Associate Degree in Teaching (Pacific Focus)

If you are a Pacific Islander looking to become a teacher in your island home with your family and community, UNE's Associate Degree in Teaching (Pacific Focus) is your ideal course. You'll gain the knowledge and skills to become a qualified early childhood, primary or secondary school teacher, with the flexibility to study online.

Bring your unique understanding of your community to the classroom, with the goal of helping Pacific Islander students to develop and learn. Learn from UNE's tight-knit specialist Pacific Island team. Build your confidence as a teacher, ensuring you make a meaningful contribution to your students. At UNE, we help make your Pacific Island teaching goals a reality with a qualification that is both in demand and rewarding.

1. know their students and how students learn;
2. know their subject/content and how to teach that content to their students;
3. plan for and implement effective teaching and learning;
4. create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments;
5. assess, provide feedback and report on student learning;
6. continually improve by engaging in professional learning; and
7. continually engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community.

Middle Eastern Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Tawjihi).

• Grade average of 88 in the final year results, or
• Successful completion of a recognised pre-tertiary, or
• Foundation program OR successful completion of one year study at a recognised tertiary, or
• Higher education institution is required in addition to the completion of High School studies

If you are an international student and want to study one of the following programs at UNE, you can apply online.

• Undergraduate (Bachelor) programs
• Postgraduate (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters) coursework programs
• International Exchange and Study Abroad
• English Language Centre programs
• Individual UNE units (Non-Award)

Ensure that you attach certified copies of transcripts of all relevant previous studies including:

• proof of completion
• photo page from passport or another birth record
• evidence of English language proficiency
• any other documentation requested in the online form

If your documents are in a language other than English, please provide an officially certified English translation with certified copies of the original documents.