Special Education Advisor - Mt Eden

Kumara Vine; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 70.000 - 106.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kumara Vine is seeking a Special Education Advisor to join our Learning Support team in Auckland. You will work with children and young people with learning needs, collaborating with educators, families and agencies to promote inclusive education and positive outcomes.

You will identify patterns affecting learning and wellbeing, support environments that reduce challenging behaviours, and help implement individual learning plans across schools and early learning settings.

Qualifikationen

• Teaching qualification with minimum of three years’ teaching experience.
• Extensive knowledge and skills in supporting children with severe and challenging behaviours and learning needs.
• Experience collaborating with education professionals and agencies to meet needs of children with additional needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with diverse communities.

Aufgaben

• Identify patterns influencing learning, wellbeing and behaviour.
• Collaborate with educators, parents, whānau and agencies to understand the child.
• Help adults modify learning environments to stabilise behaviour and improve participation.
• Facilitate access to services (speech and language therapy, local agencies).
• Develop and monitor effective individual or group learning plans.
• Promote inclusive practices across early learning, schools and other settings.

Kenntnisse

Behaviour support

Collaboration

Communication

Ausbildung

Teaching qualification with at least 3 years teaching experience

Jobbeschreibung

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.

We have a fixed-term, full-time opportunity available until July 2027.

We are looking for a full time Special Education Advisor 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 Special 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: $69,966 - $106,016per annumplus KiwiSaver. The successful candidate will be appointed at a salary which reflects individual skills and experience.

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 the Te Mahau 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.

If you require assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.