Department Lead – Creative Arts

Aotearoa Infinite Academy; Canterbury; À distance; NZD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is expanding its leadership team with a Department Lead for Creative Arts. This role shapes online arts education for students from Year 9 to Year 13.

You will design innovative online courses, mentor teachers, connect learning to NCEA, showcase student work online and in-person, and manage resources to foster creativity across visual arts, music, drama, dance and design.

Responsabilités

• Set the department vision and lead creative arts for Year 9–13 online.
• Design online courses using digital studios, recording, virtual exhibitions and live performance.
• Showcase student work to whānau, community, online and in person.
• Connect learning to NCEA, Scholarship, tertiary study and creative industries.
• Lead, coach and appraise the teaching team and foster a culture of creativity.
• Oversee assessment, moderation and online portfolio and performance data.
• Manage the department budget, software and equipment.

Description du poste

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Middle leadership

The arts

Prove that the arts can thrive online, and lead the department that does it. Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is a thriving community growing to 2,000 students in 2027. To bring our goals for our learners to life, we're creating new leadership roles, including a Department Lead for Creative Arts. You'll reimagine how students create, perform, collaborate and share their work in an online school.

What you'll lead:

• Department vision. Set the direction for the creative arts from Year 9 to Year 13, across visual arts, music, drama, dance and design as relevant.
• Course design. Lead innovative online courses that use digital studios, recording, virtual exhibitions and live performance.
• Showcasing student work. Create opportunities for students to share their work with whānau and the community, online and in person.
• Pathways. Connect learning to NCEA, Scholarship, tertiary study and creative industries.
• Teaching team. Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of creativity and experimentation.
• Assessment and achievement. Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, including portfolio and performance assessment online.
• Resourcing. Manage the department budget, creative software and equipment.

Type: Secondary (Year 9-15)
Authority: Charter School
Gender: Co-Ed
Decile: 0
Roll: 0
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Physical address:
18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland Central, Auckland