Graduate Certificate in Education (Trauma-Aware Education)

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Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

1 year part-time

Study Mode

Online, In person

Intake Months

Feb

About this course

Highlights

Build your capability to support learners who are living with the outcomes of complex trauma.
Ideal for teachers in schools or early childhood education and care services, or other professionals.
Equips graduates to lead a trauma-aware response in a range of workplace settings.
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

Build your capability to support learners who are living with the outcomes of complex trauma.
Ideal for teachers in schools or early childhood education and care services, or other professionals.
Equips graduates to lead a trauma-aware response in a range of workplace settings.
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.

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

Study locations

External

Online

What you will learn

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Trauma-aware Education) will equip you to:

develop deep understandings of the impact of complex developmental trauma on child and adolescent development and the learner's experience of education.
understand the impact of complex development trauma on types or groups of learners and what can be done to address this impact.
build a toolkit of ideas resources and capacities to support your leadership in trauma-aware education in your current or future work context.

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 put their capabilities into practice in many ways including:

School or early childhood practitioners can develop their capacities to lead a trauma-aware education response at their sites.
Education leaders in districts regions dioceses or other entities can develop their capacities to lead a systemic response in trauma-aware education.
Other practitioners from support organisations or government agencies can develop their capacity to work from a trauma-aware focus with schools early childhood services and education systems.

Course structure

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

The Graduate Certificate in Education (Trauma-Aware Education) 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 (Trauma-Aware Education) you will need to complete all units in the Trauma-Aware Education 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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