Tertiary Religious Education Qualifications
Teachers
Are you considering increasing your qualifications in Religious
Education?
The Tasmanian Catholic Education Office can help.
The Graduate Certificate in Religious Education / Theology
From the Director
Vatican II describes ‘Christian education as a work of evangelization/mission
(Lumen Gentium, n. 17). Courses such as the Graduate Certificate in Religious
Education/Theology not only offer teachers a professional qualification, but
also deepen one’s personal growth and professional development in
supporting the evangelizing mission of Catholic education.
Similarly, supporting teachers in Catholic schools to teach Religious Education
is one of our most important priorities. Through dialogue and collaboration
with other teachers, participants in the Graduate Certificate program
deepen their understanding of the Religious Education curriculum strands,
while at the same time enriching their skills, widening their professional
horizons and potentially equipping participants with the foundation studies for
positional leadership within the context of Catholic education.
The Graduate Certificate can also be expanded to a Masters program with a
wide variety of course offerings available to complement the foundational
Religious Education qualifications. It is for these reasons I commend to you the
Graduate Certificate offered through the Broken Bay Institute and the
University of Newcastle.
John Mula
Director of Catholic Education
This Graduate Certificate is offered through a partnership arrangement
between the Broken Bay Institute and the University of Newcastle so is
recognised worldwide as an accredited University Course. It is at Masters
Level.
The course consists of four units, and the units will usually be completed over
two years part time or less with some summer school options:
RELT6040: Faith, Revelation and Theology
RELT6030: Biblical Studies: Foundations
RELT6007: Theology of Religious Education
EDUC6043: Religious Education: Theory and Practice
Students’ benefit in three ways from doing this course:
1. It qualifies you to teach Religious Education in all Catholic schools as well
as fulfill senior leadership roles in Catholic education.
2. The qualification gives you eight points per unit or 32 points overall towards
Accreditation Strand 2:1 in the Tasmanian Catholic education system
which is required within five years of appointment to a Tasmanian Catholic
school where you are required to teach Religious Education whether early
learning, primary, secondary or senior secondary. Information on this
Accreditation Policy is available at:
http://www.catholic.tas.edu.au/employment/accreditation
3. It gives you a formal qualification in the teaching of Religious Education,
which is recognised both interstate and overseas. In some countries and
Australian states such a qualification is needed if you wish to teach in a
Catholic school. now?
Why do it now?
The Tasmanian Catholic Education Office is currently offering scholarships to
teachers who undertake this course. This is 90% of the fee cost (not
administrative charges or other charges). Money is reimbursed on the
successful completion of each unit. Scholarship recipients need to be
resident in Tasmania. This reimbursement needs to be claimed within six
months of completion of the unit. Fees are $1410 per RELT unit and $1,385 per
EDUC unit. To enable consideration to be given to who will receive this fee
relief fill in the attached scholarship form and return it to the office asap.
This Graduate Certificate will also give forty points towards an eighty point
Masters of Education degree at the University of Tasmania or forty points
towards the eighty points Masters of Theology course at the Broken Bay
Institute/University of Newcastle.
SUMMER SCHOOL: You can do a unit by Summer school (see info on website).
No travelling is involved and if interested you need to do one of the four
required units and you need to enroll straight away (before you even send
scholarship form into the Tasmanian Catholic Education Office).
Each unit requires four days attendance
For further information on any of the items mentioned in this brochure please
contact Tony Brennan at the Tasmanian Catholic Education Office on
6210 8888 or email: tony.brennan@catholic.tas.edu.au
If you are interested in applying for a scholarship please fill in the attached
Scholarship Application form and forward it to:
Diana Batchelor
Administrative Officer
Tasmanian Catholic Education Office
Address:
PO Box 102, North Hobart TAS 7002
Fax:
03 62108844
Email:
diana.batchelor@catholic.tas.edu.au
Catholic Education Tasmania
2015 FULL STUDENT Study Scholarships
Scholarship Application (please tick)
SEMESTER ONE
SEMESTER TWO
SUMMER SCHOOL
STUDENT DETAILS
Title __________First Name____________________Surname____________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
Suburb__________________State_________________Postcode_________________
Email____________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________________Mobile______________________________
School/Organisation_____________________________________________________
PROGRAMME DETAILS
I wish to enrol in the following unit as an FULL STUDENT ONLY student:
Semester 1/ Semester 2 / Summer School (please circle)
Unit Code and Name____________________________________________________
Signature______________________Principal’s Signature______________________
(Principal’s Signature is required for those working in Catholic Education)
Return completed form to:
Diana Batchelor
Administrative Officer
Tasmanian Catholic Education Office
Address:
Fax:
Email:
PO Box 102, North Hobart TAS 7002
03 62108844
diana.batchelor@catholic.tas.edu.au
Catholic Education Tasmania
2015 AUDIT ONLY Study Scholarships
Scholarship Application (please tick)
SEMESTER ONE
SEMESTER TWO
SUMMER SCHOOL
STUDENT DETAILS
Title __________First Name____________________Surname____________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
Suburb__________________State_________________Postcode_________________
Email____________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________________Mobile______________________________
School/Organisation_____________________________________________________
PROGRAMME DETAILS
I wish to enrol in the following unit as an AUDIT ONLY student:
Semester 1/ Semester 2 / Summer School (please circle)
Unit Code and Name____________________________________________________
Signature______________________Principal’s Signature______________________
(Principal’s Signature is required for those working in Catholic Education)
Return completed form to:
Diana Batchelor
Administrative Officer
Tasmanian Catholic Education Office
Address:
Fax:
Email:
PO Box 102, North Hobart TAS 7002
03 62108844
diana.batchelor@catholic.tas.edu.au