Sir George Seymour College has an impressive and extensive range of Secondary School Programmes, packages and options to help your students get a head start on the exciting industries of airline, tourism and travel.

For further information on our fantastic Tourism 4 Schools programme resources & packages detailed below please contact Angie McKain our National Sales & Marketing Executive on 027 565 8004 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

*** Fantastic development for 2010 ***

Sir George Seymour College are very excited to be able to launch brand new resources and packages for the new National Certificate in Tourism (Introductory skills) Level 2 Version 3 to schools nationwide for 2009 and 2010! 

Click here to see our NEW Order form for 2010

Click here to access our NEW brochure with thorough details of our Tourism 4 Schools Programme resources, packages and options available to you.

Click here to see our BRAND NEW Level 3 package options available for your Year 13 students for 2010

 

Level 2 & 3 Tourism for Schools

What makes Sir George Seymour College special?

Sir George Seymour National College of Airline, Travel & Tourism is a Private Tertiary Establishment specialising exclusively in education programmes for the airline, travel & tourism industries. The College is fully government registered and accredited, and offers programmes and full time courses at it's Campuses in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch & Dunedin. We also offfer an extensive range of packages and options for use at secondary schools nationwide for teaching and assessing the National Certificate in Tourism (Introductory skills) Level 2, Version 3.

The College has a commitment to achieveing outstanding quality standards which has formally been recognised by the travel & tourism industry.

We have a close relationship with secondary schools nationwide and many of our tertiary students come directly from schools. We recognised the need to offer an alternative to existing resources and assessments at Tertiary level, which lead to the completion of packages for the National Certificate in Tourism Level 2 in 2003, since this launch we have continued to introduce additional unit standard packages & resources, remaining competitive and proactive with other providers. With the fantastic ability to quickly enhance and delvop our resources and act on feedback and ideas received from secondary schools, ensuring our packages match what works best for high schools, tourism teachers and secondary schools nationwide.

Our packages include student workbooks, teacher resources & assessments for all unit standards included in the National Certificate in Tourism (Introductory skills) Level 2, Version 3.

All student workbooks come with the assessments (separately)

Teacher kits include a copy of the student workbook & assessment, complete with all answers, marking schedules, extra resources such as OHT's, games, activities & puzzles which will save on your planning and preparation time.

We offer 20% discount off the RRP of ALL Lonely Planet guides when ordered through us, which are great resources to use in the classroom. We are also able to access good discounts on other Travel Guides, Maps & Atlases, so please feel free to contact Angie McKain if you are interested.

Support for your School

Tourism Career talks for your tourism students. Our Sales & Marketing team will happily come and enthuse your students about careers in the airline, travel & tourism industry. They can answer questions about salaries, career progression, qualifications, job opportunities, share stories & experiences and give your students a real insight into the different careers in the industry.

You will receive regular newsletters and updates from your nearest Campus and Angie via email, face-to-face visits, career expos and STAR courses.

A $500.00 Tourism Student of the Year scholarship is available to high schools using our Tourism 4 Schools programme, this scholarship is to be presented at senior prizegiving for your top tourism student.

Professional Development for teachers

We offer a range of options to support tourism teachers to gain a qualification in travel & tourism. Please contact Angie McKain if you are interested in gaining Level 3 and/or Level 4 tourism qualifications.

Attend a Professional Development day to gain great ideas on how you can deliver tourism in your school. This is a great opportunity to network with other tourism teachers and share ideas. If you can't attend one of our Professional Development days our National Sales Executive will run a session for you in your school.

Online Resouce Bank

This exciting resource which is part of our website, will give you access to a whole host of activites such as flash cards, mix and match, puzzles, code crackers, destination guides, maps, case study activities and MORE all based on travel and tourism, assisting with your planning and preparation time for your Tourism classes.  $150.00 is the cost for an annual subscription, with our team adding resources to it throughout the year.

School Loyalty Programme

For all tourism students who have completed our NEW Package One & Package Two packages who then go on to do a tertiary course at any Sir George Seymour College or Travel Careers & Training Campus, automatically entitles your school to select any 5 Lonely planet guides for your school, for FREE!

All schools nationwide who purchase our Package One & Package Two packages and have a student who then goes on to do a tertiary course at any Sir George Seymour College or Travel Careers & Training Campus, automatically go into the draw to win a $500.00 travel voucher for the tourism teacher! This will be drawn at the end of the year. 


If you have any questions or require any further information please don"t hesitate in contacting Angie McKain our National Sales & Marketing Executive on email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Phone (07) 853 0259 or (027) 565 8004.

Accreditation

Before you teach tourism and travel in your school, you must be accredited through the Aviation Tourism and Travel Training Organisation. Click here for information from the ATTTO website. Click here for an easy guide to how the process works.

STAR taster days and courses at our Tertiary Campuses

A number of taster days and/or one to four day STAR course options are offered at each of our five tertiary campuses nationwide to give your students an insight into an exciting career in Airline, Travel and Tourism. Choose from a number of taster days and/or courses including Flight Attending, Travel Agency, Cruise Ships, Hotels and more. The 2-4 day STAR courses can be delivered as a block or one day per week, we endeavour to work with what best suits each school.  Further information about our STAR tasters and courses is available from your nearest Campus, so please feel free to call us on 0800 10 20 20 to talk about your options.