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Dean of Instruction and Learning/Ormonde Primary Jobs in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa at Nova Pioneer
Position: Dean of Instruction and Learning (Ormonde Primary)
Location: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
We are looking for an outstanding educator to serve as theDean of Instruction and Learning to supportprofessional developmentfor teachers at our Ormonde Primary!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 schoolleadershipteam, 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 creating aprofessional 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
Imagine a world in which every young person across Africa attends a school that truly sets them up for success in the 21st century. A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them. A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorising content. At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future━we are bringing it to life.
Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high quality, accessibleeducationfrom pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, enquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”. It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation andcollaboration. Nova Pioneer currently has 15 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade.
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ABOUT THE ROLE
Specific key responsibilities for the role include:
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 Learning Design team on teachers’ feedback on lesson plans.
Coordinate with Academic Support team on availability of learning materials and teaching resources.
With the support and development from the Dean of Instruction and Learning:
Serve as hiring manager for all instructional staff hires.
Coach teachers through extensive observation and feedback.
Supervise allprofessional developmentroutines and activities across the school.
Facilitatecollaborationamong teachers within/across grade levels and subject areas.
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 ofdiverseacademic subgroups, whether…
Title: Dean of Instruction and Learning/Ormonde Primary
Company: Nova Pioneer
Location: City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Category: Education / Teaching
