Graduate Diploma in Special Needs Resource Teaching (GDSNRT)

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Introduction Entry Requirements Timeframe Programme Requirements Assessment Staff and Contact Information Enrolment Enquiries

Introduction

There will be no intake for first-year students in the Graduate Diploma in Special Needs Resource Teaching (GDSNRT) in 2010. This programme is only offered in 2010 to second-year returning students.

Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Auckland and the University of Waikato have signed a contract with the Ministry of Education to deliver four university courses leading to a Graduate Diploma in Special Needs Resource Teaching.

The programme is designed to provide appropriate professional development for experienced teachers who work in schools as resource personnel in the area of special education and who have been appointed to RTLB positions. It is a specialist graduate qualification that will improve the educational experience of special needs students.

Entry Requirements

Three years' teaching experience, and a degree of appropriate professional experience. Participants should currently be teaching in a classroom environment as an RTLB.

Timeframe

This qualification involves two years to four years of part time study.

Programme Requirements

Four courses:

Assessment

All EDUC/SNRT courses are internally assessed by assignments. There are no examinations.

At the beginning of each course students receive a Course Outline. This contains all the necessary information about the course including the number of lectures and tutorials, the course content, recommended readings, and information about the assignments.

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Staff and Contact Information

Programme Director

Dr Don Brown

Lecturers

Lottie Thomson
Liz Jones

Programme Administrator

Carole Merrick
Phone: 04-463 5035

Enrolment Enquiries

If you would like more information, or a Postgraduate Enrolment pack, contact the Postgraduate Office by email pgeducation@vuw.ac.nz or phone 04-463 9728.

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