Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Graduate Diploma in Mentoring and Professional Leadership | |
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Qualification Type | Graduate Diploma | |
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Level | 7 | |
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Credits | 120 | |
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The Graduate Diploma in Mentoring and Professional Leadership is a qualification designed to prepare graduates to seek roles within their area of expertise where there are leadership and/or mentoring opportunities. Students will develop knowledge and skills in critical reflection of their practice within the context of mentoring and leadership.
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Graduate profile |
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Mentoring and Professional Leadership, graduates will be able to:
* Work with others in mentoring and/or leadership roles. * Critically reflect on their professional practice. * Interpret, critique and apply contemporary research to solving leadership and mentoring problems. * Evaluate possible legal requirements which relate to their professional practice. * Contribute to communities of practice. * Critically evaluate the professional contexts they are working in to understand the influences on their and their colleagues' professional practice. * Drawing on theory critically reflect on own and colleagues' communication. * Implement strategies to develop professional relationships. * Solve work-based problems through an understanding of contemporary strategic management and human resource management theories and practice. * Work within best practice guidelines when co-presenting professional development. |
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Education pathways |
Graduates of this programme will be eligible for entry to higher level study at postgraduate level.
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Entry Requirements |
All students (domestic and international) must:
* Have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline. * Be able to demonstrate equivalent practical, professional or educational experience. * Be New Zealand citizens, permanent residents or have the requisite visa for study purposes. * Be able to demonstrate adequate literacy and/or numeracy skills to enable them to meet all academic and health and safety requirements of the programme/course on which they enrol. All applicants to the programme who do not have English, te reo Māori or New Zealand Sign Language as their first language, or who did not undertake their secondary schooling in English must provide evidence of having achieved an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of 6.0 in each academic band: reading, listening, writing and speaking with no band score lower than 5.5. |
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |
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Number | 3404 | |
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Status | Current | |
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Created | 2016-03-23 10:04:53.0 | |
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Last Reviewed | 2017-01-26 13:32:43.0 | |
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Next Review | 2021-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |
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