Kaiako

Maketu School; Bay of Plenty; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Maketu School in New Zealand seeks a kaiako to establish a classroom where tamariki feel known, settle into clear routines and make progress.

Applicants should bring structured literacy expertise, use assessment to tailor teaching, and foster te reo Māori, local knowledge, and strong relationships with whānau in daily learning.

Qualifications

• Experience in structured literacy and using assessment to decide what to teach next.
• Explicit teaching with intentional play and hands-on learning to build oral language, literacy and mathematical thinking.
• Builds trusting relationships with tamariki and whānau, adapts teaching for diverse learners and grows te reo Māori.

Skills

Structured literacy

Assessment-driven planning

Explicit teaching

Oral language development

Mathematics thinking

Relationship building with tamariki/wh

Te reo Māori growth

Education

Certificated teacher

Job description

We’re upgrading the Education Gazette website on Monday morning. It will be unavailable for up to 3 hours from 9am.

About the role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Kura o Maketu. We’re a small, dual-medium coastal kura with English-medium classrooms (Years 1- 3 and Years 4-6) and Tūterangiharuru, our Level 1 Māori-medium rūmaki pathway. Our vision, Kia tū rangatira ai, guides us as we help tamariki grow as confident learners who know who they are and where they belong.

Our coast, estuary and Te Arawa pūrākau give us rich opportunities to learn close to home, alongside whānau and kōeke.

About the role

We’re looking for a kaiako who can establish a classroom where tamariki feel known, settle into clear routines and make progress.

What we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from a kaiako who:

• Brings practical experience in structured literacy and uses assessment to decide what to teach next.
• Combines explicit teaching with intentional play and hands-on learning to build oral language, literacy and mathematical thinking.
• Builds trusting relationships with tamariki and whānau, and adapts teaching so diverse learners can participate and progress.
• Is keen to grow their use of te reo Māori and bring Te Arawa pūrākau, the Maketu coast and estuary, and local knowledge into everyday learning.

Role Certificated teacher

Sector Primary and intermediate (Years 1–8) / kura tuatahi

Position Full-time, Fixed-term (27 Jan 2027 to 27 Jan 2028)

Reason for fixed-term position To provide additional teaching capacity to operate three classrooms in 2027, supported by a temporary Board staffing allocation that ends on 27 January 2028

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