Course details

Summary

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

• design for learning to meet specified learning outcomes in a familiar context
• use learner-centred teaching strategies that respect learners’ mana and diverse backgrounds
• select and apply facilitation, teaching and learning strategies in familiar contexts, using resources and technologies to meet specific outcomes
• use assessment and moderation processes
• seek and respond to feedback from learners and other stakeholders to improve learner outcomes in candidate’s own context.

Career Opportunities

To gain skills and knowledge that are directly relevant to working or further training in the adult and tertiary teaching sector.

To provide a base for learners to progress to more advanced studies in adult and tertiary teaching.

To produce dedicated, professional practitioners who hold a qualification which is well regarded by employers in the adult and tertiary teaching sector.

Course Content

• 4098 Use standards to assess candidate performance
• 7110 Critically evaluate and improve own professional knowledge and practice in adult education and training
• 25779 Develop materials for open, flexible, and networked learning (OFNL)
• 29690 Describe principles and theories of adult learning

Choose 1 from:

• 7091 Establish a culturally safe and inclusive learning environment for adults in New Zealand's cultural setting
• 26009 Establish a culturally safe and inclusive multicultural learning environment for adults

Choose 1 from:

• 7093 Plan for delivery of learning sessions for adults
• 7108 Deliver on-job training for adult trainees

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching(Level 4), and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

• A minimum of 40 credits in accordance with the Programme schedule for the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4)
• The student will normally be expected to complete the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) full-time over three months or part-time over two years.

Entry criteria

Applicants for this programme of study must have access to adult (e.g. over the age of 18) learners in order to enable them to undertake learning and reflection in an authentic setting.

School Leavers:
Applicants should be a minimum of 18 years of age, and have attained NCEA Level 3.

Applicants over 20 years:
Applicants over the age of 20 years at time of enrolment will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme. Examples of demonstration of ability to succeed are the provision of evidence of successful completion of a programme of study at Level 3 or above in a related discipline and/or employment in the related sector for one or more years.

Language Requirements

• IELTS test - Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
• TOEFL Paper-based test (pBT) – Score of 530 (with an essay score 4.5 TWE)
• TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) – Score of 46 (with a writing score of 20)
• Cambridge English Examinations – FCE or FCE for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill. OET at Grade C in all sub-tests.
• NZCEL – Level 3 with an endorsement of either General, Workplace, or Academic
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PToE (Academic score of 42)
• City and Guilds IESOL – B2 Communicator with a score of 42