New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care Level 5

Course details

New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care Level 5
NZQF Level	5

About the course

The New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5) is designed for people considering a career in early childhood education and care, or contemplating further tertiary study towards completing a teaching qualification recognised by the New Zealand Teachers Council for the purposes of becoming a registered New Zealand teacher. It recognises the knowledge, skills, and attributes required for early childhood education and care across centre-based, hospital-based, home-based, or the child's family environment within the sociocultural context of Aotearoa/New Zealand. This allows holders of the qualification to choose the service in which they wish to work as a supervised assistant in an ECE service or as an unqualified ECE educator.

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

Apply knowledge of key early childhood teaching, learning and development theories an approaches to inform and guide practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Promote learning by implementing the philosophy, principles, and practices embodied in the bicultural New Zealand early childhood curriculum framework, Te Whariki.
Provide a healthy, safe, and inclusive environment for the protection, care, and education of diverse learners.
Communicate effectively to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with a wide range of people in an early childhood education and care community.
Engage in reflective practice in an early childhood setting.
Apply professional standards, legal requirements, and ethical principles in a socially and culturally responsive manner to guide and support practice in an early childhood setting.
Engage in bicultural ECE practice which reflects an understanding of the principles inherent in te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi and the place of Maori as tangata whenua.
Use knowledge of the history of early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand to inform a developing personal philosophy of early childhood education practice.
Practice in a culturally responsive manner that is informed by children’s language, culture and identity.

Entry requirements

Entry to the New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5) programme, including English language and academic requirements, will be in accordance the criteria specified in ICL Education Group’s QMS.

You must meet the following key Information Set (KIS) Requirements:

Brief Entry Requirements: NCEA Level 2 plus 42 credits at Level 3 or equivalent; or New Zealand Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 3) or New Zealand Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 4); or evidence of ability to meet academic requirements.

Additional Requirements: NCEA Level 2 includes passes in English or Te Reo Maori. For international applicants who come from non English speaking backgrounds, an IELTS Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5.0, or an equivalent relevance English Proficiency Outcome as outlined in NZQF-related rules (Rule 18). See here for the equivalent NZQA recognised English Proficiency outcomes.

International students must hold a valid study visa to enrol in this programme.

Before enrolment students are required to fulfil the requirements of the Vulnerable Children’s Act 2014, safety checks which includes:

Two forms of identity: Passport, New Zealand certificate of Identity, Birth Certificate, Inland Revenue Number etc.

Two satisfactory character reference are required

Satisfactory performance in an interview

A short statement of intent

Police vetting: All applicants will be required to provide a signed consent form allowing ICL Education to check the applicant’s record of convictions on entry, during and prior to completing the programme. Applicants will be accepted only after the Police Check is processed. Applicants will be allowed to go on practicum after the Police Check is processed.

All applicants with ANY convictions will be required to attend an interview with the Programme Leader or staff member from the teaching team and may be declined entry depending on the severity, recency, age at offending and pattern of offending.

About the provider

ICL Business School was established in 2002 by Ewen Mackenzie-Bowie as part of Academic Colleges Group. In 2007, Ewen took over the business school and incorporated it with International College of Linguistics (ICL). Reflecting the Business School’s shift to predominantly level 7, 8 and 9 programmes it was rebranded to ICL Graduate Business School.

ICL Graduate Business School is a NZQA accredited Category 1 boutique university-level business school in New Zealand, offering Master’s degrees, postgraduate and graduate diplomas in business, informatics, hospitality and tourism, and a graduate diploma in teaching early childhood education, which leads to teacher registration. While over 80% of our students are postgraduate, we also offer undergraduate diplomas in business, with pathways to university degrees.

Our language schools, located in the same building, Auckland English Academy and Bridge International College, offer you pathway courses into ICL if you need to brush up your English before you start your degree or diploma.

ICL Graduate Business School is located at the heart of New Zealand’s biggest and most diverse city, Auckland. We strive to help our students meet their academic goals, and enjoy their time whilst studying and living abroad.