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The Level 4 certificate with Playcentre Education will equip you with the skills and knowledge to be able to support children’s wellbeing and learning, and to lead effective Playcentre sessions. It is also recognised with other ECE settings such as homebased care and has content that is transferrable to your role as a parent and as a community leader.
Other providers also offer the NZ Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care Level 4 however Playcentre Education has catered the learning to fit into the lives of multitasking parents and within a Playcentre environment.
Playcentre is a licensed ECE-service, and as part of our licensing agreement with the Ministry of Education, there is an agreement that some Playcentre whānau will hold ECE qualifications. This certificate and the modules within it meet that requirement. By completing the awards within the certificate and the certificate as a whole, Playcentre ākonga help their Playcentres receive funding from the Ministry of Education. More importantly, Playcentre whānau know that their tamariki are getting the best education possible from a group of skilled kaiako.
Read some of the benefits below and our student stories to learn more about the experiences of our ākonga.
Benefits of the Playcentre Education programme
Benefit #1 - Discover how children learn
“Doing Playcentre Education has enriched not only my life, but it has opened my eyes to the world of how children develop and learn”.
Benefit #2- Connection with others
“I loved learning alongside other adults, I met people I would not normally have met and stepping outside of my comfort zone… and made new friends”
Benefit #3- Understanding schemas
“Schemas was such a highlight for me, I learnt my child is not being ‘naughty’ they have a schema which is an urge and they are learning it made me look at it in a different way and now I can come up with ideas to help support them”.
Benefit #4 - Increasing your confidence in interacting with other children
“[The Playcentre Education qualification] has given me so much confidence. I get to be a part of a team and I also have confidence in interacting with other children”.
