Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu South Island

Kaiako Matua - English

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.

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 a vacancy for a kaiako matua | senior teacher in an exciting role leading English across the Southern region.

Kaiako matua work collaboratively and you will have the opportunity to extend your leadership skillset by taking on a variety of roles in the rōpū. Kaiako matua are also attached to a cross-curricular kāhui. Kaiako matua are supported by the other kaiako matua in their rōpū, regionally by our regional leaders of learning, and nationally by our national leaders of learning.

Ko koe tēnei | About you 

As a kaiako matua, you will be able to thrive in a busy environment, show initiative, have excellent communication skills and be self-motivated. As well as this you will have experience in building strong curriculum learning in a range of contexts and practical experience in effective assessment for learning.

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.