Qualified Teacher (BestStart Tawa South)

About us:   

At BestStart, we’re leaders in the early childhood sector, we make a difference, and we love what we do. We provide high-quality early education and award-winning childcare for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. BestStart Tawa South is seeking a passionate and dedicated Qualified and Certificated Teacher to join our energetic and tight-knit team. 

Our focus is to provide quality education to the children in our community and we are excited to be involved in research around children's Oral language and Self-regulation- Kia Timata Pai. This research involves around 1,600 BestStart pre-schoolers!

BestStart Tawa South is a well-established centre with an experienced diverse team who enjoy working closely with Whanau to achieve positive learning outcomes for our tamariki. We hold events to celebrates different cultural holidays and we embrace these moments as learning opportunities for ourselves as well as the centre as a whole. 

Our Vision - The Beauty of this place lies in the cultures of the People. We are passionate about our vision and this allows us to celebrate culture, values, language and the identity of every tamariki in our centre.

Why choose us?   

Other benefits include:

Your health and wellbeing are our priority, we offer:

About the Role:   

At BestStart we support you through your teaching journey. We have tailored PLD available for our provisionally certificated Kaiako along with an amazing mentor program to help you grow in your ECE journey. This position is based on our Māhuri Room, working alongside children aged 2 to 6 years old. Our 'Set for School' program is focusing on 'The Early Reading Program' this will enhance our tamariki learning as they enter primary school. 

This is a permanent position working 40 hours per week Monday-Friday. The successful applicant will need to be able to work collaboratively with our team and Whanau forming a trusting partnership, so our tamariki will reach their goals and potential in our learning environment.

Role requirements:   

Commit to making a difference in the lives of young learners with a team dedicated to excellence. We are looking for the following: