New Entrant Year 1 Teacher

Aorangi School (Rotorua); Rotorua; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Aorangi School (Rotorua) seeks a full-time, New Zealand registered teacher for our New entrant Year 1 class from Term 1 2027 to Term 4 2027. The successful applicant will join a collaborative team that values warmth, humour, and a learner-centred approach.

The ideal candidate brings strong management, wellbeing focus, and will integrate local curriculum and mātauranga Māori into daily learning, while contributing to kura-wide events and initiatives. Beginning teachers welcome.

Qualifications

• NZ teacher registration required.
• Strong classroom management grounded in positive behaviour practices.
• Experience delivering Year 1 programmes preferred but beginners welcome.
• Ability to integrate mātauranga Māori and local curriculum into learning.
• Excellent communication with whānau, students and colleagues.
• Willingness to support kura-wide events or initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging Year 1 learning programmes.
• Use assessment for learning to inform teaching approaches.
• Collaborate with staff to implement school-wide initiatives.
• Foster learner wellbeing and create a positive classroom culture.
• Engage with whānau to support student progress.

Skills

Classroom management

Positive behaviour support

Wellbeing focus

Planning & assessment for learning

Mātauranga Māori integration

Collaboration

Communication with whānau

Education

NZ registered teacher

Job description

We are seeking a full-time, passionate, New Zealand registered teacher to join our team in the new entrant Year 1 class from the beginning of term 1 2027 till the end of term 4 2027.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our future, love being part of a collaborative team, bring a positive can-do-it attitude then this might just be for you.

We are looking for someone who:

• has strong classroom management grounded in positive behaviour practices
• has learner wellbeing at the heart of everything they do
• has strengths in, planning, assessment for learning practices, and delivering high-quality teaching programmes that are creative and exciting within a new entrant Year 1 area of learning
• is able to integrate local curriculum, mātauranga Māori, and cultural narratives into everyday learning
• has effective communication with whānau, students, and colleagues
• is willing to support kura-wide events or introduce new initiatives to our kura.

Most importantly, we want a teacher who enjoys their work, brings warmth and humour to the classroom, and genuinely enjoys working alongside tamariki and colleagues. Beginning teachers are welcome.

We are a well-resourced school that has high expectations for teaching and learning. Knowledge of and some experience in structured literacy and mathematics is preferred but not necessary, but must have a willingness to learn.