High School Assistant Principal (Scholar Support) - 2024
SPARK Schools, South Africa
Job Description
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 20 primary schools and 4 high schools and serving over 15,000 families. We are looking for dynamic people to join our team.
Reports To: Principal
Purpose of Role:
SPARK Schools is a network of affordable private schools implementing Africa’s first blended learning model for primary and high school scholars in South Africa. SPARK Schools provides transformational education innovation through our blended learning model, which elevates scholar achievement and provides the tools teachers need to serve their scholars effectively.
The blended learning model, which combines classroom teaching and online instruction, allows teachers to anticipate scholar 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 is a high growth, mission and values-driven and highly entrepreneurial organisation looking for dynamic people to join our team.
Reports To: Principal
Responsibilities:
- Promoting the general well-being of scholars
- Working with families and making relevant referrals to organizations in their areas.
- Offering mentoring and suggestions for Teachers and other school personnel
- Developing and providing crisis intervention strategies to improve scholar success
- Working to maximize coping skills for scholars in difficult situations
- Provide individual short term counseling to scholars who have behavioral, and emotional challenges.
- Facilitate support group sessions with scholars who have similar challenges.
- Have administrative skills to create and monitor and case load, write weekly process notes and monthly progress reports on all sessions with clients.
- Meet specific performance objectives developed jointly with immediate supervisor;
- Provide support to SPARK Schools during crisis events/situations;
- Provide in-service training and serve as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics related to research based practice in response to intervention, positive behavior support and appropriate interventions;
- Maintain professional competence in the field which may include attending and participating in professional organizations, workshops and conferences; reading professional journals and other related publications.
- Monitor school attendance and provide services to scholars who are frequently absent, and those who skip classes.
- 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.
- Drive academic excellence through support with subject selection, progress tracking toward matriculation and the development and exhibition of exceptional scholar XC Projects.
- Plan and execute the high school transition model.
- Career guidance and support for FET scholars.
- Drive academic excellence through support with subject selection, progress tracking toward matriculation and the development and exhibition of exceptional scholar XC Projects.
- 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