Head Kaiako, Mt Eden Kindergarten - Mount Eden, New Zealand - Auckland Kindergarten Association

Auckland Kindergarten Association

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Mount Eden, New Zealand

1 week ago

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Jack Simmons

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Description

ECE Head Kaiako - Mt Eden Kindergarten**- A great opportunity to use your operational and leadership skills

Work with a collaborative and inclusive learning environment full of aroha and manaakitanga for all learners
Permanent, full time role at our
Mt Eden Kindergarten

Me mahi tahi tātou mō te oranga o te katoa
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Working in collaboration benefits the collective_

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 children can develop as confident and competent learners.

Our kindergartens offer quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) to a diverse range of children.

Our Auckland-wide network of kindergartens are places where young Aucklanders get the very best start to prepare for school and beyond - building the foundations for a lifetime of learning.

The kindergarten
At Mt Eden Kindergarten we embrace the magic of learning with our child-initiated play philosophy.

As a Kaiako, you will have the joy of watching tamariki use their imaginations take flight as they explore, create and learn at their own pace.

We welcome, celebrate and value all cultures and we encourage and support, whānau to become involved in their tamariki learning and to contribute to our programme.

We have built strong links to our local schools and the wider community.

We are proud to be an enviroschool.

We share a passion for nature and we want to instil an appreciation and understanding of responsible and sustainable environmental practices for our tamariki, their whanau and ourselves as Kaiako.

We are looking for our new Head Kaiako who is passionate about teaching and supporting every child to be a confident and capable learner.

The role

The role
at Mt Eden Kindergarten is currently looking for a permanent, full time Head Kaiako to join and lead our teaching team, and help 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

We're looking for an experienced Head Kaiako who really enjoys 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 are on the journey together; 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
- experience working with diverse communities
- have demonstrable skills in Pedagogical leadership
- experience in leading a team, where collaboration and development is key
- experience in leading small teams
- strength in leading the Internal Evaluation cycle
- operational leadership perhaps having managed an early childhood centre
- share the organisation's commitment to the principles of the Treaty of 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 children
- value the use of ICT as a teaching tool, utilising a range of available technological resources to extend children'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

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

If this is you, then please click Apply. We look forward to hearing from you.

Applications close on 5th
September 2023 at 12.00 pm (unless filled prior)