Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour Study Award

Learn about this award, which supports people to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching: Learning and Behaviour, at Massey University.

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  • Teachers and kaiako
  • RTLBs
  • RTLB clusters

 

Applicants for the Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour Study Award must meet the associated criteria and use the annual application process.

Key information

You must apply for Massey University's Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching: Learning and Behaviour at the same time as you submit your study award application.

Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching: Learning and Behaviour – Massey University(external link) 

The admission with Massey University closed on 9 December 2023.

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What the award covers

This study award supports the Massey University’s Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching Learning and Behaviour.

If you have any questions regarding the diploma, contact Massey University's Postgraduate Administrator by:

Email: ioe-postgraduate@massey.ac.nz

Phone: 06 356 9099 Extn 83072

The study award covers:

  • a contribution towards your travel and accommodation to attend the block courses (paid to your cluster lead school)
  • the full amount of your domestic tuition fees (paid to Massey University).

Who is eligible

To be eligible for this award, you must:

  • Be permanently employed as an RTLB.
  • Have support from the lead school/cluster manager to study for the diploma.
  • Have a bachelor's degree.
  • Hold a relevant professional qualification such as a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education or an equivalent qualification. This means an overseas qualification assessed as being equivalent to a relevant New Zealand qualification by the New Zealand Psychologists Board or the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. If you are unsure about whether you have an equivalent qualification, contact Massey University.
  • Be a New Zealand citizen or have rights to reside and work in New Zealand indefinitely or permanently.

You are not entitled to this award if:

  • you are not accepted into the Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching: Learning and Behaviour offered by Massey University 
  • we have previously provided you with funded support for your RTLB training – you will need to re-take any failed papers at your own or your lead school’s expense.

Once applications have closed, we will contact your cluster manager to confirm:

  • your employment status
  • that they approve and support your study.

What to include in your application

Your application may include any letters of support (not mandatory).

Include details of your ability to succeed in the course of study and any other circumstances that you feel are important for us to consider. 

Our decision to grant or not grant an award is final, and we will not enter into any discussion about it.

Your responsibilities in meeting the award conditions

If you are granted this study award, you must meet certain conditions. The specific terms and conditions will be listed in your letter of offer. In brief, you must:

  • enrol in your courses at university
  • understand the offer of study award is valid for 2 years. If you would like to extend your studies to more than 2 years, you need to contact us at learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz
  • plan your study and workload for the year (we recommend that you do this with your employer)
  • arrange appropriate study leave with your employer
  • email us at learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz if any of the information you provided in your application changes – this includes your employment status, contact details and any changes to your proposed study.

What the study award covers

Domestic tuition fees (course papers only)

In April, your university sends an invoice directly to us for your course fees and we pay these straight to them.

You will receive invoices from the university. Do not pay for the course fees, but do pay for all other costs.

Non-tuition fees such as building fees, student levies, administration fees and any other add-on university charges are not included.

Failure, withdrawal, breaks in study and changes to employment

If you:

  • decide not to start the course after enrolment, you must re-apply for a study award the following year. Your study award will not be deferred for a year. You will be liable for any fees charged by the university for withdrawing. If we have already paid your fees to the university, we will invoice you for the amount. ‘The university stipulates a ‘withdrawal date’, which is the final date that you can withdraw by to be eligible for a refund of tuition fees. Withdrawal dates are notified on your Confirmation of Enrolment letter from the University or can be seen in the full course outline for a specific course on the Massey website.
  • fail a paper, you will need to re-take that paper at your own expense.
  • withdraw from study part way through the qualification, you will need to pay back all academic fees that we have paid for your study.
  • need to take a break from study due to unforeseen circumstances, email learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz and the university. You can ask for a maximum of one year’s break from study.
  • change the RTLB lead school to another RTLB lead school part way through the qualification, email learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz. Your study award will continue if your new employer agrees to support you and your new employment fits the eligibility criteria for the study award.
  • choose to resign from your job, you may no longer be eligible for the study award.
  • are made redundant, your study award will continue, and you can continue studying for that year. However, you will not be supported with a travel contribution and study leave unless any new employer agrees to support you, and your new position fits the eligibility criteria for the study award.
  • want to study one paper per year, you are expected to study 2 papers per year. In exceptional circumstances, you may be allowed to study 1 paper. The value of the award will remain consistent with others to ensure equity.

Required disclosures

Your application must disclose any convictions you have had unless they are covered by the Criminal Records (Clean Slate Act) 2004. This is required to ensure that you would not be prevented from gaining future employment with the Ministry of Education.

You must declare all of your convictions if you have:

  • been convicted of an offence within the last 7 years, or
  • been sentenced to a custodial sentence (eg, imprisonment, corrective training, borstal), or
  • been ordered by a court during a criminal case to be detained in a hospital due to your mental condition, instead of being sentenced, or
  • been convicted of a ‘special offence’ (eg, sexual offending against children, young people or those mentally impaired), or
  • not paid in full any fine reparation or costs ordered by the court in a criminal case, or
  • been indefinitely disqualified from driving under section 65 of the Land Transport Act 1998 or earlier equivalent provision.

More information

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For more information about this award, contact the Senior Advisor for Study Awards and Scholarships by:

Email: learningsupport.workforce@education.govt.nz

Phone: 04 463 8357

 

 

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