Graduate Certificate in Education CF10

The program is intended for experienced professional educators (managers/principals) and an open access policy applies for entry. Forty percent of quota places in the Graduate Certificate in Education are allocated to women applicants.

Entry

Entry to the program requires satisfactory experience in an appropriate educational setting. To be eligible for this program, a student must have completed a Bachelor of Education (or an equivalent qualification) or have satisfied the Dean, Faculty of Education & Creative Arts, of their competence to undertake the program on the basis of an equivalent qualification. For example, equivalence may be determined by a combination of:

• an academic record in a diploma or certificate award of appropriate content and standard;
• published or unpublished material of appropriate content and standard;
• non-award professional development activities and/or work experience.

Program Structure (4 courses)

Students select from:

Code	Course
EDED20287	The Changing Context of Education
EDCU20008	Curriculum & Change
EDED20288	Leadership for Change in Education
EDED20290	Professional Educational Practice (not offered in 2001)
EDED20255	Research in Open & Distance Learning (not offered in 2001)
EDED20291	Independent Study
EDED20292	Educational Policy & Practice
EDED20293	Legal Aspects of School Management
EDED20294	Quality Teaching & Learning
EDED20295	Supervised Reading
EDCU20009	Curriculum Management
EDED20297	School Personnel & Organisational Management
EDED20296	Financial Management in Schools
EDED20298	Language, Literacy & Linguistics

Students who complete this program may continue on to a Master's degree by coursework, receiving credit for 50 percent of that degree.