Private Training Establishment

NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5)

Level of Study

Diploma

Summary

Programme overview

Are you passionate about looking after and teaching children? Light up your life and the lives of others with a New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5). Through NZSE’s ECE diploma programme, you’ll further your ECE teaching career by becoming a skilled and sought-after educator. From here, you can choose to work in ECE or progress to a bachelor’s degree to gain ECE teacher registration.

This highly accessible, engaging and creative online programme will give you the required skills and knowledge to become a competent Early Childhood Kaiako who can work within a range of early childhood contexts providing support and education to infants, toddlers and young children and enhance community outcomes. To enrol in this programme, you must have a certificate in Level 3 ECE or equivalent, are already working in the sector as an unqualified reliever at an ECE centre, or you are currently a home-based educator needing to become qualified at Level 5.

What you study

Develop the skills to work with tamariki and ensure both their wellbeing and development in crucial stages of their upbringing. Our programme covers best practices and theory to apply to your work, including:

Te Whāriki – bicultural curriculum; ethics and professionalism; professional behaviours; nutrition needs of infants, toddlers and young children; parent and whanau communication; culturally safe environments
Tikanga Māori and te reo; tikanga concepts including ako and whanaungatanga
Treaty of Waitangi; Whakapapa and heritage of families;
ECE philosophies; Diverse ECE contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand; Legislation and regulations; Operation of an ECE service
Relationships; attachment; transitions; child development; value of play; resources; observations; planning; learning plans;
Pasifika Education Strategy;
Models of Early Childhood

You will undertake 120 hours of work placement (spread over the fourth and eighth courses). Work placement can be undertaken in a licensed home-based service, an ECE Centre, a kindergarten, or a language nest.

Entry criteria

Students enrolling are required to have achieved a minimum of 48 NCEA credits at level 2 or higher, along with the literacy and numeracy credits required for University Entrance or completion of Foriegn High school diploma or;
Hold a recognised qualification of at least 120 credits at level 3 or above or;
Have relevant experience deemed to be sufficient for entry into the programme.
A compulsory criminal record check
Two referees (not family or friends)
An interview and a short statement of intent on why the learner wishes to pursue an Early Childhood Education qualification
Work placement can be undertaken in a licensed home-based service, an ECE Centre, a kindergarten, or a language nest.

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