2010 Study grant Information Pack and Application Form

ECE Study Grants are designed to support students who hold particular qualifications to gain their first early childhood teaching qualification that leads to registration as an early childhood teacher. Study Grants contribute towards the costs that students face while studying.

ECE study grant information 2010

Aim

ECE Study Grants are designed to support students who hold particular qualifications to gain their first early childhood teaching qualification that leads to registration as an early childhood teacher. Study Grants contribute towards the costs that students face while studying.

Study Grants of $3000 may be applied for by:

• degree-holders who enrol in NZ Teachers Council-approved Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) programme;
• qualified primary teachers who enrol in a NZ Teachers Council-approved programme of early childhood teacher education; or
• primary student teachers who change their programme of study from primary to a NZ Teachers Council-approved programme of early childhood teacher education.

Key information

Study Grants are a one-off payment of $3000 (applicants are only able to receive the Study Grant once). Approved Study Grant applicants will receive the payment in one instalment of $3000, four to six weeks after the closing date.  Payments will be made directly into the bank account specified by the applicant on the application form.

The Study Grant round for 2010 will open on 15 February and close on 19 March. At this stage there have been no dates set for a second round in 2010.

Eligibility criteria

Study Grant applicants must be a:

• New Zealand citizen or hold permanent residency status;  and be one of the following:
• degree-holder enrolled in a NZ Teachers Council-approved Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) programme,
• qualified primary teacher, or
• a primary student teacher transitioning to ECE and enrolled in a programme of early childhood teacher education at one of the following teacher education providers:

University of Auckland Faculty of Education
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Auckland University of Technology
Massey University College of Education
Bethlehem Institute of Education
Te-Wānanga-o-Raukawa
UNITEC Institute of Technology
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Manukau Institute of Technology
Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Education
WINTEC - Waikato Institute of Technology
Te Tari Puna o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
The University of Waikato School of Education
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Eastern Institute of Technology
University of Canterbury College of Education
Waiariki Institute of Technology
University of Otago College of Education
New Zealand Tertiary CollegeR
angi Ruru Early Childhood College
New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education.

Study Grants are not available to people who have received from the Ministry of Education (in any year) a:

• TeachNZ ECE Scholarship,
• Incentive Grant(s), or an
• ECE Study Grant.

Prioritising applications

In the event of over-subscription to this initiative, applications may be prioritised according to specific criteria. The criteria will be applied in the order noted below:

• are enrolled on a full-time basis;
• are currently employed at an ECE service, with priority given to ECE services which fall into the 0-49% funding band(s) (using the most recent funding data).

Study Grant applications, with bank generated evidence attached, should be posted to:

Kelly McMurtrie
ECE Implementation Planning Team
Level 6
Ministry of Education
PO Box 1666
Thorndon
WELLINGTON

kelly.mcmurtrie@minedu.govt.nz

The closing date for the 2010 grant round is: 19 March 2010