BTI | Christian ECE, Primary & Secondary Teacher Education Qualifications with Excellent Job Outcomes for Graduates

School of Teacher Education

BTI offers three programmes for teacher training in Aotearoa:
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) ECE
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)

Study in a caring, supportive, Christian environment where your learning and teaching will be informed by faith, inspired by hope and motivated by love.

BTI has redeveloped all of our teacher education programmes for 2022, in line with new requirements for teacher education. While the content of the programmes has changed, the heart remains the same: developing wise educators who have great minds, great hearts, and great practice.

BTI’s Teacher Education programmes are approved and accredited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), and lead to registration and provisional certification with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. All programmes equip our graduates to exhibit the aspirational qualities and knowledge base included in the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards for the Teaching Profession.

“Tāku wā ki BTI. My time at BTI was an absolute blessing; to be able to attend and be able to complete my Post Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching. My tutors were informative, professional and passionate in what they transferred onto us and most of all they were very supportive, approachable and kind.
Ngākau Tapatahi (Integrity)
Whakaaro. Ka tini te whakaaro taumaha, ka mahia i te mātauranga rereke te hinengaro tinihanga, ka ora ai te ahuatanga.
When we change the ideas that envelop or shackle us, we participate in transformational pedagogy because with changed minds comes changed actions.”
– Aroha Koria, Graduate from Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)