New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5)

Location

Online

Duration

44 weeks part-time

Delivery

Delivered through the eCampus. Online activities including readings, discussion forums, research tasks and fact finding. Study is part-time, will be mainly self-directed and is flexible to suit your needs.

Credits

60

DescLevel

60

Intakes

Monthly

Apply

Anytime

    Study breaks content

  • Location
    Intake
    Study breaks
  • Distance
    22 July 2024
  • Dunedin
    22 July 2024
  • Distance
    17 February 2025
    30 June 2025 - 11 July 2025
    14 April 2025 - 25 April 2025
    22 September 2025 - 3 October 2025
  • Distance
    14 July 2025
    22 September 2025 - 3 October 2025
  • Dunedin
    17 February 2025
    30 June 2025 - 11 July 2025
    14 April 2025 - 25 April 2025
    22 September 2025 - 3 October 2025
  • Dunedin
    14 July 2025
    22 September 2025 - 3 October 2025

Delivered online through eCampus NZ

Help others learn! 

Have you spent years learning your trade? Are you now ready to pass on your knowledge to others? This Certificate will help you to gain the skills to share your knowledge and experience. 

If it’s a love of teaching, a passion for your trade or a need to help others achieve success, this qualification will give you the tools to help you achieve your goal. 

Who is this for?

If you aspire to a career in adult and tertiary teaching or training, this is a fantastic programme to set you on your teaching career path. 

Career opportunities

With this qualification under your belt, you could go on to secure a role as a vocational or workplace educator and trainer or as an academic staff member/tutor. 

What will I learn?

Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

  • design for learning to meet specified learning outcomes in a variety of contexts
  • create and sustain a learner-centred teaching environment that respects learners’ mana and diverse backgrounds, and the wider educational and societal context
  • select and apply facilitation and teaching strategies appropriate to diverse learners
  • enhance learning through the application of assessment and moderation practices
  • critically evaluate and reflect on own professional practice and explore options to improve it. 

Course descriptions 

Programme structure 

Course

Credits

Total learning hours

Duration

Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

15

150

10 weeks

Assessment and Moderation

15

150

10 weeks

Teaching Approaches for Learner Success

10

100

10 weeks

Learner Centred Practice

20

200

14 weeks

 

60

600

44 weeks

Entry requirements 

Academic requirements

  • Open entry. 

Other requirements

  • You will need to have access to a group of at least 6 learners in order to complete course activities and required assessments.
  • These graded assessments contribute towards your overall grade so if you do not have access to a group of students, you will be unable to successfully complete the course.
  • You can learn more about the assessment requirements on each of the individual course pages (accessible via in the course descriptions section).
  • You must also be working with learners in a post-secondary environment and must meet the requirements of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014. 

Experience

Even if you don’t have the necessary qualifications you may still be approved for entry if you can show you have literacy and numeracy skills needed for tertiary study through other study, work and/or life experience. Please contact TANZ for more information

Language

  • If English is not your first language, you may be required to show that your English Language skills meet IELTS 6.5 Academic (no lower than 6.5 in any subject) or English Proficiency Outcomes Chart equivalent. 
  • If you have no evidence of your English Language skills and are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, contact us for an assessment. 
  • Students with an NCEA Level 3 University Entrance are not required to provide evidence of English Language skills.   

COVID-19 vaccination information

As this programme is delivered fully online, you do not need to provide us with a My Vaccine Pass.

  • You will need to provide us with a valid My Vaccine Pass if you want to visit an Otago Polytechnic site for any reason while you are studying with us (e.g. meetings, events, presentations) or attend graduation in person at the end of this programme.
  • You do not need to provide a valid My Vaccine Pass if you are attending on campus health services (e.g. student health, Kowhai Centre).
  • In exceptional circumstances, exemptions may be granted to this. You can find out more about this in our vaccination policy. If you think you have grounds to be exempt from our vaccination requirements, please email Covid-19@op.ac.nz    

You can find more information about our vaccination requirements here. And, if you still have further questions, please visit our FAQs page which you can find here.

Your workload

This programme is made up of four courses with a total of 600 learning hours. This breaks down to approximately 15 hours per week of part-time study. 

Depending on your previous academic online experience this may vary a little. 

Further study options

This programme is the perfect pathway into further study towards Level 6 and above qualifications in adult and tertiary teaching. 

Student loans and allowances

Courses and qualifications through TANZ eCampus are eligible for student loan support on condition that the student and level of study meet certain criteria. Student loans are administered through Studylink.

Intakes:

Course Description Dates
25-DUN-FY Dunedin 3 February 2025
25-DIS-FY Distance 3 February 2025