Graduate Certificate in Education (Professional Development)
Course code/s: Melbourne (EDCEPD)
This course is not available in 2012.
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 Early Childhood Development 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 subjects 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’s degree or equivalent is required.
Course structure
This course has a total of 60 credit points. Subjects may be selected from those available in the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies program.