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| California Academy Director Location: East Palo Alto, California School: Position Summary: Edison Brentwood and McNair Academies Located along the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, these two schools include 1100 Kindergarten through 8th grade students. The schools include a very dedicated and supportive staff that has raised student achievement by 53 points and 89 points, at the schools respectively, as measured by the state-wide assessment. Families over 80% of whom speak Spanish are regularly included in classrooms and campus events. Come join our students, staff, and families and make a difference with us. ACADEMY DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION Under the supervision of the building principal, the academy director assists in providing the instructional, operational, and administrative leadership necessary to ensure the success of Edison's partnership school. The academy director participates in decision making as part of the leadership team and assumes the responsibilities of principal when the principal is not on site. Along with the partnership school principal, the academy director is responsible for planning improvements that directly address Edison's Five Points of Accountability: Student Achievement, the Edison School Design, the school's Financial Management, Customer Satisfaction (of teachers, students, and parents), and Operational Excellence (factors like student attendance and teacher turnover that directly affect a school's ability to produce results). Achieving outcomes in these five areas requires strong leadership. Accordingly, the academy director assists the principal in three distinct leadership roles - as instructional leader, as site-based manager and as a builder of school culture with emphasis on instructional leadership. The academy director as instructional leader will: · Assist the principal in setting standards for student achievement; · Provide leadership, direction and support to the implementation of the school's instructional and program plans; · Provide instructional leadership in advancing proven teaching and learning practices; · Provide leadership in the formulation and annual adjustment of the school's instructional and program plans; · Observe instruction of all teachers and tutors regularly; · Monitor - and ensure that teachers monitor - student growth and achievement; · Support the development of a network of student support systems; · Supervise and evaluate staff to ensure quality instruction and student achievement; · Support and monitor the professional development plans of lead teachers, house teams and curriculum coordinators to continuously improve instruction; · Ensure that continuous improvement is guided by student academic standards; school performance standards and concrete data from Edison, state and local assessments; · Ensure that continuous improvement process address the achievement of all students; and · Teach reading as needed. The academy director as site-based manager will: · Make budgetary recommendations and collaborate with Principal and BSM to prepare the preliminary budget for the school; · Prepare required reports and maintain complete and accurate records for the school; · Oversee compliance in testing admissions, special education, record keeping, etc.; · Assist the principal in the screening and selection of staff members for the school; · Work with lead teachers and professional development specialists to address team needs; · Develop and maintain procedures that provide the safety and security of staff and students; · Deal with discipline issues, including entering discipline information into a database; and assist the principal by performing other duties and responsibilities as needed in order to meet Edison school performance standards.
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