Graduate Certificate of Specialist Inclusive Education

If you're passionate about creating a more inclusive tomorrow, the Graduate Certificate of Specialist Inclusive Education is perfect for you. This specialist course will introduce you to the tools teachers use to make learning accessible to students of all backgrounds and abilities, while bringing you up to speed on current industry challenges. Gain the knowledge and skills required to secure support roles in inclusive education, where you will help effect important and much-needed progress to make education across the sectors inclusive for all.

Change starts in the classroom. Are you ready to lead the charge?

This course responds to a growing demand for a more inclusive education system by providing those who work in education with the skills to foster more supportive and accessible environments. It focuses on building your capacities to support teaching and encourages you to reflect on each student's unique strengths.

Key study areas include:

• engaging with and understanding what diversity and intersectionality means
• analysing the goals, purpose and challenges of a heterogenous classroom
• creating positive learning environments aligned with strong social justice principles.

You will also choose from a range of electives designed to complement your specialist knowledge and skills, such as in supporting gifted individuals, arts-based practices, or in education governance and policy.

Deakin maintains close links with the education sector - including the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) and Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) - to ensure our courses are developed and reviewed with industry and professional input. You'll be taught by staff with experience in the sector who are recognised as leaders and innovators in their fields, so you can be confident that the skills and expertise you learn at Deakin reflect the cutting edge of industry practice and will be highly valued by employers.

In addition, the course is delivered entirely via Deakin's premium online learning platform, meaning you can further your knowledge while you work, and simultaneously put your learning into practice by exploring a digitally accessible environment.

Graduate with the skills to help foster inclusivity across a range of educational settings, including in roles such as a:

• disability inclusion facilitator
• educational assistant (integration aid)
• Koorie engagement support officer
• diverse learner hub coach

For more information go to 'DeakinTALENT'