Course overview
This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective early childhood teacher and leader, registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
You will study philosophies, principles and practices of early childhood teaching and how teaching and learning in discipline areas of language and literacy, mathematics, arts, science and health and wellbeing are integrated across early childhood education play based programs. You will further develop your leadership and management skills to lead programs across a range of early childhood service types.
This course is delivered through occasional weekend intensive workshops and regular evening tutorials, self -paced and online activities and industry-related assessment. Each subject has 30 hours of face-to-face time and 5 hours of online tasks. You will study 28 core subjects; and 4 professional placement subjects with 80 days of practicum placement in a range of early childhood settings.
Course record
Career Opportunities
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education provides you with an early childhood teaching qualification.
Employment opportunities for a fully qualified early childhood teacher includes but is not limited to working in kindergartens, pre-schools, early learning centres and long day care centres.
Employment opportunities for a fully qualified early childhood teacher includes but is not limited to working in kindergartens, pre-schools, early learning centres and long day care centres.
Majors
Child development and learning, Developing relationships with children, Effective partnerships in early childhood education, Families and the early childhood community, Inclusive education, Indigenous and multicultural education, Leadership, Leading infant toddler programs, Positive learning environments, Practicum placements, Recognising understanding and responding to trauma, Reflective practice, Teaching and learning theories through play, The Planning Cycle, The preschooler.
Entry requirements
Review the captured standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.
Standard entry
- Year 12 prerequisites Units 3 and 4: satisfactory completion of any English
- Units 3 and 4: satisfactory completion of any Mathematics. Non-Year 12 prerequisites Unit 3 and 4 English and Maths study score of 25 OR demonstrate equivalent literacy and numeracy skills.
Student profile
No de-identified past offer cases are available for this course yet.
Campuses & intake dates
- LilydaleVIC