In QUT’s educational leadership specialisation you will learn:

• more about yourself as a leader and how to develop adaptive and resilient leadership approaches that foster wellbeing for self and others in learning contexts
• how to lead the collective learning and development of others, whether you are a mentor, middle leader, professional developer, or school or system leader
• how to identify, design and strategically activate innovation by working with people to realise meaningful change
• how to evaluate policy and ideas, represent evidence of program impacts, and make ethical decisions.

Master of Education graduates with the Educational Leadership specialisation will be able to use their knowledge to informally and formally lead in education communities, including early childhood education and care centres, schools, tertiary institutions and training providers in a range of industries.

Early exit

You can exit with a Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) if you have completed the four specialisation units. You can exit the course with a Graduate Certificate in Education following completion of any four masters units.

Research pathways

If you are interested in pursuing higher degree research it is recommended that you include 48 credit points of research units to build your capabilities.