Tui Park Kindergarten - Permanent Part-Time .7 Teacher

At Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens (WMK), we're proud to support over 100 kindergartens across a variety of regions—from Whanganui, Central Plateau, Horowhenua, Manawatū, Kāpiti, Porirua, Greater Wellington, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa and South Otago.

We also offer a unique home-based service, Etu Ao, in Porirua and Levin, with a special focus on Pasific families.

We believe that high quality early childhood education is a powerful force—for children, their whānau, their communities, and for the future of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our vision is to be a national leader in early childhood education, setting the standard and advocating for excellence and access across the country.

At the heart of everything we do are our values:

• Nurturing the mana of the child - Honouring each child's unique identity and potential
• Kounga - Quality - Striving for excellence in every aspect of our services
• Mahi Tahi - Partnership - Working together with whānau and communities
• Pono - Integrity - Acting with honesty, respect, and transparency

Today, more than 6,000 children are part of the Whānau Manaaki kindergarten family, with an additional 150 children enrolled in our Etu Ao home-based programme. Together, we're building strong foundations for lifelong learning and wellbeing.

Community Description
Tui Park Kindergarten is situated in a local park ground, in Linden. The kindergarten community consists of families from varying cultures and socio-economic backgrounds and are drawn from the wider Tawa area.

The kindergarten feeds into several different schools. We continue to strengthen our relationships with the local schools and to collaborate and connect with Linden community to lift the profile of the kindergarten. We have ongoing development of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our philosophy and practices in the kindergarten.

We are licenced for 30 children who attend for 6 hours each day. We are a full year kindergarten so we are open during the term break. You will join our team of 3 other teachers. You will be flexible and ready to engage with tamariki and Kaiako in the environment.

As a part-time Teacher your total hours of work will be 28 hours per week, worked as follows:
0.7
Monday - 8.15am - 4.45pm (8hrs)
Tuesday – 8.15am - 4.45pm (8hrs)
Wednesday – 8.15am - 4.45pm (8hrs)
Thursday – 10.45am- 1.15pm (2.5hrs)
Friday – 11.45 - 1.15pm (1.5hrs)

To apply for this teaching position, you need to address the key skills or abilities listed below. We ask that you talk about these in your covering letter, giving examples of how you have demonstrated these skills/abilities in previous roles. Please remember to attach your covering letter, resume and other relevant information as listed in the Application Requirements on our website.

We are looking for an enthusiastic ECE kaiako who:

• shows confidence in Te Reo Māori and committed to deepening our Tiriti o Waitangi journey in
• show flexibility and can work collaboratively within the team.
• has a strength in providing an inclusive curriculum that promotes children's sense of themselves as active learners
• celebrates other cultures by forming strong relationships with whānau with a lens of supporting their wealth of knowledge they bring with them to our kindergarten learning community
• engage in professional learning and pedagogical discussions with team, reflect on practice and make improvements to benefit best outcomes for children.

If you would like to visit the kindergarten to see if the environment would be a good fit for you, please contact Head Teacher Julia Starkey (04) 232 7254.

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can apply for this role through our website.

Applications close on: Tuesday, 9th September at 11.45pm