Latest Education/Teaching Vacancies at SPARK Schools

Purpose of Role:

• The Assistant Principal drives high scholar achievement, a positive scholar and staff culture, operational efficiency and an engaged school community by providing excellent management, coaching and leadership to school staff. The Assistant Principal is integral to the SPARK Schools culture and our commitment to rigorous, engaging learning experiences for our scholars.

Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and Management:

• Exhibit leadership and responsibility for school progress and outcomes on success indicators.

2. Coaching & Professional Development:

• Support school staff through relationship building, and regular observation and feedback to ensure that they can successfully meet their performance objectives and goals.

3. Academic Achievement:

• Drive scholar achievement by ensuring implementation of the network’s rigorous curriculum, and setting and maintaining clear and high expectations for excellent teaching and assessing in allocated content areas.

4. Scholar Support:

• Drive academic excellence through support with subject selection, progress tracking toward matriculation and the development and exhibition of exceptional scholar XC Projects.

5. School Culture:

• Consistently implement behaviour management policies and procedures that drive a strong student culture. Develop interventions and individualised behavior plans when necessary.

6. School Operations:

• Work with the principal to coordinate with other SPARK business units and external vendors to ensure timely service delivery that supports smooth, efficient day to day operations of the schools.

7. Community Engagement:

• Create and implement opportunities for positive family engagement through multiple channels, including but not limited to Community Meetings, scholar performances and volunteer opportunities.

8. Innovation:

• Research, develop and implement innovative interventions to school based issues that drive improved outcomes on school success indicators. Share best practices and good news stories with other schools and business units in the network.

9. Professionalism Qualities:

• Grit: Persistence through challenges.
• Excellence: A track record of high expectations personally and professionally.
• Mission and Vision Alignment: Understanding of and passion for the SPARK Schools mission to provide excellent education at an affordable cost.
• Self­ Reflection: Finding the capacity to bring your best self to challenges and opportunities.

Requirements

Qualifications and Criteria: The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and criteria:

• English language fluency
• Completed B.Ed or PGCE degree (SP & FET)
• Familiarity with high school Matric requirements including Senior and FET phase CAPs curricula
• SACE registration
• A clear/clean criminal record
• Completed at least 3-4 years of excellent classroom instruction in intermediate, senior or FET phase
• Held a leadership role in primary school or high school

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Purpose of Role:

• SPARK High Schools Learning Support Assistants drive student achievement by overseeing the culture and effectiveness of lunch, break, and the aftercare programme. High School Scholar Support Assistants care for classes of students during lunch, break, and aftercare programmes to ensure student academic achievement, health, and safety.

Responsibilities:

Scholar support

• Emotional Learning curriculum with scholars
• Behavior management of scholars
• Communicate professionally with parents and line managers about incidents, conflicts, or concerns that occur in the after school programs

Scholar Supervision and Monitoring

• Supervise lunch and break during the instructional day
• School patrols
• Bathroom supervision
• Ensure SPARK’s healthy food scheme is enforced with students by checking lunches

Achievement enrichment school program

• Supervise scholars during the after school program, ensuring play, and structured activities.
• Plan engaging enrichment experiences and resources for scholars including but not limited to structured activities and team based sports activities such as netball.
• Ensure all after school program resources are used responsibly and effectively.
• Assist scholars with clarifying and reviewing concepts taught in class, explaining processes and assist students solve specific problems.
• Schedule and plan individual sessions for your scholars in collaboration with subject matter educators.

Clubs

• Use SPARK culture and behaviour management strategies to manage clubs ‘
• Facilitate weekly club lessons

Requirements

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate
• 1-2 years study towards an education degree
• Prior working experience with High School age scholars preferred
• Clear criminal record
• Provisional SACE is advantageous but not required

Qualities:

• Grit: Persistence through challenges.
• Excellence: A track record of high expectations personally and professionally.
• Mission and Vision Alignment: Understanding of and passion for the SPARK Schools mission to provide excellent education at an affordable cost.
• Self­ Reflection: Finding the capacity to bring your best self to challenges and opportunities.

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Purpose of Role:

• SPARK Schools PE coaches drive student achievement by overseeing the culture and effectiveness of physical education.
• SPARK Schools PE coaches work directly with students in the school’s outdoor sports spaces to increase and maintain their health and wellness.
• PE coaches are integral to the SPARK Schools “culture” and our commitment to rigorous, engaging learning experiences for our scholars.

Responsibilities:

• Create a positive student culture around physical education and maintain high behavioural expectations for all students. 
• Use SPARK culture and behaviour management practices. Implement SPARK SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Curriculum. 
• Work collaboratively with grade level teachers to successfully supervise scholars working independently on paper based tasks or online. 
• Supervise scholars during morning arrivals. 
• Set up for SPARKs Fly. 
• Actively coach students in the development of gross motor skills, team habits, and specific sports skills. 
• Teach students about healthy eating, exercise, and hygiene habits, including positive choices they should make at home and at school. 
• Create lesson plans aligned to network-wide PE curriculum and personalised for students. 
• Plan strategies to stretch content and scholar outcomes during the course of the academic year. 
• Take responsibility for PE equipment and report any damage.
• Communicate professionally with school staff and parents regarding students. 
• 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.

