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For those with a bachelor's degree in a related discipline outside education, the Master of Teaching Birth to Five Years offers a pathway to early childhood teaching accreditation within two years. You'll foster children's learning foundations, confidence, and inclusive attitudes through play-based and innovative teaching approaches. Develop hands-on expertise in designing creative, age-appropriate lesson plans for literacy, music, and mathematics.
Choose between online or on-campus study, with full-time or part-time options, plus the freedom to alternate between study modes. Upon completion, you'll qualify for teacher registration in Australia's early childhood education sector nationwide.
This program enhances your understanding of how environmental and cultural factors impact education while addressing the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse communities, including Indigenous students.
Gain real-world experience through 60 days of professional placement in preschool and early childhood education settings.
Eligible prior study areas encompass arts, music, technology, English, health and physical education, mathematics, science, or humanities and social sciences (such as history and geography).
Admission criteria
Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification with at least one-year equivalent full-time study in an area relevant to early childhood/primary curriculum, such as art, music, technologies, English, health and physical education, mathematics, science or humanities and social sciences (e.g. history and geography).
IELTS Academic Module: A minimum overall score of 7.0 with no band less than 7.0.
Cambridge Advanced English (CAE): A minimum overall score of 185, with no skill below 185.
Common European Framework Certificate of English Proficiency: Test not accepted for this course.
TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT): A minimum overall score of 94 with no score less than 23 in speaking, 24 in listening, 24 in reading, and 27 in writing.