Deputy Principal – Ethical Digital Fluency, Safeguarding

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Deputy Principal safeguarding learners at New Zealand's first online charter school. Leading AI guidance, digital citizenship, child protection and Year 9 pastoral care.

Responsibilities:

  • Set AI-use guidelines and acceptable use agreements
  • Lead digital citizenship and AI initiatives
  • Serve as child protection lead
  • Manage safeguarding disclosures, procedures and staff training
  • Respond to cyberbullying and harmful digital communications
  • Liaise with Netsafe and other partners
  • Use data to design proactive programmes to reduce and eliminate cyber issues
  • Work with the IT Manager to vet platforms and ensure Privacy Act compliance
  • Collaborate with the Deputy Principal of Curriculum and IT on safe use of the LMS and learning platforms
  • Run online safety evenings for whānau and staff
  • Lead Year 9 transition, orientation, dean management, attendance follow-up and related strategies
  • Report to the Principal on the portfolio
  • Line-manage portfolio leaders
  • Contribute to staff PLD
  • Share the duty roster

Requirements:

  • Registered teacher with a full practising certificate
  • Leadership experience in pastoral care, digital learning or safeguarding
  • Current knowledge of AI in education, online harm and digital wellbeing
  • Ability to explain AI, online harm and digital wellbeing plainly to students, staff and whānau
  • Trained, or ready to train, in child protection
  • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters
  • Familiarity with privacy law
  • Experience evaluating educational technology
  • Warm and welcoming approach with young teens and their families
  • Loyalty to the academy's vision
  • Passion for doing things differently
  • Hard-working and unafraid of change and innovation

Benefits:

  • Competitive remuneration
  • Permanent, full-time employment
  • Teaching component that keeps you connected to learners
  • Collaborative leadership team
  • Contribution to staff PLD
  • Shared duty roster