Technology Department Lead for Online School

Crimson Academies; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating a Department Lead for Technology to shape how learners design, code, make and solve problems in a fully online setting.

You will build the technology program from the ground up, lead a teaching team, oversee assessment and work with industry and tertiary providers to create relevant pathways. This is a permanent role with a teaching component and leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Registered teacher with full practising certificate.
• Leadership experience or strong record of leading programmes and colleagues.
• Current knowledge of emerging technology, including AI, and ideas for using it well in learning.
• Confidence designing and teaching hands-on, project-based learning online.
• Network in, or appetite to build links with, industry and tertiary providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technology department vision and direction from Year 9 to Year 13 across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant.
• Design innovative online courses and projects building design thinking and computational thinking.
• Develop pathways linking learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry partnerships.
• Lead, coach and appraise department teachers and foster a culture of experimentation.
• Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data and respond to insights.
• Manage department budget, software and tools in collaboration with IT.

Skills

Leadership

AI awareness

Technology leadership

Education

Registered teacher with full practising certificate

Job description

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating a Department Lead for Technology to shape how learners design, code, make and solve problems in a fully online setting.

You will build the technology program from the ground up, lead a teaching team, oversee assessment and work with industry and tertiary providers to create relevant pathways. This is a permanent role with a teaching component and leadership responsibilities.