​Career changer? Recent graduate? Train to teach with us!

Rangitoto College is proud to be a founding school within the Auckland Schools’ Teacher Trainee Programme (ASTTP/University of Waikato) and The Teacher Institute (TTI).

You’ll spend the year completing coursework remotely while you work on-site at one of New Zealand’s top high schools. Transition into your teaching career, and have a job offer in your new profession lined up at the start.

By training on-site there’s the chance to be mentored by experts in your subject-area specialisation as you train. This new immersion track takes one year, provides a stipend, and gives you industry experience in a top secondary school for the whole year of training.

For more information: https://www.schoolbasedtraining.org/

Rangitoto College welcomes applications from prospective teachers in all subject areas, with STEM specialists particularly sought.

We are now recruiting our future trainee teachers for 2026. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is thinking about becoming a teacher, particularly those considering a career change and looking to be immersed in a school environment while they train. Fees are paid and a generous stipend is provided. For more information and to apply, please email traintoteach@rangitoto.school.nz

Applicants should consider the following in a letter of application and follow the guidelines in our Vacancies page.

• Reasons for entering the teaching profession, including any relevant work experience
• Prior experience with young people and the community
• Passions within, and beyond, the classroom
• Subject specialist areas and any additional areas of curriculum expertise (applications from all subject areas are welcome and STEM specialists are particularly sought)
• Aspects they may contribute to the life of the school during the intern programme