Year 9 Homeroom Teacher — Te Kura Tuarua o Tūnatahi

About our school and Year 9 model
We are seeking an enthusiastic, passionate Year 9 Homeroom Teacher to lead an integrated learning environment that provides students with a positive, protective, and empowering start to secondary school. Our Year 9 model focuses on supporting new beginnings and nurturing untamed potential in a dedicated homeroom environment.

Key role responsibilities

• Integrated subject delivery: Teach core subjects (English, Maths, Social Studies, Physical Education, and Te Reo Māori) to one dedicated homeroom class.
• Relational pedagogy: Build warm, caring relationships to know, value, and empower every student, ensuring no student falls through the cracks.
  Science of Learning: Implement connected, schema-building teaching strategies that encourage deep learning across subjects and foster 21st-century competencies like complex problem-solving, collaboration, and systems thinking.
• Rigour and support: Deliver practical hands-on activities and group projects while working closely with the Learning Support Coordinator to support and extend all learners.
• Student voice and community partnership: Promote student confidence and voice while strengthening the partnership between the student, school staff, and parents/families.

Ideal candidate

• Registered teacher in New Zealand with a passion for junior secondary   education.
• Committed to integrated curriculum delivery and relational teaching.
• Enthusiastic about supporting inclusive, culturally responsive teaching practices.
• Able to hold high expectations while providing unwavering learner support.