Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience
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Job Description
Deputy Principal leading attendance, learning support and student services at New Zealand’s first online charter school. Overseeing engagement systems, pastoral care and Board reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Lead attendance and engagement strategy, systems, data and Board reporting schoolwide
- Own attendance policies, codes, dashboards and intervention tiers
- Work with pastoral Deputy Principals who follow up their year levels
- Oversee student support and case management
- Chair the weekly Student Support meeting
- Oversee individual plans, reviews and escalation of persistent non-attenders
- Oversee SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and RTLB applications and learning assistant timetables
- Act as the school's key link with Oranga Tamariki, RTLB, health, counselling and Youth Services
- Lead GATE and enrichment programmes and access for priority and disengaged learners
- Lead restorative practice, stand-down and suspension procedures and behaviour data
- Report termly on attendance, engagement and learning support to the Board
- Report to the Principal on the portfolio
- Line-manage portfolio leaders
- Contribute to staff PLD and share the duty roster
- Include a teaching component
Requirements:
- Registered teacher with a full practising certificate
- Proven middle or senior leadership in pastoral care, learning support or student services
- Data-confident, able to turn attendance and engagement numbers into clear actions and Board-ready reports
- Calm and warm with young people and whānau in difficult moments, and firm on process
- Experience working with outside agencies and across staff teams
- Commitment to equity and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learner support
Benefits:
- Permanent, full-time employment
- Competitive remuneration
- Collaborative leadership team
- Teaching component that keeps you connected to learners
- Contribution to staff PLD
- Shared duty roster















