Educational Leadership

The MEdLd offers opportunities for in-depth study of research relevant to educational leadership and to critique and contribute to the educational research that is shaping New Zealand's educational policy and practice. It will provide you with the theoretical understandings and practical leadership skills needed to make a difference to the quality of education in your current and future workplaces.

Programme highlights

• Pursue research in an area of your choice that links to educational leadership.
• Work closely with university researchers who are influencing New Zealand educational policy and practice.
• Offers optional courses from the Business School.

There are two pathways within the degree – a Research Masters (completion of a thesis) or a Taught Masters (course work and a dissertation).

Research Masters 

• 60 ects Thesis

Taught Masters

• 30 ects Dissertation
• Special Topic: Leadership for Learning
• Special Topic: Accelerating Learning
• Early Years Pedagogy
• Education Law: Policy Implications
• Educational Leadership
• Educational Policy and Organisations
• Educational Leadership in the Electronic Age
• ECE Curriculum Issues
• Undertaking Research for School Improvement
• Mentoring Teachers
• Developing Professional Expertise
• Education and Empowerment
• Educational Change
• Special Topic: Culturally Responsive Leadership
• Researching Māori Education

Entry criteria

In order to be admitted to this programme, a student needs to have completed the requirements for one of the following:

• a Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership from this University, or its equivalent approved by Senate or its representative with an average grade of B or higher
• a postgraduate diploma in education as approved by the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work with an average grade of B or higher

and

• hold a professional qualification in teaching or other profession approved by Senate or its representative
• have at least three years of practical experience in teaching or a related profession, including experience in a formal or informal leadership and/or management role.

Documents to support your application

• Birth Certificate, or Relevant pages of your passport, or Citizenship Certificate.
• ID photo
• your official academic transcript
• your official programme completion certificate
• your mark sheets
• your relevant course outlines (3)
• IELTS or TOEFL or equivalent.

Minimum postgraduate English language requirements

• IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 and all bands 6.0 or better
• Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 90 plus a written score of 21
• Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 575 plus Essay (TWE) of 4.5
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) and Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 176 and all bands 169 or better
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 58 and no PTE communicative skills score below 50. You must authorise the University to view and verify your PTE scores. 
• Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85

• University of Auckland International Student Scholarships