Requirements

Manage and Coach Principals

• Work with and through Principals and school leadership teams to drive scholar achievement and productive, positive school cultures.
• Use a regular coaching cycle to build strong relationships with Principals that enable the leaders to meet their performance targets and model effective coaching to their own school leadership team.
• Use research-based coaching practices in coaching leaders and work with the Head of School Achievement to codify SPARK Schools coaching and management practices.
• Use leadership tools and surveys to best assess leader strengths and areas of growth.
• Use scholar achievement and stakeholder experience data to determine goals with each leader and monitor progress toward goals.
• Hold Principals to academic, professional, ethical, and other performance standards.

Develop and Implement Professional and Leadership Development

• Collaborate with fellow School Achievement Managers, the Efficacy team, and the Human Capital team to plan and implement leadership development opportunities for current and future school leaders.
• Collaborate with all departments in SPARK Support, in order to build and maintain relationships between school leaders and the Support office.
• Develop Assistant Principals as instructional coaches alongside Principals. 
• Advise Principals as they coach and develop their school leadership team and Trailblazers (prospective school leaders) to ensure the strength of SPARK Schools’ internal leadership pipeline.

Assume Accountability for Scholar Achievement and Stakeholder Experience

• Maintain a regular schedule of school visits to monitor and evaluate instruction and employees, parent, and scholar experience, as well as identify the highest leverage region-wide and school-specific action steps for implementation.
• Collaborate with fellow School Achievement Managers to develop and implement standards, assessment, and performance metrics for instruction and stakeholder experience.
• Ensure alignment of cultural and instructional practices across the network, in line with SPARK Schools practices, policies, and core values.
• Serve as a primary liaison between teams in SPARK Support and school leadership, to ensure clear and distinct lines of communication and accountability.
• Attend coaching 1:1s with the Head of School Achievement and regular team meetings with the School Achievement Managers and Efficacy team.
• 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.
• Enforce compliance with ethical standards guided by the company values and mission.
• Update job knowledge by participating in conferences and educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

Qualifications and Criteria:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and criteria:

• B.Ed. or PGCE
• SACE accreditation
• At least 3-5 years of experience leading leaders and/or a team of leaders in school management and instruction with proven  record of high achievement
• Experience and practice with labour law