Do you have a passion for specialist areas of learning and want to inspire young people? The Master of Teaching (Secondary) is more than just a qualification; it’s your first step on a journey to inspire, engage, and elevate the next generation. This program merges faith and practical training in a nationally recognised teacher accreditation course that prepares you to teach in secondary schools across Australia and beyond.

Imagine witnessing the moment a child understands a concept for the first time. Feel the satisfaction of seeing a student develop their abilities over the course of a year. These are the unique experiences provided by a career in Primary School Teaching. The Master of Teaching (Primary) is more than just a qualification; it’s your calling to inspire, engage, and elevate young minds from Prep to Year 6. This course equips you with a fully accredited professional teaching qualification, readying you for a rewarding career in primary education.

Are you called to lead and serve in today’s dynamic and diverse church environment? The Diploma of Christian Ministry at Alphacrucis University College is designed to equip you with the practical skills and knowledge needed to effectively minister in a variety of contexts. This vocational program focuses on hands-on training and real-world applications, with teaching, mentoring and inspiration from experienced Pentecostal pastors and ministers.

Are you ready to step into senior leadership? Can you step up to the complex and unpredictable challenges of ministry with confidence and competence? The Advanced Diploma of Christian Ministry at Alphacrucis University College is designed to equip you with advanced knowledge and skills necessary for effective ministry leadership. This program prepares you to lead ministry teams, develop structured ministry programs, and ensure compliance with organisational, movement, and legislative standards.

Do you love to see children engaged in and excited about learning new things? Do you sense a calling to primary teaching or early years education? The Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) is an Initial Teacher Education program that equips you for a fulfilling career teaching early childhood and all primary school year levels. Studying at AC will ensure that as a teacher you are equipped to embed biblical principles in your teaching and are positioned to fulfil your purpose as primary and early childhood teacher.

Do you love the moment when knowledge clicks into place for a child? Are you excited about seeing children learn and grow? The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is for people who sense a calling to primary school teaching. Studying at AC will ensure that as a teacher you are equipped to embed biblical principles in your teaching and are positioned to fulfil your purpose as primary school teacher.

Do you want a career that can literally shape the future? Do you see yourself teaching the next generation? The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) is more than just a qualification; it’s your first step on a journey to inspire, engage, and elevate the next generation of young people. Embrace a program that merges faith and practical training in a government-accredited course that prepares you to teach in secondary schools across Australia and beyond.

Are you ready to serve and lead in ministries that transform lives, neighbourhoods, and nations? Our Bachelor of Ministry combines a strong biblical foundation with practical experience to set you up for ministry that makes a lasting impact. Rooted in the Pentecostal tradition and the church’s mission, this course equips you to apply biblical and theological wisdom through preaching, discipleship, teaching, worship, church planting, and more. Prepare for ministry that transforms generations and reaches all cultures!

Can you see yourself making a difference in the lives of young people while pursuing your own passion for learning and breadth of knowledge? The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary) double degree at Alphacrucis University College is designed for those who want to inspire and educate the next generation. This comprehensive program equips you with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience needed to thrive in the classroom while deepening your understanding of the social sciences and humanities.

Are you a dedicated educator looking to enhance your skills and make a greater impact in your teaching career? The Master of Education is designed to provide you with the advanced educational theory and practical skills to make that impact in an approach grounded in a biblical perspective.

This subject empowers educators to address specific educational challenges through action research. Students will assess issues using a biblical framework, critically evaluate relevant literature, and devise interventions.

Evaluate quality teaching practices through a christian worldview. By understanding the scope of strategies underpinning policies and the role that profressional learning communities play in society. This is imperative to forming a wholistic perspective in Christian education and speaking into furture education policies.

Dive into new concepts by developing a biblical approach to mathematics education. Students will explore diverse views of knowledge and their impact on mathematics education. Through literature review, students will gain insights into educational practices and scholarly perspectives.

This unit provides an introduction to the core components of quality teaching and learning. These include theories of teaching and learning, classroom management and differentiated learning.  It explores how evidence-based practice informs instructional design, assessment, and teaching in relation to the classroom and the broader school context.  Students will examine classical and contemporary learning theories through a Christian worldview lens and consider the effectiveness of these and how they can be applied in various learning contexts with different groups of learners. This unit positions students to be able to apply theory and evidence to design, and to teach and manage...

Explore the ways ICT skills can be embedded across the curriculum to support quality learning and teaching based on relevant pedagogical approaches for Years 7-12/Stages 4-6. Pre-service teachers will gain experience in using technology as a productivity tool and in the design and evaluation of learning resources.

Develop your own approach to teaching, informed by personal beliefs and values and the theoretical perspectives of learning and teaching theory and practice, informed by evidence based research, applicable across a range of settings.

This unit explores the demands of writing and creating with reference to the Australian Curriculum: English, and the NSW English K–10 Syllabus and related documents. The unit extends students’ knowledge of different types of texts and the grammatical and visual features typically found in a range of text types.

