Program Overview

Master of Education (Leadership & Management)

School of Education

Program Details

• Duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time
• Location: Fremantle; Sydney
• Study mode: Online; On campus; Blended
• Commencement: Semester 1; Semester 2
• Program code: 5029
• Fee: Domestic Full Fees

Why Study This Degree?

This Master’s degree is designed for experienced teachers with practical experience and a desire to further their education career into a senior management role. The program includes one compulsory theology course and an elective to be chosen from Religious Education, Leadership and Management, Early Childhood Education, Special Learning Needs, and Curriculum. Topics include strategic management, curriculum planning, and pastoral care.

Program Summary

• One Theology or Ethics Course
• One Elective (to be chosen from Religious Education, Leadership and Management, Early Childhood Education, Special Learning Needs, Curriculum)
• Applied Research Methods in Education
• Five Specialisation Courses

Specialisation Courses

• Theology of Leadership
• Theories and Models of Leadership for Catholic Schools
• Strategic Management in Education
• Leadership: Theory and Practice
• Instructional Leadership
• Mentoring and Coaching Graduate, Early Career and Established Teachers
• Positive Education: Wellbeing and Student Achievement
• Critical issues in Religious Education
• Pastoral Care and the School
• Teaching and Leading in the Middle Years of Schooling

Entry Requirements

• A Bachelor or postgraduate degree in teaching/education or a cognate discipline
• At least two years of full-time professional experience in either a primary or secondary school setting

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Master of Education (Leadership and Management), graduates will be able to:

1. Critically apply and reflect on advanced knowledge of specialized educational theory and practices that includes the understanding of recent developments in educational leadership and management
2. Demonstrate highly developed cognitive, technical, and creative skills with initiative, a high level of personal autonomy and accountability to generate understanding of complex educational issues in educational leadership and management
3. Evaluate and apply knowledge of research principles and methods to educational leadership and management within school contexts
4. Demonstrate highly developed communication and technical skills to implement, justify and interpret leadership and management models and practices, decision-making, industrial relations, the law, organisational culture, reflective practice, and responses to critical issues within educational contexts; and
5. Plan, execute and reflect critically on a substantial research-based project and/or piece of scholarship on critical issues in educational management practices within school settings

Career Opportunities

With a Master of Education (Leadership and Management), career options include working in Australia as a primary or secondary school teacher in Catholic, independent and government schools, depending on the teaching qualification. Other career opportunities within the education system include lead teacher, faculty or year group coordinator, principal and assistant principal. In addition, consider leadership roles in other education or non-education settings with a leadership and management specialisation.

Fees and Costs

This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:

Domestic Fee-Paying A domestic fee-paying place is a place at university where the student is responsible for the full cost the program.

Eligible domestic fee-paying students may apply for the FEE-HELP loan scheme which assists eligible fee-paying students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your FEE-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.

For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.

Scholarships

Scholarships provide financial support to students while they are completing their studies. There are various scholarships available to prospective and current students, across all study levels and campuses.

These can be funded by Notre Dame, industry, individuals and non-profit organisations, to provide financial assistance to students to support costs associated with study. This could include buying food, paying rent, transport, and household bills, raising children as single parents, being a single-income household, becoming unemployed or caring for a sick loved one.

Please visit the Scholarships Finder to see which scholarships are available to Postgraduate students.