Master of Teaching & Education Leadership
Level 9 – Accredited by NZQA and the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Mind Lab’s Master of Teaching and Education Leadership (MTEL) is an initial teacher education programme run in partnership with Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZ. The MTEL 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.
Key Benefits
Become a qualified teacher with a registrable Initial Teacher Education qualification
Make a real difference in your community and in the lives of our rangatahi
Develop your leadership skills and potential
Be part of a national movement towards positive educational change
Structure
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.
Course Outline
The below is a summary of the papers you will complete and when you’ll complete them to achieve the Master of Teaching & Education Leadership.
Summer Initial Intensive
8000 Learning Engagement: Establish relationships and behaviours to support learning
8001 Effective Teaching: Apply evidence-based pedagogical practice
During Year 1 of the programme
8005 Critical Reflective Practice: Review, reflect and problem solve
8004 Design for Learning: Targeting learning to meet diverse learners’ needs
8003 Society and Learning: Inclusive social and cultural practice
8006 Curriculum and Leadership: Collaborating and leading a curriculum-based initiative
Throughout Year 1 and 2 of the programme
8002 Curriculum and Pedagogy: Specialist learning area pedagogical content knowledge
During Year 2 of the programme
8007 Education Leadership: Day-to-day practice leading within education
8008 Practice-based Research Project Plan: For ‘teaching as inquiry’
9000 Practice-based Research Project: Addressing a contemporary teaching challenge through collaboration and leadership with a social justice and equity focus
