Lyall Bay Kindergarten Wellington

Teacher – Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens

Lyall Bay Kindergarten is located near a beautiful beach and close to local schools and the surrounding suburbs of Kilbirnie, Melrose, and Rongotai. We are proud to support our vibrant community with children from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Our teaching team are dedicated to supporting a child-led curriculum where children follow their interests and are curious about the world around them.  Current focus for the team is growing their commitment to sustainable practices through daily rituals and routines. 

As a .5 teacher your total hours of work will be 20 hours per week, worked as follows:
  
Mon (4hrs)          11.30am to 3.30pm
Tues (5hrs)          11am to 4.30pm with 1/2 hr unpaid break
Wed (3hrs)          11.30am to 2.30pm
Thur (2hrs)          11.30am to 1.30pm
Fri (6.hrs)            8am to 2.30pm with 1/2 hr unpaid break

The kindergarten has had recent improvements made to our large outdoor environment, providing our tamariki with a sheltered space for the winter months and inviting places to explore a wide range of physical activities. We are licensed for 40 children who attend for 6 hours each day. You will join our team of 4 other teachers.
    
We are looking for an enthusiastic ECE kaiako who:

• Participate in collaborative professional relationship the demonstrate initiative and adaptatively apply this in practice.
• Has an interest in sustainability and making this key focus of the localised curriculum
• Work responsibility and inclusively in ways that ensure that tamariki are at the heart of decisions where the diversity and uniqueness tamariki is valued and celebrated.
• Will bring fresh thinking and ways of being to our well-established team.  

If you would like to visit the kindergarten to see if the environment would be a good fit for you, please contact senior teacher Soreen Scahill on (021) 428 752.