Director or Co-Directors, Unlimited School

20 September 2011

Organisation/person name:

Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti - THE CUTTING EDGE OF EDUCATION

Work type:

Permanent: Full-Time

Work classification:

Education - Secondary Specialist Teacher

Job description:

-Exciting Opportunity

-Unique learning environment

We are looking for an innovative, inspirational and charismatic leader or leaders wanting to have fun, innovate and be part of great changes in education.

We want someone who will enjoy working with highly talented and motivated students.

Someone who has loads of energy and enthusiasm for helping students drive and control their own learning and for constantly pushing the edges of what education is about.

We want you to be comfortable with the strong parental and community input and enjoy change and innovation.

You will definitely need to have a great sense of humour.

Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti is a state secondary with a current maximum roll of 470 (with a big desire to continue expanding). It is the only special character state secondary school in New Zealand. Its philosophy is based on discovery learning and is supported by creativity and innovation. Students at Unlimited also make use of the wider community to access resources, learning opportunities and qualifications.

We envisage that the role may be performed by one person or shared by two compatible people.

Opportunity location:

Christchurch

Key skills sought:

Duties to commence: Term1 2012
Applications close: Wed 19 October 2011

This opportunity is:

Paid

Salary low $:

Salary high $:

Closing date:

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Contact details:

Application information is on our website: www.unlimited.school.nz or can be requested by contacting: bot.secretary@unlimited.school.nz

Submitted by Matthew Ayton on Tue, 20/09/2011 - 11:25pm.

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