Senior Lecturer – Bachelor of Education (Primary, Pasifika)

Full-time opportunity (1.0 FTE, 34 hours)   Permanent                                        

Want to join a passionate team? Are you committed to supporting adult learners to achieve their aspirations? After a job that makes a difference in people's lives?

MIT is at the forefront of changing lives with vocational education, with a strong vision of getting people into great jobs and/or supporting them as in-work learners. We are looking for fulltime, permanent Senior Lecturer for the School of Educations Bachelor of Education (Primary, Pasifika) with a real passion for teaching and learning to join our team. Having a working knowledge and understanding of Pacific language/s and/or Te Reo Māori is an advantage though not essential if you pride yourself on your multicultural competencies in diverse learning environments.    

This position will be instrumental in the delivery and continued development and of a visionary new programme based on vocational initial teacher education, utilising a blend of school-based and on-campus learning to graduate qualified teachers who can lead multicultural classrooms. You will work closely with the teaching team along with partner schools to deliver a programme that ensures our teacher graduates are prepared and ready to step into schools and communities with vast and varied experience in the classroom gained during study.

What will I be doing?

• Supporting and continuing the development work on a Bachelor or Education Initial Teacher Education programme
• Developing teaching content, resources & assessment within the programme to facilitate high learner engagement in a blended environment
• Maintaining  currency of practice through active research, professional development and/or further study
• Visiting and assessing student teachers in professional practice experiences
• Engaging and developing connections with our external and internal stakeholders

What are we looking for?

• A minimum of a Master's degree relevant in Education - e.g. MEd, MEdLd, MEdPrac, MTch
• Current Full New Zealand Drivers Licence
• Current Full Practising Certificate with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Minimum 5 years of experience in working with young people in school/s catering to learners across years 0-8 and their families in senior school leadership role/s (or alike)
• Ideally you will have experience teaching and working with adult learners
• Strong commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Ideally an active researcher with recent outputs relevant to teaching and learning

Ideally you bring a wide network of contacts within and outside of Education (Primary and Intermediate Schools) and experience teaching and leading mainstream and/or immersion and/or bilingual classrooms and awareness of working with adult learners.

Join our diverse team of passionate people whose mission is to transform lives, communities and industry. We offer a competitive salary, an inspiring work culture and the opportunity to continue your own learning journey.

If you do not have all of the above but are passionate about sharing knowledge and are excited by this opportunity we would love to hear from you. Please register your interest today and we will be in touch soon.

If you have any questions please email [email protected]  please include the job title in the subject  line. 

Job Reference: 28388

Applications Close: Friday, 12th April , 2024