ECE Teachers – Join Magic Garden as We Grow

About the role

Magic Garden Early Education is growing and opening two new centres in Takapuna and Oteha Valley to complement our current Northcross/Browns Bay location. We're looking for qualified ECE teachers to join us across our centres and child age groups (Infants, Toddlers and pre-school). Whether you're an experienced teacher looking for your next challenge, an emerging teacher wanting to develop your practice, or a new graduate looking for a great place to begin your career with great mentoring to obtain your practising certificate, we'd love to hear from you. There is something particularly exciting about joining a centre as it begins a new chapter. At Takapuna and Oteha Valley, our new teachers will have the opportunity to help us shape the culture, environments and learning experiences of these centres as they evolve into Magic Garden.

Full-time, part-time and casual/reliever roles available.

Key responsibilities

• Work alongside children as observers, researchers, listeners and collaborators

• Notice children's interests, curiosities, theories and questions

• Create the conditions in which deeper learning can flourish

• Help shape the culture, environments and learning experiences of our centres as they evolve

About you

• Qualified ECE teacher (also open to recent graduates with provisional registration)

• Love teaching and genuinely care about children

• Curious about how children learn

• Enjoy collaborating with others

• Want to keep developing your own practice

• Share commitment to quality, integrity and doing the right thing for children

• Experience or interest across different age groups

Benefits

• Full Pay Parity for qualified teachers

• Wherever operationally possible, a nine-day fortnight for full-time teachers, giving you an additional day to rest and recharge

• Generous non-contact time

• Meaningful investment in professional development

• Regular team meetings with a strong professional learning focus

• Collaborative, inclusive teaching culture where different perspectives, strengths and ideas are valued

About us

Magic Garden has been part of Auckland's North Shore community for 28 years and is recognised for its high-quality, Reggio Emilia-inspired approach to early learning. Our vision is to provide exceptional early learning centres where children and teachers can flourish. Our philosophy begins with our image of the child. We see children as capable, competent and confident learners who actively construct their understanding of the world. Our goal is simple: to create amazing places for children and teachers to flourish. We invest deliberately in staffing and resources rather than simply designing our centres around minimum requirements. We consider group sizes, children's ages and how spaces are best used, while investing in the professional development, resources and non-contact time our teachers need to do their best work.