Kaiako Matua (Senior Teacher) Spanish | Flexible Office Location - New Zealand

Job Description

Permanent (28 January 2025 start)

Full-time 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week)

2 MU's and 2 MA's

Based in one of Te Kura regional offices: Wellington, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Hastings, Rotorua, Gisborne, Wairoa, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, Whangarei, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill or Queenstown

Are you excited about the future of learning?

Do you want to work with the latest technology?

Keen to be part of a collaborative and innovative culture?

Ko wai mātou | About Us  

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school with a roll of up to 24,000 ākonga (students) at any point of time. We provide personalised and authentic learning programmes through distance education from early childhood to NCEA Level 3, including to young adult and adult learners.    

Our vision is to enable our ākonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities.   

Our ākonga are at the centre of all we do.  Our learning programmes are flexible, enabling us to respond to diverse ākonga needs Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa – Anytime, anywhere, anyone. 

Teaching at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu 

Kaiako at Te Kura engage with our ākonga online and face-to-face at huinga ako (advisories) and events, and also work onsite with colleagues in our regional offices. Te Kura aims to provide flexible working arrangements, so Kaiako are able to request to work from home for up to two days per week. 

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this position:  

We have a vacancy for a Kaiako Matua (Senior Teacher) based in one of Te Kura regional office located in Wellington, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Hastings, Rotorua, Gisborne, Wairoa, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, Whangarei, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill or Queenstown.

We are looking for a Kaiako Matua of Spanish who understands, and is passionate about, current pedagogy and is able to deliver authentic, learning programmes in an increasingly student directed online environment.

The successful applicant will be part of a collaborative leadership team guiding and supporting innovative and inclusive curriculum design.

Our focus is on engaging ākonga in learning that is relevant to them in their context and provides choices for the future.  Kaiako Matua work collaboratively and you will have the opportunity to extend your leadership skills by taking on a variety of roles in the rōpū.  Kaiako Matua are also attached to a cross-curricular kāhui.  Kaiako Matua are supported by the other Kaiako Matua in their rōpū, regionally by our Regional Leaders of Learning, and nationally by our National Leaders of Learning.

Ko koe tēnei | About you: 

We are looking for a Kaiako Matua who is passionate about supporting ākonga, who is innovative, creative and responsive to the needs of individuals and groups of ākonga when designing learning, and who is excited at the opportunity to work in an environment where learning is highly personalised and flexible.

The successful applicant will have

•  Passion for making a difference​
•  Relationship focused
•  Growth mindset
•  Solution fluent
•  Ability to demonstrate resilience
•  Digitally literate
•  Use of reflective and inquiry-based practices
•  Like to work collaboratively and contribute as part of an integrated team
•  Use of culturally responsive and inclusive practices
•  Sound knowledge of NZ Curriculum and experience in teaching the stated curriculum area across different levels of learning
•  Experience in working with student management systems and achievement data.

Hei whakautu - In return 

Te Kura will provide you with the opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive environment and work in a team that offers genuine work flexibility as part of an organisation that makes a difference to ākonga (students) across New Zealand.   

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to Apply:  

If you've nodded your head whilst reading this and thought ‘this is me!' click that apply button, we want to hear from you!    

 Applications must be lodged via our career's portal, and you must have the right to reside or work in New Zealand.     

E hiahia mōhio anō ana koe? | Like to find out more?   

For more information, check out the position description, or contact Wendy Talbot-Aspin, Regional Manager Overseas & Early Childhood via email Wendy.Talbot-Aspin@tekura.school.nz

Applications close at 5pm on Sunday, 8 December 2024.