教学硕士（小学）的毕业生将拥有成为所有学习者（尤其是优先学生群体的学习者）有效教师的知识和技能。他们将符合教育委员会的毕业教师标准，因此符合新西兰注册和临时认证的要求。该课程的毕业生将有资格教从1年级到8年级的儿童（通常为5至13岁）。<br>该课程适用于各个学科的高成就毕业生。它的目的是培养能干，灵活，有上进心和自我调节能力的新手教师，他们能够对自己的实践进行探究，并能够与学习者，同事和父母，学校以及看护者进行协作实践在更广泛的社区中。
Graduates of the Master of Teaching (Primary) will have the knowledge and skills to be effective teachers of all learners, in particular those from priority student groups. They will meet the Education Council's Graduating Teacher Standards and therefore meet the requirements for registration and provisional certification in New Zealand. Graduates of this programme will be eligible to teach children from Year 1 to Year 8 (typically aged 5 to 13 years old).<br>The programme is for high-achieving graduates from any discipline. It aims to develop beginning teachers who are efficacious, resilient, self-motivated and self-regulating professionals who are able to engage in inquiry into their own practice as well as collaborative practice with learners, colleagues, and parents, whānau and caregivers within schools and within the wider community.