Tayla+McAdam

= = = Primary School Teacher =



1.What skills or training are required for this job? 2.What are the tasks and duites of a Primary School Teacher? 3.What can this job lead to?
 * Three questions I want to answer in my research: **

Primary School Teachers teach children between 5 and 13 at Primary Schools, they teach a range of subjects within a prescribed curriculum to primary school students and promote students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development..Primary Teachers will incounter behavioural issues and will need to know how to descipline children correctly. Teachers may need to work with children with learning disabilities and need to know how to help them to the best of their abiltity.
 * ABOUT THE JOB: **
 * Summary:**

Primary school teachers may do some or all of the following:
 * Task and Duties:**
 * Plan and prepare activities and lessons for the year, based on children's needs and the NZ curriculum
 * Teach English, Maths, Science, Technology, Arts and Social Studies
 * Keep up to date with curriculum changes and assessment methods
 * Assess and record learning and development of each child
 * Be able to work with children with disabilities
 * Help to develop children's social skills and behaviours
 * Meet with parents and caregivers at planning or teacher/parent evenings
 * Lead a curriculum area within the school such as English or Math
 * Get involved in extracurricular activities such as sports coaching and school fairs
 * Do lunchtime/playground duty or road patrol duty.

**Skills and Knowledge:** Primary school teachers need to have knowledge of:
 * different teaching methods and learning styles
 * the New Zealand school curriculum
 * how to plan units and lessons, and evaluate students' progress
 * child development, including learning difficulties and how to identify them
 * behaviour management techniques, such as establishing boundaries and rewarding positive behaviour
 * school rules, policies and procedures, including safety and emergency procedures.

It helps if Primary Teachers are:
 * Personal and Physical qualitites:**
 * comfortable with communicating with students and adults from a range of cultures and backgrounds
 * organised and good at solving problems
 * friendly, supportive, and good at listening
 * positive, enthusiastic and able to motivate children
 * creative, adaptable and resourceful.

Education providers requires the applicants to have a tertiary entrance qualification.
 * ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS AND CONDITIONS: **
 * Secondary and tertiary requirments:**

To become a primary school teacher you need to have one of the following:
 * a three-year Diploma of Teaching
 * a three-year Bachelor of Education (Teaching)
 * a Bachelor's degree and a one-year Graduate Diploma of Teaching.
 * Useful experience:**
 * Working with children and teenagers
 * Babysitting
 * Early Childhood Teaching


 * Working Conditions:**
 * Primary Teachers will work with children from approximately 8am until 3.30pm. They also work after hours doing office work and going to meetings.
 * teachers can also be asked to go on school trips so they can get out of the classroom
 * need to be able to work in classrooms or small spaces can be very noisy
 * need to be able to work outside with children


 * Hours and contact people:**

Primary School Teachers will work from 8am until 3pm with children but outside hours may be required as teachers will need to attend meetings.


 * Pay and Progression:**


 * With a three-year Diploma of Teaching qualification, you start on $34,847 a year. Pay rises each year for seven years to $55,621 – the maximum on this pay scale.
 * With a three-year Bachelor of Education (Teaching) or equivalent, or an Advanced Diploma of Teaching, you start on $45,568. You can reach a maximum of $67,413 after seven years.
 * With four years' tertiary study, you start on $46,908 a year, and can reach a maximum of $70,877 after seven years.


 * Rlated job (s):**
 * Secondary School Teacher
 * Early Childhood Teacher
 * School Principal

I would enjoy working children. I have very high interest in pursuing this career. My qualities,skills and values match this job at the moment. This job could lead to being a Principal of a school or become a Secondary School Teacher.
 * MY CONCLUSION ABOUT THIS JOB: **

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