RTLB Practice Leader

Kahu Taupua | RTLB Cluster 16 is seeking an innovative, highly organised, and collaborative leader to join our leadership team. This permanent position provides professional leadership, practice supervision, and guidance for our team as we serve a diverse range of schools within English Medium settings across the Waikato region.

As a Practice Leader, you will work closely with the other Practice Leaders, Cluster Manager and Lead Principal to lead quality practice, build team capability, and support itinerant RTLB. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring consistent, high-quality, and evidence-based service delivery using an ecological, collaborative inquiry model to improve educational outcomes for mokopuna (primarily Years 0–10), kaiako, and whānau.

Key responsibilities

• Practice Leadership and Supervision: Providing regular performance supervision, professional growth cycle guidance, and casework conversations for assigned RTLB to maintain high-quality service delivery.
• Mentoring and Capability Building: Inducting new RTLB, mentoring RTLB completing the Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Teaching, and designing targeted PLD aligned with cluster strategic goals.
• Collaboration and Multi-Agency Engagement: Building trusting relationships with school leaders, SENCOs/LSCs, whānau, Te Mahau specialist teams, and external agencies to foster joined-up, equitable support.
• Systems Leadership and Data Analysis: Applying adaptive leadership to navigate complex challenges, maintaining cluster data systems (eRTLB), and using outcome data to inform strategic decision-making and reporting.

What we offer

Full-time base salary + 1 Management Unit + 3 Leadership Payments + Special Duties Allowance. You will join a highly supportive, collaborative strategic leadership team with dedicated opportunities for networking and ongoing leadership professional growth.