It's the beginning of autumn, and already we've noticed the days getting cooler, staff members getting sick and a hugely increased demand for relief teachers. If you're planning on relieving this year, it's important to have resources to draw upon - whether these are teaching resources, supportive ... Read More →
9 Job Seeking Tips for BTs
Job Seeking
Term 1 can be really frustrating when you’re a job seeking teacher. You want to be in the classroom or in the centre, teaching, but you haven’t yet been given the opportunity. The good news is that even if you’re not currently employed at a school or centre, there are lots of ways you can keep busy ... Read More →
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Discouraged About Your Job Search
Job Seeking
If you are a newly graduated primary and secondary teacher and spent the latter half of 2014 searching for a full time teaching position and haven't yet secured one, you might be feeling discouraged. While that's completely understandable, it can also be helpful to get a different, more positive ... Read More →
Guest Post: Why Do I Have To Learn Teach This?
Teach in NZ
In the interests of good taste and basic decency, you may wish to avert your eyes from the following list: Trigonometry, Quadratic Equations, y = mx + c, Histograms. Maths? Yes, Maths. I teach maths. I have some idea of what maths is, but when asked, I'll give the frustratingly vague description of ... Read More →
6 Job Seeking Tips for the End of the Year
Job SeekingThe end of the year can be a stressful time. It's the holiday period, which for many of us means buying presents, attending work Christmas parties, and organising trips to visit family. If you're a beginning teacher who hasn't yet found a role for Term 1 2015, this time of year can be even more ... Read More →
Zoe Roles: My Journey to ECE Leadership
ECELast month, our ECE consultant Adwina Armstrong talked about the centre manager shortage in New Zealand in her blog post "Where have all the ECE leaders gone?" This post inspired much discussion about this issue in the ECE sector. In this blog post, the second of the series, Adwina wanted to ... Read More →
Job Find Advice for Beginning Teachers from Two School Principals
Job Seeking
Applying for a teaching role is different to applying for a role in other sectors. While the basic principles remain the same, it's a unique process with its own rules and expectations. For a beginning teacher, this can be really hard to navigate. For this reason, we gave BTs the opportunity to talk ... Read More →
Thoughts on the Future of EdTech: Claire Amos from Hobsonville Point Secondary School
EdTechClaire is a Deputy Principal at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. She has been a Director of e-learning and has led and taught English for 16+ years, her roles ranging from facilitator of the ICTs in English community on English Online, Auckland Secondary English Facilitator to Head of English ... Read More →