Use your skills and experience to lead lasting change in the classroom and beyond.

Do you want to lead and inspire change?

Here in Aotearoa New Zealand we need skilled individuals to make a real difference in the classroom and the wider community. Inspirational teachers and leaders are needed to work towards creating fairer opportunities.There are many issues we can transform by using the skills of a teacher, as a leader, for good.

About you

You believe in supporting and challenging people to reach their full potential, helping others to feel valuedequally regardless of cultural or socio-economic background and using your passions, beliefs, knowledgeand talents to motivate others.

You have strong relationship building skills, a proven record of achievement and possess a genuinedesire to use your skills and experiences to make a real difference. You’re also someone who combinesa strong work ethic and self-discipline with warmth, empathy, and humility and a genuine openness to learning.

If this sounds like you, the team at Teach First NZ would love to meet you!

About us

We believe that those who can teach, can lead. Teach First NZ Ako Mātātupu is an innovative not-for-profit organisation. We develop outstanding individuals into highly effective teachers and inspirational community leaders, who go on to tackle one of New Zealand’s most pressing issues -educational inequality.

We believe two things can make a big difference to educational inequality:

1. Great teachers working to raise aspiration and achievement in high-need classrooms;  and
2. Leaders at all levels of our society, equipped with the skills to affect large-scale change. The Teach First NZ programme aims to deliver on both.

The opportunity

Our programme provides carefully selected participants with the opportunity to use their skills andexperiences to create meaningful impact. Participants support a school community while working as a part-time teacher in a secondary school that serves a low socioeconomic area.

The Teach First NZ programme offers a big challenge that comes with autonomy, responsibility, andfreedom. You will not only see the real and tangible impact that you can have on your students and thecommunity, but will also receive a full-time salary and a full scholarship towards a Masters in Education and Leadership.

For many of our participants, the end of the two-year programme marks the next step in their careers in education as they take on leadership positions in schools and continue making a difference in the classroom.