Qualified Teacher (Planning Cover)

The Role:
Inside the historic Mill House in Hobsonville Point lives Bear Park’s newest centre. This beautiful waterfront property, with amazing sea views and an acre of park-like grounds, has been re-designed as a purpose-built facility to serve the growing number of families in the area. This truly is a centre you have to see to believe!

We are looking for a qualified teacher to join us our part time 'Planning Cover'. This is a fabulous part-time role working across all age groups, supporting our full time team members to complete 3 hours dedicated programme planning per week. We are looking for someone to work 2 days per week, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am-4.30pm.

Bear Park are widely known as a place where teachers and students can embrace individual learning opportunities, show their creativity and be guaranteed regular support from our both our Centre Directors and greatly experienced pedagogical team. We aim to encourage within our children a sense of respect for ourselves, others, and our environment. We believe strongly in the role the environment plays as the third teacher and so incorporate it actively into our resources and learning experiences in line with the Reggio Emilia philosophy.

Why Bear Park?
Bear Park is the premier early learning provider in New Zealand, with over 39 years of industry experience.

We are proud to be owned and operated by qualified teachers and offer a wide range of opportunities for our kaiako:

* Strong individual support from our experienced Pedagogical Leaders
* Large learning environments with high-quality resources and generous ratios
* Accessible leaders
* Ongoing career opportunities
* Full Pay Parity

At Bear Park we strive to be innovative and support our children to develop their working theories through an inquiry based learning approach. Our teaching philosophy is based on the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Whaariki; as well as the influence of Reggio Emilia.

What Next?
At Bear Park we are Inspiring Lifelong Learners. Our philosophy is proven, our vision is inspired and our children are changing the world. Join us today and be part of the change.