Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)

OP7034

This qualification consists of six compulsory courses totalling 120 credits. The programme has four 15-credit courses and two 30-credit courses. You need to complete all courses in the list below to graduate with this qualification. The programme works in trimesters of 16 teaching weeks. A full-time workload for a trimester is three courses (60 credits). Part-time is a minimum of one course (15 credits).

This programmes enrolment dates differ from our standard dates

New learners need to use the below table for specific enrolment close dates. Re-enrolling learners can follow the standard enrolment dates for this programme.

Course starting in  Applications for new learners close 
27 January 2025 18 November 2024  (Enrolments for January have now closed. We are enrolling for June 2025)
16 June 2025 12 May 2025
3 November 2025 29 September 2025


First-time applicants need to meet the deadline dates above to successfully enrol in the corresponding intake. Applications that do not meet the deadline will be considered for the next intake.

*Note that the pop-up box when selecting individual courses applies only to students who are reenrolling, not new applicants.

If you have a qualification that has been awarded in any country other than New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the United States, you will need to have an International Qualification Assessment completed by NZQA (see here for more information about this). We also require all identity documents and qualification documents to be verified copies. For information on how to get copies verified please see here

 

Study Plan for full-time new learners

If you are enrolling into this programme for the first time, please click on the below link to see full-time study options for first time learners. 

January or June start Study Plan

 


Qualification Structure

Courses should be completed in the order they appear below.


Cost

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Compulsory Courses
Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Education EDU723 7 15
$717
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Learning and Teaching in the Early Years 1 EDU619 6 15
$717
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Developing Practice in Early Childhood Education: Practicum 1 EDU724 7 30
$1,434
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Inclusive Early Childhood Education EDU725 7 15
$717
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Learning and Teaching in the Early Years 2 EDU726 7 15
$717
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Final Practicum and Culminating Integrative Assessment EDU727 7 30
$1,434
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