ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL chez Belmont Charter Network Careers

Description

Belmont Charter Network is a family of 5 community schools centered on the central mission to promote the academic, social and emotional well-being of each child. Our schools are supported by a non-profit partner to provide holistic services to the school including out-of-school time, our social work project and Head start.  How do we do this?  We do it by ensuring our students have access to complete support both in and out of the classroom through a talented team of teachers, leaders, social workers, and partners.

We believe that schools and learning should be joyful!

You can find more about our core values and vision here.  We believe that education is the single biggest way we can disrupt the systemic racism that impacts Philadelphia and by extension our country.  We are a mission centered organization that has grown since its founding over 20 years ago to be the organization that serves Philadelphia today.   Learn more about our partners who support this vision by creating a full scope of community support for our students and families.  Our approach is grounded in trauma informed practice which you can read more about here.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise:

• Demonstrated skill in working with students from diverse cultural, economic and ability backgrounds.
• Creative problem solving
• A commitment to being a lifelong learner, commitment to refining your craft
• A knack for connecting with people across differences including parents, colleagues and students.

Summary:

The Assistant Head of School for Belmont Charter Elementary School is a strategic instructional leader responsible for leveraging teacher performance to ensure students demonstrate significant and measurable academic results. The AHOS is responsible for leading the instructional vision and academic priorities of the school by directly coaching, developing, and supervising assigned instructional staff. Additionally, the AHOS is charged with creating and facilitating ongoing professional development and aligning instructional coaching to PD. The ideal candidate will be a team player who is relentlessly data-driven, has strong pedagogical and CCCS knowledge, and believes proactive coaching of teachers is one of the key levers towards achieving educational equity for all students. This is a 12 month position that is supervised by the Head of School. 

Detailed Responsibilities: 

• Instructional Leadership (60%)  
  • Provide real time and goal-aligned coaching to assigned staff 
  • Develop professional year long goals with benchmarks for assigned staff based upon rubric goals
  • Lead planning and data meetings with assigned content teams to ensure intellectual preparation for instruction.
  • Model instructional strategies and classroom practices for assigned staff. 
  • Develop and lead professional development sessions based upon observed instructional 
  • Serve as the curriculum and instruction liaison between the network academic team and school based instructional personnel ensuring alignment to the school’s academic vision and expectations.  
  • Monitor lesson plan submission and provide feedback based on designated rubric goals.
  • Hold weekly or bi-weekly one on one meetings (O3s) with assigned staff providing feedback and accountability throughout.  Communicate with HoS and HR as needed if issues arise.
  • Communicating with families regarding instructional staff issues or concerns/needs. .
  • Bi-annual evaluation of assigned staff using the BCN evaluation tool
  • Adhere to the school's accountability systems and monitor to ensure staff performance aligns to instructional and professional expectations
  • Inform Head of School of trends

• Systems Leadership (30%)
  • Circulate and monitor daily schoolwide transitions. 
  • Assist the Head of School and Director of Operations in responding to staff needs throughout the day to ensure timely and smooth operations.  
  • Assist in the implementation and schoolwide drills and emergency procedures.  
  • Close collaboration with both the Culture and Learning Support department directors to ensure consistency and alignment of staff expectations and procedures. 
  • Coordinating outside supports such as Jounce and CLI
  • Plan benchmark testing and state testing with the network Academic Team and/or testing coordinator 
  • Assess curriculum and material needs and communicate to necessary stakeholders 
  • Work with Special Education coordinator and Director to ensure students are receiving appropriate interventions, modifications, and accommodations
  • Work with interventionists and Head of School to ensure the academic MTSS process is running smoothly and that students are receiving appropriate interventions

• School Culture (10%)
  • Create a culture of achievement through celebrations of student learning and growth
  • Collaborate with the Director of Student Culture to establish school wide, classroom, and student behavior incentive plans and systems. 
  • Organize and lead academic incentives in accordance with schoolwide goals targets. 
  • Organize, lead, and participate in student and parent events.  

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

Education and Experience: 

• Master’s degree required, should be working towards School Leadership Certification
• 2+ years of demonstrated educational leadership, experience as an instructional coach preferred
• Experience teaching in an urban school setting for a minimum of 3 years 
• Experience managing and implementing school wide cultural systems
• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check Clearance (Act 34)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Record Check Clearance (Act 114)
• Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Clearance (Act 168)

Skills and Abilities: 

• Ability to analyze data to inform decision making 
• Data management tools, organizational tools, computer skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Believes in trans-disciplinary teaching and learning
• Knowledge of public education and charter schools highly desirable but not required 
• Leadership skills and a demonstrated capacity to work with urban youth 
• Belief in and alignment with Belmont Charter’s mission and values