Handbook

Required reading

General information

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

International

Handbook sitemap

Graduate coursework programs

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

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Professional Development) is designed for teachers and other professionals or graduates 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.

Duration

The course may be taken full-time over one semester or part-time over one or two years.

Admission requirements

A bachelor degree or equivalent is required.

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 Masters level in other university awards within the Faculty of Education.

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