Degree
Specialisation
40 credit points
Specialisation in Education Leadership
Overview
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Degree/s offering this specialisation
Master of Education
Summary
Key features
- Learn to lead and mentor with confidence and integrity
Develop the skills to guide, coach and support peers, and make informed and ethical choices in diverse educational settings.
- Respond to sector priorities with innovative action
Examine policy reforms, equity initiatives and system challenges, and learn how to design constructive, future-focused solutions.
- Apply theory to professional practice
Through applied projects, connect contemporary research with the practice of leading in complex professional contexts.
- Balance work and study with flexible hybrid learning
Combine on-campus sessions with synchronous online classes outside school hours that fit your needs, no matter where you’re teaching.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, it’s vital that you have the right skills to evolve with it. We’ll help you upskill or reskill so you can take the next career step in your current industry, or move to one that matches your changing interests. View professions and potential employers.
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Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is home to a passionate community of scholars committed to equipping you with skills for the future via transformative education and world-leading research. Through our interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research, you'll develop capabilities to address local, national and global challenges.
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Studying at Macquarie
Our vibrant and leafy campus forms part of one of the largest business and technology precincts in Australia. To ensure you have the right skills when you graduate — whether you're starting your first job or taking your career to the next level — we offer flexible study options, personalised degrees and practical experiences.
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Specialisation structure
What you’ll study
A specialisation allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Education Leadership, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Specialisation requirements
40 credit points
Essential units
40 credit points
Complete each unit below
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
How can I study this specialisation?
Education Leadership is available as a specialisation as part of the below degree/s:
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Career outcomes
Set your career in motion
Professions
- Classroom-based leadership role
- Curriculum designer
- Education administrator
- Education policy adviser
- Education researcher
- Language and literacy specialist
- Learning and development manager
- Learning and teaching technology specialist
- Mentor of other teachers
- Pedagogy specialist
- STEM education designer
- Special education and inclusion specialist
Employers
- Adult education sector
- Early childhood service providers
- Education and training sector
- Education policy organisations
- Government agencies and departments
- Language and literacy learning organisations
- NGOs
- Schools
- Special education and inclusion organisations
- Universities
Career information
Job and Skills Australia – an Australian Government initiative – provides accessible labour-market data, research and tools to help you understand Australia’s current and projected workforce-skills needs.
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Co-designed degrees
Study a degree co-designed with the education sector, and graduate with the knowledge employers want.
Career service
Get help preparing a résumé, identifying job opportunities and connecting with employers.
Career-boosting network
300 partner schools, and early childhood and special education facilities on campus.
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