Jared Stein
Principal
Jared comes to KingsGate School as an experienced Principal, most recently at Hikuai School near Pauanui.
Jared looks to lead in a way that builds and creates harmony and emotional bonds in an environment where people come first. He is a visionary and likes to bring a 'come with me' enthusiasm built on clear communication to his leadership role.
Jared holds a degree in Education and Social Policy, together with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Primary Education from Victoria University in Wellington.
He identifies his leadership strengths in areas of curriculum knowledge, enjoying regular classroom practice, digital technologies, school finances and building school culture and cameraderie.
Personal benevolence, recognition of others in their achievements and milestones, ingenuity and an active lifestyle that include social interaction with students are hallmarks of Jared's personal style.
A committed Christian from his early years involved with the Salvation Army, Jared reflects that life is good when walking close to the Lord and life is harder when not doing so. He currently enjoys an inter-denominational fellowship and in so doing, brings a breadth of Christian perspective to KingsGate School.
We are delighted to welcome Jared to lead this growing school through the next important stage of its growth and development.
Principal's Update
KingsGate School is about one thing: honouring God. Staff, students, and parents all embrace this shared belief and it is reflected in our actions towards one another, the words we share with one another, and of the highest importance, the personal relationship we each have with our Lord and Saviour.
Honouring God for each of us at KingsGate is therefore about being the best version of ourselves that we possibly can be, and this means that we constantly strive for excellence. We know that God expects this of us, and to a person, we understand that an offering of second-best at KingsGate is never acceptable, no matter the task or situation (Malachi 1:6-14). We are here to honour God and he demands our best, first time, every time.
Our staff and students are instilled with the knowledge that being the best versions of ourselves for God doesn’t make us better than anyone else but rather leads each of us to a deeper understanding and personal experience of Philippian 2:3-4 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Serving one another so that we may develop and equip each other on our respective journeys with Christ is fundamental to our collective identity at KingsGate School.
We also acknowledge that every student and staff member has been given resources according to their skills and abilities, but that these resources ultimately belong to God (Matthew 25:14-30). Eventually, we will all have to answer to Him as to how we invested our resources during our time in this world, so it is this acknowledgment that has been the ignition for the start our curriculum re-design. Our vision is to create a true strengths-based curriculum where both our students and teachers God-gifted strengths and talents are identified, fostered, and utilised so that each one of us may become the person that God truly designed us to be.
The vision of being the best version of ourselves and giving the best to God, first time, every time is not corrupted by this world’s desire for covetous competition, or the need to work for material rewards. Rather we actively seek to develop strengths and talents within our school population, understanding that iron sharpens iron and friends sharpen the minds of each other (Proverbs 27:17). As a General ensures his soldiers are sent into battle with sharp swords so we at KingsGate honour God by ensuring our students are sent out into this world, tested, with the armour of God firmly affixed to their body and faith in the victory of Christ.
