Both routes involve training towards a PGCE (post-graduate certificate in secondary education) and tuition fees are payable.

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Vorhauser-Smith holds a Bachelor of Business and Graduate Diploma of Psychology from Monash University, and Post Graduate Certificate in NeuroLeadership from Middlesex University.

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The biggest cut is to the post-primary Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), where numbers accepted will drop by a fifth, from 290 to 234.

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Previously, recruits to the profession did a one-year Masters course at a university, provided they had a PGCE (post-graduate certificate of education) plus two years of teaching experience.

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High school junior and seniors can enroll and complete the first year of a technical program, graduate high school with a diploma along with a one year certificate.

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At the foundation, our goal is to dramatically increase the number of young people who graduate high school ready for college and career and who go on to complete a postsecondary degree or certificate.

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