitator feedback and revise-and-resubmit.
Facilitation
Rubric-based review of every submission, cohort announcements and a moderated discussion space.