20 Short courses in Education in Australia

Looking after children comes with its own set of responsibilities, but if you love their energy, enthusiasm and aptitude for learning, then being a professional nanny or childcare provider could be the ideal career for you. The Nanny and Child Care programme is offered by International Career Institute (ICI).

This Assessment and Reporting course at Excelsia College examines the nature, purposes, scope and strategies of assessment and reporting. Modes of assessing and reporting are presented and evaluated with respect to their coherence with a student-centred philosophy of teaching and learning.

The Introduction to Learning Difficulties course offered by University of Melbourne will help you explore the knowledge and skills needed to work confidently with children and young people who have learning difficulties.

This Leading Education for Global Citizenship and Global Competence course offered by CQUniversity Australia consists of four modules containing readings, videos and activities that enable reflection and the application of theory to practice.

The Digital Tools for Inclusive Teaching course offered by University of Melbourne will help you make more informed choices about technology in your classroom to enhance student outcomes.

Behaviour is communication. Behaviour for the child or young person living with trauma is often an expression of their struggle to cope. Edith Cowan College offers a course in Trauma and Behaviour - Reflecting and responding for educators.

The Using Response to Intervention to Support Learning course offered by University of Melbourne will help you discover how RtI and SMART goals can support students with learning difficulties in your classroom.

Children and adolescents who live in adverse circumstances where there is neglect, abuse, or violence live in a state of hypervigilance and with toxic stress from experiencing ongoing, traumatic events. Edith Cowan College offers a course in Trauma and Development - Understanding the impact for educators.

The Pitching Research Matters course offered by Bond University has been designed for research-enabled students or novice researchers who may be feeling frustrated, lost, or even overwhelmed at the beginning of a research journey.

Upskill your language and literacy knowledge and classroom practices for secondary students across ability levels with this The Science of Language and Reading - The Secondary School Perspective course at La Trobe University.

The Teach Digital Safety, Ethics and Wellbeing course offered by University of Melbourne will help you gain the skills and strategies to ensure safe, ethical and appropriate use of technology in your school.

Pedagogy is a popular and misunderstood term in education. In this Leading Classroom Pedagogies - Instruction and Inquiry for Engagement unit at Excelsia College educators are given the opportunity to evaluate pedagogical practices and their own personal pedagogies in the context of the Australian curriculum and its mandated pedagogical requirements.

Prepare for an exciting career in the classroom and equip yourself with the skills and confidence to work as an education support worker or teachers' aide with CHC30221 Certificate III in School Based Education Support at Open Colleges.

The aim of this How To Do Online Learning course offered by University of Melbourne is to show academics how online learning is delivered, so that they can understand the processes involved, the pedagogy, the business case and how to produce, publish and support an online course.

Trauma-affected children can be found in any classroom and any school. In fact, one in four children experience a traumatic event before they turn three years old (Child, J. 2017). Trauma impacts development, behaviour and learning. Edith Cowan College offers a short course in Understanding Childhood Trauma - An introduction for educators.

This Converting on Campus to Online - The Basics course offered by CQUniversity Australia will guide you through the task of planning to convert your existing subject, delivered entirely or partially face to face, to fully online delivery.

Advance your knowledge and skills in the field of reading instruction and intervention through a cognitive psychology framework with this The Science of Language and Reading - Intermediate course at La Trobe University.

Advance your understanding of trauma and learn how to support traumatised children in the classroom with this Trauma-informed Education short course at La Trobe University.

Schools are hubs of learning where all participants continue to grow and learn. This Leading Professional Learning Communities unit at Excelsia College explores the construct of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) and Lave & Wenger’s classic theory of communities. 

The Schools' Transition to Innovative Spaces course offered by University of Melbourne will help you lead change in schools through implementing and transitioning to innovative learning environments.