Early Childhood Education

New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) has been providing comprehensive and professional programs to enable students to excel in their chosen field for more than 40 years.

All of our qualifications are approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and we deliver them not only across New Zealand but throughout the world with NZTC Global.

Unique Characteristics

NZTC’s unique characteristics, values and principles underpin everything we do, offering clear guidelines for who we are as a college and the commitment we offer to our communities:

• NZTC is committed to enabling our students’ access to outstanding education offered via flexible technology enhanced modes of learning that support lifelong learning journeys

• Our values of Vision, Heart, Competence and Spirit are the core qualities reflected in the ways in which we teach, care, support and learn

• Our qualification conceptual frameworks offer guiding principles of focus

• Our focus on the practical application of content knowledge that ensures our students are well prepared to care, learn and teach, and make meaningful contributions to our professional sector and communities in formal and informal ways

• Our teaching and learning activities are influenced by our engagement with research and professional communities guiding adult education, and technology supported teaching and learning, in our chosen fields of expertise throughout New Zealand and internationally

• Our community support projects abroad which reflect the sharing of our college values on a global scale

Our mission statement and values

We are guided by our mission statement, which provides a clear direction for all of our present and future activities:

Mission Statement

"New Zealand Tertiary College values people and is committed to empowering students to care, educate and serve meaningfully and effectively by providing comprehensive and professional programs."

Our college values

Four values underpin our mission statement. These values are constant reminders of our priorities for everything we do:

Vision - Te Mata

Guided by deep care and respect for the vulnerable and recognising their potential and unique needs we are encouraged to look to the future and dedicated to the best outcomes for those whose lives we touch.

Heart - Ngākau

With heart and kindness we celebrate and embrace people and their diverse cultures, talents and abilities. We acknowledge that it is through our students love and affection that families and the wider community benefit.

Competence - Poutama

Dedicated to increasing competence and confidence, we enable students to make a positive difference through care, education, professional service and a commitment to excellence.

Spirit - Wairua

Encompasses not only a spirit to succeed and act with courage, but is a powerful acknowledgement of God’s spirit; the life-force within every adult and child.

We acknowledge this spiritual dimension, His guidance and enabling in our lives, our endeavours and our outreach.