1 How JobAdder is supporting BestStart during New Zealand’s teacher shortage Case Study Wayne and Chloe Wright are known for not doing things halfway, and in 1996 they opened their first childhood centre in Tauranga, New Zealand with only four employees. Today, their BestStart has grown into New Zealand’s largest provider of early childhood education. Over the past 13 years, BestStart has grown to more than 270 centres, employing 4,500 staff according to HR Manager Amy Wilkins. At this current stage, Amy has noted that they are facing the most difficult staffing shortage that she has seen in her 10 years since working in the organisation, despite “20 new centres that we are looking to open up over the next 18 months,” she said. “There is a nationwide shortage of teachers across

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