Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience

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

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy in New Zealand seeks a Deputy Principal for High Standards Learner Experience to lead attendance, engagement, policy, and Board reporting for our online secondary and wharekura. You will oversee student support and learning initiatives, coordinating SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and RTLB applications.

You will also manage interagency collaborations with health, youth services, and RTLB, while driving enrichment programs and restorative practices to lift engagement and

Responsibilities

• Lead attendance and engagement strategy across the school, with dashboards and board reporting.
• Oversee student support and case management, including escalation of persistent non-attenders.
• Coordinate learning support through SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and RTLB applications.
• Act as the key interagency link with Oranga Tamariki, RTLB, health services and Youth Services.
• Lead enrichment and access programs, and support disengaged learners to re-engage.
• Drive restorative practice, behavior data, and discipline procedures; report on learning support to the Board.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Policy development

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