A limited number of applicants who, whilst not meeting the above requirements, may be regarded as suitable for admission because of particular qualifications and/or experience and involvement in educational administration.
In establishing whether an applicant has reached an acceptable level of preparation, the following may be taken into account
• qualifications held by the applicant;
■ the level and scope of the applicant's established competence and experience in his/her field of specialisation;
• the applicant's assessed performance in teaching; and
■ the level and scope and probable future of the applicant's involvement in educational administration.
The minimum entry qualifications for the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration ensure that students will have areas of training and experience upon which studies at the postgraduate level can be based.
Period of candidature
After being admitted, a candidate must pursue a course of advanced studies for at least one and not more than two academic years as a full-time student, or for at least two and not more than four academic years as a part-time student, unless a candidate has had a different period of candidature approved by the Academic Board on the recommendation of the Faculty.
Credit
A student who, having completed other equivalent studies at a tertiary level, enrols in the course for the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration may, with approval, be given credit for subjects the equivalent of which have been passed in the other tertiary studies provided that the amount of credit shall not exceed 50 per cent of the requirements of the course.
Credit will not be granted for similar studies in a course for which the student has already taken out an award, or which was used to gain entry to the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration course.
Exemptions from some of the requirements of a subject may be granted to students who submit evidence of having completed related studies and/or experience in those areas.
Course structure and progress
The Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration may be granted to a student who has complied with the prescribed conditions and has gained a cumulative score of 100 points by having passed or been given credit for six subjects including three compulsory core subjects and three elective subjects.
Electives may be chosen from the Graduate Diploma in Curriculum course.
Compulsory Subjects Points
773-137 Understanding Organisations 16.7 773-138 Processes in Organisations 16.7
773-139 The Leader in Action 16.7
Students wishing to complete the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration and the Graduate Diploma in Curriculum may do so by completing ten subjects rather than twelve; the three core subjects of each Graduate Diploma, two of the elective subjects acceptable to both Graduate Diplomas, and two further elective subjects from these courses.
Teaching methods
Students will be required to attend up to 36-hours contact time for each subject. It is recognised that the aims of the course are realized through teaching and learning processes which take account of the developmental needs and concerns of students and administrators and which provide opportunities for them to reflect on previous and current experiences, to conceptualise and to integrate theory and practice. A variety of teaching strategies such as lectures, workshops and presentation of seminar papers is used in all subjects.
Assessment
Students in the Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration are required to demonstrate satisfactory
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performance in the tasks set in class and in assignments.
Apart from various in-class activities, the course requirement is two written assignments in each subject of the course.
This minimum requirement is varied in those subjects which properly lend themselves to alternative projects.
Minor Assignment (1500 words). The broad intention of the minor assignment is to provide for early, detailed engagement with concepts which are central to the subject, resulting, for example, in seminar papers, case studies or literature reviews. Students are required not only to demonstrate that they have reviewed the relevant materials and/or administrative situations, but also to raise appropriate questions for consideration by their colleagues in the course.
Major Assignment (3500 words). The major assignment requires a synthesis of theory and practice informed by reading, discussion and administrative experience, and provides for the formulation of a substantial position on the fundamental concepts dealt with in each subject, or for the development of substantial initiatives in administration. In specific subjects students may negotiate topics which reflect their personal and professional interests.
Statements of the specific requirements for assignments for each subject are indicated in the detailed syllabuses.
Program for 1995
Semester 1: 6 February - 30 June Semester 2: 17 July - 30 October
Subject code Subject Lecturer
773-137 Understanding Organisations TBA Hawthorn campus
Semester 1: Tuesday 5.00 pm 8.00 pm OR
Weekends: 25 - 26 February, 25 - 26 March, 6 - 7 May
Saturday - Sunday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Parkville campus
Semester 1: Wednesday 5.15 pm - 7.30 pm 773-138 Processes in Organisations TBA
Hawthorn campus
Semester 2: Tuesday 5.00 pm - 8.00 pm OR
Weekends: 22 - 23 July, 19 - 20 August, 14 -15 October Saturday - Sunday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Parkville campus
Semester 2: Wednesday 5.15 pm - 7.30 pm
773139 The Leader in Action TBA
Hawthorn campus Summer semester:
9-13 January, Mon - Fri 9.00 am-5.00 pm or Semester 2: one week: 25 - 29 September, Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
OR
Weekends: 29 - 30 July, 26 27 August, 21.22 October Saturday - Sunday 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Elective Subjects:
Subject code Subject Lecturer
773-131 Education and the Financial
Management Process 1 TBA
Semester 1: 6 February -19 June Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-132 Education and the Financial
Management Process 2 TBA
Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-1.33 The Law in Educational Contexts TBA
Semester 1: 6 February -19 June Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-141 Industrial Relations TBA
Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-142 Financial Administration TBA
Semester 1:
OR
Semester 2: TBA
773-144 Computers in Education TBA
Summer Semester: 16 - 20 January
Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR Semester 1: 6 February -19 June
Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Semester 2: One week Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-146 Developing Personal Resources TBA Semester 1:
OR
Semester 2: One week Mon - Fri, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-147 Management of Human Resources 1 TBA Summer semester.
