Director of Academics

About The Team

ACCEL Schools is seeking a highly motivated Director of Academics in Dayton, Ohio. Montgomery Preparatory Academy is a public charter school serving EK-8 students located in a historic school building within the Belmont community. The school emphasizes character education and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and is part of ACCEL Schools, an established network of public charter schools serving K-12 students since 2014.

About the Opportunity

Assume ownership and responsibility for developing and supporting the school’s instructional staff by:

• 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

Requirements include:

• 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.
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $65,000 - 70,000. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.