Graduate Certificate in Literacy and Numeracy (Early Years)

What is this course about?

The Graduate Certificate in Literacy and Numeracy (Early Years) offers to extend the teaching abilities of the students, create opportunites for critical reflection on practice, and enhance the employment prospects of participants through an innovative use of workplace learning, research and in-depth study.

The aim of the Graduate Certificate in Literacy and Numeracy (Early Years) is to offer students enrolled in undergraduate teacher education programs, the opportunity to undertake a course of study which has a focus on literacy and numeracy in the early years. This course also offers existing teachers, particularly early-career teachers the opportunity to undertake further study to build their professional knowledge in the area of early years literacy and numeracy education.

Graduates will have:

• The opportunity to explore the transition from home to various education settings and examine the influences on literacy and numeracy (early years) learning.
• The opportunity to reflect on their own practices in order to inform their professional lives.

Professional recognition

This course enables additional study to be undertaken in a specific content area, but it is not a retraining program and therefore will not have independent accreditation sought with the NSW Institute of Teachers.