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<p>Build on your undergraduate degree to become an Early Childhood teacher. Maybe it is time for a career change, or studying for your degree has shown you that teaching is where you belong. You will graduate from this degree with the confidence and skills to teach in Pre-Schools throughout Australia and overseas. This is a hands-on course that will get you into the classroom for a minimum of 60 days, where you can put into practice what you have learnt. You will discover how young children learn and how you can develop and support their learning prior to school settings, with a focus on nature pedagogy. You'll look at examples from around the world and learn how to best work with children from diverse backgrounds. Our Master of Teacher (Early Childhood) program is offered on campus at Mt Helen (Ballarat) in an accelerated mode over 2 years full time or 4 years part time. It is also offered online (part-time study is not available to international students). We offer flexible pathways to suit people's individual circumstances; this means blended options that include a combination of on campus and online study are also possible.</p>
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<p>Students who fail in 50 % or more of the units in which they are enrolled in any semester or who have not passed a unit after two attempts or fails a practicum will be regarded as having unsatisfactory progress. They will be contacted via email and advised to contact their Course Coordinator to seek advice on how to address the issues that contributed to the result. </p>
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<p>Students who receive an MF grade in their final Semester may apply to the Course Coordinator within 7 days of the publication of results for supplementary assessment if that unit is the only outstanding unit required to complete the degree and the student has not been found guilty of any form of academic misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion) in that Semester. The highest grade attainable will be a Pass grade.</p>
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Course learning outcomes
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Course overview
<p>Build on your undergraduate degree to become an Early Childhood teacher. Maybe it is time for a career change, or studying for your degree has shown you that teaching is where you belong. You will graduate from this degree with the confidence and skills to teach in Pre-Schools throughout Australia and overseas. This is a hands-on course that will get you into the classroom for a minimum of 60 days, where you can put into practice what you have learnt. You will discover how young children learn and how you can develop and support their learning prior to school settings, with a focus on nature pedagogy. You'll look at examples from around the world and learn how to best work with children from diverse backgrounds. Our Master of Teacher (Early Childhood) program is offered on campus at Mt Helen (Ballarat) in an accelerated mode over 2 years full time or 4 years part time. It is also offered online (part-time study is not available to international students). We offer flexible pathways to suit people's individual circumstances; this means blended options that include a combination of on campus and online study are also possible.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Study load:
Full time<br />Part time
Credit points:
240
AQF level:
9 - Masters Degree
Duration (in full time equivalent):
2 years
Domestic students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p>
International students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p>
Professional accreditation:
<span class="para-no-gaps"><p><p><a href="https://www.acecqa.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)</a> </p>(Full accreditation) </p></span>
CRICOS code:
0100320
Course coordinator:
<p>Kylie Nice</p>
Entry requirements
Domestic students
Applicants with higher education study
Academic requirements
<ul><li>Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree at AQF level 7 in any discipline</li></ul>
International students
Academic requirements
<p>Applicants are required to have met the minimum academic requirements: </p><ul><li>Successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree, or overseas equivalent.</li></ul><ul></ul>
English language requirements
No overall score required. IELTS Speaking and Listening 7.5 Reading and Writing 6.5, or equivalent.
Additional requirements
Requirements
<p>Students are required to complete these requirements as part of the enrolment or graduation requisites.</p>
Essential requirements prior to enrolment
<p class="bold-heading3">Police Check</p> You’ll be required to hold a valid National Police Check for professional placements as part of this course.<br /><p class="bold-heading3">Immunisation</p> You’ll be expected to provide evidence of your current immunisation status prior to clinical placement.<br /><p class="bold-heading3">Working with Children Check</p> <p>You’ll need to hold a valid <a href="http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Working with Children</a> Check before starting professional placements in this course.</p>
Course rules
Course rules show the number and type of credit points needed to finish your course. They help you understand what you need to complete to graduate. You’re responsible for following the course rules and completing the right units. You’ll find a recommended sequence of units that meets these course rules in the course structure.