Requirements

Qualifications and Criteria:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Grade 12 Certificate.
• Studying towards a degree in Human Movement/ Sport Science
• English language fluency.
• Clear criminal record
• SACE registration.

Experience:

• Previous experience managing or working with primary school-aged children.
• Physical Education experience or training.

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Purpose of Role:

• The School Operations Manager drives student achievement in the SPARK Schools network by ensuring that their school operates smoothly, efficiently, and to a consistent standard of excellence.
• The School Operations Manager is integral to the SPARK Schools “culture” and our commitment to rigorous, engaging learning experiences for our scholars.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Implement school­ wide systems and procedures (for example, arrivals, dismissals, cover timetables and aftercare timetables) that facilitate student achievement and align with SPARK
• Schools network ­wide best practice.
• Facilitate professional development for the operational staff on the implementation of school­wide systems, as well as personal and professional competencies. This includes designing and facilitating biweekly group sessions and individual one-on-one coaching sessions, as well as arranging for individual professional growth opportunities.
• Oversee the office manager’s administration of the student information system and student records.
• Ensure aftercare attendance and late pick up is tracked accurately and submitted to billing on time.
• Organise and maintain relationships with extramural vendors.
• Line manage school site operational staff (office manager, facilities and maintenance staff, supervisors, and security guard), including regular performance reviews.
• Manage all school inventory, including fixed assets (technology and furniture), stationery, cleaning supplies, and other resources.
• Conduct weekly asset check of all Chromebooks for scholars and staff radios.
• Conduct monthly stock taking and update asset register.
• Oversee the maintenance of the school facility, including coordinating efforts amongst facilities and maintenance staff, SPARK Schools Support staff, outside vendors and suppliers, and security services.
• Maintain a daily schedule of facilities and grounds walk-arounds and observations, including lunch, break and aftercare observations.
• Coordinate with Procurement team at SPARK Support for fixed assets and consumables.
• Manage the site specific and aftercare budgets.
• Participate in the selection of new school-based staff.
• Onboard new personnel.
• Understand and enforce network-wide policies and compliance requirements.
• Lead the site specific crisis management team.
• Understand and implement SPARK Schools crisis management strategy.
• Attend to sick or injured children and liaise with parents/guardians about their children.
• Attend to sick or injured staff and liaise with emergency contacts.
• Attend coaching 1:1s with the school principal and regular team meetings with the principal and assistant principal(s).
• 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.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• English language fluency.
• Grade 12 certificate.
• 3-4 year relevant Bachelor's degree.
• First aid training.
• Clear criminal record.

Experience

• Preferred: experience managing or working with primary school-aged children.
• Preferred: experience in operations, administration, procurement, project management, or facilities management.
• Preferred: Previous experience leading a team.
• Required: Experience and practice with labour laws.

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Responsibilities:

• Support the monitoring, refinement, and implementation of the curriculum and assessment model at SPARK Schools by:
• Supporting the planning and delivery of pre-service and in-service professional development for school leaders and teachers on curriculum, at least once per term - in person or virtual
• Clearly and timeously communicating training expectations and academic content updates to school leaders.
• Visiting schools within the region to support academic implementation and/or conducting virtual check-in meetings with regional subject coaches.
• Checking and scripting of subject-specific PD plans.
• Creating and checking assessments and memorandums.
• Supporting regional subject-specific moderation.
• Cross-checking documentation of scripted internal processes at SPARK schools e.g. policies, timetables.
• Supporting the Curriculum and Assessment Leads with creation and effective implementation of subject-specific curricular resources and exemplar lesson plans.
• Supporting the Curriculum and Assessment Leads with content building/checking on the internal LMS, itslearning.
• Supporting the planning and delivering of onboarding of new-to-SPARK teachers.
• Demonstrate commitment to support regional student achievement through:
• Researching new and innovative curriculum practices.
• Supporting the alignment of the academic curriculum with government standards, SPARK’s best practice, and international expectations and benchmarks, with guidance from the Curriculum and Assessment Lead.
• Documenting and communicating Yearly/Termly plans or scope and sequence maps for each grade level and subject, in conjunction with internal assessments.
• Monitoring grade-level, subject-specific progress against scope and sequence maps and assessments, using data analysis tools.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits, such as meeting deadlines, honouring schedules,coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner, and demonstrating respect for others.
• Participate in and drive own professional development with a requirement to uphold standards of primary role as teacher or school leader, and if unable to do so, would be asked to step out of this position
• Conduct self in a professional manner at all SPARK Schools Support and SPARK Schools events and to all stakeholders.
• Nurture a high-achieving work environment where staff feel genuinely valued and supported.
• Promote the vision and mission of SPARK Schools Support to SPARK Schools Support staff and SPARK Schools staff, scholars, families, and the greater community.
• 1 day per month of secondment to SPARK Support/Regional Venue to work with the C&A lead in-person
• RL would be responsible for arranging cover with their line manager and the completion of any tasks in advance of this working day.

