Year one - structure and key dates
Programme structure
There are seven courses in the first year of the programme (acronyms in brackets indicate the programme strand):
First half year
Te Reo Māori 1: Hei Whaiora (TRMHW)—TCHG 102
Ako 1:Ngā Anga - Care and education frameworks and pedagogies (A)—TCHG 103
Te Ao Hurihuri 1: Te Tiriti - History and transformative education (TOA)—EDUC 102
Tātaimarau 1: Te Whāriki (T)—TCHG 104
Cross-Programme Priorities: Mātauranga-a-iwi and Inclusive Education
Second Half Year
Te Ao Hurihuri 3: Ngā Ariā - Theories of growth and learning in context (TOA)—EDUC 104
Tātaimarau me Te Reo Māori 2: Kia Rere - The “100” Languages of Children (TRMHW & T)—TCHG 105
Te Ao Hurihuri 2: Ngā Auahatanga - Innovations in care and education (TOA)—EDUC 103
Cross-Programme Priorities: Mātauranga-a-iwi and Education for Pacific Peoples
Key Dates
Dates | First half-year |
February 16 | Year One Programme commences |
February 16 – 20 | Ngā Mihi: First year campus-based block course and orientation programme, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi workshop (compulsory for all Student Teachers) |
February 23 | Trimester 1 begins |
February 23 - April 03 | Complete Home Centre hours, classes on campus, and independent (centre-based students complete 15 hours per week in their home centres) |
April 06 - April 17 | Easter and Mid-Tri Break |
March 23 - 27 | TCHG103 One-week full-time placement (students out in pairs where possible) (campus-based students only) |
April 20 – May 08 | Complete Home Centre hours, classes on campus, and independent (centre-based students complete 15 hours per week in their home centres) |
Week of May 04 | TCHG103 Briefing for Four-Week Teaching Experience |
May 11 – June 12 | TCHG103: Professional Practice: Five weeks full-time in centres/kindergartens (campus-based and centre-based students) |
Week of May 25 | TCHG103 Student support Zoom meeting |
Week of June 1 | TCHG103 Student support Zoom meeting |
Week of June 15 | TCHG103 De-briefing for Five-Week Professional Practice |
June 19 | Trimester 1 ends |
Dates | Second half-year |
July 06 | Trimester 2 begins |
July 06 – August 14 | Complete Home Centre hours, classes on campus, and independent (centre-based students complete 15 hours per week in their home centres) |
August 17 – August 30 | Mid-Trimester Break |
August 31 – October 09 | Complete Home Centre hours, classes on campus, and independent (centre-based students complete 15 hours per week in their home centres) |
October 09 | Year One concludes |
Whānau Ako
In Year 1, the focus is primarily on Student Teachers’ transition to the university context, rather than on wider professional learning communities. The First Year Experience (FYE) programme, built around the principles of Te Whāriki, establishes Student Teachers’ academic and professional identities. At Ngā Mihi, Student Teachers are introduced to the underpinning principles of the programme and begin community building within the cohort. A one-hour session takes place each week alongside timetabled classes, with other FYE activities integrated within classes as part of planned learning activities.
Through the FYE programme, Student Teachers are supported to:
- see themselves, and engage as, life-long learners
- be comfortable in seeking advice and support from others so they can be better teachers
- recognise that to support others they need to take care of their own wellbeing
- be committed to becoming the best teachers that they can be