Pb4l Schoolwide Practitioner

**Permanent, full-time**:

- **Bay of Plenty, flexible location (Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupō or Whakatāne)**

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education is looking for a qualified and experienced specialist to join our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) schoolwide team in the Bay of Plenty/Waiariki region on a permanent, full-time basis. This is an opportunity for you to affect positive behaviour change at a systems level.
- He mea _**_tārai _**_e mātou te _**_mātauranga_**_ kia_**_ rangatira_**_ ai, kia _**_mana taurite_**_ ai ōna _**_huanga_**
- We work to _**_shape_**_ an _**_education_**_ system that delivers _**_equitable_**_ and _**_excellent outcomes_**

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people across Aotearoa | New Zealand from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for every child, young person and adult student in our education system.

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown. We are committed to having Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the forefront of our work for land with Māori students, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

**Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role**

Are you passionate about fostering positive behaviour and creating a thriving learning environment for students? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) Schoolwide Practitioner in the Bay of Plenty region.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) initiatives help parents, whānau, teachers, early childhood centres, and schools to address behaviour, improve children's wellbeing, and increase educational achievement. By strengthening relationships and creating more positive home and school environments, we remove barriers to engagement and improve students' chances to achieve at school and beyond.

The Ministry of Education is committed to inclusive practice and all our PB4L initiatives aim to encourage pro-social behaviour that leads to improved learner engagement and achievement.

PB4L Schoolwide is a whole school approach to improving learner behaviour and achievement. Schoolwide Practitioners provide training and ongoing coaching to Schoolwide teams set up within the school. They work with these school teams to implement consistent and sustainable behaviour support systems that promote quality teaching and learning.

This is not a classroom teaching role, but you will be facilitating adult learning to create positive change in behaviours and school culture. You'll need to bring your cultural capabilities, facilitation skills, classroom behaviour management and specialist knowledge to be successful in the role.

For more information on this position, please read through the attached Job Description.

The location of this role is flexible and could be based at any of the offices in the Bay of Plenty-Waiariki region (Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupō or Whakatāne), offering a fantastic lifestyle and work-life balance opportunity in one of New Zealand's stunning and diverse outdoor adventure regions.

**We also offer**:

- Flexible working arrangements where everyone feels valued and supported
- The ability to purchase extra days leave
- A range of employee network groups
- An inclusive environment that encourages your personal cultural competency journey
- Development and learning, including mentorship programmes and internal secondments
- Wellness initiatives to support your overall health and wellbeing

**Mōhou ake | About you**

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

- a good understanding of the PB4L programme and connection with wider learning support
- experience of or be capable of working both in Kura Kaupapa Māori and English medium environments
- a tertiary qualification in education, psychology or other appropriate discipline relevant to the focus of the position (e.g. Special Education)
- confident presentation and facilitation skills
- proven capability in facilitating change through building and maintaining functional relationships
- the ability to work effectively alongside schools and educators to develop systems and practices that foster safe and inclusive environments **in a culturally responsive way**:

- a full driver licence as travel will be required.

This is not a classroom teaching role, but you will be facilitating adult learning to create positive change in behaviours and school culture. You'll need to bring strong cultural capabilities, facilitation skills, classroom behaviour management and specialist knowledge to be successful in the role.

**Mātau rōpū ake | About our ministry, group, and team**

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whānau.

Te Mahau | Te Tai Whenua