Postgraduate Handbook 2007

Faculty of Education

Graduate coursework programs

Graduate Certificate in Education (Professional Development) – Melbourne (Bundoora) (EDCEPD), Bendigo (RCEPD), Albury-Wodonga (RCEPDW)

Course brochure

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Professional Development) is designed for teachers and other professionals requiring a short professional development course in education. It provides a framework for teachers to achieve a certificate award for assessed modules undertaken in accordance with the guidelines established by the Victorian Professional Development Network, in cooperation with the Department of Education and Training and organisations represented on the Network. Modules may be taken in a variety of areas relating to teaching and learning or leadership and management. Within this context, teachers can develop their professional practice and gain experience in analysing and expanding the theoretical bases of professional actions, frameworks and decisions. Provision is made for approved 15 to18-hour modules completed with assessment to be credited to the certificate as professional development units in pedagogy, curriculum, leadership or administration. The course also provides an opportunity for study in the discipline of education and a pathway to other postgraduate study. Without a prior teaching qualification, it is not recognised as a qualification for teaching in schools.

Course structure

This course has a total of 60 credit points. Units may be selected from those available in the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies program or students may enrol in the following units and attend classes in the appropriate content areas.

Candidates may apply for credit for up to two assessed modules but must formally enrol with the university in a further two modules (units) to be awarded the graduate certificate. It is possible to apply for advanced standing up to Master’s level in other university awards.

A full description of units, including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, appears at the end of this chapter. For the most recent descriptions of units students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public