Examine and implement wellbeing best practice across all levels within your school.
From discerning between leadership styles to driving educational reform using your research skills and knowledge, be an empowering leader for your school.
Enhance key business knowledge and be prepared for the administrative and financial decisions and demands of a senior education role.
To gain your Master of Education, you will study four core units and four elective units. To complete a generalist Master of Education, you can choose four electives across any specialisation. If you want to tailor your degree to your area of interest, you can choose to specialise in Educational Leadership, Educational Wellbeing or Educational Inclusion and Diversity, each having four specific elective units to complete. More detail about units of study is included below.
Explore the broad canvas of social and political contexts in which educational leaders operate at a state, national and global level in the Contemporary Educational Leadership unit.
The Contemporary Educational Contexts unit is designed to prepare you for educational environments in Australia and around the world.
Explore concepts from the professional learning community, and the latest research literature in the Leading Professional Learning unit.
The Educational Investigation unit develops knowledge and understanding of generic research and evaluation tools in the educational context.
The Accounting for Managers unit introduces the fundamentals of financial and management accounting viewed from the perspective of the business manager.
The Human Resource Management unit looks at the aims and goals of HR and its role in business.
Explore a diverse range of leadership styles, preparing you for a bright future in leadership or management in The Positive Leader unit.
In the Evaluation for Improved Teaching and Learning unit, you will gain the skills to identify and utilise data to improve educational performance.
The Supporting Students in Difficult Times unit provides the knowledge and skills required to effectively support children and young people experiencing personal difficulties and require social and or emotional support.
The Valuing Diversity unit is designed to consolidate awareness, knowledge and experience in understanding and meeting diverse learners' needs in educational settings.
In the Educational Leadership and Wellbeing unit, you will develop the skills to establish wellbeing best practice in your school community.
The Enhancing Student Wellbeing unit focuses on knowledge, understandings and practices concerning student wellbeing at school.
Specialise in Educational Leadership and be exposed to key areas of business that are vital to educational administration. To gain this qualification you will study, in addition to the core units, the three units below:
And choose one of the following:
The Educational Wellbeing specialisation enables you to bring positive change to the education system, focusing on both teacher and student welfare.
The Educational Inclusion and Diversity specialisation enables you to bring positive change to the education system, focusing on both inclusion and diversity.
We know that plans change, which is why we’ve built a flexible completion option into the online Master of Education. If you need to exit early, you could still receive a Graduate Certificate in Education after completing four core units.
Or continue studying
After two years of full-time teaching, I decided that it was time to further my skills and qualifications. After looking at courses online and speaking with colleagues, I came across the M.Ed being offered by SCU Online. Throughout this course, I am finding that a lot of what I am studying related perfectly to my everyday work in my school.
Matthew Scott
Online M.Ed (Educational Wellbeing) graduate
I really enjoyed the unit focusing on positive leadership styles and have actually used some of that knowledge to teach my students about different leadership styles in the workplace.
Bethany McQueen
Online M.Ed (Educational Leadership) graduate
The content within the course directly relates to my professional life so I use this time to re-read prescribed texts, research or articles that will help to develop my understanding of the unit as well as develop me professionally. I think it is important to model lifelong learning to my staff and students and this is one way in which I can do that.
Aleasa Brink
Online M.Ed graduate and Primary School Principal
The impact of the Master of Education on my career has been enormous. I have gained a greater understanding of Educational Leadership and the theories behind it, which has enabled me to become a better leader in my current educational institution. It has also opened up other leadership opportunities.
Danielle Harris
Online M.Ed (Educational Leadership) graduate
All of the education subjects were highly applicable. The assignments were designed in a way that each student could focus on their own school or workplace. The general way each assignment worked was to analyse a particular element of the school and present improvements. In my mind, that's exactly the sort of thing a Principal does and what I aspire to.
Dallas Young
Online M.Ed (Educational Leadership) graduate
Our Master of Education students work in a variety of educational contexts around Australia. Below is a snapshot of some of these roles and jobs.
SCU Online's Master of Education is accelerated, online learning for busy teachers. The course can be completed in 16 months, part-time. SCU Online offers six intakes per year, meaning students can complete six units in a year. Students will complete 8 units in total for this course.
This course is for current and future school leaders who want to further develop their skills, drive improvement and create positive outcomes for their students, organisation and communities.
Excellent leadership skills are crucial for those wanting to drive improvement and increase the effectiveness of an organisation. In times of unprecedented change and a climate of increased public accountability in the education sector, this course will instil in you the confidence to strategically lead your people and organisation to enhance learning outcomes for students and increase engagement with your school community.
A Master of Education is for registered teachers who wish to develop their understanding of the various models of education leadership styles, in turn strengthen your leadership style. A Master of Teaching is for those who are looking to gain a teaching qualification.
We may recognise and grant credit for past education or qualifications in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.
To find out more about advanced standing, get in touch with one of our Enrolment Advisors on 1300 863 819.
There are three specialisations offered for students to choose from when undertaking our Master of Education.
Alternatively, students can pick four units in total from all specialisations for a general Master of Education degree.
