Year Level Dean

Aotearoa Infinite Academy; Canterbury; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating Year Level Deans to know every learner in their cohort and ensure none slip through. You’ll lead pastoral care, attendance, wellbeing, and engagement across online classrooms, building relationships with students and whānau and collaborating with leaders to support achievement.

In this role you’ll monitor engagement, remove barriers to learning, and implement restorative approaches to behaviour while fostering

Responsibilities

• Pastoral care: Be the first point of contact for students and whānau in your year level, building strong relationships online and in person.
• Access to the curriculum: Identify barriers to learning, from device and connectivity issues to wellbeing and learning needs, and work with curriculum leads, teachers and learning support to remove them.
• Attendance and engagement: Monitor daily attendance and online engagement data, follow up quickly with students and whānau, and apply our stepped attendance response.
• Early intervention: Spot students at risk early, put support plans in place and refer to case management and outside agencies when needed.
• Wellbeing and behaviour: Respond to incidents, including online incidents, using restorative practice.
• Cohort culture: Run year-level check-ins, celebrations and events that build belonging across our online community.
• Working with leaders: Report to your pastoral Deputy Principal and contribute to our schoolwide attendance and engagement strategy.

Job description

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura, Middle leadership

English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Be the person who knows every learner in your year level, and makes sure none of them slip through.

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 creating new leadership roles, including Year Level Deans. In an online school, connection doesn't happen by accident. You'll build it, so every student in your cohort feels known, supported and able to access their learning.

What you'll lead

• Pastoral care Be the first point of contact for students and whānau in your year level, building strong relationships online and in person.
• Access to the curriculum Identify barriers to learning, from device and connectivity issues to wellbeing and learning needs, and work with curriculum leads, teachers and learning support to remove them.
• Attendance and engagement Monitor daily attendance and online engagement data, follow up quickly with students and whānau, and apply our stepped attendance response.
• Early intervention Spot students at risk early, put support plans in place and refer to case management and outside agencies when needed.
• Wellbeing and behaviour Respond to incidents, including online incidents, using restorative practice.
• Cohort culture Run year-level check-ins, celebrations and events that build belonging across our online community.
• Working with leaders Report to your pastoral Deputy Principal and contribute to our schoolwide attendance and engagement strategy.

Physical address:

18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland Central, Auckland