9 -13 January, Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Semester 1: 6 Feburary -19 June Thursday 5.00 pm 8.00 pm OR
Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Semester 2: 17 July 30 October Weekends 9.00 am 5.00 pm
773-150 Stress and the Administrator TBA Summer semester:
9- 13 January, Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Semester 2: One week 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773151 Management of Human Resources 2 TBA
Semester 2: 17 July - 30 October Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-152 Philosophical Issues in Administration TBA Semester 2:
773-153 Marketing in Education TBA
Semester 1: 6 February -19 June Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
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Semester 2: Thursday 17 July -30 Oct, 5.00 pm - 8.00 pm
OR
Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 17 July - 30 Oct Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-154 Administration of Curriculum 1 TBA
Semester 1: 6 Feb -19 June One week Mon - Fri 9.00 am -5.00 pm
773-155 Administration of Curriculum 2 TBA Semester 2:
773-156 Leadership in Small Groups TBA Semester 1: One week Easter Vacation
17-21 April
Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-157 Women in Management TBA
Semester 2: Tuesday 5.00 pm - 8.00 pm
773-158 Planned Change in Organisations TBA Semester 2:
773-159 Reading and Project Elective 1 TBA Semester 10R 2
773-160 Policy Making in Administration TBA Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-161 Reading and Project Elective 2 TBA
Semester 1 OR 2
773-164 Managing Diversity TBA
Semester 2: One week
Mon - Fri 9.00 am-5.00 pm 10-14July
773-165 Professional Development and Training TBA Semester 1: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm OR
Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-167 Assessment and Development for
Educational Administrators TBA Summer semester.
16 - 20 January Mon - Fri 9.00 am - 5.00 pm 773-168 Organisational Evaluation TBA
Summer semester. January 1996
773-196 School Development TBA
Semester 2: Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
773-197 Information Systems TBA
Semester 2: Tuesday 5.00 pm 8.00 pm
773-199 Research Methods TBA
Semester 1 O 2
Weekends 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
Subjects from the Graduate Diploma in Curriculum course approved as electives:
774-112 Orientations to Curriculum
774-113 Curriculum Design and Implementation 774-114 Managing Curriculum Evaluation 774-115 Curriculum Context, Policy and Goals 774-116 Assessment and Reporting 774-117 Applied Project
774-118 Advanced Teaching Practice
Refer to the Graduate Diploma in Curriculum section of this Course and Subject Guide for subject descri ptions.
Subject descriptions Compulsory Subjects
773-137 UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS Credit points: 16.7
Contact: 36-hours distributed over weekly or weekend classes. (First semester.)
Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:
■ understand the development of major theories of organisations;
■ relate the theories of organisations to their own practice as administrators and regularly and critically examine their practice and contexts in the light of theoretical perspectives;
■ apply skills of critical analysis to the study of current research in organisations and relate this research to their own practice;
• better understand the structures, functions and behaviours within their organisations;
• demonstrate skills and knowledge that improve their effectiveness as administrators within their working environments; and
• critically examine current educational issues which impact on organisations.
Content: An introduction to organisational theory and practice examining the relationships between theory and the roles of administrators/managers; the interactions of people in organisations; alternative ways of structuring organisations; group and team leadership; organisational culture and politics.
Assessment: A minor assignment of 1500 words (30 per cent); and a major assignment of 3500 words (70 per cent).
773-138 PROCESSES IN ORGANISATIONS Credit points: 16.7
Contact: 36-hours distributed over weekly or weekend classes. (Second semester.)
Prerequisite: Understanding Organisations.
Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to:
■ identify the inter-relationships between organisational structures, functions and processes;
• be more critically aware of the knowledge, skills and attitudes which impact on administrative effectiveness;
• analyse their own and others' behaviours in the operation of administrative processes in their organisations; and
• use alternative means of evaluating and increasing the effectiveness of processes in their organisations.
Content: Administration and management processes in organisations; conflict management; setting priorities;
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managing change; problem solving; decision making and delegation; communication; evaluation; motivation, morale and job satisfaction; entrepreneurship.
Assessment: A minor assignment (1500 words) (30 per cent); and a major assignment (3500 words) (70 per cent);
or a group seminar presentation of a selected administrative process.