Head Kaiako, Glendowie Kindergarten - Auckland Kindergarten Association

Auckland Kindergarten Association

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Glendowie, New Zealand

1 week ago

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Jack Simmons

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Be prepared to embark on a rewarding journey of growth, inspiration, and connection

Develop your leadership career in this rewarding Head Kaiako role
We have a permanent opportunity, leading our team at
GlendowieKindergarten

Lead with impact at Glendowie Kindergarten -Embrace diversity, Ignite potential.

At
Glendowie Kindergarten we view all tamariki as Tāonga (gifts). We acknowledge and celebrate the kētē of skills, knowledge and life experiences each individual child brings with them.

At Glendowie Kindergarten we value tamariki as unique individuals and embrace the diverse cultures and experiences that they bring to our learning community.

We believe that relationships form a vital foundation in creating a welcoming, caring and safe learning environment where all tamariki and their whānau develop a sense of belonging.

We value and foster an awareness of sustainable practices within our kindergarten environment and wider community. We are proud to be a Green/Gold Enviroschool.

Our tamariki participate in weekly walks to the park across the road to extend their awareness and appreciation of the natural environment.

Walks to our local maunga and continued connections with our local Iwi and Marae develop an understanding of our bicultural heritage.

Glendowie Kindergarten's passionate and qualified kaiako work with children to develop and sustain their interests. We encourage our tamariki to have inquiring minds and use a range of strategies to deepen their learning. Teachers foster tamariki holistic development and sense of self by nurturing their independence and social competence.

Our kaiako are dedicated to, and passionate about, early childhood education, and are looking for a strong leader to support and develop this team even further.

The Role

Glendowie Kindergarten is currently looking for a permanent, full-time Head Kaiako to join us, and lead our dedicated teaching team, helping us contribute to the high level of service that we are proud to provide our local community. If you are a registered and fully certificated ECE Kaiako, and experienced ECE Head Kaiako with proven leadership experience, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the AKA

As a Head Kaiako, you will enjoy being a great example to your team as an exceptional leader.

Through your open communication style, collaborative approach and focus on strengthening relationships; you will value the past whilst bringing to life a vision for the future that is shared by the team, kindergarten whānau and local community; and ensures that all key stakeholders are on the journey together.

Balancing professional leadership with management of the day-to-day kindergarten operations and teaching duties means variety and intrinsic reward.

You need to be energetic and enthusiastic about providing excellent learning experiences to our tamariki, driven by our play-based philosophy and focus on dispositional learning; and have the resilience to meet the compliance and operational targets that the management component of the role requires.

- have 5+ years' experience in an ECE environment, and hold a current practicing certificate
- have demonstrable skills in relationship building
- display a firm-but-fair approach to leading a team, where collaboration and development is key
- operational leadership perhaps having managed an early childhood centre
- share the organisation's commitment to the principles of the Te Tiriti ō Waitangi, informing and leading bicultural practice
- share our kindergarten's philosophy of care and respect for the natural environment and sustainability and incorporate this in to learning experiences for tamariki
- value the use of ICT as a teaching tool, utilising a range of available technological resources to extend tamariki 's learning and improve teaching practice
- have a strong focus on inclusiveness, recognising and valuing the rich diversity of the tamariki, whānau and local community
- enjoy working directly with our tamariki and love getting your hands dirty

Ultimately, everything you do will be focused on achieving the best learning outcomes for tamariki.

The Organisation

Ngā Tamariki Puāwai o Tāmaki |Auckland Kindergarten Association (AKA) has a long history in New Zealand in the Early Childhood Education sector, beginning in 1908 in Freemans Bay.

We now have 107 kindergartens, four KiNZ centres five Playgroups, and support services staff forming our organisation.

Ours is a bicultural environment, where the learning framework of Te Whāriki underpins all we do, and where the good of our tamariki and their parents and whānau sits at the very heart of our organisation.

At AKA, we provide a safe and enriching early childhood learning environment where tamariki can develop as confident and competent learners.

Our kindergartens offer quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) to a diverse range of tamariki. Our Auckland-wide network of kindergartens are places where young Auck