Department Lead – Technology

Crimson Academies

1d•Remote

About The Position

Build a Technology department for the way young people will live and work. Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is a thriving community growing to 2,000 students in 2027. To bring our goals for our learners to life, we're creating new leadership roles, including a Department Lead for Technology. You'll shape how our learners design, code, make and solve problems, and show what world-class technology education looks like online.

Requirements

A registered teacher with a full practising certificate and specialist expertise in technology or digital technologies.
Leadership experience, or a strong record of leading programmes and colleagues.
Current knowledge of emerging technology, including AI, and ideas for using it well in learning.
Confidence designing and teaching hands-on, project-based learning online.
A network in, or appetite to build links with, industry and tertiary providers.

Responsibilities

Set the direction for Technology from Year 9 to Year 13, across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant.
Lead innovative online courses and projects that build design thinking, computational thinking and real-world problem solving.
Connect learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry, including partnerships with tech and design organisations.
Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of experimentation.
Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, and act on what it shows.
Manage the department budget, software and tools, working with IT on platforms and access.