Director of Academics
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we will have:
About the Team
with paragraph(s) about team.
About the Opportunity
with list of responsibilities (the bullet points after "Assume ownership...").
About You
with list of qualifications (the bullet points after "About You:").
About Us
with paragraph(s) about ACCEL Schools.
Pay
with paragraph about salary range.
Benefits
with list of benefits.
We must not include sections like Schedule if not present.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info: The "About the Team" paragraph includes details about school, community, etc. We'll keep that.
"About the Opportunity" includes a long list of duties. We'll convert each sentence after colon into list items? The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to break them into list items. The paragraph after "Assume ownership and responsibility for developing and supporting the school's instructional staff by:" then a series of items separated by periods. We'll split each as list item.
Similarly "About You:" list of qualifications: we need to split into list items.
Benefits: list after "We offer the following benefits:" then bullet points: Compensation, Life benefits – time & peace of mind, Health benefits – stay well & thrive, Career benefits – keep growing. Each of those have sub-bullets. We need to represent as list items; maybe nested lists? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could do top-level
with - for each benefit category, and inside each
- we could have another
for subitems. That's acceptable.
Pay: we have salary range paragraph.
We must not include EEO etc.
Let's craft.
First, About the Team paragraph: "ACCEL Schools is seeking a highly motivated Director of Academics at Cleveland College Preparatory School in Cleveland, Ohio dedicated to creating a rigorous and nurturing environment that prioritizes student engagement and achievement for all students. Be part of the difference at Cleveland College Preparatory School! Serving the Slavic Village community and surrounding neighborhoods, Cleveland College Preparatory School offers EK-8 students a structured, well-rounded education that features arts & social-emotional learning. Families return generation after generation to the community-oriented school known for its involved leadership team, memorable school traditions, and extensive extracurricular programming. Cleveland College Preparatory School is part of ACCEL Schools, an established network of public charter schools serving K-12 students throughout the United States since 2014."
We'll put that in .
About the Opportunity: We'll create
with items:
- Guiding teachers in the effective use of instructional and support materials for full implementation of all areas of the curriculum.
- Guiding teachers in adapting materials and methods across the curriculum to the needs of individual students, using multiple appropriate differentiation strategies, including but not limited to instructional grouping.
- Reviewing lesson plans weekly
- Performing frequent teacher observations and debriefs
- Modeling effective instructional practices, including delivery of instruction using effective teaching strategies.
- Providing effective feedback, professional development and coaching for teachers in mastering instructional practices.
- Offering continuous and targeted professional development that directly supports the school curriculum and instruction that ensures continuous student achievement of the school's academic standards.
- Using multiple sources of data collection to analyze barriers to student achievement and to access, identify and apply to instructional improvement.
- Monitoring the use of student achievement data from multiple sources (including standardized tests, ILS data, curriculum-based assessments, classroom assessments and other data) to inform instruction.
- Providing support for intervention programs based on students' needs and monitor program effectiveness based on data.
- Working cooperatively with parents to generate parents' confidence in the teacher and instructional program.
- Coordinating special projects, such as peer mentoring, service learning and community involvement.
- Performing other duties as assigned
About You: list items:
- Bachelor's degree in education, Master's preferred
- Active professional teacher certification
- Minimum of five years' experience as a successful teacher
- Two years' experience as an Instructional Coach, Teacher Leader, or other related position strongly preferred
- Track record of building positive working relationships with multiple stakeholders including staff members, students, parents, Board members, and authorizers
- Demonstrated results in increasing student achievement on relevant state test measures
- Knowledge of State Standards and Common Core Standards
- Experience using multiple sources of data collection including standardized tests, portfolios, observations, conferences and grades to assess student performance and to plan instruction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that reflect professionalism and tact at all times
- Computer literacy and proficiency
- Attention to detail
- Successful completion of federal and state criminal background checks
- Experience in an urban and/or school turnaround setting is a plus
- Ability to work well under pressure as well as effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently
- Understanding of and ability to manage confidential information
- Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Note there is duplication of communication skills; we keep both as they appear.
