Associate/Dean of Instruction and Learning

Associate/Dean of Instruction and Learning

Associate/Dean of Instruction and Learning (Ormonde Primary)

Full Time

2025 School and Instructional Leadership (South Africa)

Experienced

We are looking for an outstanding educator to serve as the Dean of Instruction and Learning to support professional development for 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 an Associate 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 creating 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.

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 all professional development routines and activities across the school.
• Facilitate collaboration among 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 of diverse academic subgroups, whether remedial or enrichment.

ABOUT YOU

• Bachelor’s Degree in education and SACE certified.
• At least 4+ years of experience in a rigorous, high-expectations school setting including at least one instructional leadership role (e.g., department head, grade lead, teacher coach, deputy position, etc.).
• Widely recognized as a highly effective teacher and can model what great, inquiry-based teaching looks like.
• Track record of improving other people’s performance through coaching and building uncommonly strong relationships.
• Exceptional ability to think strategically and yet detail-oriented and conscientious.
• Driven by data and know how to use data from student assessments to strengthen and differentiate student learning.
• Excited about our organizational culture and embracing mutual vulnerability and feedback.
• Desire to further develop your learning design skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth.

How to Apply:

Does working at Nova Pioneer excite you? If so, then apply now!

To apply, please complete the online form here. We cannot process applications that are emailed to us.

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Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the right candidate is identified. Only qualified candidates will be invited for interviews.

About Teaching at Nova Pioneer

Nova Pioneer teachers don’t lecture; they lead discussions and facilitate projects that help students engage deeply and think critically about course material. There are two types of teachers at Nova Pioneer: Resident Teachers and Apprentice Teachers.

Resident teachers are able to lead classrooms and, depending on the grade level they are teaching, have strong content knowledge. Resident teachers are typically qualified teachers with classroom experience or have a strong ability to lead a classroom independently.

Working at Nova Pioneer

Read more about our culture principles here.

Please Note:

• Nova Pioneer may appoint and/or expire the posting of this advertisement at their own discretion.
• If you have not been contacted within 30 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Nova Pioneer, in line with the POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) will attempt to ensure the confidentiality of all applicants for this role. All reasonable measurements will be in place to protect personal information but it will be used for recruitment and employment purposes. By submitting your application with Nova Pioneer, you are recognising and accepting this disclaimer.

Nova Pioneer will never request an application fee from candidates. If you are contacted with a request to pay a fee from someone claiming to be a Nova Pioneer Talent or Recruitment representative, please do not pay them and report it to us immediately on talent.ke@novapioneer.com or talent.sa@novapioneer.com.

Closing Date: 30/04/2025

Ormonde, Johannesburg South, Gauteng, South Africa