Applications
The Recruitment Process
Application
The online application is your first chance to share your story: your experiences, achievements, and motivations for working towards social change in Aotearoa. It should take between 1-2 hours to complete.
Applications are currently open, and close on September 9th. Your application will be reviewed between 9th and 11th September.
Interview
Successful applicants will be invited to a phone interview, which is an opportunity to discuss your alignment in further depth through a 20-30 minute phone conversation. Face-to-face interviews are possible for those who prefer kanohi ki te kanohi.
Interviews will take place between 11th - 16th September.
Ako Centre
Success here will lead you to a one-day Ako Centre, incorporating a pepeha process, an interview, a group exercise, a sample teaching lesson and self-reflection exercises.
Ako Centres will run from 21st - 26th September.
Offer
If you are successful at an Ako Centre, congratulations! You will be made an offer to start your leadership journey with Ako Mātātupu. The programme commences on 17th November 2019.
Deferred entry
If you are still studying, or are in the process of meeting the entry requirements, there is an opportunity to submit an entry for the 2021 cohort. Successful applicants will be invited to a phone interview this year, and an Ako Centre in 2020.
Take our eligibility quiz
Are you eligible to join our flagship programme? Our quiz will help you understand whether you meet our eligibility criteria as well as what subjects you may be able to teach.
Take the eligibility quiz!
Request an info pack
If you would like to find out more about our programme, how it works and who we are looking for, we have created an information pack just for you!