Specialist Teaching Qualification Survey

Consultation on New Postgraduate Qualification in Specialist Teaching

Dear Special Education staff,

The consultation and development of the new postgraduate qualification in specialist teaching⁽¹⁾ is underway; starting with a stakeholder survey on the qualification content.

The new qualification with have endorsements in:

• Early Intervention
• Learning and Behaviour
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Special Learning Needs
• Deaf and Hearing Impairment
• Blind and Vision Impairment

It will be the new recognised specialist qualification for early intervention teachers, teachers and resource teachers of the deaf and hearing impaired, teachers and resource teachers of the blind and vision impaired, and RTLB.   This qualification will also be one of the recognised specialist qualifications for special education advisors and will be of interest to SENCOs, learning support teachers and others wishing to up-skill in special education.

Please take this opportunity to comment on the course content of the new qualification.  

Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HGQDCJP

Closing date: Friday 23 April 2010

Background article about the qualification: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=8013

Kind regards,
Marianne Laybourn
Advisor - Study Awards and Scholarships
Service Development and Support
Special Education
Ministry of Education

(1) Subject to CUAP approval

Contact: Marianne Laybourn

Phone: (04) 463 7065