Dean of Instruction and Learning

We are looking for an outstanding educator to serve as the** Dean of Instruction and support professional development for teachers at our Northriding Campus in Term 3 **This is an opportunity to help create a transformative school model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake.

As Dean of Instruction serving on the school leadership team, you will help the School Leader establish an extremely strong and vibrant school culture consistent with Nova Pioneer's core culture principles. However, your primary focus is teacher development. Drawing on support from instructional leaders on Nova Pioneer's network team, you will support create a professional development “machine” inside the school: deliberate practice routines and management habits that stretch teachers professionally and give them higher quality, more intensive coaching than they can get anywhere else. You will support building a pipeline of homegrown local teacher talent inside the school that produces master teachers and great instructional leaders over time.

**ABOUT NOVA PIONEER**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Specific key responsibilities for the role include:

- To support the School Leader to articulate a compelling short
- and long-term vision for the development of the school’s culture and program
- Set and model a consistent tone of highest expectations, joy, and growth mindset
- Lead key school rituals as needed to model and ingrain culture
- Quickly identify and respond to classroom/school culture or behavior issues
- Lead instruction sessions for parents
- Follow up with the Learning Design team on teachers’ feedback on lesson plans.
- Coordinate with the Academic Support team on the availability of learning materials and teaching resources.
- With the support and development from the School Leader, the Dean of Instruction and Learning will:

- Serve as hiring manager for all instructional staff hires
- Coach teachers through extensive observation and feedback
- Supervise all professional development routines and activities across the school
- Collect, analyze, share and interpret internal and external school assessment data and ensure that data is used strategically to improve student academic performance
- Oversee planning, execution and analysis of intervention programs targeted at needs of diverse academic subgroups, whether remedial or enrichment

ABOUT YOU
- You have 4+ years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations school setting including at least one instructional leadership role (e.g. head of department, Head of grade, teacher coach, etc.)
- You are widely recognized as a highly effective teacher and can model what great, enquiry-based teaching looks like
- You have a track record of improving other people’s performance through coaching and building uncommonly strong relationships
- You have an exceptional ability to think strategically and yet you sweat the small stuff—people see you as unusually detail-oriented and conscientious
- You are driven by data and know how to use data from student assessments to strengthen and differentiate student learning
- You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback

**WORKING AT NOVA PIONEER**

Nova Pioneer is a place where our people experience tremendous growth, fast We invest heavily in the growth of our people because it leads to greater mastery in both us and our students. “Novaneers” work harder and work longer hours than at most schools but as a result, the growth they experience is extraordinary. We offer consistent and ongoing professional development and provide clear career pathways that ensure that our people are always achieving their personal and professional best. Nova Pioneer has a highly energetic, entrepreneurial environment where our people get to bring their creative and innovative ideas to life. We look for people who are flexible and who are able to adapt and respond quickly to adversity with a positive, can-do attitude (there are no problems, only solutions). We welcome challenges and roll with the punches because it makes us, and our students, better. There is no problem too big for us We work hard but we also have a lot of fun together. We bring infectious energy and enthusiasm to everything we do because joy fuels the hardest work and learning. Read more about our culture principles here.

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