Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching

Want to teach your favourite secondary school subjects to a new generation of New Zealanders, and embark on a career that will inspire and make a difference to young people’s lives? The Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching covers practical techniques to teach your curriculum subject in secondary schools. There’s a strong emphasis on practical experience and you complete 15 weeks of practicum placements in secondary schools.

Minimum entry requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in a subject considered relevant for teaching in a New Zealand secondary school
• Attend a selection interview
• Meet the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand Requirements of Good Character

Other requirements

• Two referee reports
• Numeracy and literacy assessment
• Disclosure/Personal Declaration Form
• Authorisation to Disclose Information for Police Clearance

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic) 7.0 overall with all bands 7.0 or higher

This programme is made up of five taught papers¹, and 15 weeks of practicum placements in a secondary school.

Papers

• Assessment Theory and Practice
• Provocations in Educational Thinking
• Towards a Personal Philosophy of Teaching and Learning
• Curriculum Theory and Practice
• The Emerging Professional

Note: This programme is offered at North Campus for Semester 1 only and South Campus for Semester 2 only.

¹During campus-based papers students also attend curriculum studies tutorials in their teaching subjects, run by practising teachers on allocated afternoons.

• Bachelor of Education ([Specialty] Teaching)

Student teachers who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching are eligible to seek provisional registration as a teacher and apply for teaching positions in secondary schools.