Deputy Principal – High Standards Teaching

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

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, seeks a Deputy Principal – High Standards Teaching to lead school-wide teaching excellence. This full-time permanent role focuses on coaching, embedding a theory of learning, and driving professional growth across a nationwide online learning community.

You will oversee induction for beginning teachers, manage staff PLD calendars, and coordinate certification endorsements while growing a leadership team from two to six Deputy

Qualifications

• Experience in educational leadership or school leadership preferred.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to lead professional learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Coaching. Run coaching cycles, live-session observations and walkthroughs of online learning.
• Theory of learning. Embed our school's theory of learning and assessment for learning practice schoolwide.
• Professional growth. Oversee the professional growth cycle and teaching as inquiry.
• Beginning teachers. Lead PCT induction, the mentor programme and release time.
• Staff PLD. Own the PLD plan, the staff meeting PLD calendar and teacher-only days.
• Certification. Manage Teaching Council certification endorsements and practicum liaison.
• PLD. Manage PLD plan, delivery and any external bookings Operations Manager.

Job description

Aotearoa Infinite Academy New Zealand (nationwide)

Deputy Principal – High Standards Teaching

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

Great learning starts with great teaching. Lead 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 expanding our senior leadership team from two to six Deputy Principals, each leading a strategic portfolio shaped by the Golden Circle. This is aHOW role: you'll grow the practice of every teacher through coaching, a shared theory of learning and assessment for learning, all in an online setting.

What you'll lead *please note may be subject to change

• Coaching. Run coaching cycles, live-session observations and walkthroughs of online learning.
• Theory of learning. Embed our school's theory of learning and assessment for learning practice schoolwide.
• Professional growth. Oversee the professional growth cycle and teaching as inquiry.
• Beginning teachers. Lead PCT induction, the mentor programme and release time.
• Staff PLD. Own the PLD plan, the staff meeting PLD calendar and teacher-only days.
• Certification. Manage Teaching Council certification endorsements and practicum liaison.
• PLD. Manage PLD plan, delivery and any external bookings Operations Manager.

Please view our job description online for more details:

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