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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
Box Hill Institute's Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, CRICOS 075815G, is a 4 year degree comprising 28 core subjects and 4 practicum subjects, with a total of 80 days of supervised placement. Core subjects pair 30 hours of face to face lecture, tutorial and workshop time with around 5 hours of online activity, and class attendance is compulsory.
The course covers the philosophies, principles and practices of early childhood teaching, integrating core discipline areas of language and literacy, mathematics, the arts, science, and health and wellbeing into play based learning programs. Students build leadership and management capability for diverse early childhood service types, alongside child development, child and family centred practice, legal and regulatory compliance, inclusive environments, and early childhood leadership.
The program is recognised by the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) and meets Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) standards for Early Childhood Teacher registration, so graduates are required to register with VIT as an Early Childhood Teacher on completion, qualifying them to teach across preschools, kindergartens, early learning centres and long day care settings.
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Course structure
- 28 core subjects plus 4 practicum subjects over 4 years, totalling 80 days of supervised placement. Each core subject pairs 30 hours of face to face class time with about 5 hours of online activity
- attendance is compulsory
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) TeacherANZSCO 241111
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186, via AITSL assessment and state registration.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
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Admissions
International students must have completed an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (including Mathematics) or international equivalent with a pass in a final year secondary mathematics unit, or completion of a tertiary entrance mathematics equivalency course (TEMEC). Applicants must complete an individual face to face selection interview of approximately 30 minutes, hold or be able to hold a current National Police Records Check and Working with Children Check, and have competent computer skills for online tutorials and StudentWeb submissions. Box Hill Institute only accepts enrolments from international students who are 18 years of age or above at the time of course commencement.
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