Master of Teaching & Education Leadership

The MTEL is work-based, meaning that our participants are employed in secondary schools across New Zealand with Limited Authority to Teach, while they are also working towards meeting the Graduating Teacher Standards to become fully registered and Provisionally Certificated teachers.

The MTEL is predominantly online, with face-to-face workshops occurring through the two years of the programme.

Through the MTEL, participants will engage with and implement contemporary teaching approaches as a form of social justice, to address educational inequity in their focus schools and communities.

Summer Initial Intensive
Starting in November each year, the Summer Initial Intensive is a nine-week training programme to prepare participants for their two-year secondary school placement.

Two-Year Placement
After the Intensive and at the start of the school year, participants are placed as teachers in a secondary school serving a low-income community for two years while completing their Master’s in Teaching and Education Leadership (Education Based Teacher Training) on a 0.6 – 0.7 FTTE (60-70% of Full-Time Teacher Equivalent). While participants are working and learning they are paid a salary and are on a scholarship. During this time, participants receive comprehensive support from both Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZ and The Mind Lab.

The schools our participants are placed in are all over New Zealand and have fantastic mentors who work with participants on a day-to-day basis in school.

To gain entry into the Master of Teaching and Education Leadership, you need to gain a place on the Teach First NZ Programme. The Teach First NZ programme provides carefully selected participants with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a school community, inspiring future generations of New Zealanders to fulfill their potential. To apply to the Teach First NZ Programme, teachfirstnz.org.

Application Terms & Conditions

This Master’s is a registrable teaching qualification (New Zealand Council Graduating Teacher Standards – NZC/GTS) which pathways towards leadership development in the unique educational context of Aotearoa.