Gateway
Teacher: Mr Peter Connell
Coordinator: Bronwyn Gardner
‘Gateway provides valuable learning and may lead to employment opportunities. Learners can achieve specific vocational skills and make significant progress towards industry recognised qualifications. (from the Tertiary Education Gateway Handbook 2021)
Gateway is part of our college’s dual pathway system, offering hands on work experience and learning targeted to the individual students needs and strengths. The programme provides valuable learning experiences that may lead to employment opportunities.
Students can achieve specific vocational skills and make significant progress towards industry recognised qualifications. Unit standards are achieved through work placement and classroom learning and assessment.
Gateway is an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills required for future employment. The work placements are during term 2 and 3 for one a day per week and are selected to support students individual needs, passion and interests.
Gateway is for:
- Year 13 students in their final year of secondary school education
- Students who have a genuine interest in gaining real world workplace experience or apprenticeship-type training
Gateway will assist students to:
- Gain credits in school towards Level 3 NCEA qualification
- Gain access to industry training mentors and apprenticeship providers
- Blend school-based study with workplace learning and experience
- Build skills for employment
- Experience an authentic work environment and gain hands-on skills
- Try out potential career options
- Create a pathway directly into an apprenticeship or to further education or employment
Gateway programme subjects
- Gateway subject – unit standards that relate to the working environment, including CV and interview skills, and working with diverse people. First Aid and Health and Safety unit standards included
- Religious Education
- 2 optional Gateway modules aimed to advance student’s knowledge and skills round financial literacy and increase fitness, health and well-being
- 1-3 subjects – personal choice
- Study period
How to become involved:
- Speak to the Academic Dean or House Dean to be considered
- Speak to parents/caregivers and whanau about this opportunity
- Complete the ‘Expression of interest’ section below and return
- Have an interview with the Gateway Coordinator and parents/caregivers.
- The Principal will make the final selection of students for Gateway
Placements have included
Automotive Engineering Hospitality
Building and Construction Hairdressing
Plumbing Property Management
Electrical Farming
Transport Retail
Unit Standards offered in Gateway
| Unit number | Title | Level | Credits | Provider |
| 6400 | Comprehensive first aid | 3 | 2 | Outside Provider |
| 6401 | Provide first aid | 2 | 1 | Outside Provider |
| 6402 | Provide basic life support | 1 | 1 | Outside Provider |
| 22316 | Demonstrate knowledge of drugs and alcohol problem | 3 | 4 | Outside Provider |
| 19522 | Undertake job safety analysis | 3 | 3 | Outside Provider |
| 30265 | Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role | 3 | 8 | Outside Provider |
| 4251 | Career Plan | 3 | 3 | Internal |
| 1980 | Dealing with Employment relationship Problems | 3 | 3 | Internal |
| 1296 | Interview in Informal Situations | 3 | 3 | Internal |
| 1304 | Communicate with people from other cultures | 3 | 2 | Internal |