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Graduate Certificate: Country as Teacher
University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
About this program
The University of Canberra's Graduate Certificate Country as Teacher is a specialist 12 credit point course, three units delivered part-time over about eighteen months, that helps registered teachers embed First Nations knowledge and Country-based pedagogy in their classrooms. The units move from relating with Country practice, to co-designing units of work, to implementing and evaluating them, using a both-ways approach that combines Western and Aboriginal ways of knowing and teaching. Entry requires current teacher registration at proficient level or equivalent, and enrolment is generally on a cohort basis through partnerships rather than individual application. It suits practising teachers and school leaders who want to embed Indigenous perspectives authentically.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
Year 1, Semester 1
1 units- 12009Relating with Country Practice G
Year 1, Semester 2
1 units- 12010Co-Designing Country as Teacher Units of Work G
Year 2, Semester 1
1 units- 12011Implementing and Evaluating Units of Work G
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
Secondary School TeacherANZSCO 241411
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Needs an AITSL skills assessment and registration with a state teacher regulatory authority (such as VIT or NESA) to work.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Primary School TeacherANZSCO 241213
On STSOL and CSOL, so it supports the 190, 491, and the employer-sponsored 482/494/186, but not the 189 on its own. AITSL assesses at least one year of full-time equivalent primary-education study within the qualification.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
The availability of course offerings for 2027 will be confirmed later this year. . . Current registration as a teacher at proficient level or higher with an Australian regulatory authority/registration authority (eg. TQI, NESA, etc) . OR . A local Indigenous Knowledge Holder (requires assessment by Program Director/Course Convener) . OR . Academic with ongoing teaching responsibility at the University of Canberra (requires assessment by Program Director/Course Convener)
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