High School Director of Academics

The Director of Academics is responsible for overseeing, coaching and supporting classroom teachers to ensure that all High School students reach their highest academic potential. The Director of Academics will work with principals, teachers, parents, and students to promote student learning.

Reporting to Executive Principal, the Director of Academics will:

• Work closely with the principals to establish a strong achievement centered culture;
• Coach all teachers to excellence using data to inform decisions;
• Ensure the functionality of systems that support student achievement and design targeted individual and group professional development for teachers.

Evaluated by: Executive Principal

Responsibilities:

The Director of Academics is responsible for working with the principals to evaluate, enhance, and expand academic offerings with the following primary responsibilities:

• To observe, supervise, and help the faculty in the development and implementation of curriculum
• To contribute a program to challenge gifted students to achieve to their highest potential
• To build a culture of sharing of effective practices among instructional staff by facilitating cross-class observations, co-planning sessions, and ad-hoc meetings as necessary
• To lead the school’s standards-based instructional and assessment strategies to build and support a data-driven culture where assessments are used to increase achievement and student learning
• To provide individual and school-wide instructional coaching that is data-driven while ensuring that the curriculum is aligned with the relevant standards and assessments
• To coordinate in-house, and external assessments
• To provide data to parents and other internal and external stakeholders related to academic evaluation and assessment, testing, academic procedures, and academic offerings
• To create and monitor a comprehensive professional development plan for all teachers that includes orientation and mentoring of new teachers
• To serve as a consultant to teachers in matters of classroom management, teaching methods, and general school procedures; to work with teachers on areas of weakness as well as best practices
• To assist with the textbook review and purchasing process
• To make recommendations to the principals regarding the hiring, retention and assignment of faculty
• To contribute to the guidance function of the school, including scheduling of students, academic advising and college counseling

Please including the following documents to your Teach Away profile:

• Reference letter
• Updated detailed resume
• Degree certification
• Passport copy