Alternative Education Teacher Aide


Teacher Aide - Alternative Education Christchurch

This is a part-time role of 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 12pm) during school term time.

This position offers a flexible start date and will conclude on 9 December 2025. There is the potential for this role to be extended into 2026.

Alternative Education is a Ministry of Education initiative where we place and support disengaged students aged 13-16 years old into our AE provider schools. There is a large emphasis on progressing their learning as well as supporting students to re-engage in their education and make clear plans for their futures.

You will be working within a small team of five, facilitated through Cashmere High School but based in the city and working in 5 Alternative Education Providers in Christchurch.

 

In this role your key tasks are:

- To provide support for the five Alternative Education (AE) Providers within the programme setting. This can be working with students one-to-one or in small groups using resources that have been collated and prepared by the AE providers.

- To administer the Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic, Formative and Summative assessment (PROBE, IKAN/JAM/GLOSS, and writing sample)

- To mark and record the above assessment in the AE Database and share the assessment results with the AE provider

- To relieve, where necessary, when and AE provider has indicated that the limited staffing will impact on the continuation of their programme.

- To work with the Pedagogical Leader to support other initiatives within the AE setting/AE Providers programmes

 

We are looking for an applicant who can be a team player, be flexible within the working environment and is empathetic to the needs of disengaged young people.  Applicants should have experience working one-to-one and in small groups, administering literacy and numeracy diagnostic, formative and summative assessment. An understanding of entering data onto a database would be beneficial.

 

Applications close Wednesday 19th February at 3pm

If you have any enquires please email vacancies@cashmere.school.nz

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Fixed Term Contract - Part Time

Job no: BEAG54338

Location: Canterbury

School: Cashmere High School - 340

Closing Date: Wednesday 19th February at 3pm