Special Education Advisor - Auckland

Kumara Vine; Auckland; Sur place; NZD 75 000 - 106 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kumara Vine seeks Specialist Education Advisors to join a community-focused Learning Support team across the South/Southwest region of New Zealand. The role focuses on improving learning, wellbeing and behaviour by collaborating with families, educators and agencies to implement effective plans.

Applicants should have a teaching qualification with at least three years’ experience, strong communication skills, and knowledge of supporting children with diverse needs.

Qualifications

• A teaching qualification with a minimum of three years’ teaching experience.
• Extensive knowledge, experience and skills in supporting children and young people with severe and challenging behaviours and learning needs in a classroom or other relevant settings.
• Experience and willingness to work collaboratively with other education professionals and agencies to meet needs of children and young people with additional needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work with diverse families/whānau and educators.

Responsabilités

• Identify patterns or contributing factors influencing learning, wellbeing and behaviour.
• Collaborate with a team around the child including educators, parents, caregivers and whānau.
• Support adults around the child to adjust learning environments to stabilise and keep safe, promoting pro-social responses.
• Facilitate access to services (speech & language therapy, local agencies) as needed.
• Collaboratively assess, plan, develop, support and monitor learning plans.
• Enhance inclusive practices in early learning services, schools and other settings.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Māori engagement

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Collaboration

Formation

Teaching qualification

Description du poste

We work to shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our students in our education system.

Full-time Permanent positions for South/Southwest

We are looking for Specialist Education Advisors to be part of a community-focused team that maximises learning and promotes social inclusion for children and young people with learning support needs.

As a Specialist Education Advisor, you will play a critical role in our region’s Learning Support team by:

Identifying patterns or contributing factors that may be influencing learning, wellbeing and behaviour.

Working collaboratively with a team around the child, including educators, parents, caregivers and whānau, to enhance understanding about the child and their behaviours.

Helping the adults around the child to make changes to the learning environment so that their behaviour can be more effectively managed, and the situation can be stabilised/made safer. This includes supporting the child to develop more pro-social ways of responding, and improving their participation, wellbeing and learning outcomes.

Facilitating access to wider services and support, in response to individual needs, for example speech and language therapy and local agencies.

Collaboratively assessing, planning, developing, supporting and monitoring the implementation of effective individual (or group) learning plans.

Enhancing inclusive practices in early learning services, schools and other educational settings.

Salary range: $75,116 - $106.016 per annumplus KiwiSaver. The successful candidate will be appointed at a salary which reflects individual skills and experience.

About you | Mōhou ake

To be successful in this role, you will need to have the following capabilities and competencies:

a teaching qualification with a minimum of three years’ teaching experience

extensive knowledge, experience and skills in supporting children and young people with severe and challenging behaviours and learning needs in a classroom or other relevant settings

experience in and willingness to work collaboratively and support other education professionals and agencies to meet the needs of children and young people with additional needs

excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with children, young people and their families/whānau and teachers across a diverse range of settings

experience working in Māori-medium settings or the ability to work across Māori informed practice models would be advantageous

the ability to understand and apply the principles of Te Tirirti o Waitangi and tangata whenuatanga, including promoting tikanga and te reo Māori

a genuine commitment to evidence-based interventions which demonstrate inclusive education practice and contribute to raising student achievement

a full current driver licence as travel across the region is a requirement of this role

Learning Support is a critical part of Education Services in the Ministry. We are charged with leading the education sector in ensuring that children and young people with additional learning needs are supported to achieve their full potential through education.

Our Learning Support specialists work closely with families, whānau, caregivers, schools and early childhood educators in English and Māori medium settings and other agencies to help maximise learning outcomes and promote social inclusion.

We want our people to feel valued for their unique qualities and have a sense of belonging. If you require assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.