High School Assistant Principal

About SPARK Schools

SPARK Schools is a social impact disruptor and is leading change in the education space through its network of affordable private schools. The SPARK Schools network provide transformational education innovation through Africa’s first blended learning model, which elevates student achievement and provides the tools teachers need to serve their students effectively.

The blended learning model, which combines classroom teaching and online instruction, allows teachers to anticipate student needs and equips schools to provide personalized education at an affordable cost. SPARK Schools is pioneering this transformative education model to ensure the accessibility of university and careers for all.

SPARK Schools has a culture of collaboration, because getting South Africa to lead global education takes a team effort. We are innovators who strive for excellence through persistence and a sense of urgency to achieve SPARK Schools’ vision, mission and social transformational objectives. Our work environment is vibrant/cheerful, fast-paced/dynamic, engaging/stimulating, tech-enabled and data driven.

SPARK Schools is a high growth, mission and values-driven, entrepreneurial organisation, operating 19 primary schools and 1 high school and serving over 14,000 families. We are looking for dynamic people to join our team.

Reports To: Principal

**Purpose of Role**:
**Reports To**: Principal

**Responsibilities**:

- Create and maintain a school culture that values high achievement, strong character, and a love for learning.
- Implement a highly rigorous and engaging instructional program that promotes content mastery, creative problem solving, and character development, which is consistent with SPARK Schools’ mission and vision.
- Plan and execute the high school transition model.
- Career guidance and support for FET scholars.
- Consistently implements behaviour management policies and procedures that drive a strong student culture.
- Develop interventions and individualised behaviour plans when necessary.
- Use quantitative (assessment) and qualitative (anecdotal) data to drive decision-making and instruction at the school.
- Support staff with aligning the classroom instruction with the implementation of online learning and group tutoring in the digital learning space.
- Facilitate an assessment and data analysis cycle that drives instructional staff to analyse scholar performance, identify areas for targeted instruction and implement strategies to close achievement gaps
- Collaborate with the school leadership team to manage instructional personnel, including facilitating termly and final evaluations to effectively manage and hold personnel accountable for their performance
- Participate in the selection of new school-based personnel.
- Responsible for the onboarding of instructional personnel.
- Consistently implement behaviour management policies and procedures that drive a strong student culture
- Participate actively in staff development opportunities as a member of the SPARK Schools team.
- Conduct self in a professional manner at all SPARK Schools events and to all stakeholders.
- Support scholar achievement by setting clear and high expectations for excellent facilitation and monitoring in all Innovation hubs.
- Maintain a regular schedule of observations in all the innovation hubs and observation review meetings with blended learning facilitators to ensure that they can successfully plan online courses, execute monitoring and tracking, and implement SPARK Schools’ culture and behaviour management techniques.

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications and Criteria**:
**Experience**:

- 2+ years of experience as a school counsellor
- At least 2-3 years of excellent classroom instruction in a high school context
- A corresponding role in high school leadership

**Preferred Qualifications**:
- **Honours/Masters degree in school counselling/Psychology/Educational Psychology**:

- English language fluency
- **Completed B.Ed or PGCE degree (SP & FET)**:

- SACE registration
- Level 1 and 2 first aid certificates
- Clear criminal record

**Benefits**

**SPARK offers**:

- fair market linked remuneration
- performance-based annual bonuses and increases
- above average/good annual leave
- life, disability and funeral cover
- employee wellness support
- educational support & study leave
- individualised professional development, support and mentorship
- employee discount on school fees
- opportunities for career growth

**Compensation**:R30,000.00 ctc p/m

**Location: SPARK Rivonia High School.**

**Position Type**: Full Time

**SPARK schools encourages persons with disabilities to apply.**

**SPARK Schools may expire the posting of this advertisement at their own discretion.