About Us: paragraph(s):
"We believe that every child should be able to be anything they want in life, regardless of their birthplace and circumstances." – Ron Packard, CEO & Founder ACCEL Schools is a network of 80+ high-performing, public charter schools serving PK-12 students. We proudly advocate for school choice and work to address educational inequities throughout the United States. Our schools are inclusive and widely differ to reflect the unique values of the many urban, suburban, and rural communities we serve. Our brick and mortar, and virtual schools specialize in closing educational gaps and offer innovative models such as career-technical education, sports training, bilingual programming, and more. We have been recognized and praised by legislators, authorizers, and researchers for providing exceptional education options to students in historically under-resourced communities.
We'll put that in .
Pay: paragraph: "The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate."
Benefits: list:
- Compensation
- The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. (But we already have Pay section; maybe we shouldn't duplicate. Actually the benefits section includes "Compensation" as a heading with description. But we already have Pay section separate. To avoid duplication, we could keep Benefits list as per the text: "Compensation", "Life benefits – time & peace of mind", "Health benefits – stay well & thrive", "Career benefits – keep growing". Each with subitems.
But we already have Pay section with salary range. The benefits section includes "Compensation" as a category but we could still include it; but that would duplicate salary info. However instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the benefits as described, even if overlapping with Pay. But we already have Pay section; we could still include Compensation benefit item with maybe a note referencing the salary range. However that would duplicate the salary range text. Might be okay but could be considered duplication. The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicating the same sentence. The benefits section includes "Compensation" as a heading but no further detail besides the salary range? Actually the text: "We offer the following benefits: Compensation The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Life benefits – time & peace of mind Paid time offRetirement contributionsOptional Basic Life and AD&D insuranceVoluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations Health benefits – stay well & thrive Medical, dental, and vision insuranceEmployee Assistance ProgramVoluntary short-term disability insuranceVoluntary long-term disability insurance Career benefits – keep growing Career advancement opportunities throughout Accel Schools and our strong network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals"
Thus the "Compensation" benefit includes the salary range description. Since we already have a Pay section with that info, we could either omit the Compensation item from Benefits to avoid duplication, but then we would be omitting substantive information (the benefit category "Compensation" as a heading). However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The benefit category "Compensation" is substantive; but its detail is the salary range which we already have elsewhere. If we omit the Compensation item, we lose the heading "Compensation" as a benefit category. But we could keep it and just not repeat the salary range description, maybe just state "Compensation" as a benefit with no further detail? That would be summarizing away detail (the salary range). But we could include a reference to the Pay section? Not ideal.
Better approach: Keep Benefits section with subitems, but under Compensation we could just note "See Pay section for details" but that's adding info not present. Not allowed.
Thus we need to decide: The instruction says remove duplicated lines. The salary range appears in both the Benefits (under Compensation) and we could also have a Pay section. To avoid duplication, we could omit the Pay section and keep the Compensation benefit as the place for salary range. However the instruction says create Pay section only if posting actually states them. The posting does state salary range under Benefits. It does not have a separate "Pay" heading. So we should not create a Pay section; we should include the salary range within Benefits under Compensation. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can have Benefits section that includes compensation details. We should not create a separate Pay section.
Thus we will not have a Pay section. We'll have Benefits section with subitems: Compensation (with salary range and factors), Life benefits, Health benefits, Career benefits.
We must not create Pay section.
Thus sections: About the Team, About the Opportunity, About You, About Us, Benefits.
Now we need to format Benefits as nested lists.
Benefits top-level
with - for each category.
Inside each
- , we can have a
or
for subitems.
For Compensation: subitems: "The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000." and "Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate."
