Junior School Vice Principal

Junior School Vice Principal - PYP Coordinator

Full Time Permanent

Southpointe Academy is a leading edge International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum School surrounded by the ocean, beaches and natural beauty of South Delta. As a co-educational, secular day school serving 750 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12, Southpointe is known for its strong sense of community, collaborative culture and commitment to professional development.

We are seeking an experienced and collaborative educational leader to serve as Vice Principal & PYP Coordinator for our Junior School (K–5).

The Vice Principal & PYP Coordinator is a key member of the Junior School leadership team who directly supports the Junior School Principal, and by extension, the Senior Leadership Team. The position's primary responsibilities are instructional leadership, faculty development and accountability, and leadership of the IB Primary Years Programme. The role also provides educational oversight of the Junior School library and maintains a regular teaching connection with students through inquiry-based library classes.

The successful candidate will join an already strong faculty and will be expected to build upon that foundation, raising expectations, developing faculty capacity, strengthening PYP implementation, and ensuring consistently high standards of teaching and professional practice.

This full-time leadership position commences August 16, 2027.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

These may include, but are not limited to...

Leadership & Faculty Development

• Support the Junior School Principal in the effective day-to-day leadership and operation of the Junior School.
• Establish and uphold high expectations for teaching quality, professional conduct, collaboration, and fulfilment of faculty responsibilities.
• Monitor and strengthen teaching through classroom observation, coaching, feedback, professional learning, and formal evaluation.
• Ensure faculty meet their instructional, curricular, administrative, and professional obligations, providing appropriate support and addressing performance concerns, conflict, disciplinary matters, and challenging professional issues directly, including determining appropriate actions and follow-up.
• Collaborate with the Junior School Principal and Senior Leadership Team to support effective and consistent faculty management, including the application of the Collective Agreement and the maintenance of positive, constructive labour relations.
• Identify staffing needs and play a leading role in the recruitment, selection, onboarding, development, evaluation, retention, and succession of Junior School faculty.
• Assist the Junior School Principal and faculty with student behaviour management and disciplinary matters when administrative support or intervention is required.
• Contribute to admissions, student assessments and class placements.
• Assume additional Junior School leadership responsibilities when the Principal is absent or unavailable.

PYP & Instructional Leadership

• Lead the continued development, implementation, and evaluation of the IB Primary Years Programme across K–5.
• Advance faculty understanding and implementation of the PYP, strengthening inquiry-based, concept-driven, and transdisciplinary teaching and learning.
• Champion consistently strong, research-informed literacy and numeracy practices through coaching, collaborative planning, professional learning, and the use of evidence of student learning to strengthen instruction.
• Oversee the Programme of Inquiry, unit planning and reflection, assessment practices, Approaches to Learning, and horizontal and vertical curriculum alignment.
• Oversee curriculum mapping through Toddle, ensuring Units of Inquiry, assessments, and curriculum records are current, coherent, and aligned with established PYP and school expectations.
• Ensure alignment with British Columbia curriculum requirements and accountability for faculty planning, assessment, reporting, and related programme expectations.
• Design and lead PYP professional learning that builds faculty capacity, promotes shared practice, and supports ongoing programme development.
• Oversee the annual budget for IB professional learning and related programme requirements, ensuring appropriate planning and coordination of expenditures in collaboration with the Junior School Principal and relevant school departments.
• Lead Parent Information Sessions that deepen understanding of the PYP, including inquiry and concept-driven learning, the Programme of Inquiry, Approaches to Learning, assessment, student agency and action, and other key programme elements.
• Lead IB evaluation and continuous improvement processes, including the Self-Study, Programme Development Plan, and co