Newlands Kindergarten

20/11/2024

At He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, we have over 108 kindergartens across the regions we serve, bringing learning, connection, and fun to families across Whanganui, Central Plateau, Horowhenua, Kapiti, Porirua, Greater Wellington, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa and South Otago. We also provide a home-based service - Etu Ao in Porirua and Levin.

Our vision for He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua is derived from our belief in the importance of quality early childhood education for the children themselves, their whānau, their community and for Aotearoa New Zealand. Therefore, we seek to be a leader in the provision of high-quality early childhood education, and by demonstrating what can be achieved, be seen as advocates for children and whānau and help to improve quality early childhood education throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

Out of this vision comes Ngā Uara - Our Values:

- Nurturing the mana of the child
- Kounga - Quality
- Mahi Tahi - Partnership
- Pono - Integrity

More than 6,000 children now attend one of Whānau Manaaki’s 108 kindergartens and around 150 children are enrolled with our Pasifika-focused Etu Ao homebased service.

**Community Description**
Our Kindergarten is in the Wellington North suburb of Newlands. We feed into 4 local schools and serve a community that has a wide cultural mix. The kindergarten community celebrates this diversity and richness, with a programme strongly focused on inclusion and equity.

We have a well-resourced learning environment, which purposefully offers a wide range of rich learning opportunities with both active and quiet spaces for our tamariki to explore and engage in.
Our strong and reciprocal relationships within our learning community, support all tamariki and whānau to feel a genuine sense of belonging.

We have 40 children attending for 6 hours each day. You will join our team of 4 other teachers and operate as a full year Kindergarten.

This is a fulltime role worked Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm

**We are looking for a committed and experienced ECE kaiako who**:

- is willing to impart their ECE pedagogical knowledge and _know how_
- is excited to share their own strengths, teaching talents and skills with ngā tamariki & kaiako
- is enthusiastic in to implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi into every day practice
- is keen to be a part of ‘_open to learning’ _approach to their own and others learning alongside the rest of the teaching team and staying curious
- is eager and able to be an active advocate for all tamariki and whānau in our changing ECE climate.

**Applications close on Wednesday, 4th December 2024 at 11.50pm