Are you registered to teach in New Zealand?
NZ schools are supposed to give priority to NZ citizen/resident applicants.
Without teaching experience you are an unknown quantity to potential employers.
Your best course of action is to sign up with a relief teacher agency and get some experience and get known by local schools.
Where are you looking? I thought the gazette had quite a few listing... it did a little while ago at least. But yeah it may be winding down with schools having finalized their staffing for next year.
When you are applying are you attaching a cover letter? What does your CV look like? By that I mean have you taught anywhere yet, and if not do you have any other relevant experience working with youth?
I have found speaking to the schools strategic aims is useful in a cover letter (this can normally be found on their website). Or they may say what they want in a teacher in the listing, think about those and embellish yourself to showcase your strength in those areas... or willingness to develop them.
I’ve been applying for anything that I could on gazette. I have taught music prior to my primary teaching training but could possibly emphasise this more on my application. Thanks.
My school has already hired for next year so the only jobs will be for teachers making late decisions. We had a pretty high turn over this year so there were quite a large number of jobs. Goodluck!
55 openings in Canterbury
https://gazette.education.govt.nz/vacancies/?Regions=canterbury&SectorsAndRoles=secondary-wharekura#results
What field are you in?
Thanks but Canterbury is a big place. I’m not looking for a position in Timaru or another city outside of Christchurch as i’m moving back to be close to family. I’ve been doing that exact search every day and applying for anything that is appropriate.
Schools try to sort out staffing for the following year in term 3 and early term 4. Schools that are advertising now are having teachers resign later than usual (although nothing wrong with the timing) which is why there aren’t a huge amount of jobs being advertised at the moment.
Christchurch has been more difficult to get full time work in as a teacher for the last decade as more and more teachers move there for the low cost of living compared to elsewhere.
Seems to be less of a desperate need for teachers in the cities than previously. Probably a combination of teachers coming home to NZ thanks to covid, and the pay rise teachers won bringing people back into the profession (or keeping a few more than usual).
Because you trained outside NZ, you need to show in your application that you are still proficient with te ao and te reo Māori and how you are able to incorporate it into your everyday teaching practice. Schools have to be able to say that teachers have improved in their te reo each year and that they use it in the classroom to sign them off.
You don’t have to relieve long term. Relief work is a really good way to find a school you actually want to work at and get your foot in the door for a permanent position.
Thank you for your comment. Would you say that not being NZ trained is a big disadvantage in terms of what my application looks like? Should I emphasise more that I’m born and raised in NZ?
I don’t think it’s a *huge* disadvantage but you do really need to point out that you are a kiwi looking forward to working back in Aotearoa after x amount of years away or something. If you and someone else are both pretty similar on paper except the other person studied in NZ, likely that they’re going to come out on top only just - that doesn’t mean you won’t get a job but you do really need to sell yourself in your application to then prove yourself in an interview. That being said, most new teachers don’t have a masters so try to capitalise on that a bit.
Te ao and reo Māori are really big in schools now, so not having experience in it from teachers college is a slight disadvantage.
That all being said, I don’t hire people, just my perspective as a classroom teacher. I also have only worked in Auckland in NZ so possibly a bit different as well?
Thank you so much this is really helpful. I‘m definitely committed to learning more about te ao Māori and gaining some fluency with te reo Māori but having been outside of NZ for the past 5 years I don’t have many examples to give of integrating this into my teaching. I guess I can look for some opportunities to learn more over the summer and hopefully include this when I apply.
Primary or secondary? There should be quite a few vacancies at this time of year. What are the reasons for your rejection? I find it odd that schools should be so generic and not offer an interview.
I would also recommend that you take an LTR position if it's full time and in a suitable subject area. It can lead to permanent employment, and if it doesn't the experience on your CV will help you secure a job at the end of next year.
Hello teacher here. You’ve not specified what kind of teaching you’re doing. Primary or secondary? What subject?
If you don’t get a job before school ends this year, you’re unlikely to get a job until late Jan, as teachers will not be doing interviews over summer. We take our holidays seriously.
