Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto Canterbury

Principal/ Tumuaki

This is an outstanding opportunity for an inspiring and creative person who has a track record in successful school leadership. You will need to be an educator with strong interpersonal skills and an inclusive and collaborative approach to leadership.

You will need to have the range of leadership skills necessary to build on the existing strengths of our school and foster our culture of excellence in teaching and learning. This includes the ability to enhance and promote our school vision and values, as well as engage and work positively in a trusting environment with kaiako, ākonga and our wider community.

The successful candidate will need to be collaborative, flexible and organised and of course have a real passion for our students’ success through quality teaching and learning. This includes ensuring that our school remains a place that continues to grow the hauora of all tamariki, encouraging and equipping them to fill their kete for the journey ahead.

Essential to succeeding in this role, you will be prepared to immerse yourself in our school life and embrace our multi-cultural and diverse community. If you have a student-centred and future-focussed perspective with a clear commitment to inclusive and dynamic education for our tamariki, this may be the role for you.

This position is available from the beginning of Term 1, 2025.