Program Overview

Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership

The Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership is an exit qualification from the Master of Educational Leadership.

Credit Points and Duration

• The course consists of 80 credit points.
• The minimum duration is 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved Locations

• Melbourne
• Online

Admission Requirements

• This qualification is an exit point from the Master of Educational Leadership.

Completion Requirements

To exit with the Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership, a student must complete:

• 20 cp from Part A
• 60 cp from Part B of the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

Progression Requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

Part A: Specified Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

• EDLE650 Foundations: Vision and Mission of Catholic Education in the Contemporary World (10 CP)
• EDLE651 Leading Learning in Catholic Educational Communities and Cultures (10 CP)

Part B: Elective Units

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

• EDLE652 Educational Leadership as Vocation and Service (10 CP)
• EDLE653 Integrating Capabilities for Renewal and Sustainability in Leadership (10 CP)
• EDLE654 Leadership in Context: Educational Narratives and Literacies for Learning Communities (10 CP)
• EDLE655 Data Information Systems: Using Research and Data for Learning (10 CP)
• EDLE656 Leading Communities of Care and Wellbeing (10 CP)
• EDLE657 Emerging Humanity: The Interface of Ethics, Technology and Neuroscience in Leadership (10 CP)
• EDLE658 Leading Innovation (10 CP)
• EDLE659 Leading Through Complexity (10 CP)
• EDLE660 Global Priorities and Challenges in Educational Thought and Practice (10 CP)
• EDLE661 Education Policy: Governance, System and School Perspective (10 CP)
• EDLE662 Governance: Theory and Practice in the Stewardship of Catholic Education (10 CP)