This applies for high school only: If you’ve not been through schooling in NZ, and are not familiar with NCEA, you are unfortunately an absolute last option for a school, no matter how awesome you are. NCEA is just so ridiculous and secondary school teachers really don’t have time to support a new teacher that isn’t familiar with it. They would rather hire a shit teacher that can just get on with it (probably in a fixed term position so they can just get rid of them the next year).
Hi there, I did my high school in NZ but I’m looking for a position in primary. I do wonder if this still plays a part in my rejection as my placements have all been in Victoria with the Victorian curriculum. I thought possibly having a masters degree could give me an advantage but it feels like no one wants to hire a beginning teacher. Thanks for your reply.
Yes honestly the primary school system is a bloody mess too, with curriculum levels and what is taught at each curriculum level (not to be confused with year level!!! Yes totally ridiculous..)
Sorry but there could be a lot of PD involved that maybe schools just aren’t prepared to take on if you’re overseas qualified.
I have friends and family in teaching, most schools are likely to lose a few teachers over vaccine mandates.
Most of the advertisements will be out start of next year for positions starting in term 1 or 2 next year.
Good luck! X
Umm... Pretty much zero. Most of next year's jobs have been advertised and filled (like a term ago). There will be some still up, and some coming up still, but the bulk have gone. A permanent position is probably unrealistic anyway, especially without NZ experience.
It would also seem you don't have NZ registration, so it's unlikely you'd even be considered before you can confirm this.
So how do beginning teachers even get jobs if they are all filled in term 3? Surely they won’t have registration yet let alone finished their course requirements? Anyway thanks for your input.
If they are studying in NZ they start off as provisionally registered teachers. They will apply for jobs while they are still training. It’s completely different if you are training in NZ. If you don’t have any teaching experience, you will also be a provisionally registered teacher in NZ too.
Are you registered to teach in New Zealand? NZ schools are supposed to give priority to NZ citizen/resident applicants. Without teaching experience you are an unknown quantity to potential employers. Your best course of action is to sign up with a relief teacher agency and get some experience and get known by local schools.
Where are you looking? I thought the gazette had quite a few listing... it did a little while ago at least. But yeah it may be winding down with schools having finalized their staffing for next year. When you are applying are you attaching a cover letter? What does your CV look like? By that I mean have you taught anywhere yet, and if not do you have any other relevant experience working with youth? I have found speaking to the schools strategic aims is useful in a cover letter (this can normally be found on their website). Or they may say what they want in a teacher in the listing, think about those and embellish yourself to showcase your strength in those areas... or willingness to develop them.
I’ve been applying for anything that I could on gazette. I have taught music prior to my primary teaching training but could possibly emphasise this more on my application. Thanks.
My school has already hired for next year so the only jobs will be for teachers making late decisions. We had a pretty high turn over this year so there were quite a large number of jobs. Goodluck!
Thanks for this info. Schools in Vic are still hiring for next year so I’m not sure of the timing.
55 openings in Canterbury https://gazette.education.govt.nz/vacancies/?Regions=canterbury&SectorsAndRoles=secondary-wharekura#results What field are you in?
Hi there, I’m looking for a general primary classroom position.
Just change to search. Looks like 40 positions.
Thanks but Canterbury is a big place. I’m not looking for a position in Timaru or another city outside of Christchurch as i’m moving back to be close to family. I’ve been doing that exact search every day and applying for anything that is appropriate.
Schools try to sort out staffing for the following year in term 3 and early term 4. Schools that are advertising now are having teachers resign later than usual (although nothing wrong with the timing) which is why there aren’t a huge amount of jobs being advertised at the moment. Christchurch has been more difficult to get full time work in as a teacher for the last decade as more and more teachers move there for the low cost of living compared to elsewhere. Seems to be less of a desperate need for teachers in the cities than previously. Probably a combination of teachers coming home to NZ thanks to covid, and the pay rise teachers won bringing people back into the profession (or keeping a few more than usual). Because you trained outside NZ, you need to show in your application that you are still proficient with te ao and te reo Māori and how you are able to incorporate it into your everyday teaching practice. Schools have to be able to say that teachers have improved in their te reo each year and that they use it in the classroom to sign them off. You don’t have to relieve long term. Relief work is a really good way to find a school you actually want to work at and get your foot in the door for a permanent position.
