The School of Education and Professional Studies (Gold Coast) is the largest school on the Gold Coast campus of Griffith University, which is the fastest growing campus in Australia. The school, which provides undergraduate and postgraduate programs of study, was one of the first in Queensland to introduce an internship program in the final semester of pre-service teacher education programs. The internship is highly regarded by local education providers and ensures a strong basis for the preparation of graduates and consequent high levels of employment.

The School has developed productive partnerships with local school communities through a number of advisory groups including the Teacher Education Industry Advisory Group, Professional Experience Advisory Committee, and the Internship Management Committee, as well as links with professional associations such as the Gold Coast Teachers Network, Establishing Teachers Network, Australian College of Educators and the South Coast Technology Education Network.

The learning and teaching facilities for education students at the Gold Coast provide students with state of the art resources in:

• Information and Communication Technologies
• Science
• Technology Education
• Art
• Mathematics, and
• Multi-literacies

The School is developing a strong research profile evidenced by funded research projects in the areas of:

• deaf college students' academic learning;
• benefits of cochlear implantation in deaf children in Australia;
• pedagogy of collective argumentation in mathematics and science classrooms;
• teachers' funds of knowledge and teaching repertoires in relation to student diversity;
• values education in a competitive market place;
• techno-savvy youth constructing identities and forming social relations in online and offline worlds; and
• schooling, globalisation and refugees in Queensland.