Deputy Principal: High Standards & Learner Experience

Aotearoa Infinite Academy; Southland; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is expanding its senior leadership team with a Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience. This permanent, full-time role will lead strategic portfolios to ensure every learner can access, attend and thrive in our online school.

You will oversee attendance, engagement, learning support, interagency work, enrichment, behaviour and reporting to the Board, guiding a remote, nationwide school for Years 7–15 / wharekura.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is expanding its senior leadership team with a Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience. This permanent, full-time role will lead strategic portfolios to ensure every learner can access, attend and thrive in our online school.

You will oversee attendance, engagement, learning support, interagency work, enrichment, behaviour and reporting to the Board, guiding a remote, nationwide school for Years 7–15 / wharekura.