UQ offers new one-year education diploma at Ipswich

The Graduate Diploma in Education (Middle Years of Schooling) one-year program will be offered at The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus from 2006.

The diploma will allow students with an appropriate first degree the option to fast-track their careers and become teachers after just 12 months of study.

Program Director Dr Donna Pendergast said the new program would be very beneficial to students, who would study in 2006 and be in classrooms and teaching by 2007.

The Graduate Diploma is based on the expertise developed by the Middle Years of Schooling Team (MYS) who have delivered the Bachelor of Education (Middle Years of Schooling) programs since 2002.

Students from the program have been offered work in Tasmania, Northern Territory and South Australia, as well as being highly desirable candidates for teaching positions in Queensland. Graduates are now teaching in a wide range of positions in Queensland schools and are recognised as experts in their field.

Dr Pendergast said that the new Diploma presented a unique opportunity for degree holders to join teachers across Queensland and Australia educating in the rapidly growing area of education.

She said students would experience a program that was interdisciplinary and issues-based, focusing on the nature of teacher’s work in times of rapid change.

Pre-service teachers will undertake a mix of technologically delivered and field-based projects with internships, all with a strong orientation to addressing community needs and issues.

The Middle Years of Schooling Program continues to offer dual degrees in conjunction with Behavioural Studies and Social Science, and the two-year Graduate Entry Bachelor of Education (MYS).

For more information, contact the School of Education at the Ipswich Campus on telephone 3381 1521 or email education@uqi.uq.edu.au

Media: Education (Middle Years of Schooling) Program Director Dr Donna Pendergast on 0419 772 168.