If you are thinking of teaching as a career or returning to teaching check out the government recent announcements. We need more people into our profession. This might be you!

Career changer scholarships
To encourage people to change career and become a teacher, we offer two different types of career changer scholarships. Both pay course fees plus $30k per year of study and are open from 15 September to 13 October. These scholarships are very popular and we know career changers go on to enjoy fulfilling teaching careers.

• The number of Te Huawhiti career changer scholarships available for all sectors and subjects is increasing by 100 additional places to 185 places.
• In addition, 115 Te Waka Whakarei career changer scholarships are available for Māori-medium and te reo Māori teachers.

Please help spread the word and direct people to the TeachNZ website pages.

Take your place alongside our young people – TeachNZ

Te Waka Whakarei Career Changer Scholarship – TeachNZ

Teacher Education Refresh programme

As well as supporting schools to recruit teachers, we are focused on attracting people into the teaching profession. To incentivise people to return to teaching roles, we will continue to fully fund the Teacher Education Refresh programme to be fees-free until June 2023.

Go to TeachNZ website for more information:

Teacher education refresh – TeachNZ

This programme allows teachers who have been out of the profession for five years or more to return to the field.