Kaiārahi Toiora

Ko wai mātou | About us

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school with a roll of up to 24,000 ākonga (students) at any point of time. We provide personalised learning programmes from early childhood to NCEA Level 3.

Our ākonga are at the centre of all we do. We are privileged to have the opportunity to support many ākonga on their learning journey including many at risk ākonga.

Our vision is to enable our ākonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities. Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa – Anytime, anywhere, anyone.

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this position

We have an exciting opportunity for a kaiako (teacher) to join our central south region as Kaiārahi Toiora. This is a full-time role that currently consists of 0.8 FTE (32 hours) leadership and 0.2 FTE (8 hours) teaching.

You will bring strong experience in pastoral care, learner support and educational engagement, together with the ability to lead others in responding to a wide range of learner wellbeing needs. As a leader of your own regional team, you will combine excellent relationship management skills with a collaborative and culturally responsive leadership approach.

Ko koe tēnei | About you

It is essential that you have a sound knowledge of the New Zealand Curriculum and assessment requirements and are willing to learn, innovate, work collaboratively and build effective relationships.

You'll be future orientated and understand how the use of technology, together with your enthusiasm, vision and commitment improves education outcomes for all our students, Māori and Pasifika learners in particular.