Kerikeri Kindergarten Northland

K1 (0.5) Teacher - Northland Kindergarten Association

Northland Kindergarten Association (NKA) is seeking a motivated and visionary teacher to join the team at Kerikeri Kindergarten, in the Bay of Islands. This 0.5 position will begin from July 15th 2024.

If your attitude is warm and welcoming; your communication style open and respectful; you have a proven approach to sustainable pedagogy; you are active in practice s that up-hold and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and love working with children, whānau and local community, then we are very keen to hear from you.

The teams practice is grounded in the knowledge that children are capable, competent, and powerful, and arrive at kindergarten with inherent mana and mauri. Kerikeri Kindergarten are Green Gold Enviroschools leaders in the Early Years network and run a weekly Ngahere Programme.

Kerikeri Kindergarten will have a team of 5 teachers and part time Administrator.  The kindergarten operates five 6-hour sessions Monday to Friday, catering for a roll of 40 children between two and six years of age.  Kerikeri Kindergarten operates an All-Year Model.  This 20-hour position will have varying daily hours.

Kerikeri Kindergarten is part of a network of 25 kindergartens within the NKA. The kindergarten is supported by a professional practice and management team. Northland Kindergarten Association adheres to the employment conditions as offered in the Kindergarten Teacher, Head Teachers and Senior Teachers Collective Agreement 2023-2026.

Applicants must hold a recognised New Zealand ECE qualification (minimum Dip Teaching ECE), current practicing certificate and first aid certificate.