PROPOSED TEACHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS – ADULT & TERTIARY TEACHING SPECIALISATIONS
New Zealand Certificate in
Adult and Tertiary Education and Training
(Quality Assurance)
Level 6 – 60 credits
New Zealand Certificate in Assessment
(Advanced Practitioner)
Level 6 – 60 credits
New Zealand Certificate in Learning Design
(Advanced Practitioner)
Level 6 – 60 credits
New Zealand Certificate in
Education Technology
(Advanced Practitioner)
Level 6 – 60 credits
New Zealand Certificate in Pasifika Teaching
(Adult Education)
Level 6 – 60 credits
STRATEGIC PURPOSE STATEMENTS
This qualification is for practitioners in adult
and tertiary education. It will provide New
Zealand with educators and trainers who
have a leadership and/or specialist role in
quality assurance processes to support the
training and development of adults in a biand multi-cultural environment and to
improve educational and training outcomes
for New Zealanders.
This qualification is for practitioners who
design and use a range of innovative and
complex assessment methods for different
learning contexts. This qualification is
designed for current teachers/practitioners
in adult and tertiary education or training.
This qualification will provide New Zealand
with assessors who will have a leadership
and/or specialist role in applying the
principles and practices involved in the
assessment process to professional
standards.
New Zealand’s business environment will
benefit by having skilled graduates who
improve the qualifications structure and
capabilities of the workforce, to improve
productivity.
This qualification is for practitioners in adult
and tertiary education. It will provide New
Zealand with educators and trainers who can
design learning experiences and associated
resources to meet specified requirements,
and who are or can be employed in
education and training.
Graduates of this qualification will embed
best practice in learning design to ensure the
quality of the learning process and to
improve educational and training outcomes
for New Zealanders. They will coach/mentor
colleagues in learning design, and will apply
learning design principles and practice in the
development of quality learning experiences
for a wide variety of end-user environments.
This qualification is for practitioners in adult
and tertiary education. It will provide New
Zealand with educators and trainers who can
apply innovative technologies in their
practice, to enable quality learning.
Graduates of this qualification will facilitate
quality learning experiences for New
Zealanders, using a range of appropriate
technologies, and will coach/mentor
colleagues, to improve educational and
training outcomes for New Zealanders.
This qualification is for practitioners who
have an interest in Pasifika learning models,
frameworks or contexts in which they wish
to enhance their teaching or engagement
with Pasifika Peoples. These practitioners
are or aspire to be leaders within their own
teaching contexts and/or areas of expertise
and wish to improve and/or broaden their
teaching practice in specifically Pasifika
contexts.
Graduates will enhance the achievements of
Pasifika learners and communities by
including in their practice specialist
strategies reflective of and relevant to
Pasifika contexts and values. As a result,
Pasifika learners will be enabled and
encouraged to participate and contribute
more effectively to their social, learning,
industries/workplaces, and communities.
GRADUATE PROFILE OUTCOMES
Graduates of this qualification will be able to: Graduates of this qualification will be able to: Graduates of this qualification will be able to: Graduates of this qualification will be able to: Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
Analyse (15 credits)
- Critically evaluate current and emerging
quality assurance education frameworks
for application in own context
Analyse (15 credits)
- Critically evaluate current and emerging
assessment practices and frameworks for
application in own context
Analyse (15 credits)
- Analyse the learning design requirements
of given situations for application in own
context
Analyse (15 credits)
- Evaluate existing and emerging
technologies to enable quality learning,
for application in own context
Analyse (15 credits)
Implement and review (25 credits)
- Apply a quality assurance process in own
context for organisational improvement
and learner achievement
- Critically evaluate an existing quality
assurance process in own context
Implement and review (25 credits)
- Design, use and evaluate a range of
innovative and complex assessment
methods for different learning contexts
(30 credits)
Implement and review (25 credits)
- Design learning solutions to meet
specified requirements
- Apply evaluation and/or QA processes in
relation to learning design
Implement and review (25 credits)
- Facilitate learning interactions using
technologies appropriate to the learning
context
- Evaluate and address factors affecting the
successful uptake of educational
technologies and innovations within the
learning context
Lead (20 credits)
- Negotiate and collaborate with learners
and other participants/stakeholders to
Lead (20 credits)
- Negotiate and collaborate with interested
parties to facilitate the design process
Implement and review (25 credits)
