To be eligible for this award, you must:
- Be employed as a teacher of the deaf in a permanent or long-term relieving position
- Have the approval of and support from your employer
- Have a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in schools or the early childhood sector
- Be a New Zealand citizen or have New Zealand permanent residency.
Be employed in one of the following positions:
We will give priority to applicants who are fluent in NZ sign language.
a registered teacher in a permanent position at a state or state-integrated schoola registered teacher in a long-term reliever position (that extends for the full duration of the course) at a state or state integrated schoola registered teacher with the minimum of a Diploma in Teaching qualification at a chartered early childhood centrea teacher of the deaf in a permanent or long-term relieving position
Have the approval of and support from your employerHave a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience in schools or the early childhood sectorBe a New Zealand citizen or have New Zealand permanent residency.
You are not entitled to this award if you are:
- not accepted into the Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching: Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- repeating a failed course.
If you're employed part time:
- you will still be eligible for this study award, but the number of study leave days allocated to you will be less - this is based on your full-time equivalent status.