Director of Performing Arts (Internal applications only)

Mulgrave School; West Vancouver; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mulgrave School in West Vancouver seeks a Learning Leader for the Performing Arts to oversee curriculum, teaching and assessment across PreK-12. This temporary, full-time role covers maternity leave and centers on ensuring high-quality practice and evidence-based improvement.

You will guide the department, mentor teachers, manage the budget and coordinate planning with the Principal to align standards, ATL skills, and experiential learning through trips and events.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the Learning and Teaching Principles and Practices are at the forefront of the learning environment.
• Ensuring that teaching and learning promote curiosity and the love of the subject
• Developing processes and procedures to ensure that the quality of learning and achievement is monitored, evaluated and shared.
• Using student and cohort data to improve learning and teaching
• Monitoring the quality and consistency of student assessment feedback and reporting
• Ensuring that the PreK-12 curriculum is fully articulated in terms of content, skills and concepts, and accurately recorded
• Directing the team’s focus on the teaching and assessment of ATL skills
• Supporting the performing arts team, including faculty and support staff
• Enriching student learning through appropriate trips and visits, co-curricular activities, and other special events
• Providing guidance and mentorship for new teachers, and ongoing support for other team members
• Fostering and facilitating professional learning opportunities for team members
• Working with the Principal to oversee the annual Teacher Professional Growth Plan (TPGP) for team members
• Managing the departmental budget to ensure resources are used effectively to enhance student learning
• Attending coordinator, strand and divisional planning meetings throughout the year to ensure collaboration with other curriculum leaders

Job description

Temporary, full-time (covering maternity leave)

Position Summary:

As the learning leader responsible for the overall quality of curriculum, teaching and learning, this role leads and manages the Performing Arts department by:

• Ensuring the Learning and Teaching Principles and Practices are at the forefront of the learning environment.
• Ensuring that teaching and learning promote curiosity and the love of the subject
• Developing processes and procedures to ensure that the quality of learning and achievement is monitored, evaluated and shared.
• Using student and cohort data to improve learning and teaching
• Monitoring the quality and consistency of student assessment feedback and reporting
• Ensuring that the PreK-12 curriculum is fully articulated in terms of content, skills and concepts, and accurately recorded
• Directing the team’s focus on the teaching and assessment of ATL skills
• Supporting the performing arts team, including faculty and support staff
• Enriching student learning through appropriate trips and visits, co-curricular activities, and other special events
• Providing guidance and mentorship for new teachers, and ongoing support for other team members
• Fostering and facilitating professional learning opportunities for team members
• Working with the Principal to oversee the annual Teacher Professional Growth Plan (TPGP) for team members
• Managing the departmental budget to ensure resources are used effectively to enhance student learning
• Attending coordinator, strand and divisional planning meetings throughout the year to ensure collaboration with other curriculum leaders