Apply a range of specialist pedagogies
including Pasifika-based teaching and
assessment strategies to assist and enable
learners to achieve community, education,
and employment/industry requirements (12
credits)
Critically reflect on the teaching practices for
Pasifika learners to enhance their
achievements within a culturally inclusive
environment (13 credits)
Lead (20 credits)
- Negotiate and collaborate with interested
Lead (20 credits)
- Negotiate and collaborate with interested
parties to facilitate education technology
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Critically evaluate current issues and
emerging trends in Pasifika education for
application in own context
Lead (20 credits)
parties to facilitate the quality assurance
process
- Mentor/coach other practitioners to
enhance their knowledge and use of
quality assurance in their practice
achieve quality assessment outcomes
- Mentor/coach other practitioners to
enhance their knowledge and use of
assessment in their practice
- Mentor/coach other practitioners to
enhance their knowledge and use of
learning design in their practice
processes
- Mentor/coach other practitioners to
enhance their knowledge and use of
educational technologies in their practice
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Collaborate with stakeholders in your own
context to achieve quality assessment
outcomes for Pasifika learners (10 credits)
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Mentor/coach other practitioners to
enhance their knowledge and use of
specialist Pasifika pedagogies in their
practice (10 credits)
PATHWAYS
Education Pathway
Education Pathway
Education Pathway
Education Pathway
Education Pathway
This qualification builds on from
L4 ATT qualification & L5 ATT qualification
Matauranga Maori L5 quals
or equivalent skills and knowledge
This qualification builds on from
L4 assessment qualification
L4 ATT qualification and/or L5 ATT
qualification
L5 Mātauranga Māori qualification
or equivalent skills and knowledge
This qualification builds on from
L4 assessment qualification
L4 ATT qualification and/or L5 ATT
qualification
L5 Mātauranga Māori qualification
or equivalent skills and knowledge
This qualification builds on from
L4 assessment qualification
L4 ATT qualification and/or L5 ATT
qualification
L5 Mātauranga Māori qualification
or equivalent skills and knowledge
This qualification builds on from:
Achievement of this qualification may lead to
other L6 ATT and Mātauranga Māori
qualifications, and graduate and
postgraduate study.
Achievement of this qualification may lead to
other L6 ATT and Mātauranga Māori
qualifications, and graduate and
postgraduate study.
Achievement of this qualification may lead to
other L6 ATT and Mātauranga Māori
qualifications, and graduate and
postgraduate study.
Achievement of this qualification may lead to
other L6 ATT and Mātauranga Māori
qualifications, and graduate and
postgraduate study.
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NZ Certificate in ATT Level 5
NZ Diploma in ATT Level 6
other adult teaching qualifications or
equivalent experience
This qualification complements the NZ
Diploma in ATT (Level 6) with its
specialisation in Pasifika, and therefore the
Diploma can be achieved before or after the
Certificate.
Achievement of this qualification may lead
to:
 NZ Diploma in ATT Level 6
Graduates of this qualification may also
undertake further study towards graduate
and/or post-graduate qualifications.
Employment and Community Pathways
Employment and Community Pathways
Employment and Community Pathways
Employment and Community Pathways
Employment and Community Pathways
Graduates of this qualification will have the
skills and knowledge to critique, apply and
promote quality assurance in adult and
tertiary education and/or training. They may
be leaders or specialists in quality assurance
in adult and tertiary education and/or
training.
They could work in education organisations,
businesses, voluntary or community
organisations, industry, …
Graduates of this qualification will have the
skills and knowledge to design and use a
range of innovative and complex assessment
methods for different learning contexts.
They could be employed in education
organisations, businesses, voluntary or
community organisations, industry, …
Achievement of this qualification may
contribute to professional requirements for
registration as an assessor.
Graduates of this qualification will have the
skills and knowledge to design learning
solutions for educational, training, and
community contexts. They could be
employed in education organisations,
businesses, voluntary or community
organisations, industry, …
Graduates of this qualification will have the
skills and knowledge to apply innovative
technologies to enable quality learning.
They could be employed in education
organisations, businesses, voluntary or
community organisations, industry, …
Graduates of this qualification will have the
skills, knowledge and attributes for Pasifika
contexts to enhance:
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leadership roles adult and tertiary
education
coaching and training roles in business,
professions, and industry
general management/leadership roles in
industry
facilitation and leadership roles in
diverse communities or sectors.