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Swinburne University of Technology

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Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Teaching

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Teaching prepares you to follow your passions in nurturing children’s learning and development in their early years (birth to 5 years). As a pre-service teacher, you’ll learn how to create engaging and supportive learning environments.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time
Course Code
GD-ECTEA
Study Mode
In person

About this course

The Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Teaching prepares you to follow your passions in nurturing children’s learning and development in their early years (birth to 5 years). As a pre-service teacher, you’ll learn how to create engaging and supportive learning environments. You’ll deepen your knowledge of the early childhood curriculum and develop essential communication skills to collaborate effectively with children, their families and community across a diverse range of early childhood settings. Get paid professional experience At Swinburne, you’ll have the opportunity to get real industry experience with every core unit comes an embedded placement. You may also choose to work casually at childcare centres or preschools outside of your placements. You’ll also have opportunities to go on paid internships, and enlist in paid casual relief teaching pools. Once you graduate Graduate as a confident and effective early childhood educator, ready for a rewarding career positively impacting children beginning their learning journey. education, early childhood, teaching

Study locations

Hawthorn

Career pathways

Professional Recognition:
This course is fully accredited with the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority   ACECQA
Career Opportunities:
Pre-service teachers who complete this course will be eligible to work as an early childhood teacher with children aged birth to 5 years.


Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at Swinburne University of Technology.
88%
Overall satisfaction
76.5%
Skill scale
81.4%
Teaching scale
78.9%
Employed full-time
$70.8k
Average salary