2027 Team Leader - Learning Support

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu; Waikato; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) invites applications for a Team Leader – Learning Support based in Hamilton, Rotorua, or Tauranga. You will coordinate learning support for students with additional needs and lead a team of Teacher Aides, Additional Teachers, Mentors and Reader/Writers.

With a teaching background and knowledge of special education pedagogy, you will build strong relationships with ākonga, whānau and staff, applying bicultural approaches and tikanga Māori in practice.

Qualifications

• Teaching background with experience supporting students with additional learning needs.
• Knowledge of special education pedagogy.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with students, whānau and staff.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate learning support for students with additional needs.
• Lead and manage Teacher Aides, Additional Teachers, Mentors and Reader/Writers.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support learning goals.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Bicultural knowledge

Tikanga Māori

Education

Teaching background

Job description

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Other senior leadership

English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school with a roll of up to 24,000 ākonga (students) at any point of time. We provide personalised learning programmes from early childhood to NCEA Level 3.

Our ākonga are at the centre of all we do. We are privileged to have the opportunity to support many ākonga on their learning journey including many at risk ākonga.

Our vision is to enable our ākonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities.Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa – Anytime, anywhere, anyone.

We have an exciting vacancy for a Team Leader – Learning Supportto join from 5 January 2027. This can be based in either our Hamilton, Rotorua or Tauranga tari(office).

Passionate about making a difference for students with additional needs, you will be responsible for the coordination of their learning support and will support students to achieve their learning goals. You will lead and manage Teacher Aides, Additional Teachers, Mentors and Reader/Writers and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

You'll come from a teaching background and have experience working with students who have additional learning needs, and knowledge of special education pedagogy. As a strong communicator and excellent relationship builder, you have proven stakeholder management and are a natural influencer and ideally have the following:

• Able to incorporate bicultural knowledge and implement tikanga and Matauranga Māori into practice.
• Able to foster and maintain positive relationships with other kaimahi
• Examples of positive conflict resolution with ākonga and whānau
• Experience in the face-to-face sector