Principal/tumuaki

**A leading Y1-6 kura in Christchurch**:

- **Excite children and their whānau about learning**:

- **Leading a motivated and highly skilled team**

**_Are you the next exceptional leader of one of Canterbury’s largest Year 1-6 Schools?_**

**About the Kura/School**:
St Albans School is an inner Christchurch, community-focused co-educational kura where children are treasured and teachers, staff and whānau are valued and committed to excellence and achievement.

**Our Vision**:Treasured children with a love of life-long learning

**Our Values**: Respect, Initiative, Community, Manaakitanga, Fun, Excellence, Creativity

What makes Te Kura o Hato Opani / St Albans School special:

- Our strong curriculum provides learning opportunities that are connected and authentic to St Albans learners, with a model of collaboration and co-teaching.
- Our highly motivated and committed team are our greatest assets.
- The school rebuild is complete.
- We are a school in a strong financial position.
- A committed and enthusiastic Board.
- Te Tikanga Rua Reo, our special character programme that offers tamariki a national curriculum programme both through Te Reo Māori and English. Our aim is for pupils graduating in Year 6 to be confident in both languages, to possess a strong identity, and a sound understanding of tikanga Māori.
- Our diverse and rich multi-cultural community.

**Skills & Experience**:
You will be:

- A seasoned educational leader, with a track record of success
- A leader focused on growing leaders and growing the team - passionate about leading a professional and skilled team
- Willing to learn from staff and appreciate staff
- Collaborative and inclusive, distributing leadership within the team
- A visible leader, approachable, available and caring
- Innovative, with enthusiasm and positive energy
- Skilled in navigating conflict
- Willing to embrace technology
- Skilled in school management
- Community-minded

You will have:

- A wise head
- Excellent knowledge of the curriculum
- Diverse problem solving around behaviour and student issues, helping students to flourish
- Experience in multicultural contexts
- Pedagogical leadership - collaborative and co-teaching, digital learning, modern learning practice
- A sense of humour and fun
- Resilience, to handle a big school with lots of needs
- A heart for te ao Māori, te reo Māori, and ōna tikanga.
- Relationship skills - listening, respectful, empathy, clear communication.