Paeroa College Waikato

Head of department - Arts

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and relational teacher who has students at the heart of their practice. We are looking for an outstanding classroom practitioner to lead our small team of innovative arts faculty and to teach specialist NCEA courses in Visual Arts. This could include painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, wearable arts. For the right applicant, this is a perfect opportunity to take your creativity to the next level. It is expected that you will make a significant contribution to school-wide progress and achievement goals and engage in the wider life of the college.

We are a Y9–13 coed secondary school, with a 45% Māori roll, located in the beautiful small town of Paeroa, in the Hauraki District of the Waikato. We are centrally located within an hour to major cities, beaches and recreational areas.

Our school has a strong culture that values academic and personal excellence, the centrality of the Treaty partnership, cultural diversity, contribution to the community, innovation and a curriculum that focuses on our learners and what they need to succeed. Our students learn through an exciting student-centred curriculum that includes a focus on individual mentoring and student agency. Our college has a comprehensive professional learning programme supporting teacher growth and classroom innovation.

This position will commence in term 2, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. For more information about our college, please visit our website.