Auckland is New Zealand’s largest urban area by far, and with 1.4 million people is home to almost a third of New Zealand’s population. It has the largest population of Polynesian people of any city in the world, and almost 2 in 5 of its inhabitants were born overseas, with almost 5% of these born ... Read More →
What Relieving in Winter Taught Me
Relief Teaching
This is a guest blog post by Scott King, Team Leader of Education Personnel's Temporary Division and former primary teacher. Winter – the time when every relief teacher’s wildest dreams come true – the possibility of work on tap for a couple of terms. Winter is also a time when even the most ... Read More →
Your Relief Questions Answered
Relief Teaching
Scott King is Education Personnel's head of temporary recruitment. He has taught all over the world (including a few stints as a relief teacher), and loves to help teachers just starting their teaching journey. When you start out relief teaching, there's a lot you don't know, and you're more or less ... Read More →
13 Fantastic Resources for Beginning Relief Teachers
Relief Teaching
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 →