Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) is an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degree. An ITE qualification is the requirement to become a beginning teacher in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Approved and monitored by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, this degree is designed for those who would like to pursue a career as a qualified early childhood education teacher.

 

In addition to class time, students will spend a minimum of 12 hours per week in a licensed early childhood education setting, putting skills into practice.

 

Besides weekly practical experience in an ECE setting, students will also undertake a block practicum in a different setting from their weekly practice. Students are required to find their own practicum. The block practicum requirements are:

• Year one: Three weeks

• Year two: Four weeks

• Year three: Four weeks

 

By the end of the programme, students will have learnt how to build and maintain relationships with children and adults, know how children learn, how to teach, and what to teach. Students will also learn vital leadership, planning and organisational skills.

 

Summary

Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) is an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degree. An ITE qualification is the requirement to become a beginning teacher in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Approved and monitored by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, this degree is designed for those who would like to pursue a career as a qualified early childhood education teacher.

 

What you will learn

The Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) will teach students an understanding of a range of valuable skills: from how children learn and what to teach to building relationships and strategies for advocating for children and families.

 

Students will also learn:

Professional knowledge

• What to teach

• Learners and how they learn

• Contextual factors

• Influencing teaching and learning

• The unique place of M?ori as Tangata Whenua

 

Professional practice

• Planning for a safe, high-quality teaching and learning environment

• The use of evidence to promote learning

• Inter-relationships between theory and practice

 

Professional values and relationships

• Development of positive relationships with learners and the members of learning communities

• Being committed members of the profession

 

Professional leadership and advocacy

• Application of effective leadership strategies

• Strategies to advocate for children, families, society and the teaching profession