Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)

Overview

• Ideal for educators who want to be leaders in educational settings.
• Designed to build and enhance leadership capacity in aspiring and existing leaders.
• Gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management, including leading and managing peoples, leadership and policy in action and strategic management.
• Commonwealth Supported Places available for Australian citizens and permanent visa holders, and New Zealand citizens (subject to change).
   

QUT course code	ED61
Attendance	Part-time Note: Leadership and Management cannot be completed in one semester as the units are offered in either semester 1 or 2. Therefore it must be studied part-time.
Course duration	4 months full-time 1 year part-time
Start month	2013 February, July
Delivery	On campus Kelvin Grove External Online
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Course contact	Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions: Email: askqut@qut.edu.au Telephone: +61 7 3138 2000
Careers	Deputy principal Educator Head of department School principal

Details

Leadership and Management study area is designed to prepare you for leadership in educational settings. The program focuses on building and enhancing leadership capacity in aspiring and existing leaders and will keep you at the forefront of ever-changing educational practice.

The four units that constitute the leadership and management area of interest complement each other by providing both solid foundational understandings about leadership that develop capacity, and skills in aspiring and existing leaders. The knowledge areas include leading and managing people; leadership concepts, theories and issues; leadership, policy and change in action; and strategic management. You will gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management in educational settings.

Throughout Australia, there has been a steady demand for postgraduate university programs to enhance leadership learning. Students in this program come from primary and secondary schools within Australia and overseas, as well as from fields such as higher education, social work and human resource development and training.

Career outcomes
 

The leadership and management study area will be useful for educational practitioners and other practitioners who are interested in developing their leadership capacities, knowledge and skills. Past graduates have used this study area to secure leadership positions within middle management in schools, within educational systems, and within a variety of other professional settings such as hospitals, government and community organisations.

Recommended course combinations
 

Students from other study areas consistently take electives from the leadership and management area of interest because of the applicability of leadership learnings to many aspects of professional work and life.

Units

In the Leadership and Management study area you are required to complete the following four (4) core units (a total of 48 credit points):

• SPN625 Leadership Concepts, Theories and Issues;
• SPN626 Leading and Managing People;
• SPN645 Leadership, Policy and Change in Action; and
• SPN646 Strategic Management.

Please find important information about the study area and unit availabilities in the 'All course structures' link below.

Entry requirements

An appropriate four (4) year Bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean or a three (3) year Bachelor degree or equivalent at a standard acceptable to the Executive Dean PLUS at least one year of appropriate professional or industrial experience.  (Applicants who have completed a three (3) year Bachelor degree or equivalent are asked to supply an original copy of a letter from their employer outlining details of their employment history)

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees

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Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments