Early Childhood Education
Are you interested in working with infants, toddlers or young children?
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This one-year specialty course will prepare you for an entry-level
role as a nanny, home-based educator, early childhood centre
educator or a kaiāwhina in a Māori immersion setting if you speak
te reo. It can also prepare you for higher level study leading to a
New Zealand Certificate Level 3 ECE teaching qualification.
1 full day a week placement in an ECE centre, with two different centres over the year.
Students wishing to gain UE must take an additional approved subject.
Course Content
Te Whāriki In Practice
• Gain knowledge and understanding of the early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki and its bicultural nature, within own culturally responsive practice.
• Use knowledge of tamariki/children’s learning and development including the value of play.
Health and Safety
• Develop skills and competencies to work effectively and safely within early childhood education.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, legislation, services and support relevant to an early childhood setting and how this protects tamariki/children, including Red Cross Comprehensive first aid and providing nutritious meals for infants, toddlers and young children.
Professional Practice
• Gain knowledge of attachment theories, behaviours, and transition support in an early childhood setting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of ethical responsibility to guide practice, building on professional behaviour.
• Use of Mātauranga Māori specific to an ECE setting.
Community Communication and Respectful Relationships
• Learn marae tikanga and protocols, and participate in cultural education workshop at Tuahiwi or Rehua Marae.
• Work in partnerships using bicultural framework for childhood education in Aotearoa.
• Demonstrate knowledge of whānau/families and cultural diversity strategies in an early childhood setting.
• Communicate and support the use of languages to develop and maintain relationships in an early childhood setting.
And so much more!
NCEA LEVEL 3
ENROLMENT FEE
0 Under 19 (MOE funded)
200 Age 19+
SPECIALTY COURSE COST
$ 150 Under 19
Take home materials including own customised resource kit
This covers the cost of specialty ingredients for take home food
$ 250 Age 19+
Take home materials including own customised resource kit and First Aid Course
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Age 17 at course commencement
• Written references
• Latest school report (If relevant)
• Adults may require an entrance test
• Interview to assess suitability for working with children
• Must be able to provide satisfactory referee and police checks
• Students should have, or be working towards, UE literacy writing credits and 10 numeracy credits
CREDITS
60+ Internal Credits
QUALIFICATION
Level 3 New Zealand
Certificate in ECE (Introductory skills)
14+ credits in Level 3 Home Economics.
Students wishing to attain UE must take two additional UE approved subjects.
HOURS PER WEEK
20
