GradCertEd
Credit points
40
Minimum duration
6 months *full-time or equivalent part-time. (*named specialisations only available in part-time mode and the duration is 1 year depending on chosen specialisation)
Approved locations
Note:
Specialisations can be available on-shore to viable cohorts
Gifted Education specialisation only available on the Melbourne campus.
Highly Accomplished/Lead Educational Practice specialisation - not offered 2025
School Psychology specialisation - not offered 2025
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
Completion requirements
1. To qualify for a Graduate Certificate with a named specialisation, a student must complete at least 40 cp from ONE of the following specialisations (Part A):
- Gifted Education
- Highly Accomplished/Lead Educational Practice
- Inclusive Practice
- Literacy: Primary and Secondary
- Research Methods
- School Psychology
- STEM
- Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills
- Literacy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing
- Wellbeing
2. To qualify for a Graduate Certificate without a named specialisation, a student must complete 40 cp of Elective units(Part B)
Progression requirements
Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progression through this course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.
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Schedule of unit offerings
Complete exactly 1 of the following:
- EREALiteracy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills40 CP
- EREBLiteracy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing40 CP
- GIEDGifted Education40 CP
- HALEHighly Accomplished/Lead Educational Practice40 CP
Not offered 2025
- INPRInclusive Practice40 CP
- LTPSLiteracy: Primary and Secondary Language and Multiliteracies40 CP
- RSMTResearch Methods40 CP
- SCPYSchool Psychology40 CP
Not offered 2025
- STEMSTEM40 CP
- WELBWellbeing40 CP
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
- EDER530Phonemes and Phonics: Instruction and Assessment10 CP
- EDER531Phonics: Effective Intervention in Primary and Secondary Schools10 CP
- EDER550Evidence-based Practice and Practice-based Evidence10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills
- EDER651How Children Learn and How Teachers can Meet the Needs of All Learners10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills
- EDER652From Phonemes to Phonics: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills
- EDER653Word Reading and Spelling: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skills
- EDER554Vocabulary: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing
- EDER655Reading Fluency: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing
- EDER656Reading Comprehension: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing
- EDER657Writing: Theory, Research, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment10 CP
Literacy: Teaching Fluency, Comprehension and Writing
- EDGI500Gifted Learning in the Classroom10 CP
- EDGI501Educational Provision for Gifted Learning in the Classroom10 CP
- EDGI502School-Level Provision for Gifted Students10 CP
- EDGI503Teaching for Creativity and Innovation10 CP
- EDIP651Enabling Participation in the Inclusive Classroom: A Rights-based Approach10 CP
Inclusive Practice
- EDIP550Policy Informed Approaches to Contemporary Issues in the Inclusive Classroom10 CP
Inclusive Practice
- EDIP652Universal Interventions to Support All Learners in the Inclusive Classroom10 CP
Inclusive Practice
- EDIP653Supporting Complex Needs, Unique Attributes and Positive Behaviour in Inclusive Education10 CP
Inclusive Practice
- EDLA550A Multimodal Approach to Literacy10 CP
Literacy; Primary and Secondary Language and Multiliteracies
- EDLA651Spoken Language for Literacy and Oracy10 CP
Literacy; Primary and Secondary Language and Multiliteracies
- EDLA652A Functional Metalanguage for Literacy Teaching and Learning10 CP
Literacy; Primary and Secondary Language and Multiliteracies
- EDLA653Literacies in the Learning Areas10 CP
Literacy; Primary and Secondary Language and Multiliteracies
- EDLE650Foundations: Vision and Mission of Catholic Education in the Contemporary World10 CP
- EDLE651Leading Learning in Catholic Educational Communities and Cultures10 CP
- EDLE652Educational Leadership as Vocation and Service10 CP
- EDLE653Integrating Capabilities for Renewal and Sustainability in Leadership10 CP
- EDLE654Leadership in Context: Educational Narratives and Literacies for Learning Communities10 CP
- EDRS550Literature Reviews for Educational Research10 CP
Research Methods
- EDRS652Practitioner-led Research for Social Change10 CP
Research Methods
- EDRS653Conducting Ethical Education Research10 CP
Research Methods
- EDAP610Educational and Behavioural Functional Assessment10 CP
School Psychology
- EDAP611School and Class Wide Evidence-based Interventions10 CP
School Psychology
- EDAP612Learner Differences and Learner Needs10 CP
School Psychology
- EDAP613Exceptional Children and Atypical Development10 CP
School Psychology
- EDST530Maths iSTEM10 CP
- EDST531Leading the M in STEM10 CP
- EDST532Science iSTEM10 CP
- EDST533Leading the S in STEM10 CP
- EDST550Integrated STEM (Science and Mathematics)10 CP
STEM
- EDST651Digital Technologies in STEM10 CP
STEM
- EDST652Modelling and Big Data in STEM10 CP
STEM
- EDST653Socioscientific Issues for Developing STEM Literacy10 CP
STEM
- EDWB550Teacher Wellbeing: Individual and Whole-school Approaches10 CP
Wellbeing
- EDWB651Understanding Student Wellbeing10 CP
Wellbeing
- EDWB652Fostering Student Wellbeing in the Classroom Environment10 CP
Wellbeing
- EDWB653Whole School Approaches to Family and Community Engagement for Wellbeing and Learning10 CP
Wellbeing
- EDTS550Managing Confronting Behaviours and Critical Incidents in Educational Settings10 CP
- EDME601Mentoring for Professional Learning and Development10 CP
- EDSC601Working with Children and Young People: Ethics, Values and Practices10 CP
- EDSC603Safeguarding Childhood: Perspectives From Law and Welfare10 CP
- EDSC604Safeguarding Childhood: Professional Practices in Institutional Settings10 CP
- THSC602The Theology of Childhood: Close to the Mystery of God10 CP
OR any other 600-level Education units OR other units as approved by the Course Coordinator.
