Long Bay College Auckland

Assistant Head of Faculty English

Long Bay College is a co-educational secondary school located in a peaceful location near Long Bay Beach and the new Long Bay Village. The school opened in 1975 and has approximately 1800 students with 150 teaching and support staff combined.

We seek an outstanding leader for our Faculty of English. Our ideal candidate will have evident strengths as a classroom teacher and curriculum design. They will be a leader who places high value on knowledge rich approaches and cognitive science considerate pedagogy with the capability to drive the professional growth of the wider team individually and collectively, directly supporting the Head of Faculty and wider school direction.

As a kura we offer English extension, English, and English Literacy pathways. We place a strong emphasis on high academic achievement secured by strong collective practice. Our Junior English programme is a knowledge and skills rich foundation for our NCEA co-requisite, senior courses and NZQA Scholarship.

If you are an ambitious, demonstrably capable leader who places a high value on research informed pedagogy, curriculum design and leadership, we would love to hear from you.

A commitment to our culture of care, a willingness to grow as a practitioner, and to be a person who enjoys and celebrates high academic and co-curricular achievement is essential.

This is a full-time, permanent position to commence in term 4, 2024 or the start of 2025.

If you are interested in joining a college that nurtures students to care, create and excel we would welcome your application.

Contract and remuneration will be in accordance with the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (STCA): www.education.govt.nz/school/people-and-employment/employment-agreements/collective-agreements

Annual remuneration is dependent on service and qualifications, starting rate of $59,027 and top rate of $99,216. Hours of work will be full-time as set out in the STCA.