For Life benefits – time & peace of mind: subitems: "Paid time off", "Retirement contributions", "Optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance", "Voluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)", "Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations"
For Health benefits – stay well & thrive: subitems: "Medical, dental, and vision insurance", "Employee Assistance Program", "Voluntary short-term disability insurance", "Voluntary long-term disability insurance"
For Career benefits – keep growing: subitems: "Career advancement opportunities throughout Accel
for prose. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we will have:
About the Team
with paragraph(s) about team.About the Opportunity
with list of responsibilities (the bullet points after "Assume ownership...").About You
with list of qualifications (the bullet points after "About You:").About Us
with paragraph(s) about ACCEL Schools.Pay
with paragraph about salary range.Benefits
with list of benefits. We must not include sections like Schedule if not present. We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info: The "About the Team" paragraph includes details about school, community, etc. We'll keep that. "About the Opportunity" includes a long list of duties. We'll convert each sentence after colon into list items? The instruction: Use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to break them into list items. The paragraph after "Assume ownership and responsibility for developing and supporting the school's instructional staff by:" then a series of items separated by periods. We'll split each as list item.
Similarly "About You:" list of qualifications: we need to split into list items.
Benefits: list after "We offer the following benefits:" then bullet points: Compensation, Life benefits – time & peace of mind, Health benefits – stay well & thrive, Career benefits – keep growing. Each of those have sub-bullets. We need to represent as list items; maybe nested lists? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could do top-level
- with
- for each benefit category, and inside each
- we could have another
- for subitems. That's acceptable.
Pay: we have salary range paragraph.
We must not include EEO etc.
Let's craft.
First, About the Team paragraph: "ACCEL Schools is seeking a highly motivated Director of Academics at Cleveland College Preparatory School in Cleveland, Ohio dedicated to creating a rigorous and nurturing environment that prioritizes student engagement and achievement for all students. Be part of the difference at Cleveland College Preparatory School! Serving the Slavic Village community and surrounding neighborhoods, Cleveland College Preparatory School offers EK-8 students a structured, well-rounded education that features arts & social-emotional learning. Families return generation after generation to the community-oriented school known for its involved leadership team, memorable school traditions, and extensive extracurricular programming. Cleveland College Preparatory School is part of ACCEL Schools, an established network of public charter schools serving K-12 students throughout the United States since 2014."
We'll put that in
- for each category. Inside each
- , we can have a
or
- for subitems.
For Compensation: subitems: "The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000." and "Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate."
For Life benefits – time & peace of mind: subitems: "Paid time off", "Retirement contributions", "Optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance", "Voluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)", "Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations"
For Health benefits – stay well & thrive: subitems: "Medical, dental, and vision insurance", "Employee Assistance Program", "Voluntary short-term disability insurance", "Voluntary long-term disability insurance"
For Career benefits – keep growing: subitems: "Career advancement opportunities throughout Accel
. About the Opportunity: We'll create
- with items:
- Guiding teachers in the effective use of instructional and support materials for full implementation of all areas of the curriculum.
- Guiding teachers in adapting materials and methods across the curriculum to the needs of individual students, using multiple appropriate differentiation strategies, including but not limited to instructional grouping.
- Reviewing lesson plans weekly
- Performing frequent teacher observations and debriefs
- Modeling effective instructional practices, including delivery of instruction using effective teaching strategies.
- Providing effective feedback, professional development and coaching for teachers in mastering instructional practices.
- Offering continuous and targeted professional development that directly supports the school curriculum and instruction that ensures continuous student achievement of the school's academic standards.
- Using multiple sources of data collection to analyze barriers to student achievement and to access, identify and apply to instructional improvement.
- Monitoring the use of student achievement data from multiple sources (including standardized tests, ILS data, curriculum-based assessments, classroom assessments and other data) to inform instruction.
- Providing support for intervention programs based on students' needs and monitor program effectiveness based on data.
- Working cooperatively with parents to generate parents' confidence in the teacher and instructional program.
- Coordinating special projects, such as peer mentoring, service learning and community involvement.
