Graduate Certificate in Infancy and Toddlerhood (GC-INFTODD) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

On the completion of this Graduate Certificate, graduates will have developed high level skills to teach very young children.
Graduates will be able to:




  • Reflect critically on the ways in which educational theory and research informs working with infants and toddlers
  • Demonstrate strong subject and pedagogical content knowledge to create productive learning environments that empower children
  • Analyse assessment data and evidence to make sound clinical judgments about supporting young children’s learning
  • Utilise interventionist teaching practices that promote participation and inclusion to meet the needs of diverse learners
  • Demonstrate a high level of 21st century skills and able to develop these skills with young children
  • Create and maintain safe and supportive learning environments using knowledge of practical approaches to promote positive behaviours
  • Establish and maintain ethical and respectful relationships with children, colleagues and parents, working independently and collaboratively across a range of professional contexts in early childhood education and care.
  • Evaluate the social and political contexts informing education and teaching and interpret the standards for professionals working with young children.
  • Demonstrate capacity to reflect upon practice and extend professional learning through practitioner inquiry and professional learning.

Generic skills

Graduates will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

  • Clinical reasoning and thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Evidence based decision making
  • Creating and innovating
  • Working in teams communicating and collaborating with other professionals
  • Learning to learn and metacognition
  • Being responsive to a changing knowledge base
  • Reflecting and continually making improvements
  • Linking theory and practice
  • Inquiring and researching
  • Becoming a citizen and taking personal and social responsibility.

Graduate attributes

The Graduate Certificate in Infancy & Toddlerhood program emphasises the importance of research evidence and theory as a foundation for an understanding of children’s learning and development in the first three years of life and the critical role that adults play in ensuring that this is well supported. The program focuses on developing students’ capacity for critical inquiry and professional reflection. It is targeted at all professionals with an interest in the learning and development of very young children.
Students will learn about infant and toddler development, learning from birth to 3 years of age and the role of measurement and assessment in monitoring learning and development. Students will participate in a supervised 20 day professional placement and can choose from a range of educational, health and community settings.

Last updated: 29 June 2024