Technology Department Lead - Online Education Innovator

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

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating a Department Lead for Technology. You will shape how learners design, code, make and solve problems, and demonstrate what world-class technology education looks like online.

Lead the Technology department for Year 9–13, building innovative online courses and projects while aligning with digital technologies, design and materials relevant to learners' futures.

Responsibilities

• Department vision: Set the direction for Technology from Year 9 to Year 13, across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant.
• Course design: Lead innovative online courses and projects that build design thinking, computational thinking and real-world problem solving.
• Pathways: Connect learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry, including partnerships with tech and design organisations.
• Teaching team: Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of experimentation.
• Assessment and achievement: Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, and act on what it shows.
• Resourcing: Manage the department budget, software and tools, working with IT on platforms and access.

Job description

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating a Department Lead for Technology. You will shape how learners design, code, make and solve problems, and demonstrate what world-class technology education looks like online.

Lead the Technology department for Year 9–13, building innovative online courses and projects while aligning with digital technologies, design and materials relevant to learners' futures.