New Zealand Diploma in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 6)
Course details
| NZQF Level | 6 |
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About the course
Advance your career in adult and tertiary teaching with the New Zealand Diploma in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 6). Learn the skills and strategies needed for effective, responsive, and innovative management in the adult and tertiary education sector.
This qualification is intended for education practitioners aspiring to be in, or who are in, a leadership role in adult and tertiary teaching or training.
Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to engage in in-depth investigation into own practice and improve their own teaching, undertake leadership and kaitiakitanga, and recommend innovation and change in tertiary teaching environments.
By the end of the program, you'll be able to:
- Design learning using culturally and pedagogically appropriate evidence-based practice to meet specified outcomes in diverse, dynamic contexts.
- Facilitate and evaluate quality learner-centred teaching that respects the mana and diverse cultural backgrounds of adult learners, and the wider educational and societal context.
- Use and evaluate a broad range of facilitation and teaching strategies, including technology-enhanced teaching and learning, to enhance learner engagement and outcomes.
- Select, implement and evaluate assessment and quality assurance processes.
- Undertake kaitiakitanga and provide leadership and professional support to other practitioners.
- Undertake environmental analyses and make recommendations for innovation and change.
Note: This qualification has now moved to Version 2. If you began study towards this qualification prior to 2024, you may be able to have this study credited towards completion of this version. Please contact the Programme Operations Manager, Melissa James; or, the Programme Administrator at SIT Online Admin for further information.
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.
It is highly recommended that the candidate holds a relevant qualification at Level 5 or above or has equivalent knowledge and skills prior to entering into this qualification.
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 6 (general or academic) with no individual band lower than 5.5 from one test taken in the preceding two years, or an equivalent described in NZQA Rules: https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/tertiary/english-language-entry-requirements-for-international-students/
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.