Requirements

Experience:

• Three or more years of teaching experience with proven track record of academic achievement OR
• Teaching experience with a proven track record of academic achievement and at least a year of SPARK Schools leadership experience.
• Experience in supporting/coaching/mentoring members of staff at a SPARK school.
• Experience in planning and facilitating professional development and adult training.
• Experience in administration, marking and moderation of assessments.
• Experience in participating in school-level data analysing and inquiry as well as facilitating professional cycles of inquiry to improve instructional practice.
• Awareness of leading practice in subject-specific primary education - nationally and internationally.

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Purpose of Role:

• SPARK Schools blended learning facilitators in the foundation phase drive student achievement by overseeing the culture and effectiveness of the Learning Lab, SPARK’s innovative computer lab. SPARK Schools blended learning facilitators work directly with students in whole class, small group, and individual settings to provide academic interventions in literacy and maths.
• Blended learning facilitators are integral to the SPARK Schools “culture” and our commitment to rigorous, engaging learning experiences for our scholars.

Responsibilities:

• Create a positive student culture around online learning and small group tutoring and maintain high behavioural expectations for all students.
• Actively “coach” students on all computer programs and ensure that the educational software used in the lab effectively meets the needs of students.
• Create and submit lesson plans for tutoring sessions.
• Tutor small groups of students on literacy and maths skills.
• Create and submit bi-weekly reports on ST Maths.
• Communicate and collaborate with teachers and school administrators to create individualized learning plans for students.
• Use SPARK culture and behaviour management strategies.
• Incorporate SPARK SEL (SocialEmotional Learning) curriculum with scholars.
• Ensure all Learning Lab resources are used and stored responsibly and .
• Report all damages to hardware to the School Operations Manager and fill out relevant incident reports if needed.
• Have an updated asset list of all hardware in Learning lab received by the School Operations Manager.
• Participate actively in staff development opportunities as a member of the SPARK Schools team.
• Set into a classroom to cover, should there be an operational need.
• Conduct self in a professional manner at all SPARK Schools events and to all stakeholders.

Requirements

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• English language fluency.
• Clear criminal record.
• Grade 12 Certificate.
• Studying part-time towards a B.Ed. or PGCE in the Foundation Phase, in their 3rd or 4th year with a view to becoming a qualified teacher.

Experience:

• Previous experience managing or working with primary school-aged children.
• Basic computer skills and willingness to learn new technology.

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Purpose of Role:

• SPARK Schools maths teachers drive student achievement by maintaining high expectations for classroom culture, behaviour, and academic growth for all students. SPARK Schools maths teachers are content specialists, who receive on­going professional development customised for their past experience and individual needs.
• Maths teachers are integral to the SPARK School’ “culture” and our commitment to rigorous, engaging learning experiences for our scholars. SPARK Schools teaches the PR1ME Maths curriculum which is a world class program based on effective teaching and learning practices of Singapore, Republic of Korea and Hong Kong.

Responsibilities:

• Plan for and be prepared to deliver lessons to students from 7:45­-3:30 pm (depending on grade level assignment and timetable) daily within content area specialisation.
• Collaborate with grade level and content area partners to develop rigorous, engaging learning experiences and to create individualised behaviour and learning plans for all students.
• Attend pre-­service professional development before the school year begins and attend weekly professional development every Monday afternoon.
• Administer weekly and termly assessments to track student progress and analyse the data for student growth.
• SPARK Educators should have a core focus on student achievement and should drive all scholars to meet the required proficiency ratings.
• Lead weekly SEL (Social Emotional Learning) circles and implement SPARK Schools Social Emotional Learning curriculum.
• Use SPARK culture and implement behaviour management strategies.
• Communicate professionally and effectively with colleagues, parents and other stakeholders.
• Participate actively in staff development opportunities as a member of the SPARK Schools team.
• Attend Saturday events and parent community meetings.
• Conduct self in a professional manner at all SPARK Schools events and to all stakeholders.
• Nurture a high ­achieving work environment where all students feel genuinely valued and supported.
• Promote the vision and mission of SPARK Schools to staff, scholars, families, and the greater community.
• Implement strategies implemented by the Crisis Management team.
• Adhere to the child protection, anti-bullying and health and safety policy.
• Submit student results data when required.

Requirements

Qualifications and Criteria:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• B.Ed. degree or PGCE. Mathematics focus and competency. Recently qualified teachers are encouraged to apply!
• Certification through the South African Council of Educators (SACE).
• SAQA accreditation for non-South African equivalent qualifications
• English language fluency.
• A clear criminal record

Experience:

• Recently qualified teachers or teachers with experience are encouraged to apply!