Regional Leader of Learning Te Kahui Rawhiti
Fixed Term ( January – December 2025)
Full- time 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week)
Based in Hastings
4 Management Units
Are you excited about the future of learning?
Work with the latest technology and be able to support akonga across NZ
Be apart collaborative and innovative culture
Ko wai matou | About Us
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school with a roll of up to 24,000 akonga (students) at any point of time. We provide personalised and authentic learning programmes through distance education from early childhood to NCEA Level 3, including to young adult and adult learners.
Our vision is to enable our akonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities.
Our akonga are at the centre of all we do. Our learning programmes are flexible, enabling us to respond to diverse akonga needs Ki te ti, ki te ta, ki te katoa – Anytime, anywhere, anyone.
Teaching at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
Kaiako at Te Kura engage with our akonga online and face-to-face at huinga ako (advisories) and events, and also work onsite with colleagues in our regional offices. Te Kura aims to provide flexible working arrangements, so Kaiako are able to request to work from home for up to two days per week.
Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this position:
The Regional Leader of Learning is an inclusive, innovative and creative problem-solver, responsive to shifts in educational thinking, and focused on equitable access to learning and equitable outcomes for diverse learners. This role is responsible for leading, influencing and supporting ongoing development in kaiako thinking and practice across all levels of curriculum delivery at Te Kura.
This role offers exciting opportunities to lead, influence and support ongoing development in Kaiako (Teacher) thinking and practice across all levels of curriculum delivery at Te Kura. You'll lead in-region Big Picture inquiry development and provide support for key Ministry of Education initiatives including Learning Support, Success for Maori Students and Success for Pacific Students.
Provide connected and effective regional leadership of Te Kura's Big Picture pedagogy and contribute as part of the school-wide team to the design and review of curriculum following the direction set by Te Whariki and the New Zealand Curriculum. Your thorough understanding and experience of online learning design, learning delivery, learner agency and assessment requirements are key.
E pa ana ki te tima | About the team
We invite applications from leaders in education with a passion for effective curriculum design and delivery to join us at Te Kura. You'll be a key part of our dedicated Regional and Overseas and Early Childhood teams who work alongside our akonga (students) to achieve successful outcomes.
Ko koe tenei | About you:
We are keen to hear from people who are excited about working as an integral part of our new curriculum team structure which has been designed to best meet akonga and whanau needs.
You'll be an exceptional communicator, and an inclusive, innovative and creative problem-solver, with proven experience in encouraging and supporting staff to implement and integrate key curriculum initiatives. You'll be responsive to shifts in educational thinking and focused on equitable access to learning and outcomes for diverse learners.
There is a 0.2 FTE teaching component to this role, confirmed annually in consultation with the appropriate Regional Manager in response to identified regional needs.
Me pehea te tuku tono | How to Apply:
If you've nodded your head whilst reading this and thought 'this is me!' click that apply button, we want to hear from you!
Applications must be lodged via our career's portal, and you must have the right to reside or work in New Zealand.
E hiahia mohio ano ana koe? | Like to find out more?
For more information, check out the position description, or contact Ray Edwards, Regional Manager Te Kahui Rawhiti via email ******
Applications close at 5pm on Monday, 9 December 2024.
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