New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 5 |
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About the course
Advance your career in adult and tertiary education with the New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5). Gain the skills and capabilities to deliver high-quality, contemporary, and culturally appropriate teaching and learning across various educational or training settings.
This qualification serves as the standard baseline for professional adult and tertiary teaching practitioners.
This qualification is intended for individuals aspiring to or engaged in a career in adult, tertiary or vocational teaching or training who have a qualification or equivalent experience in their trade, vocation or other primary discipline. It represents the expected sector baseline qualification for a professional adult and tertiary teaching practitioner.
Graduates of this qualification have the skills and capabilities to provide high quality, contemporary and culturally appropriate teaching and learning in a range of teaching or training contexts.
By the end of the program, you'll be able to:
- Design learning that is pedagogically and culturally appropriate to meet specified learning outcomes in diverse contexts.
- Facilitate quality learner-centred teaching that represents the mana and diverse cultural backgrounds of adult learners, and the wider educational and societal context.
- Use a range of facilitation and teaching strategies, including technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
- Embed literacy and numeracy skills appropriate to the demands of the programme and needs of the learners.
- Enhance learning through the application of a range of assessment, feedback, and moderation practices.
- Evaluate own professional practice and develop and implement plans to improve it.
Note: This qualification moved to Version 2 in 2024. If you completed any unit standards towards this qualification prior to 2023 you may be able to have these credited towards completion of this version of the qualification. For further information about this, please contact the Programme Administrator at SIT Online Admin.
Entry requirements
Applicants for this programme of study must have access to adult learners (e.g. over the age of 18) over the duration of the programme of study in order to enable them to undertake learning and reflection in an authentic setting.
General Admission
Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age and must have attained either:
- NCEA Level 2
- A relevant qualification at NZQF Level 2 or above, or a recognised equivalent.
Any ākonga who do not meet the above criteria may be eligible for consideration for Discretionary Admission. In assessing whether to grant Discretionary Admission, the focus is on the applicant’s level of preparedness for their intended programme.
English Language Requirements
All applicants (international and domestic) for whom English is not a first language need to provide evidence that they have the necessary English language proficiency required for the programme.
International applicants are required to have an IELTS score of 5.5 (general or academic) with no individual band lower than 5 from one test taken in the preceding two years, or an equivalent described in NZQA Rules.
Ākonga who have achieved NCEA Level 3 University Entrance requirements are not required to provide evidence of English language skills.
International applicants should contact the SIT International team for advice.
*This course is not available to international students.
About the provider
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.
We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.
We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have a specialised faculty in rural education at Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.