Master of Teaching & Education Leadership

Develop, adapt and apply specialised curriculum knowledge, contemporary pedagogical approaches, and appropriate teaching and learning strategies to your teaching practice and the learning environment.

Collaboratively lead culturally responsive teaching practice in a bicultural context, with diverse learners and their communities, with a critical awareness of their obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Effectively lead change towards equity and social justice in Aotearoa New Zealand through collaborative teaching engagement with diverse learners and their communities.

Improve your teaching practice through the application of contemporary professional knowledge, engagement in contextualised self-reflection and practice-based research for effective teaching practice and education leadership.

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, 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.

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.

Alumni
As alumni, participants join a growing network of passionate individuals who use their insight and experience to continue to work towards providing equal opportunities for our young people and making lasting contributions to an equal Aotearoa New Zealand.

To gain entry into the Master of Teaching and Education Leadership, you need to gain a place on the Teach First NZ: Ako Mātātupu Programme. The 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, visit learntolead.teachfirstnz.org. 

Application Terms & Conditions

Teach First NZ: Ako Mātātupu is a not-for-profit organisation that is working towards the vision of all young people in Aotearoa reaching their full potential. Currently, New Zealand has one of the highest levels of educational inequality in the developed world, which results in thousands of students falling through the cracks of our education system. The Teach First NZ Programme works to address this issue by bringing more outstanding people into the education sector to help to achieve this vision as teachers, school leaders, and through leadership in other fields.

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.