Graduate Certificate in Education

Recognise the value in each unique learner

Enhance your skillset, knowledge, and leadership capability with a 100% online Graduate Certificate in Education. Make a difference to the lives of students, learn to promote a nurturing educational environment, and discover when emotional support is needed. You'll learn how to foster a culture of inclusion to support students from a range of backgrounds and circumstances, to ensure everyone has access to education in a way that suits them.

You'll be able to hone your passions and tailor the course to suit you with units in design thinking, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) teaching, leadership frameworks and values. What's more, with a course that's 100% online you'll be able to study from anywhere in Australia and still receive the support you need for career success.

Upskill to improve your career prospects and the impact you'll make on students' lives.

Study a Graduate Certificate Education at UC and you will:

• Develop your professional identity as an educator.
• Demonstrate confidence in STEM concepts beyond traditional discipline knowledge.
• Learn to recognise how each learner is unique and why equitable access to learning is important.
• Gain the skills and confidence to implement pedagogies and strategies in a school setting.
• Recognise when emotional support might be required for a student.
• Analyse and evaluate strategies to promote a nurturing educational environment

Work Integrated Learning

Flex your newly acquired skills through coursework geared to the practical requirements of teachers, school leaders, and aspiring school leaders.

You'll reflect on your present practice, building a professional portfolio of readings, research, models of change implementation, and, teaching practice and leadership that will serve you throughout your career.

Career Opportunities

Explore varied and fulfilling roles across the sector. This could include:

• Assistant Principal
• Instructional Leader
• Curriculum Coordinator or Specialist
• Curriculum Coordinator or Specialist (STEM)
• Deputy Principal
• Early Childhood Director
• Executive Teacher (STEM)
• Education Assessment Specialist
• Executive Principal
• Executive Teacher
• Head of Department or Faculty
• Head of Department or Faculty (STEM)
• Principal
• School Leader
• School Policy Adviser or Developer
• Student Wellbeing Manager
• Year Adviser

Course-specific information

Delivered 100% online, you can balance your full-time work while developing your professionalism as a teacher. What's more, your studies could go towards continuing professional development (CPD) or mandatory training hours.

With intakes every two months, you can study from anywhere in Australia while receiving dedicated support from your Student Success Adviser as you study one unit at a time, online and accelerated, instantly adding value to your career and organisation.