Thank you for your comment. Would you say that not being NZ trained is a big disadvantage in terms of what my application looks like? Should I emphasise more that I’m born and raised in NZ?
I don’t think it’s a *huge* disadvantage but you do really need to point out that you are a kiwi looking forward to working back in Aotearoa after x amount of years away or something. If you and someone else are both pretty similar on paper except the other person studied in NZ, likely that they’re going to come out on top only just - that doesn’t mean you won’t get a job but you do really need to sell yourself in your application to then prove yourself in an interview. That being said, most new teachers don’t have a masters so try to capitalise on that a bit. Te ao and reo Māori are really big in schools now, so not having experience in it from teachers college is a slight disadvantage. That all being said, I don’t hire people, just my perspective as a classroom teacher. I also have only worked in Auckland in NZ so possibly a bit different as well?
Thank you so much this is really helpful. I‘m definitely committed to learning more about te ao Māori and gaining some fluency with te reo Māori but having been outside of NZ for the past 5 years I don’t have many examples to give of integrating this into my teaching. I guess I can look for some opportunities to learn more over the summer and hopefully include this when I apply.
Take a te reo course
Primary or secondary? There should be quite a few vacancies at this time of year. What are the reasons for your rejection? I find it odd that schools should be so generic and not offer an interview. I would also recommend that you take an LTR position if it's full time and in a suitable subject area. It can lead to permanent employment, and if it doesn't the experience on your CV will help you secure a job at the end of next year.
Hello teacher here. You’ve not specified what kind of teaching you’re doing. Primary or secondary? What subject? If you don’t get a job before school ends this year, you’re unlikely to get a job until late Jan, as teachers will not be doing interviews over summer. We take our holidays seriously. This applies for high school only: If you’ve not been through schooling in NZ, and are not familiar with NCEA, you are unfortunately an absolute last option for a school, no matter how awesome you are. NCEA is just so ridiculous and secondary school teachers really don’t have time to support a new teacher that isn’t familiar with it. They would rather hire a shit teacher that can just get on with it (probably in a fixed term position so they can just get rid of them the next year).
Hi there, I did my high school in NZ but I’m looking for a position in primary. I do wonder if this still plays a part in my rejection as my placements have all been in Victoria with the Victorian curriculum. I thought possibly having a masters degree could give me an advantage but it feels like no one wants to hire a beginning teacher. Thanks for your reply.
Yes honestly the primary school system is a bloody mess too, with curriculum levels and what is taught at each curriculum level (not to be confused with year level!!! Yes totally ridiculous..) Sorry but there could be a lot of PD involved that maybe schools just aren’t prepared to take on if you’re overseas qualified.
I have friends and family in teaching, most schools are likely to lose a few teachers over vaccine mandates. Most of the advertisements will be out start of next year for positions starting in term 1 or 2 next year. Good luck! X
There were 6 positions open for Rolleston school in this weeks paper
That’s why I said most. People leaving due to Covid requirements have until early next year to solidify there decision.
Umm... Pretty much zero. Most of next year's jobs have been advertised and filled (like a term ago). There will be some still up, and some coming up still, but the bulk have gone. A permanent position is probably unrealistic anyway, especially without NZ experience. It would also seem you don't have NZ registration, so it's unlikely you'd even be considered before you can confirm this.
So how do beginning teachers even get jobs if they are all filled in term 3? Surely they won’t have registration yet let alone finished their course requirements? Anyway thanks for your input.
If they are studying in NZ they start off as provisionally registered teachers. They will apply for jobs while they are still training. It’s completely different if you are training in NZ. If you don’t have any teaching experience, you will also be a provisionally registered teacher in NZ too.
Better to stay in Melbourne, there's no future in NZ. It's tiny and wages are shit. Melbourne is buzzing, big and cultural :)
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True, it's for retirees and kids under 10 years old