Graduate Diploma in Sport Coaching and Educational Leadership

School of Health Sciences

The Graduate Diploma in Sport Coaching and Educational Leadership is a comprehensive postgraduate degree that provides educators and coaches with the skills to continue their professional development. Designed to be completed over one year of full-time study, this program is particularly relevant if you aspire to senior management positions in the education or professional sports systems.

• Why study this degree?

  The Graduate Diploma in Sport Coaching and Educational Leadership has been designed to meet the needs of professional teachers who wish to develop a comprehensive and ethical knowledge of holistic athlete development, training prescription and management with the goal to enhancement athletic performance. The program will develop advanced understandings of multidimensional, evidence based coaching practice with a focus on athlete-centred approaches. Students will be expected to develop and critically apply concepts of pastoral care, strategic management and planning principles in an education setting in order to build and support resilient schools.

• Program summary

  Students must complete five compulsory courses:

  • Integrated Approaches to Athlete Health and Performance
  • Pastoral Care and the School
  • Multidimensional Coaching Practice
  • Strategic Management in Education
  • Ethical Issues in Professional Life

  Students must also complete three electives from the below schedule of courses:

  • Performance Technology and Analysis for Coaches
  • Applications of Strength And Conditioning
  • Professional Practice In High Performance Sport
  • Evidence Based Coaching Practice
  • Building Resilient Teachers and Schools
  • Mentoring and Coaching Graduate, Early Careers and Established Teachers
  • Leading Pastoral Care in Education

  Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

  More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

• Entry requirements

  Academic requirements for this program are outlined below. In addition, to be eligible for admission, all applicants need to satisfy the minimum requirements outlined in the admission requirements. These include those relating to age and English Language Proficiency.

  Specific Program Requirements for Admission

  A student applying for the Graduate Diploma in Sport Coaching and Educational Leadership must:

  • Hold a Bachelor-Level Qualification in an Education or Related Field or;
  • Hold a Bachelor-Level Qualification in any field and a Postgraduate Qualification in an Education or Related Field

• Learning outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Sport Coaching and Educational Leadership, graduates will be able to:

  1. Integrate coaching and leadership models, behaviours, and best practice across a range of sporting and educational contexts
  2. Promote socially responsible guidelines addressing a range of organisational, social, community and individual issues that reflect a positive ethical culture for athletes, students, and the wider community
  3. Implement coaching and leadership strategies, practice and programming for holistic athlete centered development and lifelong learning
  4. Apply models of pastoral care with advanced understanding of issues specific to curriculum development, the individual and community
  5. Implement management and leadership models in coaching and educational contexts using highly developed communication skills; and
  6. Formulate scholarly practice which evaluates complex issues in sport, educational leadership, and management.

• Career opportunities

  Coaching and management opportunities linked to the completion of this program include:

  • Independent schools
  • Government schools
  • Catholic schools
  • Sporting organisations

• Real-world experience

  You will learn from our academics, who are leaders in their field. There are no practicum requirements for this program.

• Fees and costs

  This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:

  
  

  Domestic Fee-Paying
  A domestic fee-paying place is a place at university where the student is responsible for the full cost the program.

  Eligible domestic fee-paying students may apply for the FEE-HELP loan scheme which assists eligible fee-paying students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your FEE-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.

  
  

  For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.

• More information

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