Course rules
Complete 240 credit points comprising:
150
credit points from
Core Units
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45
credit points from
Curriculum Studies Core Units
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45
credit points from
Professional Experience Core Units
Core Units
Complete exactly 150 credit points from the following:
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Title
Credit points
EDMAS6028
Planning Effective Learning Environments for Learning and Teaching
15
EDMAS6031
Infants and Toddlers
15
EDMAS6033
Curriculum Approaches
15
EDMAS6035
Nature Pedagogy 1
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EDMAS6036
Nature Pedagogy 2
15
EDMAS6050
Understanding Early Childhood Development
15
EDMAS6051
Curriculum Through Play
15
EDMAS6057
Steam Ahead With Young Children
15
EDMAS6058
The Neophyte Professional in Early Childhood Contemporary Society
15
EDMAS6059
Educational Leadership in Early Childhood
15
Curriculum Studies Core Units
Complete exactly 45 credit points from the following:
Code
Title
Credit points
EDMAS6029
Numeracy and Digital Technology
15
EDMAS6032
Early Childhood Language and Literacies
15
EDMAS6052
Art, Movement and Music in Early Childhood
15
Professional Experience Core Units
Complete exactly 45 credit points from the following:
Code
Title
Credit points
EDMAS6026
Engaging Professionally 1
15
EDMAS6062
Engaging Professionally 2: Infants and Toddlers
15
EDMAS6162
Engaging Professionally 3: Education for Prior-to-school Children
15
Academic progress regulations
Commendation
<p>Students that achieve a grade of High Distinction (HD) in at least three quarters of the units they study in a teaching period and receive nothing less than a Distinction (D) in remaining units in that teaching period will receive a letter of commendation.</p>
Counselling
<p>Students that fail a unit will be contacted via email with advice on required actions and referral to various Federation support services.</p>
Unsatisfactory
<p>Students who fail in 50 % or more of the units in which they are enrolled in any semester or who have not passed a unit after two attempts or fails a practicum will be regarded as having unsatisfactory progress. They will be contacted via email and advised to contact their Course Coordinator to seek advice on how to address the issues that contributed to the result. </p> <p></p>
Exclusion / suspension
<p>Following unsatisfactory progress in two consecutive semesters or failing a unit for the third time, students will be asked to show cause why they should not be excluded from the course. Unless a satisfactory response is received by the relevant Academic Progress Committee the student may be excluded from the course for a period of up to two years.</p>
Final unit supplementary assessment
<p>Students who receive an MF grade in their final Semester may apply to the Course Coordinator within 7 days of the publication of results for supplementary assessment if that unit is the only outstanding unit required to complete the degree and the student has not been found guilty of any form of academic misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion) in that Semester. The highest grade attainable will be a Pass grade.</p>
Course structure
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.federation.edu.au/students/student-essentials/how-to-enrol/what-to-enrol-in/">Course structures</a> set out the recommended sequence of units for enrolment. It's your responsibility to comply with the course rules and confirm unit availability (which you'll find under 'Offering' in the 'Key information' section of each unit outline).</p> <p>Select the semester you started your course in (not the semester you're enrolling for).</p>
Semester 1 entry course structure
Year 1
Semester 1
EDMAS6026
Engaging Professionally 1
Professional Experience Core Units
15
EDMAS6028
Planning Effective Learning Environments for Learning and Teaching
Core Units
15
EDMAS6050
Understanding Early Childhood Development
Core Units
15
EDMAS6051
Curriculum Through Play
Core Units
15
Semester 2
EDMAS6031
Infants and Toddlers
Core Units
15
EDMAS6032
Early Childhood Language and Literacies
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
EDMAS6057
Steam Ahead With Young Children
Core Units
15
EDMAS6062
Engaging Professionally 2: Infants and Toddlers
Professional Experience Core Units
15
Year 2
Semester 1
EDMAS6029
Numeracy and Digital Technology
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
EDMAS6033
Curriculum Approaches
Core Units
15
EDMAS6035
Nature Pedagogy 1
Core Units
15
EDMAS6052
Art, Movement and Music in Early Childhood
