TEPP362-26A (C) Approved Start 2026

Professional Practice 2

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 August 2026
End Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026
Withdrawal Dates
The withdrawal dates for this course (both with and without fee refund) will be confirmed once a) the course start date and b) course length is confirmed. Students are advised to consult the department for further information.

Description

This second and final teaching practice experience provides opportunities for students to deepen their learning and reflection on teaching and demonstrate professional skills, knowledge, and dispositions. Practice experience is focused on: demonstrating beginning teachers levels of practical competence in understanding and responding to learners, design for learning, establishing a learning-focused culture, fostering professional relationships, enacting principles relating to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and engaging in professional learning. The practice experience contributes to the examination of practice-related challenges and assignment requirements across the programme. Kaiarahi | Associate Teachers assist Pukenga Taitiara | Professional Practice Lecturers from the Faculty to assess students' developing competence as a teacher.

Learning Outcomes

  • On the successful completion of this course students will display a level of competency expected of a beginning teacher by being able to:

    1. Discuss and apply practice that is aligned with tangata whenuatanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
    2. Use teacher inquiry, collaborative problem solving and professional learning to refine professional capability in supporting children’s wellbeing, belonging, communication, contribution and exploration.
    3. Establish and maintain professional relationships and teacher dispositions focused on the learning and wellbeing of each learner.
    4. Apply practice that is focused on extending learning, and characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety for learners
    5. Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner’s strengths, interests, needs, identities, languages and cultures.
    6. Teach and respond to learners in a intentional and adaptive way to progress learning at an appropriate depth and pace
    7. Understand, articulate and apply relevant theory to enhance their pedagogy in this professional practice.



    WITHDRAWAL DATES
    Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): the Friday prior to the placement commencing
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund) – available only through a special consideration application for late discontinuation.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Prerequisites

Co-requisites

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Placement A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01-P1 Monday 09:00 - 17:00 In Schools or ECE centres
24 Aug - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 25 Oct
01-P2 Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00 In Schools or ECE centres
24 Aug - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 25 Oct
01-P3 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 In Schools or ECE centres
24 Aug - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 25 Oct
01-P4 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 In Schools or ECE centres
24 Aug - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 25 Oct
01-P5 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 In Schools or ECE centres
24 Aug - 27 Sep
12 Oct - 25 Oct

Course Coordinator

Rikke Betts

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $948.00

International fee $4,263.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment .

All TEPP362 Occurrences

  • TEPP362-26A (C) Approved Start 2026
  • TEPP362-26A (D) Approved Start 2026 (Distance)