A Career in Teaching - Kura Kaupapa Primary Teacher (JTJS52010)

Interested to find out about teaching, Te Wehi from Hamilton Boys High School is keen to see what it's like to be a teacher in an environment where classes are taught in Te Reo Maori. So he first heads off to Huntly to Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga, the country's largest Kura Kaupapa -- Wharekura -- or largest school where all subjects except English are taught in Te Reo Maori. Te Wehi meets Hine-Puaawai Herewini, a teacher who has returned to the school having attended from the age of 5 until Year 13. She was head girl at the school then went to university to train as a teacher and loves her job back at her old school. Te Wehi spends time in her classroom of year 3 children with his first task calling the roll. After learning about this fascinating school, he is off to Nawton Primary School in Hamilton where the have both bilingual classes where 31-50 per cent of instruction is given in Maori and Ramaki classes, where 81-100 per cent of instruction is given in Maori. For Te Wehi, it has been a fascinating insight into the growing need and opportunities for Te Reo Maori teachers and he thinks it is definitely a career he will consider for the future. Find out more about this, and a huge variety of other careers, at http://www.justthejob.co.nz Click the subscribe button to be notified when we have new videos on line. Good Job Hunting!