Early Childhood Education

NZTC has a 40 year history of empowering early childhood educators with comprehensive and professional programs.

All qualifications on offer at NZTC are internationally recognised and NZQA approved.

Our vision is to empower our students with knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs that will enable them to be effective early childhood educators. To fulfill our vision we aim to:

Deliver relevant and high quality academic training in early childhood education
Provide a stimulating, supportive learning environment for our students
Recognise the uniqueness of early childhood development in the life cycle
Create a learning environment that enables our students to realise their highest potential
Give our students practical skills for working in the early childhood sector
Recognise and appreciate that our students are uniquely gifted and their individuality should be respected
Educate our students to support the child's primary caregivers - the parents
Acknowledge that early childhood teachers can make a difference in the lives of young children and their families
Enable our students to be true professionals in their career