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 →
beginning teachers
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 →
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 →
A Glossary for NZ Teaching Vacancy Advertisements
Job Seeking, Teach in NZ
The Education Gazette, the NZ Ministry of Education's magazine. The Education Gazette website is the best place to find teacher vacancy advertisements in New Zealand. For New Zealand teachers, it's that time of the year: job hunting season. From September to November, the number of primary and ... Read More →
4 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Teaching Practicum
Job Seeking
If you're a student teacher doing a graduate diploma or are in your final year of study, you'll probably be completing your final teaching practicum in the next couple of months. As well as being an amazing learning opportunity, this is a great chance to open doors for yourself and strengthen your ... Read More →
8 Ideas for Keeping Up With Education and Connecting With Other Educators
Beginner Teachers, Job Seeking
When you’ve finished your teaching qualification but haven't yet landed your first teaching role, it can be easy to feel a bit out of touch with other educators and what’s happening in the education sector. This can be really hard if you’re used to being surrounded by other teachers in your classes ... Read More →
Two School Principals Share Their Advice for Job Seeking Beginning Teachers
Job Seeking
When you’re a beginning teacher looking for your first teaching role, it can be hard to know where to start. Applying for a job in a school is a unique process with its own rules and expectations, and when you’ve just graduated this process can be hard to navigate. With this in mind, last month ... Read More →
Reviewing and Redo-ing Your Job Find Strategy.
Job Seeking
In our last post, we talked about the new Teacher Education Refresh programme and what it means for teachers who’ve had their provisional registration for six years or more. If you’re concerned that you might not get your full registration within this six year window, it’s a really good idea to get ... Read More →