Excelsia College is currently offering for a limited time only to domestic students Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) in the online Graduate Certificate in Classroom and Curriculum Innovation. With no upfront fee, this short course is designed to help teachers, along with other education stakeholders, develop a comprehensive understanding of the increasingly diverse needs of students in order to deliver more effective pedagogies. This course will commence in August 2020 and finish in December 2020. This course is part of eight-unit Master of Education offered 100% online to teachers who want to further their career with leadership roles in schools.
This unique opportunity gives teachers and future education leaders a taste of specialised study that can set you on a path to improving your teaching career prospects and or further study into Excelsia’s Master of Education. Graduates from this course can expect to be well-positioned to lead their professional learning communities and bring about positive change in their schools and their own classrooms.
This course offers four units of study. The Philosophy of Christian Education unit explores a philosophy of education from a Christian perspective. The concept of a biblical worldview and the place of religious education in Australia are contextualised. Students are invited to explore how their worldview impacts teaching, including in a faith- school.
The Lave & Wenger’s classic theory of communities and roles of member citizens in engaging, imagining and supporting is the subject of the second unit. The third unit, Leading Classroom Pedagogies, targets a range of pedagogies that lead to best practice in school education. The role of Christian educators and education in the virtual and the real world are explored The fourth unit equips graduates with skills in interpreting educational data for the purpose of wise decision making in schools. One of Excelsia’s key strengths is the provision of a Christian perspective to education, teaching you to reflect deeply on the ways in which your Christian worldview impacts your role as a teacher and leader.
If you are hoping to deepen your current teaching knowledge and enhance your professional practice in the area of classroom and curriculum innovation, the Graduate Certificate in Classroom and Curriculum Innovation is the right fit. In addition to the costs you will save, you can also continue your study to complete a Master of Education with 100% credit for these units. In effect, you will have completed 50% of a Master’s degree at a heavily discounted price. The Master of Education prepares professional educators for advancement in any area of educational research, leadership and practice.
You will find detailed information, including entry requirements in the individual brochure here.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Excelsia’s friendly Education consultant on
(61) 491 073 147 or email lou-anne.yu@excelsia.edu.au.
