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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) (Accelerated)
f you're a domestic student in Australia looking to establish a career as an Early Childhood teacher and have a diploma in early childhood education and care, our Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) Accelerated is the perfect option to advance your career. You'll graduate in 18 months with the equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree and be supported to complete your studies while you continue to work.
This course has been developed in response to the growing need for qualified Kindergarten teachers in Australia. As a graduate of this degree, you will be helping give children the best start in life.
Designed to work for you, course units will be delivered fully online and will be complemented with two-day intensive symposiums each term. These can be attended face to face in either Brisbane or Townsville, or online. Our course innovatively blends contemporary pedagogies with Virtual Reality (VR) immersive technology that provides students with realistic, highly contextualised, and immersive experiences.
The course is approved by the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, (ACECQA) as a four-year Early Childhood Teacher qualification.
As a graduate of this course, you will have a strong grounding in early childhood curriculum and pedagogy and will have the confidence and practical experience to teach across all year levels from birth to five years. You will build your skills and practice through 80 days of supervised professional experience. Undertaken as block placements you will complete: Year 1: 15 days, 15 days, 15 days and Year 2: 15 days, 20 days.
If you have completed an ACECQA approved Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care you will receive advanced standing of one year of credit towards the four-year degree. The remaining course units will be completed over 18 months.
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