Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience

Aotearoa Infinite Academy; Hawke's Bay; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is expanding its senior leadership team to include a Deputy Principal focused on high standards learner experience for Years 7–15 and wharekura. This role centers on ensuring every learner can access, attend and thrive in our online school, and involves shaping the portfolio around the Golden Circle.

You will lead attendance strategy, student support, enrichment, and restorative practice, reporting to the principal.

Responsibilities

• Attendance and engagement leadership: policy, dashboards and intervention tiers; collaborate with pastoral DPs.
• Student support and case management: chair weekly Student Support meetings and oversee individual plans.
• Learning support oversight: SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and learning assistant timetables.
• Interagency collaboration: be the school's key link with Oranga Tamariki, RTLB, health and youth services.

Job description

Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience

Full time, Permanent

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Deputy principal
English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Every learner, every day, known and supported. 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 expanding our senior leadership team from two to six Deputy Principals, each leading a strategic portfolio shaped by the Golden Circle. This is the WHY role: the portfolio at the centre of everything we do. You'll make sure every student can access, attend and thrive in our online school.

What you'll lead * please note this is not exhaustive and may be subject to change

• Attendance and engagement, schoolwide. You're our lead DP for strategy, systems, data and Board reporting. You'll own the policy, codes, dashboards and intervention tiers, and work with pastoral DPs who follow up their year levels.
• Student support and case management. Chair the weekly Student Support meeting and oversee individual plans, reviews and escalation of persistent non-attenders.
• Learning support. Oversee our SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and RTLB applications, and learning assistant timetables.
• Interagency work. Be the school's key link with Oranga Tamariki, RTLB, health, counselling and Youth Services.
• Enrichment and access. Lead GATE and enrichment programmes, and open doors for priority and disengaged learners.
• Behaviour. Lead restorative practice, stand-down and suspension procedures, and behaviour data.
• Board reporting. Report termly on attendance, engagement and learning support.

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