GUIDANCE OFFICER SEMINAR

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GUIDANCE OFFICER SEMINAR

• Faculty of Education
• Information about programs available 2009

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PROGRAM INITIATIVES 2009

• New programs commenced in 2008, strengthening in
  2009 one year in length offered on both Mt
  Gravatt and Gold Coast campuses
• 1. Graduate Diploma of Education Primary
• Years P to 7
• 2. Graduate Diploma of Education - Middle Years
• Years 4 to 9
• 3. Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary
• Years 6 to 12

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Graduate Diploma of Education - Primary Years P
to 7

• Designed for graduates from a non-education
  background wishing to teach from Prep to Year 7.
• It covers the theory and practice of teaching,
  concentrating on the characteristics of learners
  and teachers in primary schooling environments,
  and the social and educational contexts of
  education.
• The program includes education studies,
  curriculum studies and professional experience in
  Primary school settings.

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Entry Requirements

• Completed Bachelors degree of sufficient breadth
  to allow the applicant to teach across the eight
  key learning areas expected by employers The
  Arts. English, Health and Physical Education,
  Mathematics, Science, Study of Society and
  Environment and Technology.
• The detail of these key learning areas are on
  Queensland Curriculum Studies Authority website
  http//www.qsa.qld.edu.au/qsa/

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Graduate Diploma of Education - Middle Years
Years 4 to 9

• Is designed for graduates from a non-education
  background wishing to teach these year levels.
• It covers the theory and practice of teaching,
  concentrating on the characteristics of learners
  and teachers in middle schooling environments,
  and the social and educational contexts of
  education.
• The program includes education studies,
  curriculum studies in nominated teaching areas,
  and professional experience in Year 4 to 9 school
  settings.
• Students will need to check which of the teaching
  areas are offered at the campus of their choice.

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Entry requirements Middle Years

• Completed Bachelors degree (or equivalent) of
  sufficient breadth to allow the applicant to
  teach across the eight key learning areas
  expected by employers with
• An emphasis on specialising in up to two of the
  listed teaching areas.
• These key learning areas include The Arts.
  English, Health and Physical Education, Languages
  other than English, Mathematics, Science, Study
  of Society and Environment and Technology.
• The detail of these key learning areas are on
  Queensland Curriculum Studies Authority website
  http//www.qsa.qld.edu.au/qsa/

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Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary Years
6 to 12

• Is designed for graduates from a non-education
  background wishing to teach these year levels -
  generally referred to as secondary school
  teachers.
• It covers the theory and practice of teaching,
  concentrating on the characteristics of learners
  and teachers in middle (Years 6 to 9 in secondary
  schools)and senior (Years 10-12) secondary
  schooling environments, and the social and
  educational contexts of education.
• The program includes education studies,
  curriculum studies in nominated teaching areas,
  and professional experience in Year 6 to 9
  (middle years) and senior secondary school
  settings (Years10-12).

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Entry requirements - Secondary

• Applicants
• Required to select from the following teaching
  areas in the middle and senior school Biology,
  Chemistry, Computer Education, Drama, English,
  Health and Physical Education, Mathematics,
  Integrated Sciences, Physics, Social Sciences
  (History or Geography), Film Media (senior
  only) Visual Art, Business Education,
  Instrumental Music, Music, Legal Studies (senior
  only), and LOTE .
• Should check at the time of application the
  teaching areas available at the specific campus
  of study.
• Need a completed Bachelors degree (or
  equivalent) with disciplinary strengths in
  distinctive teaching areas. In the secondary
  program a disciplinary strength is identified at
  the equivalent of 60CP (or six full courses) of
  content in a particular discipline.
• See the Queensland Curriculum Studies Authority
  website

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Linking Grad Dip Ed - Secondary with
Undergraduate Degrees

• For the first time in 2008 students were able to
  select through QTAC a pathway from an
  undergraduate degree into the Grad Dip Education
  - Secondary.
• This option is available for a limited number of
  degrees and will continue to have a separate
  entry in the 2009 QTAC guide.

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Linked programs available 2009

• BA, Grad Dip Education Secondary
• B Ex Sc, Grad Dip Education Secondary
• B Music Studies, Grad Dip Education Secondary
• B Sc, Grad Dip Education Secondary
• NEW in 2009
• B Psych Sc, Grad Dip Education Secondary

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PROGRAMS Enhanced employment prospects

• Bachelor of Education Special Education
• Bachelor of Technology Education
• Bachelor of Education Secondary (Maths/Sc/Comp)
• Graduate Diploma of Education - Middle Years
• Years 4 to 9
• 5. Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary
• Years 6 to 12