Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership)

Graduate Certificate

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Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

1 year part-time

Study Mode

Online, In person

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

About this course

Highlights

Ideal for people who are current or aspiring leaders in educational settings.
Gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management, including leading and managing people, strategic management, and managing change.
Learn today, use tomorrow with our real-world courses.
You can choose to specialise in this area or choose option units across a range of topics.

Highlights

Ideal for people who are current or aspiring leaders in educational settings.
Gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management, including leading and managing people, strategic management, and managing change.
Learn today, use tomorrow with our real-world courses.
You can choose to specialise in this area or choose option units across a range of topics.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You must have one of the following:

A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline;or
A recognised diploma in any discipline followed by at least two years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience in any field;or
Five years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience in any field.

July intake

If you are interested in July start please note the course starts first Monday in July three weeks before semester 2 starts. Please view July (6TP4) dates to find out more.

A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher) in any discipline.

Study locations

External

Online

What you will learn

In QUT's educational leadership specialisation you will learn:

more about yourself as a leader and how to develop adaptive and resilient leadership approaches that foster wellbeing for self and others in learning contexts
how to lead the collective learning and development of others whether you are a mentor middle leader professional developer or school or system leader
how to identify design and strategically activate innovation by working with people to realise meaningful change
how to evaluate policy and ideas represent evidence of program impacts and make ethical decisions.

Flexible delivery

You may study this course part time. If you choose a selection of option units you can choose to study full-time or part-time.

You can study on campus online or select a blended approach to suit you. QUT provides a variety of online learning environments to enable you to participate fully receive expert guidance and support and be in regular contact with expert teaching staff.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Graduates will be able to use their knowledge to informally and formally lead in education communities including early childhood education and care centres schools tertiary institutions and training providers in a range of industries.

Course structure

To graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) you will need to complete all units in the Educational Leadership major. You may only study the Educational Leadership major part time.

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) is only available to non-student visa holders or international students studying from their home country. This course is available 1 year part-time. To graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) you will need to complete all units in the Educational Leadership major.

International students studying on a student visa may only study full time. If that's you you will need to refer to Graduate Certificate in Education - Choice of Units to create a full-time course structure.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).

85.3%

Overall satisfaction

77.3%

Skill scale

75.1%

Teaching scale

89.9%

Employed full-time

$90k

Average salary

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