Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education

Intended to be completed over one year of part-time study, the Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education is designed for qualified primary teachers who would like to work in a variety of prior-to-school settings.

This is also suitable for practicing primary teachers seeking to deepen their knowledge and understandings about contemporary early years pedagogy and practice.

Because we understand that you might have existing responsibilities, the program is flexible enough to fit into your existing work and family commitments.

Three of the courses are delivered as one week intensives during three school holiday periods, while the fourth is a 60 day professional experience placement with the possibility of recognised relevant workplace experience.

There is also the possibility of undertaking this experience in your current birth to five setting.

As part of your professional experience placements, you will be expected to complete these in a range of birth to five settings.

• Pedagogy, Programming and Planning in the Early Years
• Learning Environments and Play in the Early Years
• Ethical Leadership and Management in the Early Years
• Professional Experience in Early Years Settings

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; and
• Be eligible for Registration as a teacher with the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA); and
• Provide evidence from their initial teaching qualification of a focus on the 3 to 8 years continuum and the Early Years Learning Framework.

Students who do not meet the last entry requirement will be required to complete the bridging course (EDUC5025 Bridging Course: Introduction to Early Childhood Education)