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Educational Leadership - 7960

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Contact: Dr Richard Niesche

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 0.5 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 24

Award(s):

Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership

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Program Description

The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership is designed to provide aspiring and current educational leaders with a relatively short flexible program which enables them to access recent developments in theory, research, policy and practice in educational leadership.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of educational leadership as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills
Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field

Program Structure

In the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership students undertake four courses (24UOC).

Students who have successfully completed the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership may choose to apply for entry to the Master of Educational Leadership program. The program of study will normally be completed over two semesters.

Students are required to complete one core course (6 UOC) and three electives from the Educational Leadership elective courses (18 UOC).

Core course

EDST5438 Leadership Theory (6 UOC)

Educational Leadership Elective Courses

Select three courses (18 UOC) from the following:

EDST5109 Performance Appraisal (6 UOC)
EDST5110 Leadership for Gifted Students (6 UOC)
EDST5114 Curriculum and Assessment (6 UOC)
EDST5127 Coaching and Mentoring (6 UOC)
EDST5130 Leadership in Action (6 UOC)
EDST5141 Crit Engage Indigenous Edu (6 UOC)
EDST5142 Leading Educational Change (6 UOC)
EDST5143 Critical Persp in Ed Lead (6 UOC)
EDST5308 Teacher Learning (6 UOC)
EDST5314 Building Resilience (6 UOC)
EDST5431 Financial Issues in Ed Lead (6 UOC)
EDST5433 Organisation Theory in Educ. (6 UOC)
EDST5436 Evaluation of Educ Prog (6 UOC)
EDST5439 Legal Issues in Ed Leadership (6 UOC)
EDST5445 Workplace Lead Dev Project (6 UOC)
EDST5450 Leading Individuals & Teams (6 UOC)
EDST5451 Ed Policy: Theory & Practice (6 UOC)
EDST5455 HRM in Education (6 UOC)
EDST5457 Literature Review in Education (6 UOC)
EDST5459 School Based Management (6 UOC)
EDST5461 Issues in Ed Leadership (6 UOC)
EDST5462 Teacher Leadership (6 UOC)
EDST5608 Effective Schools (6 UOC)

ARTS5503 Academic Writing (6 UOC)
This course can be taken as an additional course for students wishing to develop their academic writing skills. It will not count towards the program requirements. Click here for further details about the course.

Entry requirements
A recognised Bachelor degree and a postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. Graduate Diploma of Education or Master of Teaching)

OR

A four year pre-service teacher education qualification, including professional experience, equivalent to the qualifications required for Graduate teacher status in NSW.

Credit Transfer
If you are seeking credit transfer you must submit documentary evidence of courses completed at the time of initial enrolment. The Faculty will then determine the number of units of credit to be granted. The maximum credit transfer is 12 UOC (50%). Credit transfer will not be granted for courses completed more than ten years previously.

Articulation
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership forms part of a sequence of articulated programs comprising the Graduate Certificate and Masters degree of Educational Leadership. A postgraduate student enrolled in an articulated program may progress from the Graduate Certificate to the Masters level with full credit for courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership.