52 Weeks. 15 Units. Educational Leadership Skills.

This course is structured around what you need to lead educational programs in regulated childcare services. You’ll cover curriculum design, compliance, team management, child development, and family partnerships—everything required to work as an Educational Leader or Centre Coordinator.

Core Focus Areas:

Curriculum Planning & Implementation
Design and implement children’s education and care curriculum based on approved learning frameworks (EYLF, MTOP), analyze children’s learning and development through observation and documentation, create learning experiences that support children’s holistic development (physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language), nurture creativity in children through play-based and intentional teaching.

Child Development & Wellbeing
Foster holistic early childhood learning, development, and wellbeing, maintain safe and healthy environments for children, foster positive and respectful interactions and behavior in children, implement strategies for inclusion of all children (including children with disabilities, diverse cultural backgrounds, and additional needs).

Service Compliance & Operations
Facilitate compliance with the Education and Care Services National Law and National Quality Standard, embed environmental responsibility in service operations (sustainability practices, recycling, nature-based learning), ensure your centre meets ACECQA standards for quality and safety.

Team Leadership & Management
Manage team effectiveness in early childhood settings, supervise educators and support staff, provide guidance and mentoring, coordinate team schedules and room allocations, support professional development of team members.

Family & Community Partnerships
Work in partnership with children’s families to support learning and development, communicate effectively with families about children’s progress, handle family concerns and build trust, encourage understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and perspectives.

Professional Development
Reflect on and improve your own professional practice through critical analysis, develop and use emotional intelligence in workplace interactions, lead with integrity and cultural sensitivity, stay current with early childhood research and best practices.

Core Units (12):

• BSBTWK502 Manage team effectiveness
• CHCECE041 Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
• CHCECE042 Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeing
• CHCECE043 Nurture creativity in children
• CHCECE044 Facilitate compliance in a children’s education and care service
• CHCECE045 Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in children
• CHCECE046 Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
• CHCECE047 Analyse information to inform children’s learning
• CHCECE048 Plan and implement children’s education and care curriculum
• CHCECE049 Embed environmental responsibility in service operations
• CHCECE050 Work in partnership with children’s families
• CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Elective Units (3):

• BSBPEF502 Develop and use emotional intelligence
• BSBHRM413 Support the learning and development of teams and individuals
• CHCMGT003 Lead the work team

Note: Elective units may vary based on cohort needs and industry requirements.

Scholarships & Flexible Pricing
We offer scholarships that most other RTOs in Melbourne don’t. If you’re serious about carpentry but cost is a barrier, talk to us. We also offer payment plans to spread the $10,000 over installments.

Real Workshop, Real Tools
You’ll train in our fully equipped Williamstown carpentry workshop—not a classroom with pictures of saws. You’ll use the same tools and materials you’d find on any construction site. By the time you graduate, your hands know what to do.

Clear Process, Fast Support
From the moment you enquire to the day you graduate, you’ll know what’s happening and when. Our support team responds within 24 hours. No waiting weeks for answers. No confusing forms with no follow-up.

Visa Success for International Students
We’ve helped hundreds of international students get their COEs processed and visas approved. We know what documentation works, and we’ll walk you through it.

Career Pathways:
Once you complete Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, you can work as:

• Educational Leader
• Centre Coordinator
• Room Leader / Senior Educator
• Centre Director / Centre Manager (with additional experience and qualifications)
• Authorised Supervisor (approved by state regulatory authority)
• Family Day Care Coordinator
• Preschool Teacher (in some states/settings)
• Kindergarten Teacher (in some states/settings)

Further Study:
Continue to Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at an Australian university. Many universities offer credit for your diploma, reducing the time to complete a degree. A Bachelor’s degree is required to work as a preschool or kindergarten teacher in most states.

Regulatory Compliance Note:
Under the Education and Care Services National Law, this qualification meets ACECQA requirements for working as an Educational Leader and Authorised Supervisor in early childhood education and care services.