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Enhance your professional practice. Become a leader in your school community or organisation.
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Apply theories of educational leadership, management and administration to a school setting.
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Offered nationally and in online mode. Complete in six months.
Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership
Course information for - 2024 entry
Offered at 0 locations
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Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership is for educators including teachers, middle leaders, principals, and administrators who want to become creative and innovative leaders with influence in education. Participants explore theories of educational leadership, management and administration, and learn to apply them appropriately to their own contexts including Catholic and faith-based educational organisations.
Careers
Our graduates have pursued careers in:
- management and administration
- educational leadership
- policy development
Course details
Course structure
To complete the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership, a student must complete 40 credit points (cp).
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How to apply
Domestic applicants
Additional application information
Semester 1 applications for this course open in August. Mid-year applications, if offered, open in April.
Please check the start dates at the top of this page for Mid-year availability. Mid-year entry may be offered at other campuses.
For direct applications, read more at our application deadlines page .
To receive information about this course and key application dates, register your interest.
Staff Profile
Dr Paul Kidson
Head of Discipline Postgraduate Education, Faculty of Education and Arts
Dr Paul Kidson is Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership and the Head of Postgraduate Studies in the National School of Education. He has extensive school leadership and governance experience, including 11 years as a school principal, which informs the highly practical orientation of his academic research. In addition to his academic research and leadership, he is a member of Australian Council for Educational Leaders (NSW) Executive Committee, a Fellow of the Institute for Managers and Leaders, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute for Company Directors.
His research adopts holistic and interdisciplinary approaches, drawing on a range of academic disciplines and insights. Through this, he explores how school leaders work effectively within, and critically transform, their complex professional lives. This encompasses broader systems and policies which govern the work of educational leaders, as well as how school leaders develop and sustain their personal experience of leadership. He is part of a large-scale research projects on school leadership, and one of the lead researchers on Australia’s largest and longest running principal well-being research project, the Australian Principal Occupational Health and Well-being Survey.
Testimonial
“I believe in education and its power to change the world and this course is giving me the knowledge and skills to serve my mission with love and authenticity. Every child has the right to an education. My goals are to take what I am learning at ACU with the hope of inspiring and providing a better learning opportunity for children and women in my community.”