Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood)

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) enables primary qualified teachers to gain a professional accreditation to work in the early school years.

The program, which consists of five courses, includes 12 weeks of practical teaching experience across both childcare and school settings.

The program is equivalent to 0.75 of a full-time load and will take approximately 18 months to complete, depending on the course offerings each year.

Primary trained teachers

This selection of five courses, including a practicum, is an ACECQA approved qualification.

• Holistic Development in Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Curriculum Development
• Trends in Early Childhood Development and Teaching
• Integration in Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Practicum Experience: Two weeks with babies and toddlers (0-2 years) within a childcare context and 10 weeks with children aged 3-5 years within a school or childcare context

Early childhood trained teachers

• Holistic Development in Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Curriculum Development
• Trends in Early Childhood Development and Teaching
• Integration in Early Childhood Education

Students may commence in Summer Term (January), in Semester 1 (February) or April Intensive, in Winter Term (July), in Semester 2 (July) or October Intensive, subject to course availability.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations.

A student applying for the Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education should:

• Hold the equivalent of a four year primary teaching qualification;
• Hold a Teacher Registration; and
• Have a minimum of three years’ teaching experience