Teaching Practice (Level 7)

OP7702

This programme is delivered fully online. Watch our video to see what online study with Open Polytechnic is like.
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    Level
    7
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    Credits
    20
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    Cost
    $1,010 NZ Domestic

    This programme is currently being offered Fee Free. Read the information under the Fee Free Offer tab for more details.

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    Student loan

    Not applicable.

This online programme is the second part of the Teacher Education Refresh (TER) programme.

This programme consists of two courses: 

  • EDU703 Effective Design for Learning 
  • EDU704 Teaching Practicum.

The TER is for teachers who are required by the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand  to complete the four-course programme before regaining their Practising Certificate.

You MUST complete EDU701 Teaching in Aotearoa New Zealand and EDU702 Creating a Culture for Learning before you enrol in EDU703 Effective Design for Learning.

You must also complete EDU703 before you begin EDU704 Teaching Practicum.

EDU704 Teaching Practicum includes a four week practicum; teachers are required to negotiate their own practicum placement for EDU704 Teaching Practicum.

This programme is provided by the Open Polytechnic through a subcontracting agreement with Tātai Aho Rau CORE Education Ltd.

Further information about your practicum is provided in the Associate Teacher handbook that you can download below, along with the TER Practicum Form that you will be required to complete.

Associate Teacher Handbook  (PDF 1MB)

This programme is currently being offered FEE FREE.

The Ministry of Education is currently paying the student fee for enrolment in OP7701 Teaching as a Profession and OP7702 Teaching Practice. Please read the Fee Free Offer tab for more details.

Maximum Programme Completion Time

To be awarded the qualification, the programme must be completed in no more than 1 year of first enrolment, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

About EDU704 Teaching Practicum

As part of EDU704 Teaching Practicum you must complete a four week practicum where you must teach at least 0.5 of a full time teaching load under the supervision of a fully registered teacher in a learning organisation.

You need to complete EDU703 Effective Design for Learning before you begin EDU704 Teaching Practicum and you MUST begin EDU704 Teaching Practicum at least three weeks before your four week practicum. 

Practicum 2024

To enrol in 2024 you must have completed results for EDU703 Effective Design for Learning. The last intake into practicum in 2024 is October 2024. Practicum is closed in November/December (2024) and January (2025).

  •  
    Level
    7
  •  
    Credits
    20
  •  
    Cost
    $1,010 NZ Domestic

    This programme is currently being offered Fee Free. Read the information under the Fee Free Offer tab for more details.

  •  
    Student loan

    Not applicable.