- Performing other duties as assigned
About You: list items:
- Bachelor's degree in education, Master's preferred
- Active professional teacher certification
- Minimum of five years' experience as a successful teacher
- Two years' experience as an Instructional Coach, Teacher Leader, or other related position strongly preferred
- Track record of building positive working relationships with multiple stakeholders including staff members, students, parents, Board members, and authorizers
- Demonstrated results in increasing student achievement on relevant state test measures
- Knowledge of State Standards and Common Core Standards
- Experience using multiple sources of data collection including standardized tests, portfolios, observations, conferences and grades to assess student performance and to plan instruction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that reflect professionalism and tact at all times
- Computer literacy and proficiency
- Attention to detail
- Successful completion of federal and state criminal background checks
- Experience in an urban and/or school turnaround setting is a plus
- Ability to work well under pressure as well as effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently
- Understanding of and ability to manage confidential information
- Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
Note there is duplication of communication skills; we keep both as they appear.
About Us: paragraph(s):
"We believe that every child should be able to be anything they want in life, regardless of their birthplace and circumstances." – Ron Packard, CEO & Founder ACCEL Schools is a network of 80+ high-performing, public charter schools serving PK-12 students. We proudly advocate for school choice and work to address educational inequities throughout the United States. Our schools are inclusive and widely differ to reflect the unique values of the many urban, suburban, and rural communities we serve. Our brick and mortar, and virtual schools specialize in closing educational gaps and offer innovative models such as career-technical education, sports training, bilingual programming, and more. We have been recognized and praised by legislators, authorizers, and researchers for providing exceptional education options to students in historically under-resourced communities.
We'll put that in
. Pay: paragraph: "The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate." Benefits: list: - Compensation - The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. (But we already have Pay section; maybe we shouldn't duplicate. Actually the benefits section includes "Compensation" as a heading with description. But we already have Pay section separate. To avoid duplication, we could keep Benefits list as per the text: "Compensation", "Life benefits – time & peace of mind", "Health benefits – stay well & thrive", "Career benefits – keep growing". Each with subitems. But we already have Pay section with salary range. The benefits section includes "Compensation" as a category but we could still include it; but that would duplicate salary info. However instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the benefits as described, even if overlapping with Pay. But we already have Pay section; we could still include Compensation benefit item with maybe a note referencing the salary range. However that would duplicate the salary range text. Might be okay but could be considered duplication. The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicating the same sentence. The benefits section includes "Compensation" as a heading but no further detail besides the salary range? Actually the text: "We offer the following benefits: Compensation The salary range for this position is $50,000 - 60,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Life benefits – time & peace of mind Paid time offRetirement contributionsOptional Basic Life and AD&D insuranceVoluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child)Discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations Health benefits – stay well & thrive Medical, dental, and vision insuranceEmployee Assistance ProgramVoluntary short-term disability insuranceVoluntary long-term disability insurance Career benefits – keep growing Career advancement opportunities throughout Accel Schools and our strong network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals" Thus the "Compensation" benefit includes the salary range description. Since we already have a Pay section with that info, we could either omit the Compensation item from Benefits to avoid duplication, but then we would be omitting substantive information (the benefit category "Compensation" as a heading). However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The benefit category "Compensation" is substantive; but its detail is the salary range which we already have elsewhere. If we omit the Compensation item, we lose the heading "Compensation" as a benefit category. But we could keep it and just not repeat the salary range description, maybe just state "Compensation" as a benefit with no further detail? That would be summarizing away detail (the salary range). But we could include a reference to the Pay section? Not ideal. Better approach: Keep Benefits section with subitems, but under Compensation we could just note "See Pay section for details" but that's adding info not present. Not allowed. Thus we need to decide: The instruction says remove duplicated lines. The salary range appears in both the Benefits (under Compensation) and we could also have a Pay section. To avoid duplication, we could omit the Pay section and keep the Compensation benefit as the place for salary range. However the instruction says create Pay section only if posting actually states them. The posting does state salary range under Benefits. It does not have a separate "Pay" heading. So we should not create a Pay section; we should include the salary range within Benefits under Compensation. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can have Benefits section that includes compensation details. We should not create a separate Pay section. Thus we will not have a Pay section. We'll have Benefits section with subitems: Compensation (with salary range and factors), Life benefits, Health benefits, Career benefits. We must not create Pay section. Thus sections: About the Team, About the Opportunity, About You, About Us, Benefits. Now we need to format Benefits as nested lists. Benefits top-level
- with
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could do top-level