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Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Waikato Institute of Technology

New Zealand

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About this course

What will I learn?

Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) is an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) degree. An ITE qualification is the requirement to become a beginning teacher in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Approved and monitored by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, this degree is designed for those who would like to pursue a career as a qualified early childhood education teacher. In addition to class time, students will spend a minimum of 12 hours per week in a licensed early childhood education setting, putting skills into practice. Besides weekly practical experience in an ECE setting, students will also undertake a block practicum in a different setting from their weekly practice. Students are required to find their own practicum. The block practicum requirements are: Year one: Three weeks, Year two: Four weeks and Year three: Four weeks. By the end of the programme, students will have learnt how to build and maintain relationships with children and adults, know how children learn, how to teach, and what to teach. Students will also learn vital leadership, planning and organisational skills.

Which department am I in?

Centre for Education and Foundation Pathways

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
NZ$25,000.00 (12,58,241) per year
Start date

March 2025

Venue

Wintec

Hamilton City Campus,

A Block, Gate 3, Tristram Street,

HAMILTON,

Whitiora,

3200, New Zealand

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
NZ$25,000.00 (12,58,241) per year
Start date

July 2025

Venue

Wintec

Hamilton City Campus,

A Block, Gate 3, Tristram Street,

HAMILTON,

Whitiora,

3200, New Zealand

Entry requirements

For international students

Candidates must have achieved University Entrance which is NCEA Level 3 comprised of 60 credits at NCEA Level 3 or above and 20 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above, including:

  • 14 credits each at NCEA Level 3 in three approved subjects; and
  • Literacy (10 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above made up of 5 credits each in reading and writing); and
  • Numeracy (10 credits at NCEA Level 1 or above made up of specified achievement standards or a package of three numeracy unit standards – 26623, 26626, and 26627 – all three required); or
  • An overseas school qualification equivalent to university entrance and meet the English language requirements below.

English Language Requirements

Candidates for whom English is an additional language must demonstrate their English language proficiency with a band score of 7.0 or higher for each component of the academic version of IELTS or

  • TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) score of 60 (with a writing score of 18)
  • TOEFL Paper-based Test (pBT) score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) score of 50 with no band score lower than 42

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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