Master of School Management CF15

Program Overview

This program is ideal for school principals, deputy principals, teachers and educators wishing to take up an educational management position and education administrators and executives who wish to extend their practical knowledge and skills in school management. The Master of School Management is a professional degree specialising in quality practice in school management and offers the opportunity to focus practically and critically on daily management experiences in the schooling sector. It aims to meet the professional development needs of school administrators, recognising the major changes affecting their work in education.

Entry

Management experience in an appropriate educational setting. Students must have completed a Bachelor of Education (or an equivalent qualification) or have satisfied the Dean of their competence to undertake the program on the basis of equivalent qualifications. 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• published or unpublished material of appropriate content and standard;
• satisfactory achievement in master's qualifying programs; or
• non-award professional development activities and/or work experience;
• plus evidence of extensive professional experience and non-award programs.

Program Structure

Students must complete 48 units of credit comprising 36 units of credit from courses in list A and 12 units of credit from courses in list B; or 30 units of credit from courses in list A and the courses EDED20289   Research Process in Education and EDED20299   Professional Practicum.

List A - all 6 units of credit EDED20288   Leadership for Change in Education EDED20292   Educational Policy & Practice EDED20293   Legal Aspects of School Management EDCU20009   Curriculum Management EDED20296   Financial Management in Schools (not offered 2003) EDED20297   School Personnel & Organisational Management List B EDED20287   The Changing Content of Education EDCU20008   Curriculum & Change EDED20289   Research Process in Education EDED20290 Professional Educational Practice (not offered 2003) EDED20255 Research in Open & Distance Learning (not offered 2003) EDED20291   Independent Study EDED20294   Quality Teaching & Learning EDED20295   Supervised Reading EDED20298   Language Literacy & Linguistics (all 6 units of credit) EDED20299   Professional Practicum (12 units of credit)