Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)

Graduate Diploma

Early childhood teaching is a challenging and satisfying career where you can make a difference in children's lives.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time

Course Code

GradDipTchLn(EC)

About this course

Early childhood teaching is a challenging and satisfying career where you can make a difference in children's lives. Through guided play, you can help children gain the skills they need for healthy intellectual, emotional, and physical development

The Diploma meets Matatu Aotearoa | Teaching Council of New Zealand graduating teachers standards requirements, and you may be eligible for provisional registration with the Council as a teacher in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Entry requirements

Students wishing to enrol in the GradDipTchLn(EC) must have a relevant bachelor's degree or higher (or be entitled to enrol for the Diploma with other qualifications of an equivalent standard).

Selection for entry is not automatic and is based on academic ability, involvement and interest in working with children and young people, community involvement, communication skills, and other personal qualities.

The selection process includes a police check and may include an interview.

If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet the requirements set out by Matatu Aotearoa | Teaching Council of New Zealand.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) or use the admission requirements checker.

How to apply

Applications are open throughout the year and close 1 December for domestic students or 31 October for international students.

For more details on entry requirements and the teacher education application process, see the Guide to Applying.

Find out more about how to apply for graduate and postgraduate qualifications.

Study locations

Main Campus

Career pathways

Meet Matatu Aotearoa | Teaching Council of New Zealand graduating teachers' standards requirements and are eligible to apply for registration with the Council as a teacher in Aotearoa.
Join a rewarding career where you will enhance the lives of infants, toddlers, and young children.
Gain skills in management, communication, coordination, responsibility, and organisation which will help with careers in and out of the teaching profession.
Graduates have gone on to owning and operating their own early childhood businesses, and work in various roles within early childhood care, government agencies, and more.

Useful information:

Read what other UC postgraduate students have gone on to achieve in their studies and careers in our student and graduate profiles.
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