Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)

Admission requirements

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification. However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

In addition to this admission requirement, the Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management) requires that applicants have not less than two years relevant work experience.

Course aims

The Graduate Certificate in Education provides candidates with opportunities to critically examine recent literature, engage in debate and reflection, and expand and apply in-depth knowledge of:

policies and practices related to their area of interest
methods for fostering interdisciplinary and intercultural partnerships and working collaboratively
theoretical and practical matters in education in such a way as to improve professional decision making
curriculum, pedagogy and assessment policies and practices designed to improve learning outcomes and student/client well-being
theoretical and practical matters related to their area of interest.

Learning outcomes

It is expected that graduates will be able to:

further enhance dispositions, cognitive skills, reflective awareness and creativity to facilitate the application of evidence-based knowledge, skills and capacities to educational practices
apply high-level technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship
critically reflect on, evaluate and synthesise knowledge gained from reading, discussion and writing to demonstrate an advanced understanding of educational research, policies and practices
demonstrate contemporary evidence-based knowledge when operating in educational contexts.

Credit

Credit may be granted, on application, for topics completed or being undertaken towards another relevant Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters degree, or for accredited professional development.

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management) specialisation, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP, or better, in topics listed below.

Core - Year 1 topics

Select 13.5 units from the topics listed

EDUC8601 Strategic Thinking and Planning (4.5 units)
EDUC8602 Leaders and Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC9603  Theories of Organisational Change (4.5 units)
EDUC9604  Managing Human Resources (4.5 units)
EDUC9605 Leading Knowledge Management for Organisational Learning (4.5 units)
EDUC9606  Planning Change in Organisations (4.5 units)
POAD9037  Financial Management (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1 topics

Select 4.5 units from the topics listed

EDUC8618 Pedagogical Leadership (4.5 units)
EDUC9608 Globalisation, Development and Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9609  Leadership and Management in Rural Contexts (4.5 units)
EDUC9610  Developing People in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9611  Managing Innovation in Organisations (4.5 units)
EDUC9616 Leadership and Management in Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9617 Educational Governance (4.5 units)
POAD9135  Project Management (4.5 units)

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.