Department Lead – Creative Arts

OpenKrill; United States; Remoto; USD 56.000 - 79.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is expanding with a Department Lead for Creative Arts. You will shape the department's vision and design innovative online courses that leverage digital studios, recording, and live performances.

You will also showcase student work to families and the wider community. The role includes teaching components, leadership responsibilities, and a focus on integrating arts into NCEA pathways while building a vibrant online arts

Competenze

• A registered teacher with a full practising certificate and specialist expertise in at least one creative arts discipline.
• Leadership experience, or a strong record of leading programmes, productions or exhibitions.
• Imagination about how digital tools can open up creative learning, not limit it.
• Strong understanding of NCEA arts assessment, including portfolios and performance.
• Energy to build a creative community among students who learn from many places.

Mansioni

• Lead department vision and set the direction for creative arts from Year 9 to Year 13 across disciplines.
• Design innovative online courses using digital studios, recording, virtual exhibitions and live performance.
• Showcase student work online and in person for whānau and the community.
• Connect learning to NCEA, Scholarship, tertiary study and creative industries.
• Lead, coach and appraise the department's teachers and cultivate a culture of creativity.

Conoscenze

Leadership experience

Vision for department

Creativity

Imagination with digital tools

Formazione

Registered teacher with full practising certificate

Descrizione del lavoro

Permanent, full-time · Aotearoa Infinite Academy · Includes a teaching component · Start Term 1, 2027 Prove that the arts can thrive online, and lead the department that does 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 creating new leadership roles, including a Department Lead for Creative Arts. You'll reimagine how students create, perform, collaborate and share their work in an online school.

What you'll lead

• Department vision. Set the direction for the creative arts from Year 9 to Year 13, across visual arts, music, drama, dance and design as relevant.
• Course design. Lead innovative online courses that use digital studios, recording, virtual exhibitions and live performance.
• Showcasing student work. Create opportunities for students to share their work with whānau and the community, online and in person.
• Pathways. Connect learning to NCEA, Scholarship, tertiary study and creative industries.
• Teaching team. Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of creativity and experimentation.
• Assessment and achievement. Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, including portfolio and performance assessment online.
• Resourcing. Manage the department budget, creative software and equipment.

Who you are

• A registered teacher with a full practising certificate and specialist expertise in at least one creative arts discipline.
• Leadership experience, or a strong record of leading programmes, productions or exhibitions.
• Imagination about how digital tools can open up creative learning, not limit it.
• Strong understanding of NCEA arts assessment, including portfolios and performance.
• Energy to build a creative community among students who learn from many places.

What we offer

A newly created leadership role with the freedom to build a department from the ground up at a thriving, fast-growing school. The role includes a teaching component, PLD support and a collaborative leadership network. Competitive remuneration.