Job Information
Athlos Academy Director of Education in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana
Director of Education
Company: Athlos Academies
Location: Greater New Orleans Area
Reports to: CEO
Classification: Full-time, salary, exempt
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k
Compensation: $100,000-$125,000
Duties & Responsibilities
Instructional Leadership and Strategic Support to School-Level Teams :
Supports school leaders and school leadership teams to ensure high-quality implementation of school strategic plans, including curriculum, assessments, instructional practices, and school culture aligned to Athlos ideology
Collaborates with all members of the education service provider team to ensure coordinated planning and consistent implementation of strategic programs, projects and initiatives
Provides vision, leadership and support for the overall design, development, implementation, instructional delivery and evaluation of all instructional programs
Provides guidance to school leadership to design, coordinate, and manage professional development programs for all employees in support of the system-wide strategic plan
Collaborates with the school leadership team to foster a culture that encourages support of strategies and initiatives designed to impact organizational change and improvement
Develops annual, measurable goals for each school in partnership with school leadership
Support school leaders in the development of school-wide plans to ensure all schools achieve high academic performance
Assists school leaders with ensuring that school improvement plans are aligned to the needs of the schools and develops specific recommendations to improve achievement for students with identified performance risk
Ensures curriculum, assessments, and instructional practices are aligned to state standards and being implemented with fidelity
Provides leadership in the development and implementation of common assessments
Strategy and Innovation: oversees the development and implementation of strategic initiatives and ensures that innovative concepts have been utilized in the execution of these strategies.
Identifies and addresses areas of success and inefficiencies in collaboration with the CEO
Supervises Healthy Body and Character Development coordinator
Manages the development, implementation, timeline and reporting elements of the system-wide strategic plan
Identifies and engages key partners in education to further Athlos Academies mission in collaboration with the CEO
Supports the CEO in leading meetings to achieve the goals set forth in the strategic plan
Keeps pace with advances in technological changes in all areas of education and takes advantage of those to increase Athlos’ effectiveness
Advocates the defined strategy to internal and external stakeholders
Attends conferences and network meetings, as approved by the CEO, to promote Athlos Academies and capture best practices to inform continuous improvement of Athlos programming and supports
Accountability, Research and Evidence: builds a collaborative vision for optimizing the sharing and use of knowledge, data, and best practices across the organization; develops systems to inform schools and the public about school performance and aid in ensuring that the charter network uses high-quality data to drive its decisions.
Identifies and contributes research findings to improve product offerings and services to schools in collaboration with the CEO and chief of products
Supervises and facilitates program evaluation for both new and existing educational programs
Defines, gathers and presents compelling evidence of strategies, initiatives and/or frameworks that produce desired or unique outcomes in student, staff, school or community achievement
Researches the most current and effective curriculum and assessment tools to evaluate the progress of the education service provider’s priorities and ensure effective programs and best practices are utilized in the curriculum
Provides leadership in monitoring and reviewing assessment data and using findings to initiate corrective action for subgroups of students and/or campuses
Ensure curriculum and programming are being implemented with fidelity and in alignment with the education service providers’ strategic plan
Oversees development of short- and long-term performance metrics and an annual data collection, analysis and reporting calendar
Train school leaders and other school-level staff on how to analyze data, use data to identify gaps and challenges, and how to effectively present data reports to their staff
Creates and disseminates system-wide student achievement reports
Builds and executes system-wide research, development and program evaluation plans
Serves as subject matter expert with expertise on accountability systems in states where schools are located or plan to open and represents the network in external accountability discussions
Qualifications & Experience
7+ years of K-12 teaching and administrative experience
Leadership experience in CMO/EMO or charter school network
Experience working with governing boards
Demonstration of meeting and obtaining goals
Experience growing academic leaders
Education & Background
Master’s degree or higher, educational administration preferred
Valid state licensure as appropriate, principal preferred
Skills & Intangibles
Self-motivated
A ttention to detail
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Strong collaboration skills
Strong organizational skills
Willingness to travel
Relentless work ethic
Strategic thinker
How to Apply
Submit your resume to schoolcareers@athlosacademies.org.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Athlos Academies is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, ancestry, disability, handicap or veteran status.
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