{"id":1577,"date":"2022-10-17T07:59:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mtaspiring.school.nz\/?page_id=1577"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T02:06:13","slug":"distance-learning-vocational","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/distance-learning-vocational\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Learning &#038; Vocational"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1577\" class=\"elementor elementor-1577\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85a0dbf elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85a0dbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79c67af\" data-id=\"79c67af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610eb93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"610eb93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DISTANCE LEARNING AND VOCATIONAL<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3822854 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3822854\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b69217\" data-id=\"7b69217\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cceb6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1cceb6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our students can choose from a range of personalised learning programmes either as one of their six subjects, as an additional learning opportunity on top of their six subjects, or as an individualised pathway of choice using a separate school timetable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0887d65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0887d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learning delivered online<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5efb145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5efb145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning delivered online gives selected students an opportunity to pursue their studies in a way that better suits their learning needs or provides access to subjects not available at school. Students can enrol in a Correspondence School (Te Kura) course or courses delivered via NetNZ. Through these courses, students can achieve credit towards NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b349c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b349c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vocational pathways<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8db3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d8db3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our vocational education and training courses give students access to a range of pathways offering practical skills and training to prepare them for specific areas of employment or tertiary study. These courses include:<\/span><\/p><h3>Distance learning<\/h3><p>Students can access Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR)-funded courses through the Southern Institute of Technology or Telford. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These courses can contribute credit towards NCEA Levels 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p><h3>Otago Secondary Tertiary College (OSTC)\u00a0<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students can attend off-site at Otago Secondary Tertiary College (OSTC) in Cromwell to study courses in automotive, construction, beauty, hairdressing, hospitality, cookery, police pathways and turf management. These courses can contribute credit towards NCEA Levels 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p><h3>Work-based learning programmes<\/h3><h4>Central Otago Youth Employment Programme (COYEP)<\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For students over the age of 15 (Year 11) who would like to experience the world of work while continuing their studies at school, COYEP allows them to spend time at school and at work sites in their areas of interest while achieving credits towards NCEA Level 1 or 2. These students can then choose to transition out of school into work or further vocational training (eg a pre-trade course) for a particular job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4>Gateway Programme<\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gateway programme gives Year 12 and 13 students access to structured workplace learning combined with school-based learning. Students\u2019 learning is assessed in the workplace and they can achieve credits towards a nationally recognised qualification in their area of interest.<\/span><\/p><h4>Pathways Programme<\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This practical, skills-based learning programme is customised to meet the needs of students in Years 12 and 13 to support their goal of transitioning out of school to further study or work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4>Aviation<\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Year 12 and 13 students can gain a Private Pilot Licence as part of their studies. Thanks to partnerships with W\u0101naka Helicopters and LearnToFlyNZ, students can obtain their licence in either fixed wing (aeroplane) or rotary wing (helicopter) while they study for their national academic qualifications. You can read more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/courseguide.mtaspiring.school.nz\/subjects\/distance-learning\/aviation-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aviation programme in our course guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba7f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aba7f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Snow College<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db35cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7db35cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to our school\u2019s enviable location in the alpine region of New Zealand\u2019s South Island, our students are offered a snow career pathway programme in partnership with the Cardrona x Treble Cone Snow College. Students can undertake this programme as an area of interest on top of their existing subjects and can achieve credits towards NCEA Level 2 and 3. While the training is delivered in a snow environment, the skills and knowledge acquired in this course are relevant to a range of careers on and off the snow including early childhood education, hospitality, service industries, and trades such as mechanics and electrical.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f1c551 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f1c551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Extension opportunities<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9dc1a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9dc1a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a number of tertiary courses available for senior students through tertiary providers, such as Unistart at Waikato University and the University of Canterbury. These courses (delivered online) include, for example, first-year Engineering Maths, Art History, Economics, Languages and Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Social Work, Speech Science.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d747353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d747353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">View our course guide<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29588f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f29588f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/courseguide.mtaspiring.school.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View our course guide<\/a> to learn more about our distance learning and vocational subjects.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISTANCE LEARNING AND VOCATIONAL Overview Our students can choose from a range of personalised learning programmes either as one of their six subjects, as an additional learning opportunity on top of their six subjects, or as an individualised pathway of choice using a separate school timetable.\u00a0 Learning delivered online Learning delivered online gives selected students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtaspiring.school.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}