Birchwood School – Stoke - NELSON

APPLICATION PACKAGE

Scale A Teacher - Fixed Term 2 Positions

Applications close 12.00pm Friday 23rd October 2020

Birchwood School 15 Durham Street, Stoke, NELSON 7011

Phone: 03 547 3028 Fax: 03 547 3026 Email: principal@birchwood.school.nz

25th September 2020 Dear Applicant, Thank you for requesting an application package for the Scale A Fixed Term teaching position for 2021 as advertised in the Education Gazette. We look forward to receiving your application. Please find attached an application package, which includes:

· Appointment timeline/position overview · Person Profile · School Description · Application form

Please return your application by 12pm, Friday 23rd October (or earlier). Include the application form, a current curriculum vitae and a cover letter. If you would like your curriculum vitae returned please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please address the specific requirements of the position in your application. You are encouraged to contact the school for more information and visits to the school are welcomed, by appointment. Address your application to: The Acting Principal Birchwood School 15 Durham Street Stoke NELSON 7011 Envelope should be endorsed: CONFIDENTIAL APPLICATION. For further information please contact me on 03 547 3028. Alternatively, email your complete application to principal@birchwood.school.nz Yours sincerely Camilla Brotherton Acting Principal

Birchwood School (Nelson) Stoke, Nelson Contributing Primary, Decile 7, Roll 250 Position Overview: Birchwood School is seeking a motivated, team player who believes that positive relationships with students and their whānau are at the heart of great teaching and learning. We are committed to becoming a ‘North East School’ (Bishop, 2019) and value relationship-based learning in practice. The applicant we are looking for will be: ● A great communicator - face to face and online. ● Kind and caring - inclusive, nurturing all students. ● A professional practitioner - have great pedagogical knowledge and skills ● Reflective - open-minded to impact coaching to improve learning

outcomes for our students. ● Creative - able to engage learners in innovative and creative ways.

Applications close Friday 23rd October at 12pm. For an information and application pack contact the Acting Principal, Camilla Brotherton Ph. (03) 547 3028, or email principal@birchwood.school.nz Timeline: Advertise Education Gazette Monday 28th September (online) Applications close Friday 23rd October Interviewing by Sunday 1st November Appoint by Friday 5th November Position starts Term One, 2021 Note: TODs to be confirmed

PERSON PROFILE

Position: Scale A teacher, beginning teachers welcome to apply. Two positions, fixed term. Qualifications: The Birchwood School Board of Trustees is looking to appoint:

1. A New Zealand Registered Teacher or Provisionally Registered Teacher, with a current Practicing Certificate.

Attributes: ● Be able to nurture family-like relationships with students and their

whānau. ● Be able to show supportive relationships with colleagues and contribute

and participate in the corporate and social life of the school. ● Must be a good communicator with all staff, students and their whānau. ● Be a professional practitioner, able to plan programmes based on need

and monitor and review learning progress. ● Be reflective and willing to undertake further professional learning and

development, particularly in Russell Bishop’s Relationship-based Learning pedagogy.

● Be able to provide a creative, attractive and engaging learning environment.

OUR SCHOOL

Birchwood School is a U4 contributing primary school situated in the suburb of Stoke in the city of Nelson. Our current School Roll is 250 Birchwood School is a Decile 7 school Birchwood School is part of the Nga Akonga ki Whakatu Kahui Ako - Community of Learning (CoL) Our School Culture: Birchwood School is an urban school with a rural feel where family like contexts are encouraged and nurtured. Our school’s culture has been developed to align with Russell Bishop’s Relationship-based Learning pedagogy where relationships are at the centre of all learning. Our teachers foster caring relationships within their classrooms and use practices that promote learning for all students. Promoting both student and staff well-being is also central to the school’s culture. We follow the principles of PB4L and have systems and practices in place to support our students to make positive behaviour choices. As part of our involvement in PB4L we have developed our schoolwide GROW values. These values are the desired behaviours we strive to instil in our students and model as staff.

MISSION STATEMENT / VISION

Together we Learn, Together we Grow

Kotahi te ako, Kotahi te tipu

Our PB4L Values are: GROW VALUES

Grit Respect Own It

Whanaungatanga

Check out our Facebook page for a look at our school.

Birchwood School – Stoke - NELSON APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT

Position applied for:

Surname:

First name(s):

Postal address

Contact Telephone: Email:

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR APPLICANTS

Thank you for applying for a position at our school. Please ensure you have a copy of the person profile before completing this application.

1. Please fully complete this form personally. Answer all questions and make sure you sign and date where indicated on the last page.

2. Attach a curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter. If you include written references, please

note that we may contact the writers of these references.

3. If your application is successful you will be required to provide your original certificates as proof of qualifications.

4. If you are selected for an interview you may bring whānau/support people. Please advise if this is your intention.

5. Failure to complete this application and answer all questions truthfully may result in any offer of employment being withdrawn or appointment being terminated if any information is later found to be false.

6. This application form and supporting documents will be held by the school. You may access it in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993.

If you have any queries, please contact the principal directly.

Educational Qualifications:

Please state your last secondary level qualification:

Please state your tertiary level qualification/s:

Please state any other qualifications that relate to the position:

Employment History

Please outline your most recent employment history, beginning with current or latest employment.

Period Worked

Employer’s Name Position Held Reason for Leaving

Referees

Please provide the names of three people who could act as referees for you. At least one of these should be able to attest to your work performance.

Name Email address Telephone Relationship (e.g. employer/principal)

Skills and Experience related to the position

The position you have applied for requires specific attributes and personal characteristics. These are stated in the position overview and person profile in this application pack.

Please outline below how you meet these attributes and abilities. Even though you are attaching a C.V, please fill this out in full.

You may continue on a separate sheet if you require more room.

Can be certified by:

Please tick the appropriate boxes

Are you a New Zealand citizen? If not, do you have resident status or a current work permit?

Yes

Yes

No

No

Have you ever had a criminal conviction? If “Yes” please detail:

Yes

No

Have you ever received a police diversion for an offence? If “Yes”’ please detail:

Yes

No

Have you been convicted of a driving offence which resulted in temporary or permanent loss of licence, or imprisonment? If “Yes”’ please detail

Yes

No

Are you awaiting sentencing/currently have charges pending? If “Yes”’ please state the nature of the conviction/cases pending:

Yes

No

In addition to other information provided are there any other factors that we should know to assess your suitability for appointment and ability to do the job? If “Yes”, please elaborate:

Yes No

Have you had any injury or medical condition caused by gradual process, disease or infection, such as occupational overuse syndrome, stress or repetitive strain injuries, which the tasks of this job may aggravate or contribute to? If “Yes”, please detail:

Yes

No

Do you have a current driver’s licence?

Yes

No

I certify that the information I have supplied in this application is true and correct. I understand that if I have supplied incorrect or misleading information, or have omitted any important information, I may be disqualified from appointment, or if appointed, may be liable to be dismissed.

Signature __________________________________ Date __________________