ACECQA Approved

MTeachEY

170 cp

Minimum duration: 2.125 years duration and normally taken in accelerated mode over two years or equivalent part time

Master Of Teaching (Early Childhood Birth to Five Years)
(Exit qualification variation only)
MTeachEC
170 cp

Course available at: Online

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have successfully completed a Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) equivalent to an Australian Catholic University GPA of 4.0 that includes the subject content prerequisites for entry into the relevant teaching content as stated in the National Programs Standards

2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree¹

2.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:

1. 170 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings including
2. Professional Experience Units and professional experience days to meet accreditation requirements

3. Exit Variation

A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Birth to Five Years):

1. 170 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings including those units from the NSW/ACT variation;
2. Professional Experience Units and professional experience days to meet national ACECQA approved accreditation requirements for early childhood teacher qualification {Birth-5} – (not leading to teacher registration under the National Quality Framework).

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Year 1

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFD671	10	Understanding Childhood Development and Learning in the Socio-Cultural Context of the Early Years
EDFD672	10	Children’s Rights Education
EDFD673	10	Reconceptualising Childhood and Pedagogy in the Early Years
EDFD674	10	Supporting Young Children’s Social Competence
EDFD675	10	Leadership and Management in Education
EDFX662	10	Arts and Technology in the Early Years Including Graduate Professional Experience 2 (Three to Five Years)2 (Pre: EDFX661)
EDLA659	10	Multiple Literacies (including Mathematics) as Communication in the Early Years (Birth to Five Years)
EDLA661	10	Multiple Literacies 2
EDPH660	10	Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education in the Early Years

Year 2

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDAB660	10	Australian Indigenous Perspectives, Stories and History for Education Professionals
EDAC660	10	Inclusive Education for Young Children and Families
EDSS660	10	Primary School/Early Years Humanities
EDLA660	10	Literacy and Language (Including ICT) in the Early Years of Schooling
EDMA660	10	Mathematics (including ICT) in the Early Years of Schooling
EDST660	10	Science, Sustainability and Environmental Diversity in the Early Years

Research Unit

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFX664	10	Research as Reflective Practice for Early Years Professional Including Graduate Professional Experience 4 (Birth to Five or Five to Eight)3 (Pre: EDFX663 or EDFX667)

Professional Experience Units⁴

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFX661	0	Graduate Professional Experience 1 (Birth to Two Years)
EDFX663	10	Graduate Professional Experience 3 (Five to Eight Years and Eight to Twelve Years) (Pre: EDFX662)

ACT/NSW Variation⁵

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDAR660	10	Arts as Meaning Making in the Early Years
EDCU660	10	Curriculum and Pedagogy 1
EDFD661	10	The Pedagogy of Relationships
EDFD676	10	Leadership, Advocacy and Wellbeing for Early Years Professionals
EDFX667	10	Graduate Professional Experience 2A (Three to Five Years) (Pre: EDFX661)

Graduate Certificate in Religious Education:

Religious Education Units⁶

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDRE515	10	Principles of Religious Education
THBS501	10	Biblical Studies
THCT500	10	Foundations of Christian Faith

ACT/NSW/QLD

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDRE524	10	Educating Young Children Religiously

VIC

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDRE516	10	Learning and Teaching for Religious Education

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¹ Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working the Vulnerable People (ACT) or Working with Children Check (NSW and Vic). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries.
² Includes a Professional Experience Program.
³ Includes a compulsory Professional Experience Program (PEP 4).
⁴ Note in addition to the two Professional Experience Program (PEP) units 1 and 3, students will complete a second and fourth PEP in: EDAR56F Arts and Technology in the Early Years (PEP 2) and EDFD56U Research as Reflective Practice for Early Years Professional Including Graduate Professional Experience 4 (Birth to Five or Five to Eight) (PEP 4).
⁵ An ACT/NSW variation will be dependent upon the position the national accreditation system takes in relation to accrediting (for teacher registration purposes) courses specifically aimed at early childhood. TAFE NSW currently (as at 23/08/2011) has a 4 year degree course in early childhood (birth-five years) before the national system.
⁶ Students who wish to teach in Catholic schools will be required to concurrently enrol in the 40 credit point Graduate Certificate in Religious Education which meets the minimum requirements to teach Religious Education in Catholic Schools. The Graduate Certificate in Religious Education also permits teachers to satisfy requirements for teaching religious education in Anglican schools. In Victoria, students should complete the following units: EDRE515 Principles of Religious Education, EDRE516 Learning and Teaching for RE (which includes sacramental education); THBS501Biblical Studies and THCT500 Foundations of Christian Faith (which also includes a module of sacramental theology). In Queensland, the ACT and NSW students should complete EDRE515 Principles of RE; EDRE524 Religious Education and the Young Child; THBS501 Biblical Studies and THCT500 Foundations of Christian Faith. Students who wish to teach religious education in Anglican schools may complete the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education. In some dioceses, the Anglican Schools Commission in conjunction with their College of Theology provide alternate units for THBS501 Biblical Studies and THCT500 Foundations of Christian Faith. Students interested in pursuing this pathway should contact the National Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education at ACU and seek approval for alternate units before enrolling at the theological college. Students who wish to complete the requirements for teaching in Lutheran schools must register and enrol with Australian Lutheran College as well as with Australian Catholic University. The following Australian Lutheran College units will both complete a Graduate Certificate in Religious Education and assist students towards accreditation to teach in Lutheran schools: BS8003L Bible Then and Now, CT8002L Christian Faith in Modern Context, DE8019L Lutheran Perspectives on Schooling and DE8029L Teaching Christian Studies in the Lutheran school. Students wishing to teach in Lutheran schools should contact Australian Lutheran College directly.