Kura Tuatahi—Primary

Find information for primary sector students, including key dates, programme structures, professional practice expectations, and supporting forms.

We aim for our graduates to be confident, capable teacher practitioners who ensure strong relationships with learners and between theory and practice. For example, a crucial element of teaching is student teachers’ capabilities to develop warm, reciprocal, and responsive relationships with learners, together with effective professional relationships with teaching colleagues and, where appropriate, with parents and whānau. Student teachers will develop their capabilities in relation to nurturing and maintaining such relationships through critical examination of literature and putting what is learnt from theory into practice.

The Graduate Diploma programme consists of 150 points, and the Master of Teaching and Learning programme consists of 180 points.

All student teachers participate in six courses over the year. Each course supports student teachers’ progress towards meeting the Ngā Paerewa|Standards for the Teaching Profession (in a supported environment). Akopai/Professional practice courses support student teachers’ knowledge about the professional practice of teaching, the role of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in education, and te reo me te ao Māori.  Te Kahu o te Ao/Learning Design courses support students to engage with curriculum learning areas and pedagogies, and four cross-programme priorities:

• Mātauranga-a-iwi
• the Digital Age Educator
• Education for Pacific Peoples
• Inclusive Education.