Graduate Diploma
Are you an aspiring primary school teacher with an existing degree in another field?
This course will equip you to teach with provisional registration in WA primary schools after one year of full-time study. You will complete curriculum units in Literacy, Mathematics, Science, the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as units in classroom management.
A key feature of this course is 55 days of professional experience, which will allow you to make the essential connection between theory and practice whilst building both professional and generic skills in real teaching environments.
Partnerships between the University and over 1,500 schools and early childhood settings allow you to gain experience in diverse settings including public, metropolitan, rural, regional and remote schools, allowing you to work with children from differing economic, social, ethnic and educational backgrounds.
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma Award.
Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.
The following course-specific admission requirements are mandatory and must be satisfied by all applicants. These requirements are in addition to or supersede the minimum requirements outlined within the Academic admission requirements band section below.
All applicants are required to have completed at least one year of full-time equivalent study relevant to one or more learning areas of the primary school curriculum. Entrants to graduate entry programs must have a discipline-specific bachelor or equivalent qualification relevant to the Australian Curriculum or other recognised areas of schooling provision. Professional experience cannot be accepted as an alternative to completion of the bachelor degree. Applicants must satisfy non-academic criteria, in addition to satisfying academic entry criteria. Applicants' non-academic capabilities will be assessed based on completion of a Non-Academic Requirements for Teacher Entry (NARTE) online questionnaire.
Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
International students must attain an IELTS Academic with an average level of 7.5 or more, across the four components of listening, speaking, reading and writing; no score below level 7.0 in any of these components; and a score of 8.0 or more in the components of speaking and listening. Internationally schooled applicants may also be required to meet this requirement.
English competency requirements may also be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
This course provides an employment pathway nested within ECU's nationally accredited Master of Teaching (Primary) course. You are encouraged to continue studying and complete the master's course which meets state and national requirements for full registration to teach in Primary schools.
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