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
Semester 2
EDMAS6036
Nature Pedagogy 2
Core Units
15
EDMAS6058
The Neophyte Professional in Early Childhood Contemporary Society
Core Units
15
EDMAS6059
Educational Leadership in Early Childhood
Core Units
15
EDMAS6162
Engaging Professionally 3: Education for Prior-to-school Children
Professional Experience Core Units
15
Semester 2 entry course structure
Year 1
Semester 2
EDMAS6031
Infants and Toddlers
Core Units
15
EDMAS6032
Early Childhood Language and Literacies
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
EDMAS6057
Steam Ahead With Young Children
Core Units
15
EDMAS6062
Engaging Professionally 2: Infants and Toddlers
Professional Experience Core Units
15
Semester 1
EDMAS6026
Engaging Professionally 1
Professional Experience Core Units
15
EDMAS6028
Planning Effective Learning Environments for Learning and Teaching
Core Units
15
EDMAS6050
Understanding Early Childhood Development
Core Units
15
EDMAS6051
Curriculum Through Play
Core Units
15
Year 2
Semester 2
EDMAS6036
Nature Pedagogy 2
Core Units
15
EDMAS6058
The Neophyte Professional in Early Childhood Contemporary Society
Core Units
15
EDMAS6059
Educational Leadership in Early Childhood
Core Units
15
EDMAS6035
Nature Pedagogy 1
Core Units
15
Semester 1
EDMAS6029
Numeracy and Digital Technology
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
EDMAS6033
Curriculum Approaches
Core Units
15
EDMAS6162
Engaging Professionally 3: Education for Prior-to-school Children
Professional Experience Core Units
15
EDMAS6052
Art, Movement and Music in Early Childhood
Curriculum Studies Core Units
15
Course learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
Course learning outcomes
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Outcome
<p>1</p>
<p>Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the implications for learning of students’ physical, cultural, social, linguistic and intellectual characteristics. </p><p><br></p>
<p>2</p>
<p>Explain and apply principles of inclusion and strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.</p>
<p>3</p>
<p>Organise curriculum content and relevant teaching strategies to enhance learning experiences.</p>
<p>4</p>
<p>Interpret and analyse student assessment data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice. </p>
<p>5</p>
<p>Design lessons that meet the requirements of curriculum, assessment and reporting.</p><p><br></p>
<p>6</p>
<p>Select and apply timely and appropriate types of feedback to improve students’ learning.</p><p><br></p>
<p>7</p>
<p>Research and apply a range of practical strategies for creating rapport with students and managing student behaviour.</p>
<p>8</p>
<p>Support students’ wellbeing and safety working within school and system curriculum and legislative requirements.</p>
<p>9</p>
<p>Work ethically, collaborate with colleagues, external professional and community representatives, and contribute to the life of the school.</p>
<p>10</p>
<p>Develop and apply strategies for working effectively, sensitively and confidentially with parents/carers and recognise their role in their children’s education.</p>
Placement
Placement information
<p>This course requires students to complete 480 hours as part of the placement requirements.</p>
Credit, pathways, and recognition of prior learning
Nested qualifications
Nested qualifications
<ul><li>Upon successful completion of specified units equal to 60 credit points for this course you may exit this course with the following qualification: <p><a target="_blank" href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/Program?p5_code=TZ4">TZ4 - Graduate Certificate in Teaching (Early Childhood)</a></p></li><li>Upon successful completion of specified units equal to 120 credit points for this course you may exit this course with the following qualification: <p><a target="_blank" href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/Program?p5_code=UZ4">UZ4 - Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)</a></p></li></ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Study load:
Full time<br />Part time
Credit points:
240
AQF level:
9 - Masters Degree
Duration (in full time equivalent):
2 years
Domestic students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p>
International students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p>
Professional accreditation:
<span class="para-no-gaps"><p><p><a href="https://www.acecqa.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)</a> </p>(Full accreditation) </p></span>
CRICOS code:
0100320
Course coordinator:
<p>Kylie Nice</p>
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