Assistant Principal

Kaipara College; Helensville; Presencial; NZD 120.000 - 150.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Kaipara College in Helensville seeks an Assistant Principal to join our Senior Leadership Team, strengthening pastoral systems and supporting students and staff. This is a teaching role within a relational, outcomes‑driven leadership context.

Reporting to the Principal, you will lead a portfolio aligned to your strengths, including pastoral care or curriculum, while contributing to staff professional learning and school development.

Qualificações

• Proven experience in pastoral care and restorative practice.
• Experience leading or coaching staff, ideally in a middle or senior leadership role.
• Sound knowledge of effective, evidence-informed classroom management strategies.
• Experience working with whānau and external agencies to support students.
• Confidence using data to identify trends and guide decisions.
• A commitment to culturally responsive practice and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• A full practising certificate with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Conhecimentos

Pastoral care

Restorative practice

Leadership coaching

Classroom management

Whānau engagement

Data-driven decisions

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Teaching Council certificate

Formação

Full practising certificate - Teaching Council NZ

Descrição da vaga

Kaipara College is seeking an Assistant Principal to join our Senior Leadership Team. This is an opportunity for an experienced, relational leader to shape how we support our students and our staff as we strengthen our pastoral systems.

The role

Reporting directly to the Principal, the Assistant Principal will join our senior leadership team with a portfolio assigned to suit their strengths. This may include areas such as pastoral care and leading deans, staff professional learning, curriculum, or other aspects of school leadership. We are interested in what you would bring. This is a teaching role.

Qualities and skills

• Proven experience in pastoral care and restorative practice
• Experience leading or coaching staff, ideally in a middle or senior leadership role
• Sound knowledge of effective, evidence-informed classroom management strategies
• Experience working with whānau and external agencies to support students
• Confidence using data to identify trends and guide decisions
• A commitment to culturally responsive practice and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• A full practising certificate with the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

Applicants should state the subject area or areas they teach.

Our school

Kaipara College is a co-educational secondary school serving the Helensville and wider Kaipara community only 35 minutes northwest of the Auckland CBD, situated in Helensville, and recognise the mana whenua of the South Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara.

Our values of Aroha, Whanaungatanga, Kaitiakitanga and Angitūtanga guide everything we do, and we hold high expectations for our students and ourselves.