Science Teacher

Calling all Science Teachers

Come and join our Science Education Team for the 2026 school year.
We're looking for a passionate engaging educator to support our programs on a part-time basis — 1 or 2 days per week, depending availability.

This role is ideal for someone who is returning to work, looking to supplement their current teaching load, or wanting a flexible position that still allows them to inspire the next generation of young Green School learners. This is a face to face teaching role, so the candidate will need to live locally.

What you'll be doing:

• Delivering fun, hands-on science sessions to students
• Creating an engaging learning environment
• Supporting the development of scientific curiosity and confidence in learners

What we're looking for:

• Qualified and experienced Science teachers (middle or high school welcome)
• Enthusiastic communicators with a passion for education
• Reliable team players who enjoy working with young people

If you're excited about making science come alive for students — we'd love to hear from you

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Imagine a school where nature IS the classroom, where learners are educated for sustainability and given the skills they need to be change makers … not in the future, but NOW

What does happiness, sustainability, optimism, community, compassion, and a commitment to New Zealand, and the planet, have in common?

If you answered Green School New Zealand you may be one of the teachers who will help us change the paradigm of learning. We are recruiting a qualified experienced Science Teacher for a part-time, fixed-term (ideally starting Term

At Green School, we are educating tomorrow's environmental leaders. We embrace high-quality learning, within a growth mindset, that fosters a connection between what we learn, and how we learn, with care and compassion. We endeavor to find joy everyday within our community and regeneration within our connection to the environment and the land. Our unique environmental campus, or village, in the rural area just outside New Plymouth, is a living, learning, green community, where we work hard, challenge our thinking, and ask compelling questions of ourselves and our learners, as we forge new pathways to higher education, industry, and entrepreneurial enterprises.

If you want to "thrive with purpose", and are qualified for this role, we look forward to speaking with you.

Green School New Zealand

Job description

Green School New Zealand is a growing, small K-12 school (years 1-13 in New Zealand) which serves both a local and international student population in Taranaki, on the North Island of New Zealand.  The school began 5 years ago and continues to grow and evolve each year.  The school is looking for a motivated Science teacher who thrives working with eager learners, committed families and a collaborative teaching faculty. This teacher will perform multiple duties related to supporting and promoting the academic, social, and emotional development of all school students. The teacher is responsible for designing impactful courses and lessons based upon the GSNZ standards, assessing student progress toward learning goals, maintaining a positive learning environment, actively participating in the learning neighbourhoods, and sharing in the duties of daily school operations.

Key areas of responsibility

• Design and implement creative, proficiency-based units of learning that align with the Green School learning principles:  REAL (Relationship-centered & holistic, Experiential and evolving, Authentic and interconnected, Local to global)
• Ensure learning designs provide  individualised and differentiated support as needed, mentoring and guiding all students toward their goals
• Design or identify assessments to gauge student learning toward learning goals for each cohort/class
• Report student progress as required each term
• Work within the Learning Neighbourhoods and with the Learning Needs team to support the academic, social and emotional needs of all students.

Closing Date : Friday 28th November 2025

Part-Time, Fixed Term

Requirements

Job Requirements

Essential aptitudes for this job include:  adaptability, creativity, integrity, optimism/positive attitude, cultural sensitivity, and reliability.  This is a part-time position that requires an action-oriented person with the ability to manage multiple tasks.

In addition, candidates should have:

• Strong experience with curriculum design in Middle or High School Science
• Effective track record in designing instructional practices that match the needs/potential of varied learners
• Basic to advanced understanding of environmental sustainability issues & a passion for integrating/applying these concepts in solving problems in the natural world
• Experience designing and writing courses
• Teach and work in a way that inspires colleagues and learners
• Have training and experience in project/problem-based learning

Specific skill requirements:

• Speak, write, and communicate effectively in English
• Hold at least a bachelor's degree in education
• Have previous experience in teaching middle or high school science
• Have or work toward a full New Zealand teaching certificate
• Must be registered with the Teaching Council of New Zealand and hold a current practising certificate

Note: 

Green School New Zealand respects and encourages diversity and is an equal opportunity working environment. Green School is a Child Protection school and conducts rigorous background checks before hiring any individual. All positions of employment are dependent on comprehensive criminal and professional background checks.

Benefits

• Be a member of an inspirational and intellectual movement
• Practice and support  inventing progressive education with a purpose, while enjoying the freedom to engage in testing new learning methods, projects 
• Up your game through peer training, exposure to hugely inspirational visitors and community members, and a formal professional development programme
• A beautiful campus with rolling hillsides, regenerated native bush classrooms, natural amphitheaters, wetlands and a river and bordering the Egmont National Park which is close to Taranaki Maunga.