Integrated Digital Educational Leadership for the Future Teaching Academy
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Certification pathways

Certification pathways

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European Certified Digital Pedagogical Leader

To become Digital pedagogical leader certified- they learner will need to take 5 of the KA/KD courses


  • Proficiency level: Knowledge Awareness and Deepening (A1, A2, B1, B2)
  • Number of courses to be completed: 10 - each course aligns to a subcompetency area of the DIGCOMPEDU framework
  • Hours: 12.5 hours per course
  • Requirements: Complete all short courses listed below on the IDEAL Hub (4 courses will be released each month)
  • Receiving certificate: Certificate will be issued once all courses below are completed on the hub
  • Courses - Release date 16 September 2025:
    • 1.3: Reflective practice for digital leaders
    • 2.1: Mastering digital resource selection and implementation in education
    • 3.1: Digital teaching and learning in an age of emerging technologies
    • 4.1: Assessment strategies
    • 5.1: Accessibility and inclusion
  • Courses - Release date 16 October 2025:
    • 1.2: Professional Collaboration
    • 2.2: Fundamentals of digital resource creation, modification and AI integration in education
    • 3.2: Supporting learners in a digital environment within and beyond the classroom
    • 4.2: Assessment strategies
    • 5.2: Differentiation and personalisation
  • Courses - Release date 11 November 2025:
    • 1.1: Organisational communication
    • 2.3: Managing, securing, and strategically implementing digital resources and AI in education
    • 3.3: Collaborative and Human Centred approaches to digital learning
    • 4.3: Feedback and Planning using digital technology
    • 5.3: Actively Engaging learners using technology
  • Courses - Release date 2 December 2025:
    • 1.4: Digital CPD
    • 3.4: Supporting self regulated learning and learner agency through digital technologies

European Certified Digital Educational Leader

To become Digital educational leader certified- they learner will need to take 5 of the leadership courses


  • Proficiency level: Leadership (C1, C2)
  • Number of courses to be completed: 10 - each course aligns to a subcompetency area of the DIGCOMPEDU framework
  • Hours: 12.5 hours per course
  • Requirements: Complete all short courses listed below on the IDEAL Hub (4 courses will be released each month)
  • Receiving certificate: Certificate will be issued once all courses below are completed on the hub
  • Courses - Release date 20 January 2026:
    • 1.3: Leading Reflective practice in schools
    • 2.1: Strategic Implementation of digital resources
    • 3.1: Designing and Leading Digital teaching and learning in an age of emerging technologies
    • 4.1: Designing and leading contemporary digital aassessment strategies
    • 5.1: Accessibility and inclusion
  • Courses - Release date 17 February 2026:
    • 1.2: Leading Professional Collaboration
    • 2.2: Mastering complex collaborative development of digital resources
    • 3.2: Investigating the use of current and emerging digital technologies in supporting learners within and beyond the classroom
    • 4.2: Innovative approaches to analysing evidence for assessment
    • 5.2: Leading digital approaches to differentiation and personalisation
  • Courses - Release date 17 March 2026:
    • 1.1: Leading digital approaches to Organisational communication
    • 2.3: Strategic leadership in digital resource publishing and protection
    • 3.3: Designing and leading Collaborative and Human Centred approaches to digital learning
    • 4.3: Leading digital strategies for Feedback and Planning
    • 5.3: Investigating digital approaches to Actively Engaging learners
  • Courses - Release date 14 April 2026:
    • 1.4: Leading Digital CPD
    • 3.4: Designing and evaluating self regulated learning using digital technologies