This subject builds on EDU514 Learning and Teaching Mathematics: Part A, with a focus on the classroom and how learners construct Mathematical concepts. It will investigate ways in which programs can be developed to integrate numeracy across the curriculum.

In this unit, students asses the growth and development of mathematical constructs in children through Primary school: Mathematics K-10 syllabus. Discover the socio-cultural and multicultural contexts of mathematics and critique a range of teaching methods and approaches, with a view to developing your own philosophy and teaching method.

Develop skills for teaching language, literature and literacy.This subject introduces pre-service teachers to the social construction view of language and how this can be integrated with a biblical worldview.

Participants in this subject are expected to study independently under supervision, developing an action research proposal to investigate a contemporary phenomenon within their own classroom or educational setting. The students will then implement appropriate research methods, analyse the findings, reflect upon the findings in relation to their own role, and write the study up as a dissertation that concludes with practical recommendations for improved Christian pedagogy.

In a world where adaptability is key, strategic management becomes crucial for leaders to steer organisations toward success. This unit hones strategic thinking and planning skills, teaching students to navigate the complexities of competitive landscapes. With a focus on analysing external forces, developing strategic frameworks, and integrating contemporary approaches, learners will be equipped to guide teams effectively to reach their goals.

Non-Profit Organisations have unique challenges to navigate in creating social and spiritual value. This unit explores multi-stakeholder marketing, teaching how to build movements, transform supporters into advocates, engage sponsors, and secure grants. By developing a strategic marketing plan tailored to NFPs, students will learn to balance ethical values with effective marketing strategies.

There is a dynamic relationship between musical expression and technological innovation. This unit explores how technology shapes music production, recording, and distribution. Learn to assess and apply various technologies—from PA systems to digital audio workstations—preparing you to design technologically integrated live events.

This unit guides students to summarise the Bible’s overarching narrative, identify key themes, and communicate them effectively to contemporary audiences. Participants will also learn to create a long-term, self-directed study plan to move themselves from a general understanding to a deep grasp of the Bible’s teachings across their lifetime.

Students asses the effectiveness of technology in the classroom, and the impact it will have within classroom dynamics. By exploring strategic policies for Christian schools, fostering discernment in technological engagement and within Christian ethics.

Design and justify effective strategies for mentoring, coaching, and supervision in educational contexts. Know how to foster wholistic growth in Christian education through biblical perspectives.

This course empowers educators to engage in meaningful, transformative adult learning experiences informed by biblical principles. Students will evaluate underlying worldview assumptions by discovering biblical perspectives which enrich educational practices.

Understand your professional learning journey by building upon scholarly reflection. Students will asses thier and educational standards through diverse sources and conceptualise this through a Biblical worldview.

This subject has been replaced by EDU596 from Semester 1 2024 onwards.

Choosing a university course is part of the journey toward discovering your calling. For many, the path to becoming a teacher is driven by a deep desire to impact the lives of others, to ignite curiosity, foster growth, and leave a legacy of hope and confidence. At Alphacrucis University College, the intersection of faith and education will set you up to not only inspire in your students a love for learning, but also a love for God. 

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Gain practical experience in real-life school settings with full-time mentors. Students will focus on planning, networking, and building on analytical skills within professional teams. Observing professional teachers, they will learn effective behavior management and understand how personal worldviews influence their education practices.

Study in professional settings with full-time mentors, who are experts in the field. As they observe teachers’ performance and begin learning effective behavior management, and understanding how personal worldview influences education practices students will work towards teaching a class.

Gain the skllls to work with children aged between birth and 35 months. Students will apply theoretical skills to observe babies, plan and evaluate play based learning and reflect on teaching capabilities.

Gain the skllls to work with children aged between birth and 35 months. Students will apply theoretical skills to observe babies, plan and evaluate play based learning and reflect on teaching capabilities.

This unit introduces students to a wider range of opportunities to practise their developing skills and techniques in controlled real-life settings under the support of full-time school mentors. Students will be given opportunity to develop their planning, relational and evaluation skills within the setting of professional teams of communities of practice. During this professional experience they will develop effective behaviour management techniques for their teaching style and the learning context, while observing the performance of professional teachers in context, and reflect upon how their personal worldview impacts every aspect of their life and work in education.

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Embark on your professional development, during a 20-day placement, students will delve into the dynamic world of children aged between three and five years or primary-aged learners. Drawing upon theoretical foundations and the guidance of the Early Years Learning Framework, students will craft tailored learning experiences.

This experience aims to equip students with the leadership skills necessary to excel in early childhood education and care settings. During this 10-day professional placement, students, will immerse themselves in an early childhood setting, focusing on children aged between birth and 35 months.Students will have an oppurtunity to cultivate nurturing bonds with infants, foster professional rapport with other educators, and engage in attentive observation, planning, and evaluation of play-based learning experiences.

Students gain classroom experience during a 10-day placement. This is done in conjunction with EDU322, ‘The Self Reflective Educator’, so that students have the opportunity of directly aligning course work and practice. Students are encouraged to critically reflect on their own philosophy and practice of teaching and consider what has shaped their understandings and how their own spiritual journey and belief system might equip them as educators.